Spoon Bill
@spoonwilliam.bsky.social
A friendly face by another name
Yeah so im an EPA employee and this is bullshit www.epa.gov/aboutepa/100...
100 Days, 100 Environmental Accomplishments | US EPA
Learn about the major strides EPA has taken in the first 100 days to safeguard human health and the environment, ensuring clean air, land, and water for every American.
www.epa.gov
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Yeah so im an EPA employee and this is bullshit www.epa.gov/aboutepa/100...
If I were serious about demonstrating a genuine interest in meritocracy rather than a sham one based in racial animus, I would not appoint agency leadership whose resumes wouldn’t merit an interview for a career position at those agencies—much less qualify them as their leaders.
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If I were serious about demonstrating a genuine interest in meritocracy rather than a sham one based in racial animus, I would not appoint agency leadership whose resumes wouldn’t merit an interview for a career position at those agencies—much less qualify them as their leaders.
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Either you find this disgusting, or you are disgusting. There is no in between.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Either you find this disgusting, or you are disgusting. There is no in between.
The same way (I’ve noticed) that people who have only ever acted in bad faith/for self-aggrandizing purposes cannot engage with left policy agendas without starting from the premise that they have some similar set of ulterior motives
People who have to get their beliefs sent to them daily by a vast propaganda network are left incapable of processing the notion that many people—a majority, even—come by their sense of “things should be good, in some way, and bad people suck” organically.
They really thought we had one big group chat where we shared our liberation plans lol
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March 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The same way (I’ve noticed) that people who have only ever acted in bad faith/for self-aggrandizing purposes cannot engage with left policy agendas without starting from the premise that they have some similar set of ulterior motives
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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yeah I am not exactly the kind to offer uncritical support to biglaw associates, but here you gotta. she's taking a stand that needs to be taken in defense of principles and rights we all rely on, consciously or not.
Our cultural default will be to sneer at Rachel Cohen, dismiss her as privileged, question her tone, scorn her ability to make a difference, conclude that by working at BigLaw she’s part of the problem. Among other things, that’s a self-indulgence you can’t afford during fascism.
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The associate, Rachel Cohen, recently organized an open letter that called on Big Law to respond to Trump's executive orders designed to sanction three prominent firms. The letter was signed by more than 300 Big Law associates.
www.law.com/americanlawy...
www.law.com/americanlawy...
March 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
yeah I am not exactly the kind to offer uncritical support to biglaw associates, but here you gotta. she's taking a stand that needs to be taken in defense of principles and rights we all rely on, consciously or not.
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Will Stancil said it best: people are not choosing who to vote for based on policy preferences, they're choosing a team to join. The big tent strategy is bad because it makes us look weak and unmoored from any larger principle, so people don't want to join our team.
the big tent is a failed political strategy. it's over and done, and the sooner politicians realize that, the better.
SCOOP: Sarah McBride and other Dems have discussed how the party must accept Ds with differing stances on trans rights to not alienate people
“We have to create more space in our tent,” she told me
An inside look at Dems’ reshuffling on trans issues:
www.notus.org/congress/tra...
“We have to create more space in our tent,” she told me
An inside look at Dems’ reshuffling on trans issues:
www.notus.org/congress/tra...
March 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Will Stancil said it best: people are not choosing who to vote for based on policy preferences, they're choosing a team to join. The big tent strategy is bad because it makes us look weak and unmoored from any larger principle, so people don't want to join our team.
I also think Paul Weiss did a terrible thing but it’s funny to see the biglaw community suddenly discover and announce it *can* distinguish between doing good things and bad things
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I also think Paul Weiss did a terrible thing but it’s funny to see the biglaw community suddenly discover and announce it *can* distinguish between doing good things and bad things
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Solidarity with Columbia law profs, who are doing what they can. This is a hell of a statement. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)
By Kate Andrias, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Jamal Greene, Olatunde Johnson, Jeremy Kessler, Gillian Metzger, and David Pozen On Thursday, the ...
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March 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Solidarity with Columbia law profs, who are doing what they can. This is a hell of a statement. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
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It’s unreal - the DOD deleted its page for Charles Calvin Rodgers, a Medal of Honor recipient who was wounded three times while defending against three assaults on his base in Vietnam. Now the URL includes “DEI Medal of Honor.” There’s something about Rodgers I don’t even have to tell you
March 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It’s unreal - the DOD deleted its page for Charles Calvin Rodgers, a Medal of Honor recipient who was wounded three times while defending against three assaults on his base in Vietnam. Now the URL includes “DEI Medal of Honor.” There’s something about Rodgers I don’t even have to tell you
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The @democrats.senate.gov need a new leader. Schumer is unable to meet this moment. He cannot be the opposition leader when he’s a spineless collaborator.
