Joe Rutland 🇺🇸🇨🇦
@joerutland.bsky.social
Writer, editor, journalist. 4 decades in the communications industry. Featured work on Yardbarker, Huffington Post, Good Men Project, Entrepreneur. Texas Longhorns, Houston Astros fan. Unabashed fan of The Honeymooners.
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So let me also introduce myself. I am a writer and editor who is a contract writer and editor at this time for College Football Dawgs. I also am looking for FT work to use my skills honed in 4 decades of communications industry work. Print and digital media here. Well, let's connect 👏 on here.
This administration is a total cluster fuck. @maddow.msnbc.com is laying it all out tonight. Jesus.
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This administration is a total cluster fuck. @maddow.msnbc.com is laying it all out tonight. Jesus.
Cut the NOAA and NWS.
Those red states are gonna suffer as well as the rest of the US.
Chucklefuckz.
Those red states are gonna suffer as well as the rest of the US.
Chucklefuckz.
February 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Cut the NOAA and NWS.
Those red states are gonna suffer as well as the rest of the US.
Chucklefuckz.
Those red states are gonna suffer as well as the rest of the US.
Chucklefuckz.
We are so fucked.
February 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We are so fucked.
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On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details.
I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:
I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:
February 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details.
I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:
I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:
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Did you know that 72 MILLION Americans rely on Medicaid for healthcare? The Trump Administration and MAGA Republicans in Congress want to take it away to give tax breaks to billionaires.
Don't let them take away our healthcare. Let them know you didn’t vote for this shit.
Don't let them take away our healthcare. Let them know you didn’t vote for this shit.
February 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Did you know that 72 MILLION Americans rely on Medicaid for healthcare? The Trump Administration and MAGA Republicans in Congress want to take it away to give tax breaks to billionaires.
Don't let them take away our healthcare. Let them know you didn’t vote for this shit.
Don't let them take away our healthcare. Let them know you didn’t vote for this shit.
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
While I hope the Eagles win, please use this salute to Orange Hitler.
February 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
While I hope the Eagles win, please use this salute to Orange Hitler.
I hope he gets booed like crazy today.
February 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I hope he gets booed like crazy today.
This is some incredible shit.
Folks, the DOGE bro is linked to a cybercrime ring.
He's linked to a satanic neo-Nazi cybercrime ring that extorts CSAM from minors.
He's linked to a satanic neo-Nazi cybercrime ring that extorts CSAM from minors.
February 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This is some incredible shit.
We are talking about straws today. Sure, the important shit. WTF are we doing here.
February 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We are talking about straws today. Sure, the important shit. WTF are we doing here.
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NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
What shit will grandpa do today?
February 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
What shit will grandpa do today?
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I’m sure Americans at home and abroad all feel safer tonight now that Trump announced with Bibi that the US is going to take over Gaza, level all the buildings, and forcibly remove the population.
Might want to cancel any vacation plans you may have had to Europe.
Might want to cancel any vacation plans you may have had to Europe.
February 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I’m sure Americans at home and abroad all feel safer tonight now that Trump announced with Bibi that the US is going to take over Gaza, level all the buildings, and forcibly remove the population.
Might want to cancel any vacation plans you may have had to Europe.
Might want to cancel any vacation plans you may have had to Europe.
This is a great story. Yes, even WaPo can deliver solid stories as they go through an identity crisis (and bury democracy in the dark and light).
Kynlee Rogers, 10, was born with a bilateral cleft lip. When she met Tennessee, a 5-week-old Boston terrier with a cleft lip, it was love at first sight.
“Tennee is just like her,” her mother said, adding that they happen to share the same birthday, too.
“Tennee is just like her,” her mother said, adding that they happen to share the same birthday, too.
Girl with cleft lip adopts dog with same difference: ‘There’s just a bond’
“They love that the puppies look like them,” said Lindsay Weisman, founder of Cleft Rescue Unit.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is a great story. Yes, even WaPo can deliver solid stories as they go through an identity crisis (and bury democracy in the dark and light).
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Atul Gawande, frmly USAID: “Two weeks ago I was combatting diseases. We had 21 serious outbreaks at the time worldwide. Three are serious now: an Ebola outbreak in the capital of Uganda. Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down.”
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Atul Gawande, frmly USAID: “Two weeks ago I was combatting diseases. We had 21 serious outbreaks at the time worldwide. Three are serious now: an Ebola outbreak in the capital of Uganda. Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down.”
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NEW: I heard from federal employees across various agencies about the internal chaos they're experiencing because of Trump and how they feel going forward in their jobs.
A clear theme? They are scared - and also pissed off and hunkering down to fight.
"Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
A clear theme? They are scared - and also pissed off and hunkering down to fight.
"Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
‘Fuck That’: Federal Workers Say They’re Scared But ‘Digging In’ Amid Trump’s Chaos
“Ironically for the Trumpies, bringing us back to the office will make us stronger morale-wise,” said one EPA employee as Trump vowed to purge civil servants.
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February 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NEW: I heard from federal employees across various agencies about the internal chaos they're experiencing because of Trump and how they feel going forward in their jobs.
A clear theme? They are scared - and also pissed off and hunkering down to fight.
"Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
A clear theme? They are scared - and also pissed off and hunkering down to fight.
"Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
Can someone shut up Grandpa?
February 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can someone shut up Grandpa?
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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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New — I'm told USAID employees who tried entering another agency bldg (not HQ) earlier this morning were being turned away by security guards with unknown man blocking turnstiles. Man said msg late last night should have said all buildings closed. But he suddenly left and access reopened—for now.
February 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New — I'm told USAID employees who tried entering another agency bldg (not HQ) earlier this morning were being turned away by security guards with unknown man blocking turnstiles. Man said msg late last night should have said all buildings closed. But he suddenly left and access reopened—for now.
Dow down almost 600 points early Monday morning.
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dow down almost 600 points early Monday morning.
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(Reuters) - Germany's ZF, a major auto supplier exporting from Mexico to the United States, said on Monday it expected to pass at least some of the cost of tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on Mexican imports onto consumers via higher prices.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
(Reuters) - Germany's ZF, a major auto supplier exporting from Mexico to the United States, said on Monday it expected to pass at least some of the cost of tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on Mexican imports onto consumers via higher prices.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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Oh, here's another good one for members of Congress: go over to USAID tomorrow morning and ask what they're doing that agency personnel can't be allowed to see
Reporters in DC should camp outside the USAID building tomorrow to see who’s going in and out and to speak to employees turned away.
February 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Oh, here's another good one for members of Congress: go over to USAID tomorrow morning and ask what they're doing that agency personnel can't be allowed to see