Timeline cleanse: The Boogie Woogie Twins - Dr. John & Jools Holland's legendary duet from NBC's Night Music show, 1988. (It's now on Jools Holland's album Pianola: Piano & Friends)

For those that follow @hcrichardson.bsky.social I’ve noticed her daily posts have become increasingly dire over the last few weeks. From a woman who balances her writing with facts, history & well drawn conclusions, it’s seriously concerning. I think we are at a tipping point & it’s not looking good

Group of former national security & FBI officials issue warning about ongoing purge inside FBI

“We have seen these dynamics abroad—leaders who demand loyalty from security services not to the law, but to themselves. These regimes do not end well”

Thank G*d Bluesky came along when it did.

My county had an election yesterday for county executive. Was dem candidate vs MAGA rep. Trump tweeted about getting out to vote for this election which tells me it was important to him.

Had a larger turnout then expected. Dem won by over 30%.

People are disgusted.

If you are reading this and you received any of the HR@opm.gov emails and you are not a current employee of the Executive Branch please email or Signal me a copy of the emails.

Can we now all understand why Biden executed all those pardons? I think he knew what was going to happen.

I can’t imagine many of the dems didn’t catch wind weeks ago of the actions that have been taken. It seems like the majority of them were caught on their heels.

I’m guessing anyone expecting federal money back once they file their taxes this year are going to be waiting a while.

If you work at a federal agency touched by DOGE, particularly the Education Department — or if you have other information about DOGE that you'd like to share with
@nbcnews.com — I'd love to speak with you. I'm on Signal at: tylerkingkadenbc.20

We are good at protecting sources' identities.

You can use the replies or the # to follow others but the "reposts" button is most reliable. And if you've joined in and hundreds of people follow you, be courteous and follow them back. If we're going to build a community, you have to give a little to get.

And I also want to say that I love this place being ad free. Don’t know if that’s permanent, but I’ll take it for now.

I just want to say I love clicking the discovery button here and not being inundated with right wing nut jobs and ideology. I don’t mind differing opinions, but I do mind a platform that tries to tell me what they think I should know