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Mom. Lawyer. Generally Annoyed.
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I enthusiastically endorse Diane Seltzer for DC Bar President. The election is coming up soon. If you are a DC Bar member please make sure to vote for her!
March 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.

REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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People are fleeing Florida and Texas. As of Jan. 2025, those states collectively accounted for over 30% of ALL homes for sale in the US. Florida had 157,221 active listings—the highest in the country—followed by Texas with 102,552.

Repressive state governments and rising insurance are to blame.
February 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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🚨MEDICATION RECALL🚨

Alvogen has recalled fentanyl patches bc of a manufacturing error that resulted in several patches getting stuck together and packaged as a single dose. This poses an overdose risk.

Bc of the current administration’s choices, FDA is unable to share this with the public.
February 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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*panics and buys a moose*
Repost if you support Canada, and will buy Canadian goods. As an American, I will support my Canadian friends.
February 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Hi all, We’re still here at OPM.

We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.

Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
February 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
4 for 4 and there is always a general strike.
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):

1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*

2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything

3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can

4. Citizens march en mass
February 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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There hasn't actually been a serious border security problem between Canada and the US.

Wanna know a good way to create one? Create incentives in the tens of billions of dollars for successful smuggling operations.
February 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Thats the point. If Unions become a solution for non-union, healthcare for small/medium businesses, the profile of Unions change immediately and the quality of care options go up immediately for those non union workers

Won’t be easy. Wouldn’t happen fast. But it would be game changing
This would be great, but most Americans don't have a union job! But universal health care would be best. Def a human right.
February 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Let’s be clear, Trump’s tariffs will be paid by Americans. Like a tax.

They will raise prices across the board. On food. On gas. On families. On small businesses.

An average American can expect to pay an annual tax of around $2600.

So much for his promise of lower prices.
February 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is what we should be doing.
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."

James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Hey, it’s one of those Mexican firefighters who came over here to take our jobs. And save our kittens.
January 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Saying “no water system in the world could have handled the LA fires” may be accurate, but it sidesteps a larger issue. Water systems were never designed to address the challenges posed by today’s changing climate because, until now, they never needed to.
January 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Our institutions don’t defend themselves, we do. Don't be distracted by Trump's chaotic appointee picks, focus because there's a long fight ahead.
December 7, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Even if you adjust for inflation, the US economy is ~6.5x larger than it was in 1960, & our population has nearly doubled. The idea that the federal government is bloated with employees is beyond silly.
November 21, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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Let us pray 🙏
November 18, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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I created a starter pack for members of Esquire Moms (not to be confused with Mothers Esq.)

go.bsky.app/Dz22DRu
November 11, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Speaking of the utterly broken Twitter search (RIP), here are instructions for searching on Bluesky. It requires a little more from you, but once you know the prefixes, I've found the search works just fine. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky
Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!
bsky.social
November 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM