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Will Stancil

@whstancil.bsky.social

If you’re mad about Dems avoiding talking about DC, you can blame the Democratic quants, as demonstrated in this memo from David Shor’s Blue Rose Research

August 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM

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Helmi

@helmsinki.bsky.social

Tucson Abortion Support Collective is about to run out of money and desperately needs yalls help! Please share and donate if you can: fund.nnaf.org/campaign/tuc...

In April we pledged over $45,000. That is triple the amount we've raised the entire fundathon season.

At this rate we will run out of money by July 1st.

May 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM

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Yell In a War

@jelenawoehr.bsky.social

incorrect headline: “Trump administration to screen immigrants for antisemitism”

accurate headline: “Trump administration blames Jews for expansion of surveillance state”

April 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM

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Radley Balko

@radleybalko.bsky.social

Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back.

They think it’s funny.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM

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Pope Francis II

@francisgasparini.bsky.social

(interviewing for a job at DOGE) I guess I would say my priority is destroying the transcontinental railroad

March 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Rich Sauces

@richsauces.bsky.social

I just learned that the Michelin Man’s name is ‘Bibendum.’ Or, maybe I knew and forgot? Either way, I’m not sure how to proceed.

February 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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Center for Critical Public Health

@criticalpublichealth.org

"Public health data and communication [are] a vital resource, as valuable as gold, for protecting American lives... The longer this instability and information drip-feed continues, the greater the biosecurity risk."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/data-and-c...
by @kkjetelina.bsky.social

Data and communication are gold

What the hell is going on?

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

February 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM

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Jason P. Steed

@profsteed.bsky.social

Make Rule 11 Great Again

Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · Feb 6

Rule 11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
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(a) Signature. Every pleading, written motion, and other paper must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney's name—or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented. The paper must state the signer's address, e-mail address, and telephone number. Unless a rule or statute specifically states otherwise, a pleading need not be verified or accompanied by an affidavit. The court must strike an unsigned paper unless the omission is promptly corrected after being called to the attorney's or party's attention.

(b) Representations to the Court. By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper—whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it—an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances:

(1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation;

(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law;

(3) the factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and

(4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on belief or a lack of information.

February 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM

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Kim Kelly

@kimkelly.bsky.social

Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.

Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Depr.management

February 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM