Adam P-T
@adamrthomas.bsky.social
U.S. EAC Election Subject Matter Expert | Fmr. Princeton, US Court of Appeals, UNC | Queer Southern-born, Pennsylvania-living dad | UGA and SLS alum | All Views My Own
We’re three days away from Election Day 2025 and I just want to shout out the hard working election officials who are making sure that our elections are safe, secure and transparent and ensuring that all eligible voters are able to cast a ballot and only eligible voters do so.
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We’re three days away from Election Day 2025 and I just want to shout out the hard working election officials who are making sure that our elections are safe, secure and transparent and ensuring that all eligible voters are able to cast a ballot and only eligible voters do so.
Federal employees want to work. We're genuinely upset that this is happening (and not (just) because of our paychecks - because we care about the country we serve) and desperately hope Congress gets its act together soon.
Breaking: The White House Office of Management and Budget is alerting federal agencies this morning to prepare for an imminent government shutdown, sources say
December 20, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Federal employees want to work. We're genuinely upset that this is happening (and not (just) because of our paychecks - because we care about the country we serve) and desperately hope Congress gets its act together soon.
Today is Electoral College day! It's the day that electors meet in their state capitals to cast their official votes for the presidential ticket they are supporting. These ballots are then sent to DC for tabulation on January 6. For more info, check out the EAC's info page! #electoralcollege
Presidential Elections | U.S. Election Assistance CommissionLock
Every four years, the U.S. holds elections for the president. Throughout the year, primary elections determine the final candidates on the general election ballot.
www.eac.gov
December 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Today is Electoral College day! It's the day that electors meet in their state capitals to cast their official votes for the presidential ticket they are supporting. These ballots are then sent to DC for tabulation on January 6. For more info, check out the EAC's info page! #electoralcollege
Really feeling for my former boss. He deserves to take senior status. And the nominee that was put up for this seat deserved a hearing and an up or down vote. As is true with all judicial nominees. Senatorial holds are nonsense.
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Bloomberg Law’s @tianaheadley.bsky.social reports that 4th Circuit’s Judge Wynn is no longer on the list of judicial vacancies, indicating that he may have rescinded his resignation.
Bloomberg Law’s @tianaheadley.bsky.social reports that 4th Circuit’s Judge Wynn is no longer on the list of judicial vacancies, indicating that he may have rescinded his resignation.
Bloomberg Law
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Really feeling for my former boss. He deserves to take senior status. And the nominee that was put up for this seat deserved a hearing and an up or down vote. As is true with all judicial nominees. Senatorial holds are nonsense.
Anyone else noticing that there seems to be a relative dearth of conversation about the fact that the federal budget lapses on 12/20? And I don't know that realistically, there's any hope of a CR, given certain Congress people are anti-CR no matter what. (1/3)
December 9, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Anyone else noticing that there seems to be a relative dearth of conversation about the fact that the federal budget lapses on 12/20? And I don't know that realistically, there's any hope of a CR, given certain Congress people are anti-CR no matter what. (1/3)
This is so important. I represented folks asylees. Solid cases. Folks who had been threatened with death and rape by gangs in their home countries. And it was a crap shoot as to whether we did enough for them to get asylum. Never mind the majority of applicants who have no legal representation.
What if the majority of people denied asylum in the United States are:
a) Telling the truth,
b) In real danger of persecution, and yet
c) Still denied asylum on legal technicalities?
That's the bombshell finding of a landmark new study. bclawreview.bc.edu/articles/317...
a) Telling the truth,
b) In real danger of persecution, and yet
c) Still denied asylum on legal technicalities?
That's the bombshell finding of a landmark new study. bclawreview.bc.edu/articles/317...
December 6, 2024 at 1:18 AM
This is so important. I represented folks asylees. Solid cases. Folks who had been threatened with death and rape by gangs in their home countries. And it was a crap shoot as to whether we did enough for them to get asylum. Never mind the majority of applicants who have no legal representation.
If you're a trans person hurting after today's SCOTUS arguments, I want you to know that 1) your cis neighbors are still going to keep fighting for you, no matter what the court does or says and 2) we believe in you and your safety and if you ever need someone to have your back, I'm here.
