Marcy Farrell
@marcyf.bsky.social
Learning designer & editor; former teacher. Liberal mom in Austin TX.
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It appears that DOJ employees who use language to accurately describe the events that took place on Jan. 6 — but language that does not, of course, line up with Trump’s white-washed narrative on the attack — are being punished.
More in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand here:
More in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand here:
Federal Prosecutors Suspended for Not Using MAGA-Approved Verbiage to Describe Jan 6
This is your TPM evening briefing.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It appears that DOJ employees who use language to accurately describe the events that took place on Jan. 6 — but language that does not, of course, line up with Trump’s white-washed narrative on the attack — are being punished.
More in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand here:
More in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand here:
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As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
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Slashing special ed staff in the Department of Education and gutting public health agencies is what you do if you are a straight-up eugenicist.
October 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Slashing special ed staff in the Department of Education and gutting public health agencies is what you do if you are a straight-up eugenicist.
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Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
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"BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
ACLU
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
ACLU
a man in a suit and tie has a badge on his jacket that says congressman
ALT: a man in a suit and tie has a badge on his jacket that says congressman
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
ACLU
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
ACLU
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First they shut down the government. Then they tampered with federal workers’ emails to shift the blame. This is corruption in broad daylight.
Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown
Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.
www.nbcnews.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
First they shut down the government. Then they tampered with federal workers’ emails to shift the blame. This is corruption in broad daylight.
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Trump wants to use a shutdown of Republicans’ own making to keep YOU in the dark about our economy.
The September jobs numbers are ready – and Trump must release them.
Without them, the Fed is flying blind while making decisions that impact you.
The September jobs numbers are ready – and Trump must release them.
Without them, the Fed is flying blind while making decisions that impact you.
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trump wants to use a shutdown of Republicans’ own making to keep YOU in the dark about our economy.
The September jobs numbers are ready – and Trump must release them.
Without them, the Fed is flying blind while making decisions that impact you.
The September jobs numbers are ready – and Trump must release them.
Without them, the Fed is flying blind while making decisions that impact you.
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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No more Kamala Harris interviews. Society has progressed past the need for Kamala Harris interviews
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
No more Kamala Harris interviews. Society has progressed past the need for Kamala Harris interviews
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The Washington Post has fired its last full-time Black opinion columnist, who says it was because they didn’t like what she posted after Charlie Kirk’s shooting.
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Black Washington Post Journalist Says She Was Fired Over Charlie Kirk
Karen Attiah, the paper’s last Black columnist, says she was fired because top editors viewed her social media posts on Charlie Kirk as “unacceptable.”
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September 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Washington Post has fired its last full-time Black opinion columnist, who says it was because they didn’t like what she posted after Charlie Kirk’s shooting.
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This is sad news. Lina Hidalgo is very talented and has a spine. We need people like her. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Once a Rising Star, a Top Texas Democrat Won’t Seek Re-election
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is sad news. Lina Hidalgo is very talented and has a spine. We need people like her. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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Lot of unhappy things going on at large and in this article, but one of them is that there a contingent of RW activists searching through social media for comments they can use to get people fired or worse. Be careful.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Workers are getting fired, placed on leave over Charlie Kirk posts
Reactions to the conservative activist’s killing have become a litmus test for employers’ tolerance for political speech by employees, in public and private.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Lot of unhappy things going on at large and in this article, but one of them is that there a contingent of RW activists searching through social media for comments they can use to get people fired or worse. Be careful.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Racism really is illogical bc how are you threatening HBCUs bc a white man shot another white man at a white rally at a white university in what has GOT TO be one of the top 5 whitest states in the country??? Black people couldn't be further from this if we actually tried.
September 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Racism really is illogical bc how are you threatening HBCUs bc a white man shot another white man at a white rally at a white university in what has GOT TO be one of the top 5 whitest states in the country??? Black people couldn't be further from this if we actually tried.
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Anyway, seems like the white community should really do something about all this white-on-white crime.
a man stands in front of a wall that says nba finals on it
Alt: A black man walks away
media.tenor.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Anyway, seems like the white community should really do something about all this white-on-white crime.
