Terry McCarty
@terrymc.bsky.social
Semi-retired poet, sporadic movie/TV podcaster (Reviews And Otherwise) and Southern Californian since 1988.
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Facing a backlog of school discrimination cases, the U.S. Department of Education has asked hundreds of employees it #fired months ago to #return to work.
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Education Dept. asks hundreds of fired employees to temporarily return
The federal Education Department is asking hundreds of staffers in the Office for Civil Rights to temporarily return to help clear a backlog of cases.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Facing a backlog of school discrimination cases, the U.S. Department of Education has asked hundreds of employees it #fired months ago to #return to work.
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Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.
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“The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.“
Palantir will be used to identify domestic Trump critics soon enough.
Palantir will be used to identify domestic Trump critics soon enough.
ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.“
Palantir will be used to identify domestic Trump critics soon enough.
Palantir will be used to identify domestic Trump critics soon enough.
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🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
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LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
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December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.
I don't really know what the administration hopes to gain by picking fights with the most well-liked pop artists in the United States. You're just generating backlash for no discernible reason outside of owning the libs.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.
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Her name will eventually be put back. I can’t tell you when, only that it will happen.
The irony is that Trump, who spent his life trying to stamp his name on everything, will eventually have it stripped off everything.
We’re all just visitors here on Earth. Future generations will judge it all.
The irony is that Trump, who spent his life trying to stamp his name on everything, will eventually have it stripped off everything.
We’re all just visitors here on Earth. Future generations will judge it all.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Her name will eventually be put back. I can’t tell you when, only that it will happen.
The irony is that Trump, who spent his life trying to stamp his name on everything, will eventually have it stripped off everything.
We’re all just visitors here on Earth. Future generations will judge it all.
The irony is that Trump, who spent his life trying to stamp his name on everything, will eventually have it stripped off everything.
We’re all just visitors here on Earth. Future generations will judge it all.
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What the CDC looks like without science. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What the CDC looks like without science. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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David Zaslav will make nearly $660 million if Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros. closes, according to CNBC.
Add that to his $470 million in compensation since 2019, and the king of failing up is about to be a billionaire.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/p... #WarnerBros #Netflix #DavidZaslav
Add that to his $470 million in compensation since 2019, and the king of failing up is about to be a billionaire.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/p... #WarnerBros #Netflix #DavidZaslav
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
David Zaslav will make nearly $660 million if Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros. closes, according to CNBC.
Add that to his $470 million in compensation since 2019, and the king of failing up is about to be a billionaire.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/p... #WarnerBros #Netflix #DavidZaslav
Add that to his $470 million in compensation since 2019, and the king of failing up is about to be a billionaire.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/p... #WarnerBros #Netflix #DavidZaslav
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New Mexico launched a state pilot program offering monthly $500 payments to teens experiencing housing insecurity and other issues.
The initiative aims to help remove barriers that keep them from attending school.
The initiative aims to help remove barriers that keep them from attending school.
To help homeless students graduate, New Mexico tries paying them
The state is launching a three-year pilot program offering $500 a month to homeless students who maintain high attendance and fulfill other requirements.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New Mexico launched a state pilot program offering monthly $500 payments to teens experiencing housing insecurity and other issues.
The initiative aims to help remove barriers that keep them from attending school.
The initiative aims to help remove barriers that keep them from attending school.
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NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
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How are 'taken by surprise' that she did the thing which she is most famous for?
Olivia Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Will Part Ways
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December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
How are 'taken by surprise' that she did the thing which she is most famous for?
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A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol returned to Washington in recent days and has been wandering the neighborhood of Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin — alarming police and prosecutors, who urged a judge to immediately jail him.
Justice Department urges judge to jail former Jan. 6 defendant after alarming return to DC
Taylor Taranto is the latest Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump to face new legal trouble.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol returned to Washington in recent days and has been wandering the neighborhood of Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin — alarming police and prosecutors, who urged a judge to immediately jail him.
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The ways the world accepts and normalizes African suffering and death is so enraging
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The ways the world accepts and normalizes African suffering and death is so enraging
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As a woman in media who has for decades done a lot of difficult investigative reporting, sometimes involving famous people, who has been ethical about it the entire fucking time, I want a Pulitzer for not popping off about this in public (prayers up for my long suffering Signal pals & group chats)
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As a woman in media who has for decades done a lot of difficult investigative reporting, sometimes involving famous people, who has been ethical about it the entire fucking time, I want a Pulitzer for not popping off about this in public (prayers up for my long suffering Signal pals & group chats)
R.I.P. Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
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December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
R.I.P. Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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LIVE: Demonstration to celebrate the first anniversary of Assad’s fall youtube.com/live/xd73Mjv...
LIVE: Demonstration to celebrate the first anniversary of Assad’s fall
YouTube video by Reuters
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December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
LIVE: Demonstration to celebrate the first anniversary of Assad’s fall youtube.com/live/xd73Mjv...
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SCOTUS has allowed the Texas gerrymandering to go forward, and Rep Jasmine Crockett is being booted out of her seat.
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
SCOTUS has allowed the Texas gerrymandering to go forward, and Rep Jasmine Crockett is being booted out of her seat.
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
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Unreported in all of this: Netflix made a LOT of shitty television this year. Sure, Netflix had a few good things. But like... so much mediocre-to-shitty CONTENT. That obviously isn't the primary thing at play here, but it's not nothing.
Also... this is SO bad for the diversity of the landscape.
Also... this is SO bad for the diversity of the landscape.
Hollywood Blockbuster: Netflix Poised to Win Battle for Warner Bros.
The streaming giant appears to have emerged victorious over Paramount and Comcast, though there is a lot that needs to happen for the deal to close.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Unreported in all of this: Netflix made a LOT of shitty television this year. Sure, Netflix had a few good things. But like... so much mediocre-to-shitty CONTENT. That obviously isn't the primary thing at play here, but it's not nothing.
Also... this is SO bad for the diversity of the landscape.
Also... this is SO bad for the diversity of the landscape.