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Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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The best way to fight back against Musk: Don’t buy a Tesla. (And if you own one, sell it.)
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
Don’t Buy a Tesla. Sell Your Tesla. Refuse a Tesla at the Rental Counter. Yes—It Will Help.
Elon Musk’s car company is in a precarious spot.
slate.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The best way to fight back against Musk: Don’t buy a Tesla. (And if you own one, sell it.)
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
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This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
“You are directed … to dismiss the pending charges in United States v. Adams, No. 24 Cr. 556 (SDNY)…. The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based”
![Memorandum from the Acting Deputy Attorney General
Dismissal Without Prejudice of Prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams
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Of The Federal Government. These actions and the underlying case have also improperly interfered with Mayor Adams' campaign in the 2025 mayoral election. See Justice Manual § 9-
85.500, entitled Actions that May Have an Impact on an Election.
Second, the pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams' ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration. We are particularly concerned about the impact of the prosecution on Mayor Adams' ability to support critical, ongoing federal efforts "to protect the American people from the disastrous effects of unlawful mass migration and resettlement," as described in Executive Order 14165.' Accomplishing the immigration objectives established by President Trump and the Attorney General is every bit as important—if not more so as the objectives that the prior Administration pursued by releasing violent criminals such as Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death."? Accordingly, based on these additional concerns that are distinct from the weaponization problems, dismissal without prejudice is also necessary at this time.
' Your Office correctly noted in a February 3, 2025 memorandum, *as Mr. Bove clearly stated to defense counsel during our meeting [on January 31, 2025], the Government is not offering to exchange dismissal of a criminal case for Adams's assistance on immigration enforcement."
2 According to an October 2024 Wall Street Journal article, Bout has already started to participate in arms deals again, including negotiations with representatives of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putins-merchant-of-death-is-back-in-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidtbdebawe7yluohx6ktbosdjqfdcf7ukryaemdjtgcpygzklaefe@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
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February 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit
January 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit
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100 years ago today, Los Angeles invented jaywalking:
"On Sat, Jan. 24, 1925...disobedient pedestrians were suddenly "jaywalkers." It was not the first jaywalking law in the US, [but] it’s the one that worked, as far as drivers were concerned. And it is the ancestor of such laws nationwide."
"On Sat, Jan. 24, 1925...disobedient pedestrians were suddenly "jaywalkers." It was not the first jaywalking law in the US, [but] it’s the one that worked, as far as drivers were concerned. And it is the ancestor of such laws nationwide."
Why Americans Don’t Walk: A Forgotten Centennial — Streetsblog USA
“Nobody walks in LA,” sang Missing Persons in 1982. The New Wave band could have been singing about most of America. How did it get this way? Why is it so hard to walk in most American cities, towns a...
usa.streetsblog.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
100 years ago today, Los Angeles invented jaywalking:
"On Sat, Jan. 24, 1925...disobedient pedestrians were suddenly "jaywalkers." It was not the first jaywalking law in the US, [but] it’s the one that worked, as far as drivers were concerned. And it is the ancestor of such laws nationwide."
"On Sat, Jan. 24, 1925...disobedient pedestrians were suddenly "jaywalkers." It was not the first jaywalking law in the US, [but] it’s the one that worked, as far as drivers were concerned. And it is the ancestor of such laws nationwide."
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Fourteen residents spoke about the zoning ordinance during public comment last night - 9 in favor and 5 against.
The following is a summary of each (and note that the last three comments were not made in person, but were read into the record by CED director Roger Caruso):
The following is a summary of each (and note that the last three comments were not made in person, but were read into the record by CED director Roger Caruso):
Ferndale City Council passes the zoning ordinance with one amendment to the presented version: Fourplexes now allowed by Special Land Use in R-1.
Took a lot of debate to get Donnie Johnson to support the amendment.
✔ Johnson
❌ Kelley
❌ Mikulski
✔ Pawlica
✔ Leaks-May
Took a lot of debate to get Donnie Johnson to support the amendment.
✔ Johnson
❌ Kelley
❌ Mikulski
✔ Pawlica
✔ Leaks-May
Ferndale zoning ordinance update:
❌ Fourplexes not permitted in R-1.
⚠️ Triplexes in R-1 only by Special Land Use.
🏛️ City Council votes Monday at 7 PM.
⏩ Progress is difficult.
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❌ Fourplexes not permitted in R-1.
⚠️ Triplexes in R-1 only by Special Land Use.
🏛️ City Council votes Monday at 7 PM.
⏩ Progress is difficult.
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December 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Fourteen residents spoke about the zoning ordinance during public comment last night - 9 in favor and 5 against.
The following is a summary of each (and note that the last three comments were not made in person, but were read into the record by CED director Roger Caruso):
The following is a summary of each (and note that the last three comments were not made in person, but were read into the record by CED director Roger Caruso):
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Ferndale City Council passes the zoning ordinance with one amendment to the presented version: Fourplexes now allowed by Special Land Use in R-1.
