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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah im living in the last days of ORD in the EPA. I will spend my whole life being the prettiest little sbit to anyone who carried this along.

If a Trump voter says a mea culpa I might move it along. But any admin officials are gonna have to START with ashes and sackcloth.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 15h

Somewhere waaay down the list of "shit im angry at these fascists for" is the general idea of robbing me of the notion that "things were going to keep getting better".

Maybe not fast enough, maybe not evenly, but as sure as water flows downhill, it was going to.

These fucks.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 15h

(Caveat I am enjoying this conversation good-naturedly)

Thats a bit unfair. Its at least "Hebrew Bible (Jesus Remix)"

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 16h

Despite many Christian attempts at rewriting the OT, there is no good understanding of Christ's teachings (or Pauls!) outside of the context 2nd Temple Judaism in the Roman Period.

Its a Jewish splinter religion! Everything is downstream of that!

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 16h

Preaching to the choir i know, but all those quotes are in the Christian NT.

The apostles call Jesus Rabbi in the Bible, and the several Gospels brag about his knowledge of the scriptures even as a little kid. Half his teachings are "yo follow the law of Moses ya dinks".

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 17h

No even exempted workers are not getting paid (I am one, exempted workers being those who are exempted from being furloughed during a funding lapse.) And Voughts threat is also against exempted feds.

I anticipate missing my next check. EPA isnt furloughed but my checks come from the Treasury Dept.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 20h

Pretty sure OMBs legal threat is just them retreating from the threat to do massive furloughed RIFs.

Its among the weakest and most absurd claims they've tried to make.

#omb #shutdown #vought #lapse #furlough

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah, but he still didn't shoot non-slaver, non-abolitionists. His use of violence through most of his life was pretty restrained, and he was more than ready to avoid killing slavers in the short term for if he thought it a strategically wise choice in the long term.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 1d

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 1d

Too scary. There's kids out here, it ain't one of those extreme haunted houses.

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 1d

And stretching! Daily, or 3x a week dedicated 10-15 min slow steady work with a warm up.

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

Growing up Evangelical, the message was often "boy we sure are lucky God ain't on his OT vibe anymore." They construct the image of the mean and cruel god.

Its the same authoritarian angle as always, simultaneously making them the resilient victim and the victorious liberator.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 4d

*whispered*

DONT TELL YOUR MOM I GOT A NEW COMPRESSOR. THERES A WHOLE SUGAR DADDY IN IT FOR YOU IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

I DONT WANT ANY TRUE CRIME PODCASTS THANK YOU.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

Not all of us! EPA still in session for probably next week as well.

And ICE and Congress won't be furloughed.

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

No modern Christian prophecy is complete without ignoring some part of a Gospel.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

In prison I beleive they do. They should not at the zoo.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

There are a lot of behaviors that are acceptable for monkeys which are not acceptable for humans, what do you mean?

Crankin' it at the zoo, for example.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

Also I dont think Jane Goodalls legacy is "we should all behave excatly like chimpanzees".

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

From Daniel too I think? There's some OT prophets in there.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 5d

My favorite aesthetic is "eternally relevant problem is not worth spending $5 on poster board".

Its about their immortal souls, Janice, get some plywood and krylon and make some stencils.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 6d

But also, Patton in the film is openly contemptuous of danger. He is on actual front lines getting actually shot at. He forces discipline *and faces danger alongside those men.*

Hes a blowhard and a braggart and a megalomaniac but he actually has some juice.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 7d

I feel for those who are low on savings, and in single income households, and for the contractors.

But the fight is joined, retreating just weakens us for the fight that WILL happen.

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 7d

The fight for labor rights is in service of liberation! It is not a contract negotiation for its own sake.

Solidarity Now!

Means

Liberation for all!

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 7d

You cant separate the threat to collapse the government through RIFs from ICE molting into the Gestapo, or from attacks on trans folk, or the naked fascistic talk from the SecDef.

Say no to degenerate trade unionism! Dont end your emails "in solidarity" when you only mean fed employees.

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