March 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The @democrats.senate.gov need a new leader. Schumer is unable to meet this moment. He cannot be the opposition leader when he’s a spineless collaborator.
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make america great again, healthy again, etc.
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
make america great again, healthy again, etc.
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been giving a lot of thought to the whole "primary every democrat" thing and decided that I support it and would give money to an org and even help found one but I cannot do it on my own. if you are connected to dem politics and interested in collaboration on something like this, tho, hit me up
March 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
been giving a lot of thought to the whole "primary every democrat" thing and decided that I support it and would give money to an org and even help found one but I cannot do it on my own. if you are connected to dem politics and interested in collaboration on something like this, tho, hit me up
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whoa.
“I’m the villain,” he said in the recording. “I’m not going to have a job after this. I get it.”
www.propublica.org/article/reco...
“I’m the villain,” he said in the recording. “I’m not going to have a job after this. I get it.”
www.propublica.org/article/reco...
“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump
In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”
www.propublica.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
whoa.
“I’m the villain,” he said in the recording. “I’m not going to have a job after this. I get it.”
www.propublica.org/article/reco...
“I’m the villain,” he said in the recording. “I’m not going to have a job after this. I get it.”
www.propublica.org/article/reco...
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This week I left The Washington Post after 40 years, 6 months and 6 days. Today I have a piece in the New Yorker explaining my heart-breaking decision, and including the column that was spiked. I wish I never had to write it. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week I left The Washington Post after 40 years, 6 months and 6 days. Today I have a piece in the New Yorker explaining my heart-breaking decision, and including the column that was spiked. I wish I never had to write it. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
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Me, after this Perkins Coie shit, looking for all those Jones Day defenders who were adamant that no lawyer should be attacked because of their clients
a man is looking under a bed with a flashlight and the word netflix on the bottom
ALT: a man is looking under a bed with a flashlight and the word netflix on the bottom
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March 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Me, after this Perkins Coie shit, looking for all those Jones Day defenders who were adamant that no lawyer should be attacked because of their clients
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For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. They may be on the verge of succeeding. By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. They may be on the verge of succeeding. By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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Attn: DC #lawsky:
FYI, Trump/Bondi loyalists are currently making a bid to take over the DC Bar: Her brother is running for President and Alicia Long (who I believe is US Attorney Ed Martin's chief deputy right now) is running for Treasurer.
FYI, Trump/Bondi loyalists are currently making a bid to take over the DC Bar: Her brother is running for President and Alicia Long (who I believe is US Attorney Ed Martin's chief deputy right now) is running for Treasurer.
March 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Attn: DC #lawsky:
FYI, Trump/Bondi loyalists are currently making a bid to take over the DC Bar: Her brother is running for President and Alicia Long (who I believe is US Attorney Ed Martin's chief deputy right now) is running for Treasurer.
FYI, Trump/Bondi loyalists are currently making a bid to take over the DC Bar: Her brother is running for President and Alicia Long (who I believe is US Attorney Ed Martin's chief deputy right now) is running for Treasurer.
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Can’t wait for all the free speech people complaining about the stifling safe space atmosphere of colleges for the last 10 years to say absolutely fucking nothing 🇺🇸🇺🇸
* TRUMP SAYS ALL FEDERAL FUNDING WILL STOP FOR COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS THAT ALLOWS "ILLEGAL" PROTESTS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Can’t wait for all the free speech people complaining about the stifling safe space atmosphere of colleges for the last 10 years to say absolutely fucking nothing 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Media/academia/Serious Thinkers are collectively being held hostage by fidelity to an heuristic of reasonableness—people are rarely as evil as their detractors say—and their belief that their peers will disapprove stronger reactions as unrigorous or alarmist under that same heuristic.
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Media/academia/Serious Thinkers are collectively being held hostage by fidelity to an heuristic of reasonableness—people are rarely as evil as their detractors say—and their belief that their peers will disapprove stronger reactions as unrigorous or alarmist under that same heuristic.
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the attack on government contractors - employees of private businesses - feels in complete opposition to the right’s dedication to free market capitalism
it almost feels like they are coming for people with specialized knowledge/degrees and/or who lives in a major city
it almost feels like they are coming for people with specialized knowledge/degrees and/or who lives in a major city
March 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
the attack on government contractors - employees of private businesses - feels in complete opposition to the right’s dedication to free market capitalism
it almost feels like they are coming for people with specialized knowledge/degrees and/or who lives in a major city
it almost feels like they are coming for people with specialized knowledge/degrees and/or who lives in a major city