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Ariel Zambelich

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✊🏽amateur labor organizer | 📸 🎨 visuals director @ the baltimore banner | 💗 board member @ Authority Collective | chinese-american-ish

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The Objective @objectivejournos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"If a $1/word rate matched today’s inflation, the average writer should be making about $2/word. But — according to our data — they aren’t." @fspnwu.bsky.social members jen byers and Elena Novak analyze data from the project's Rate Sharing Database. buff.ly/g7wyXFU
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Freelance journalism rates have barely changed since 2000
New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/02/2026
"In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world," photojournalist @cengizyar.com writes. "The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home." More: propub.li/4acxEeY
Article excerpt: In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world. I watched heavily armored federal units roll through quiet neighborhoods. In a grocery store parking lot, angry residents screamed at agents, demanding they leave the city. Masked and armed government agents pointed weapons toward me and some protesters during an encounter in the middle of the afternoon. Curious guests in a hotel elevator wondered why I was carrying around a medical pack and gas mask. Local residents thanked me for being there to witness the situation. A drunk man at a hotel bar cursed at me, saying the media was at fault. The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/02/2026
Breaking News: Immigration officers in Minneapolis, and eventually nationwide, will be equipped with body cameras, Kristi Noem said.
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Immigration Officers in Minneapolis Will Wear Body Cameras, Noem Says
The change comes as the federal government has provided accounts of fatal shootings that have sometimes conflicted with local officials and witness videos.
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 03/11/2025
Maryland’s neediest residents ‘stretching food’ as SNAP benefits remain uncertain
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Maryland’s neediest residents ‘stretching food’ as SNAP benefits remain uncertain
Maryland families who depend on SNAP benefits are unsure what November will bring as they potentially face a month without food aid.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2025
Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life by coming to the U.S. on a farmworker visa. She ended up in a trap. “Not all of us get to be smiled upon by the United States,” she said. By @maxblau.bsky.social
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A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap.
Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...
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Cascade PBS Union @cascadepbsunion.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Nine Guild-represented journalists and their editors have also lost their livelihoods as a consequence of this decision. We are crowdfunding to support our affected colleagues, and you can help by donating to our layoff fund. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund
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Donate to Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed, organized by Isabella Breda
On Monday, Sept. 22, Cascade PBS announced that it would be s… Isabella Breda needs your support for Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed
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Cascade PBS Union @cascadepbsunion.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
It’s difficult to find the words to express how our unit is feeling right now, but we’ll take a stab at it: shocked, disappointed, angry, gutted. @cascadepbs.bsky.social’s choice to eliminate long-form written reporting is a massive loss for our community in a critical moment. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund
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Donate to Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed, organized by Isabella Breda
On Monday, Sept. 22, Cascade PBS announced that it would be s… Isabella Breda needs your support for Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2025
Officers who shatter car windows aren’t being disciplined — they’re being promoted. One officer who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter now has a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.
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“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This week's photostory is scenes from Patterson Park. “The images capture the unscripted and the in-between: the quiet glance, the small ritual, the pause before the next thing,” Alec Zabrecky, the photographer, writes. baltimorebeat.com/scenes-from-...
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Issue 67 of Baltimore Beat is live! This time of the year, as summer ends and we can see the busyness of fall heading our way, it’s good to pause and appreciate it. This issue you’ll find four different covers capturing slices of life in Patterson Park.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
New from 404 Media: crime-awareness app Citizen is using AI to generate alerts, and then pushing them without any human involvement. The AI is publishing incorrect info, gory details, personal data. Only fixed after live. Comes as Citizen laid off 13 union workers www.404media.co/citizen-is-u...
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Citizen Is Using AI to Generate Crime Alerts With No Human Review. It’s Making a Lot of Mistakes
Three sources described how AI is writing alerts for Citizen and broadcasting them without prior human review. In one case AI mistranslated “motor vehicle accident” to “murder vehicle accident.”
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Marshall Project Guild @marshallprojectguild.org · 14/08/2025
Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org‬ leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.
Dear Katrice and Geraldine,

We are deeply concerned about the manner in which The Marshall Project has been treating our members and approaching the bargaining process. Recently, The Marshall Project leadership has betrayed our organization’s values and compromised our position in the industry and the journalism we pursue. It’s time for that to change.

The guild has worked tirelessly and in good faith on proposals that would keep high-quality health care affordable for Marshallers. We have also been steadfast in asserting that all recognized members deserve due process and fair treatment required under the law. 