December 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
If you're a trans person hurting after today's SCOTUS arguments, I want you to know that 1) your cis neighbors are still going to keep fighting for you, no matter what the court does or says and 2) we believe in you and your safety and if you ever need someone to have your back, I'm here.
I mean, it is terrifying what is happening in South Korea and also unbelievably inspiring to see the lawmakers do their jobs and the citizens HELPING them to do so.
South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I mean, it is terrifying what is happening in South Korea and also unbelievably inspiring to see the lawmakers do their jobs and the citizens HELPING them to do so.
With Giving Tuesday tomorrow, I’d encourage folks to consider donating local. Your $100 can make a huge difference to a small local nonprofit, but the big guys will barely notice.
December 2, 2024 at 10:33 PM
With Giving Tuesday tomorrow, I’d encourage folks to consider donating local. Your $100 can make a huge difference to a small local nonprofit, but the big guys will barely notice.
The argument around echo chambers ignores that most of us just want a place to share ideas (even with those with whom we disagree) without being beaten with antisemitism or homophobia every time we post. I’m fine with those I disagree with. I’m not good with Nazis and bigots.
December 1, 2024 at 6:40 PM
The argument around echo chambers ignores that most of us just want a place to share ideas (even with those with whom we disagree) without being beaten with antisemitism or homophobia every time we post. I’m fine with those I disagree with. I’m not good with Nazis and bigots.
It is genuinely terrifying as a federal employee. Particularly for any of us that work in agencies that could even remotely be deemed controversial.
This is really not ok, and it is important that people say so. Speaking up is important.
Musk keeps attacking individual federal employees. One that Musk previously attacked said she received death threats, and had to temporarily relocate before she eventually moved.
“It’s his way of intimidating people to either quit or also send a signal to all the other agencies that ‘you’re next’,”
“It’s his way of intimidating people to either quit or also send a signal to all the other agencies that ‘you’re next’,”
November 27, 2024 at 5:29 PM
It is genuinely terrifying as a federal employee. Particularly for any of us that work in agencies that could even remotely be deemed controversial.
Wait?! So you mean this site actually lets you see real news, helps real journalists, and has none of the toxicity of the other place? What is this magic!?!
Seriously convinced my husband to join Bluesky last night. Already he's making connections with academic colleagues. This place is the tops.
Seriously convinced my husband to join Bluesky last night. Already he's making connections with academic colleagues. This place is the tops.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Wait?! So you mean this site actually lets you see real news, helps real journalists, and has none of the toxicity of the other place? What is this magic!?!
Seriously convinced my husband to join Bluesky last night. Already he's making connections with academic colleagues. This place is the tops.
Seriously convinced my husband to join Bluesky last night. Already he's making connections with academic colleagues. This place is the tops.
I bought a weighted blanket because #anxiety but it’s so heavy, I can barely lift it and so now I feel weak and anxious. At least I’m laughing at the whole situation, so that should help?
November 26, 2024 at 2:25 AM
I bought a weighted blanket because #anxiety but it’s so heavy, I can barely lift it and so now I feel weak and anxious. At least I’m laughing at the whole situation, so that should help?
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CW: this is Georgia Tech Hate Week. Consequently, I am liable to say terrible things about the North Avenue Trade School. They will be brutal. And also true.
November 25, 2024 at 3:26 PM
CW: this is Georgia Tech Hate Week. Consequently, I am liable to say terrible things about the North Avenue Trade School. They will be brutal. And also true.
"Although each side had already won decisions, there was no reason to keep fighting..."
Hard disagree. The lack of clarity for voters and for election officials will just create issues in next year's municipal elections and in two years during the midterm. We deserve court-driven legal answers.
Hard disagree. The lack of clarity for voters and for election officials will just create issues in next year's municipal elections and in two years during the midterm. We deserve court-driven legal answers.
Questions about provisional ballots remain as Casey and McCormick withdraw lawsuits • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Lawyers for the Democratic and Republican parties filed lawsuits in more than a dozen counties over decisions on provisional ballots.
penncapital-star.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:41 PM
"Although each side had already won decisions, there was no reason to keep fighting..."
