@jenmcphail.bsky.social
Hello, slowly making my way over here from the Metaverse and left the bird app a long time ago. I primarily post about politics, governance, societal constructs, and the study of religion and religious history. Sound like your cup of tea, then say hi 👋
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BREAKING: Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum deploying 2,000 members of the National Guard to California.
June 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum deploying 2,000 members of the National Guard to California.
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Mother's Day should not be compulsory for any woman.
It should be the yearly celebration of a decision, a moment to mark with gratitude a beautiful but perilous journey one has chosen to traverse.
It should be an anniversary of choice.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/mothers-da...
It should be the yearly celebration of a decision, a moment to mark with gratitude a beautiful but perilous journey one has chosen to traverse.
It should be an anniversary of choice.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/mothers-da...
Mother's Day Should Be a Woman's Choice
Mother's Day should not be compulsory for any woman.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Mother's Day should not be compulsory for any woman.
It should be the yearly celebration of a decision, a moment to mark with gratitude a beautiful but perilous journey one has chosen to traverse.
It should be an anniversary of choice.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/mothers-da...
It should be the yearly celebration of a decision, a moment to mark with gratitude a beautiful but perilous journey one has chosen to traverse.
It should be an anniversary of choice.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/mothers-da...
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BREAKING: Federal judge issues a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from implementing widespread RIFs and other efforts to dismantle wide swaths of the federal government for the next two weeks, during which time a preliminary injunction motion can be briefed and argued.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 25-cv-03698-SI
ORDER GRANTING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND COMPELLING CERTAIN
DISCOVERY PRODUCTION
Re: Dkt. No. 37
The new presidential administration has made clear that it intends to change the way the federal government operates.
An Executive Order issued on February 11, 2025 seeks to
"commence[] a critical transformation of the Federal bureaucracy" by "eliminating waste, bloat, and insularityLl Exec. Order No. 14210, 90 Fed. Reg. 9,669 (Feb. 11, 2025). It is the prerogative of presidents to pursue new policy priorities and to imprint their stamp on the federal government. But
to make large-scale overhauls of federal agencies, any president must enlist the help of his co-equal branch and partner, the Congress. Federal courts should not micromanage the vast federal workforce, but courts must sometimes act to preserve the proper checks and balances between the
three branches of government. As a group of conservative former government officials and advisors have written to the Court, "Unchecked presidential power is not what the Framers had in mind." Dkt. No. 69-1 at 1.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigrp7xgivvh7aatvnkentbh56gczjxkd57cpghqb64xhtp2bqfgbq@jpeg)
May 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
BREAKING: Federal judge issues a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from implementing widespread RIFs and other efforts to dismantle wide swaths of the federal government for the next two weeks, during which time a preliminary injunction motion can be briefed and argued.
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So, if I understand Stephen Miller correctly, either the courts side with the Trump Administration regarding the deportation of migrants or it will just suspend the writ of habeas corpus and do what it wants to do anyway. The party of the rule of law.
May 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
So, if I understand Stephen Miller correctly, either the courts side with the Trump Administration regarding the deportation of migrants or it will just suspend the writ of habeas corpus and do what it wants to do anyway. The party of the rule of law.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court narrowly ruled, 5-4, that the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid groups.
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump in fight over foreign aid bills
The order is a significant but potentially short-lived victory for operators of foreign aid programs.
www.politico.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court narrowly ruled, 5-4, that the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid groups.
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Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers:
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
March 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers:
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
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The U.S. Supreme Court handed down yet another loss for the Trump Administration, rejecting Trump’s emergency appeal to freeze paying out nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.
meidasnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down yet another loss for the Trump Administration, rejecting Trump’s emergency appeal to freeze paying out nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.
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Republican politicians have no idea how many people they've pissed-off.
It's more than they will be able to overpower or outlast.
It's more than they will be able to overpower or outlast.
March 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Republican politicians have no idea how many people they've pissed-off.
It's more than they will be able to overpower or outlast.
It's more than they will be able to overpower or outlast.
