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the full story is just absurd. we cannot let this guy be the next mayor of New York
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Cuomo stays silent after dropping n-word on live radio show
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo dropped the n-word during a live radio interview Tuesday...
www.timesunion.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
the full story is just absurd. we cannot let this guy be the next mayor of New York
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
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Why did career employees not push back more forcefully?
“People lacked the fortitude to tell DOGE there was no fraud because they were afraid to lose their jobs,” one former high-ranking official said, referring specifically to claims filed by telephone. “They knew there was no fraud.”
“People lacked the fortitude to tell DOGE there was no fraud because they were afraid to lose their jobs,” one former high-ranking official said, referring specifically to claims filed by telephone. “They knew there was no fraud.”
Many of the major changes Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service pushed at Social Security have been abandoned or are being reversed after proving ineffective, while others are yielding unintended consequences and badly damaging customer service and satisfaction.
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why did career employees not push back more forcefully?
“People lacked the fortitude to tell DOGE there was no fraud because they were afraid to lose their jobs,” one former high-ranking official said, referring specifically to claims filed by telephone. “They knew there was no fraud.”
“People lacked the fortitude to tell DOGE there was no fraud because they were afraid to lose their jobs,” one former high-ranking official said, referring specifically to claims filed by telephone. “They knew there was no fraud.”
Imagine if they made Auschwitz into a wedding venue
you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
May 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Imagine if they made Auschwitz into a wedding venue
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BREAKING: Jacksonville Airport is on fucking fire.
The parking garage is engulfed in flames and sources are pointing at a Tesla explosion as the ignition point.
You can’t make this shit up.
The parking garage is engulfed in flames and sources are pointing at a Tesla explosion as the ignition point.
You can’t make this shit up.
May 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
BREAKING: Jacksonville Airport is on fucking fire.
The parking garage is engulfed in flames and sources are pointing at a Tesla explosion as the ignition point.
You can’t make this shit up.
The parking garage is engulfed in flames and sources are pointing at a Tesla explosion as the ignition point.
You can’t make this shit up.
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Fighting antisemitism by increasing it, because this was never about antisemitism
May 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Fighting antisemitism by increasing it, because this was never about antisemitism
Feel like when I see M&Ms in a Planters bag it's like a cameo from one of your other favorite snacks
January 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Feel like when I see M&Ms in a Planters bag it's like a cameo from one of your other favorite snacks
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turns out “democracy dies in darkness” was not a warning but a mission statement. oops!
I cannot get over how many times in recent years the Washington Post had to decide *not* to share that they knew the Alito household flew an upside-down flag in the immediate aftermath of Jan 6 before reporting it today. www.lawdork.com/p/washington...
Washington Post bombshell: Washington Post buried Alito flag story for three years
Saturday's report raises many questions, several relating to the fact that the Post, at least passively, made the decision not to reveal this news many times since 2021.
www.lawdork.com
May 25, 2024 at 11:05 PM
turns out “democracy dies in darkness” was not a warning but a mission statement. oops!
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🚨NEWS: The Obama admin’s fmr top lawyer & a senator-turned-lobbyist are helping a dark money group press SCOTUS to outlaw a wealth tax.
Neal Katyal previously defended Nestle in a child slavery case.
Sen. Breaux lobbies for Exxon & Norfolk Southern.
Neal Katyal previously defended Nestle in a child slavery case.
Sen. Breaux lobbies for Exxon & Norfolk Southern.
Top Dems Press Supreme Court To Block Billionaire Tax
Obama’s former acting Solicitor General and a senator-turned-lobbyist are helping a dark money group pressure the high court.
www.levernews.com
September 14, 2023 at 1:02 PM
🚨NEWS: The Obama admin’s fmr top lawyer & a senator-turned-lobbyist are helping a dark money group press SCOTUS to outlaw a wealth tax.
Neal Katyal previously defended Nestle in a child slavery case.
Sen. Breaux lobbies for Exxon & Norfolk Southern.
Neal Katyal previously defended Nestle in a child slavery case.
Sen. Breaux lobbies for Exxon & Norfolk Southern.
I picked The Virgin Suicides last night and thought it'd be more uplifting
September 25, 2023 at 12:11 AM
I picked The Virgin Suicides last night and thought it'd be more uplifting
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Biden and Trump are both coming to Michigan this week
I sure hope reporters/analysts covering the visits include context, like what each man has/hasn’t done for auto workers — and for working class Americans more generally
There’s quite a difference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
I sure hope reporters/analysts covering the visits include context, like what each man has/hasn’t done for auto workers — and for working class Americans more generally
There’s quite a difference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
This Trick Helped Donald Trump Win In 2016 — And Now He’s Trying It Again
On abortion and a few other issues, the former president is using all sorts of rhetorical misdirection to avoid being tagged as an extremist.
www.huffpost.com
September 24, 2023 at 1:24 PM
Biden and Trump are both coming to Michigan this week
I sure hope reporters/analysts covering the visits include context, like what each man has/hasn’t done for auto workers — and for working class Americans more generally
There’s quite a difference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
I sure hope reporters/analysts covering the visits include context, like what each man has/hasn’t done for auto workers — and for working class Americans more generally
There’s quite a difference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
It's always the NORMS with these Senate people. How about the NORM of doing your f'ing job and not being fascist apologists or outright fascists? Wear shorts or pants, I don't care, just try to not plunge us any further into despair and misery. /RANT
September 23, 2023 at 9:40 PM
It's always the NORMS with these Senate people. How about the NORM of doing your f'ing job and not being fascist apologists or outright fascists? Wear shorts or pants, I don't care, just try to not plunge us any further into despair and misery. /RANT
The dream these days is to start posting videos of yourself doing something, get noticed, start making more videos, then license your name to a line of kitchen utensils at Target made by child labor in South or East Asia
September 23, 2023 at 1:18 PM
The dream these days is to start posting videos of yourself doing something, get noticed, start making more videos, then license your name to a line of kitchen utensils at Target made by child labor in South or East Asia
What does HBO want me to think?
September 23, 2023 at 4:40 AM
What does HBO want me to think?
Wherefore the Kangol hat?
September 23, 2023 at 3:40 AM
Wherefore the Kangol hat?
Corporate media and commodification of information have given us so much incisive commentary and diverse viewpoints
September 22, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Corporate media and commodification of information have given us so much incisive commentary and diverse viewpoints
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To add some spice, journalists belatedly did their jobs.
How did Nina Totenberg and the rest of the SCOTUS beat miss these stories, with a few exceptions, for decades? Reporters? Editors?
Would read an examination of that question.
How did Nina Totenberg and the rest of the SCOTUS beat miss these stories, with a few exceptions, for decades? Reporters? Editors?
Would read an examination of that question.
Journalists have basically done their jobs, bringing light to hidden facts of public concern.
Now really up to citizens & electeds to decide what's right.
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Now really up to citizens & electeds to decide what's right.
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2023 at 1:51 PM
To add some spice, journalists belatedly did their jobs.
How did Nina Totenberg and the rest of the SCOTUS beat miss these stories, with a few exceptions, for decades? Reporters? Editors?
Would read an examination of that question.
How did Nina Totenberg and the rest of the SCOTUS beat miss these stories, with a few exceptions, for decades? Reporters? Editors?
Would read an examination of that question.
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[slow pan across photo] "My dearest Julie: We are still barricaded here at the Grove, surrounded on all sides by those who would deny us our rightful largesse, and sustained only by the Koch billions. I pray to the owl that I may see you again, but I fear I am to be cancelled. Yours always, Ken"
September 22, 2023 at 1:21 PM
[slow pan across photo] "My dearest Julie: We are still barricaded here at the Grove, surrounded on all sides by those who would deny us our rightful largesse, and sustained only by the Koch billions. I pray to the owl that I may see you again, but I fear I am to be cancelled. Yours always, Ken"
If your life isn't all about breaking Guiness World Records, I don't even know what you're doing
September 22, 2023 at 2:17 AM
If your life isn't all about breaking Guiness World Records, I don't even know what you're doing
Unfortunately, eating well (and refraining from dairy and caffeine for me), sleeping, and exercising is making my mood much better
September 21, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Unfortunately, eating well (and refraining from dairy and caffeine for me), sleeping, and exercising is making my mood much better
Don't post about how crime is socially constructed in a parenting group online media.giphy.com/media/GiKbuJ...
September 18, 2023 at 3:37 PM
Don't post about how crime is socially constructed in a parenting group online media.giphy.com/media/GiKbuJ...
One of my great dad/lawyer achievements is guiding a guy who posted in a Bluey-themed dad's Facebook group about his work troubles on how to file a NLRB unfair labor practice charge
September 18, 2023 at 2:01 AM
One of my great dad/lawyer achievements is guiding a guy who posted in a Bluey-themed dad's Facebook group about his work troubles on how to file a NLRB unfair labor practice charge
My new Zoom background
September 14, 2023 at 7:36 PM
My new Zoom background
Once, before I was a labor lawyer, I told a manager that if he didn't quit bullying a worker armed agents would come get him & his name would be in the paper. He freaked out. I think I manifested this www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
September 14, 2023 at 3:03 AM
Once, before I was a labor lawyer, I told a manager that if he didn't quit bullying a worker armed agents would come get him & his name would be in the paper. He freaked out. I think I manifested this www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...