Hard disagree. The lack of clarity for voters and for election officials will just create issues in next year's municipal elections and in two years during the midterm. We deserve court-driven legal answers.
Hard disagree. The lack of clarity for voters and for election officials will just create issues in next year's municipal elections and in two years during the midterm. We deserve court-driven legal answers.
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Here is my attempt at an elections starter pack. If I left you off or someone you think should be added, please let me know!
November 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Here is my attempt at an elections starter pack. If I left you off or someone you think should be added, please let me know!
"Civilian federal workers (Postal Service excluded) now make up just 1.5% of nonfarm payroll employment, down from more than 3% in the 1950s and 1960s and more than 2% through the early 1990s."
No one wants to talk about how much federal work is now done by contractors...
No one wants to talk about how much federal work is now done by contractors...
Who Are These Federal Workers Trump Wants to Fire?
The civilian workforce has barely grown in recent decades, is scattered across the country and accounts for a small fraction of US spending.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:59 PM
"Civilian federal workers (Postal Service excluded) now make up just 1.5% of nonfarm payroll employment, down from more than 3% in the 1950s and 1960s and more than 2% through the early 1990s."
No one wants to talk about how much federal work is now done by contractors...
No one wants to talk about how much federal work is now done by contractors...
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Becasue. There's. No. Evidence. Of. Fraud.
November 23, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Becasue. There's. No. Evidence. Of. Fraud.
So much this. I used to represent migrants seeking asylum and even the most devastating cases were often no more than a crap shoot. If you don’t have a dire story (just your average worker looking for a better life?) good luck to you. Won’t happen.
It’s absolutely mind-boggling how many people in this country think that immigrants can just fill out paperwork and either “come legally” or “become a citizen.” It’s both so wrong and also such a product of intentional misinformation.
November 23, 2024 at 7:36 PM
So much this. I used to represent migrants seeking asylum and even the most devastating cases were often no more than a crap shoot. If you don’t have a dire story (just your average worker looking for a better life?) good luck to you. Won’t happen.
The Hill should be embarrassed to have published this slop.
Will the Democrats finally start listening to the TERFs?
If Democrats are serious about winning back voters who didn’t turn out for Harris-Walz, they should listen to TERFs before the 2026 midterm elections.
thehill.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The Hill should be embarrassed to have published this slop.
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵
November 20, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵
After waiting in sleet and 28 wind chill for 25 minutes for my daughter to get off the bus on her half day from school (mind you, she still has school next week...), I have vowed to not go outside again.
November 22, 2024 at 8:54 PM
After waiting in sleet and 28 wind chill for 25 minutes for my daughter to get off the bus on her half day from school (mind you, she still has school next week...), I have vowed to not go outside again.
Many days I am not proud to be an alum, but this may be one of those rare ones... Good on the Stanford faculty! (And voting in a law school classroom to boot!)
The Stanford Faculty Senate upheld their 2020 censure of Scott Atlas.
“He denied basic established facts about COVID, and he did it from a position of high official prominence" while also threatening a defamation suit to chill faculty speech critical of him.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...
“He denied basic established facts about COVID, and he did it from a position of high official prominence" while also threatening a defamation suit to chill faculty speech critical of him.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...
November 22, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Many days I am not proud to be an alum, but this may be one of those rare ones... Good on the Stanford faculty! (And voting in a law school classroom to boot!)
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Friendly reminder: The USG spends $290 billion on personnel. If you fired EVERYONE who worked for the federal government, you’d save 5% of the budget. You know where most of it goes? Defense and back to us in Social Security and Medicare.
Musk, Ramaswamy vow “mass head-count reduction” in federal government
Musk, Ramaswamy vow ‘mass head-count reductions’ in U.S. government
The leaders of President-elect Donald Trump’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ outlined their efforts in a new Wall Street Journal editorial.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Friendly reminder: The USG spends $290 billion on personnel. If you fired EVERYONE who worked for the federal government, you’d save 5% of the budget. You know where most of it goes? Defense and back to us in Social Security and Medicare.