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The gun culture into which Tyler Robinson was born.
September 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The gun culture into which Tyler Robinson was born.
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Wow
“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
@nbcnews.com
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September 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Wow
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Hey @nytimes.com, your story today is misleading and deeply incomplete. You need to update and correct it.
Right-wingers aren't trying to expose people using dehumanizing rhetoric. They are trying to use this moment to get their opponents harmed and killed. I know because I'm one!
Right-wingers aren't trying to expose people using dehumanizing rhetoric. They are trying to use this moment to get their opponents harmed and killed. I know because I'm one!
September 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, your story today is misleading and deeply incomplete. You need to update and correct it.
Right-wingers aren't trying to expose people using dehumanizing rhetoric. They are trying to use this moment to get their opponents harmed and killed. I know because I'm one!
Right-wingers aren't trying to expose people using dehumanizing rhetoric. They are trying to use this moment to get their opponents harmed and killed. I know because I'm one!
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Wild to read such things in the context of everyone knowing both that:
A. Trump is not Congress and, therefore, his tariffs are in fact obviously illegal according to unambiguous black-letter law, and
B. Six lickspittle MAGA justices will invent some new, half-baked reason to say otherwise.
A. Trump is not Congress and, therefore, his tariffs are in fact obviously illegal according to unambiguous black-letter law, and
B. Six lickspittle MAGA justices will invent some new, half-baked reason to say otherwise.
Two lower courts have said some of President Trump's tariffs are unlawful. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to examine the issue.
Supreme Court says it will weigh in on Trump's tariffs
Two lower courts have said some of President Trump's tariffs are unlawful. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to examine the issue.
www.wbur.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Wild to read such things in the context of everyone knowing both that:
A. Trump is not Congress and, therefore, his tariffs are in fact obviously illegal according to unambiguous black-letter law, and
B. Six lickspittle MAGA justices will invent some new, half-baked reason to say otherwise.
A. Trump is not Congress and, therefore, his tariffs are in fact obviously illegal according to unambiguous black-letter law, and
B. Six lickspittle MAGA justices will invent some new, half-baked reason to say otherwise.
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NEW: Trump family has now made $5 billion off its corrupt crypto deals.
Your family gets higher energy prices and cuts to health care. His family gets billions.
Corruption, plain and simple.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Your family gets higher energy prices and cuts to health care. His family gets billions.
Corruption, plain and simple.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch
The WLFI token traded far above its previous value, confirming—at least on paper—a huge windfall for the president and his sons.
www.wsj.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
NEW: Trump family has now made $5 billion off its corrupt crypto deals.
Your family gets higher energy prices and cuts to health care. His family gets billions.
Corruption, plain and simple.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Your family gets higher energy prices and cuts to health care. His family gets billions.
Corruption, plain and simple.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Perfect encapsulation of the Trump administration: The guy suing Harvard for alleged antisemitism is a straight-up Hitler-admiring Nazi.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. - The Boston Globe
Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Perfect encapsulation of the Trump administration: The guy suing Harvard for alleged antisemitism is a straight-up Hitler-admiring Nazi.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
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Out today: “It is harder for a rural hospital to absorb when somebody without insurance shows up in the ER or needs to be hospitalized. There’s just not much fluff at all left in a rural hospital’s margins to suffer any significant hit to collection.”
West Texas Congressman's 'Big Beautiful' Cuts Could Harm Rural Hospitals in His District
Jodey Arrington was the House architect of Trump’s massive tax-and-spend bill that includes steep healthcare cuts.
www.texasobserver.org
August 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Out today: “It is harder for a rural hospital to absorb when somebody without insurance shows up in the ER or needs to be hospitalized. There’s just not much fluff at all left in a rural hospital’s margins to suffer any significant hit to collection.”
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This isn’t bad luck or coincidence or predestination.
This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.
This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This isn’t bad luck or coincidence or predestination.
This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.
This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.