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Ex-US defence chiefs urge congressional hearings on Trump’s military firings
Ex-US defence chiefs urge congressional hearings on Trump’s military firings
Trump’s first defence secretary James Mattis among five to express alarm at ‘reckless’ dismissals of top military figures
* US politics live – latest updates
Five former US defence secretaries have demanded congressional hearings on Donald Trump’s…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Ex-US defence chiefs urge congressional hearings on Trump’s military firings
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Trump’s explosive clash with Zelenskyy: read the full transcript
Trump’s explosive clash with Zelenskyy: read the full transcript
Meeting between US and Ukraine presidents descends into chaos at White House – here’s what they said, word for word
A meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy veered sharply off track in front of the television cameras as the US president…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump’s explosive clash with Zelenskyy: read the full transcript
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊
Fuck Trump and Vance
Fuck Trump and Vance
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊
Fuck Trump and Vance
Fuck Trump and Vance
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Trump and Vance needed to create an incident to provide a justification for their pre-planned abandonment of Ukraine now, then separation from NATO in the near future. That’s what that was all about, and that was always the way a second Trump term was going to go.
February 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Trump and Vance needed to create an incident to provide a justification for their pre-planned abandonment of Ukraine now, then separation from NATO in the near future. That’s what that was all about, and that was always the way a second Trump term was going to go.
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Today's Oval Office spectacle wasn't about showing strength, it was about surrendering to Putin. Trump and JD Vance have completely sold out America.
Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social n react: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_m...
Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social n react: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_m...
Trump and Vance ATTACK Zelenskyy in Oval Office and Align U.S. with PUTIN
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Today's Oval Office spectacle wasn't about showing strength, it was about surrendering to Putin. Trump and JD Vance have completely sold out America.
Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social n react: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_m...
Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social n react: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_m...
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Killing free expression in the service of “freedom”.
Bezos blows. Ditch Amazon and Whole Foods.
Bezos blows. Ditch Amazon and Whole Foods.
February 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Killing free expression in the service of “freedom”.
Bezos blows. Ditch Amazon and Whole Foods.
Bezos blows. Ditch Amazon and Whole Foods.
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The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
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Are you participating in today's consumer blackout?
Let me know in the comments! Taking a poll for my morning news report.
Let me know in the comments! Taking a poll for my morning news report.
February 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Are you participating in today's consumer blackout?
Let me know in the comments! Taking a poll for my morning news report.
Let me know in the comments! Taking a poll for my morning news report.
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The Nashville Scene on Tennessee Republicans Sen. Watson & Rep. Lamberth trying to keep undocumented kids from being able to go to school: www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverst...
February 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Nashville Scene on Tennessee Republicans Sen. Watson & Rep. Lamberth trying to keep undocumented kids from being able to go to school: www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverst...
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With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans approved a GOP budget blueprint Tuesday, a step toward delivering $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts despite a wall of opposition from Democrats and discomfort among Republicans.
House GOP approves ‘big’ budget that includes $4.5T tax breaks, $2T in cuts
House Republicans approved a GOP budget blueprint Tuesday.
www.dallasnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans approved a GOP budget blueprint Tuesday, a step toward delivering $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts despite a wall of opposition from Democrats and discomfort among Republicans.
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George Clooney: ‘I told Amal, I can still do everything I did when I was 30. But in 30 years, I’m 90. That’s a real number’
George Clooney: ‘I told Amal, I can still do everything I did when I was 30. But in 30 years, I’m 90. That’s a real number’
The actor is making his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of his 2005 movie Good Night, and Good Luck
www.irishtimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
George Clooney: ‘I told Amal, I can still do everything I did when I was 30. But in 30 years, I’m 90. That’s a real number’
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‘Dear Concerned Friend, You're F*ckin' Right I'm Angry. I Wish You Were.’
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-conce...
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-conce...
February 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
‘Dear Concerned Friend, You're F*ckin' Right I'm Angry. I Wish You Were.’
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-conce...
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-conce...
