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Kathy Raines
@kathyraines.bsky.social
Balloon artist, gardener, news junkie. She/her.
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A bit in the weeds but people should be thinking about this. Civil Service law is complicated. And there's an exception to almost every rule somewhere in the govt. But in most cases the following is true. Probationary employees include those in their first year of service and those who have ...
February 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My friend Paul tells the stories of people affected by global politics.
Richard Chamangawa, a refugee from the DR Congo, plays a homemade adungu in the Makpandu refugee camp in South Sudan. The 12-year-old boy made his utilizing an empty can that had contained vegetable cooking oil provided to his family by USAID, the relief arm of the U.S. government. USAID is no more.
February 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you, friend!
While I have little hope of swaying my two senators, I keep calling.
And today I have a prayer for Mitch McConnell...
May he be visited by three spirits: America Past, America Present, and America Future.
a group of people are chained to a wall and talking to each other
Alt: a group of Muppet ghosts are chained to a wall and talking to Scrooge.
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“I coached football long enough to know that, when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” @governorwalz.mn.gov

We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
January 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
25 somethings? I'd buy one! or more!
Let Denmark cook.
January 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Another "OMG" moment of the day.
Alina Habba to Chuck Schumer: "What your opinion on what the law is doesn't really matter. It's what the White House counsel says and what our attorney general of the US says."
January 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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I’m more of a North Face guy but this seems a bit extreme
January 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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January 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This isn’t a “seems like” or “appears to be” event…

It was intentional, deliberate, and unequivocal.
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This isn’t a “seems like” or “appears to be” event…

It was intentional, deliberate, and unequivocal.
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
@jortsthecat.bsky.social, these folks evidently love cats! (And note the orange kitty emoji- assure Jean, please, that they love torties also)
🚨 🚨 🚨Our director just told us that if the social media team can fundraise 30 million dollars, we can get a museum cat. 🐈 🐈 🐈 🚨 🚨 🚨
December 14, 2024 at 1:26 AM