Took a lot of debate to get Donnie Johnson to support the amendment.
✔ Johnson
❌ Kelley
❌ Mikulski
✔ Pawlica
✔ Leaks-May
Took a lot of debate to get Donnie Johnson to support the amendment.
✔ Johnson
❌ Kelley
❌ Mikulski
✔ Pawlica
✔ Leaks-May
Ferndale zoning ordinance update:
❌ Fourplexes not permitted in R-1.
⚠️ Triplexes in R-1 only by Special Land Use.
🏛️ City Council votes Monday at 7 PM.
⏩ Progress is difficult.
d2kbkoa27fdvtw.cloudfront.net/ferndalemi/0...
❌ Fourplexes not permitted in R-1.
⚠️ Triplexes in R-1 only by Special Land Use.
🏛️ City Council votes Monday at 7 PM.
⏩ Progress is difficult.
d2kbkoa27fdvtw.cloudfront.net/ferndalemi/0...
December 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Ferndale City Council passes the zoning ordinance with one amendment to the presented version: Fourplexes now allowed by Special Land Use in R-1.
Took a lot of debate to get Donnie Johnson to support the amendment.
✔ Johnson
❌ Kelley
❌ Mikulski
✔ Pawlica
✔ Leaks-May
Took a lot of debate to get Donnie Johnson to support the amendment.
✔ Johnson
❌ Kelley
❌ Mikulski
✔ Pawlica
✔ Leaks-May
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Yeah I've got Havana syndrome — simply havana wonderful Christmas time
December 12, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Yeah I've got Havana syndrome — simply havana wonderful Christmas time
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New Law Requires SNAP Recipients To Balance Food On Nose Until Receiving Command To Eat It
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December 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM
New Law Requires SNAP Recipients To Balance Food On Nose Until Receiving Command To Eat It
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PSA: The term “wheelchair bound” is neither accurate nor appropriate.
No wheelchair user I’ve ever met has sworn fealty to or been attached to their mobility aid.
No wheelchair user I’ve ever met has sworn fealty to or been attached to their mobility aid.
December 11, 2024 at 2:15 PM
PSA: The term “wheelchair bound” is neither accurate nor appropriate.
No wheelchair user I’ve ever met has sworn fealty to or been attached to their mobility aid.
No wheelchair user I’ve ever met has sworn fealty to or been attached to their mobility aid.
@chiosse.bsky.social what is your name doing on this list? Intro 606 is not going to fix the problems that Vickie Paladino and Inna Vernikov say it will. You’re usually great on policy, so what are you doing here?
You should be outraged about Intro 606 (a bill to require e-bike "licenses") -- EVEN IF YOU DO NOT RIDE AN E-BIKE.
It's an insane stop-and-frisk revival.
The bill would let the NYPD pull over ANYONE on ANY BIKE -- even if they haven't broken the law.
Let me explain...
It's an insane stop-and-frisk revival.
The bill would let the NYPD pull over ANYONE on ANY BIKE -- even if they haven't broken the law.
Let me explain...
December 11, 2024 at 4:25 PM
@chiosse.bsky.social what is your name doing on this list? Intro 606 is not going to fix the problems that Vickie Paladino and Inna Vernikov say it will. You’re usually great on policy, so what are you doing here?
In advance of the super cold temps coming in I just finished my 3rd annual rage clearing of my neighbor’s sidewalk. That’s once for every time she’s told me to “stop whining on facebook about pedestrian issues and go do something about it.”
December 10, 2024 at 11:51 PM
In advance of the super cold temps coming in I just finished my 3rd annual rage clearing of my neighbor’s sidewalk. That’s once for every time she’s told me to “stop whining on facebook about pedestrian issues and go do something about it.”
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We tried to tell you
December 9, 2024 at 8:25 PM
We tried to tell you
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is a hot priest a hymn-bo?
November 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM
is a hot priest a hymn-bo?
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this one easy trick will put a lot of black people into an early grave
Trump HHS nominee RFK Jr.:
If you give Black children “resilience” then “the inevitable racism” will “bounce off” them like they are “the Avengers” because “they will be immune to it” and “then we don’t have to stop racism altogether, because we’re never going to be able to do that.”
If you give Black children “resilience” then “the inevitable racism” will “bounce off” them like they are “the Avengers” because “they will be immune to it” and “then we don’t have to stop racism altogether, because we’re never going to be able to do that.”
November 24, 2024 at 3:11 PM
this one easy trick will put a lot of black people into an early grave
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“No way to prevent this,” says only roadway where this regularly happens
November 16, 2024 at 8:07 PM
“No way to prevent this,” says only roadway where this regularly happens
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This is my favorite part of Vivek Ramaswamy's wikipedia bio
November 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
This is my favorite part of Vivek Ramaswamy's wikipedia bio