The organization, in turn, has increasingly taken anti-worker stances that have eroded trust and created a culture that makes it difficult to do the work that makes us proud. Since the organization has taken such a hardline stance, refusing to work with the guild on the items listed below, we will be filing unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board and stepping up our public efforts to make it clear that we demand fair treatment.
The following recent actions by the organization have taken an immense toll on the workers of The Marshall Project:

1. The organization has repeatedly denied steward representation to a member facing a Performance Improvement Plan and possible termination, as well as denying another member representation in their termination meeting last week. This denial is illegal, egregious, and completely out of line with standards across our industry and the labor movement going back decades. We are shocked that the organization would take such a hypocritical and prohibitive stance on this, given our mission. The union has filed an Unfair Labor Practice about this illegal violation of members’ Weingarten rights and demands that members be allowed steward representation in any meeting they feel is appropriate. 


2. The organization has caused a retaliatory ripple effect with its actions against one employee that has touched an entire newsroom in Cleveland with negative effects that go against the stated purpose of collaboration with local media and our ability to make good on promises we made to readers. When the organization recognized members it had a duty to follow the law and not proceed with layoffs without bargaining. We have filed an Unfair Labor Practice for the illegal layoff of employees and management retaliation.
3. The organization made a unilateral change to our outside employment policy without bargaining, changing expectations to require managerial approval. We have always maintained a workplace where outside work is permitted and the organization’s sudden termination of Chris Vazquez without a steward, without an opportunity to stop the freelancing project, and without severance is unjust and defies our values.

4. The organization is employing a strategic erosion of status quo through small changes to past practice while we bargain our first contract, including erasure of our cost-of-living adjustment, a significant change to our health insurance, and modifying the evaluation process. The organization has inconsistently complied with requests for information, which does not reflect good faith in bargaining.

The Marshall Project, in retaining union-busting law firm Kauff McGuire & Margolis, is willingly participating in the erosion of worker protections across our industry, a project that takes advantage of the current anti-worker political environment. When The Marshall Project voluntarily recognized our union last year, it touted a “longstanding commitment to a fair, equitable and inclusive workplace, with generous benefits.” We are demanding a return to these values.
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Ariel Zambelich @azambelich.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The takeaways from this survey on Local Visual Journalism by @catchlight-io.bsky.social + Prism Photo really do hit home as someone who works in visuals and local news. The entire published report is a fascinating, if not dire, read. www.catchlight.io/local-visual...
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NPR @npr.org · 09/08/2025
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
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60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Here’s the moment LAPD ordered media along with protestors against the wall, despite requests for a supervisor as well as reminders that PC409.7(b) specifically exempts media from dispersal orders. Never made contact with a PIO. didn’t speak with a supervisor for a very long time after being cuffed.
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A few particularly concerning photos re: press rights. They aren’t the best photos of the bunch but: 1- officer batonning photojournalist as his press pass is being displayed 2- photojournalist with a cut on his chin. Blood has run down over his shirt and press pass. 3- blood seeping into hands
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NPR @npr.org · 25/07/2025
Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."
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Gaza's children are starving, the U.N. and relief organizations warn
Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."
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Ariel Zambelich @azambelich.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Loved working on the visual edit of Wesley Lapointe’s photos and videos for this story by Alex Mann on the few public beaches in Anne Arundel county: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Anne Arundel County has 533 miles of shoreline. One mile is for public swimming.
Only about a mile of the Anne Arundel County shoreline is set aside for public swimming, and with no outdoor public pools, residents’ options are limited.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Will Lewis emails the Washington Post staff, encouraging those who "do not feel aligned" with the company's future plans to consider the buyout offer.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/06/2025
Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Using our database, you can search for organizations and people that have paid the justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
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Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
For decades, US presidents from both parties used a simple formulation for defining a tyrant: a leader who threatens or uses military force to suppress their domestic political opposition. Now we have a president doing just that and conservatives are cheering. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How did Republicans go from condemning leaders who threaten their own citizens to becoming sycophants for one? Here, too, we find a holdover of Cold War rhetoric: the use of Third World to describe multicultural communities such as Los Angeles.

In the 1950s, the terms First World, Second World, and Third World emerged as a means to describe Western-aligned nations, Soviet-aligned governments, and emerging nations not allied with either faction, respectively. Third World soon came to be used as a pejorative term for poor, nonwhite countries—full of human beings who could be considered disposable.And that’s exactly how Trump officials and their allies are referring to communities such as Los Angeles in order to justify using military force. Last night, following the massive “No Kings” protests across the country, Trump posted on his social network Truth Social that he was directing ICE to “expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities,” which he called “the core of the Democrat Power Center”; he further described immigration as turning America into a “Third World dystopia.”

The post echoed similar language from right-wing-media figures who, last week, began repeating the same rote talking points about the need to ban all “Third World” immigration. The conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, who spoke at Trump rallies during the 2024 election campaign, displayed on his podcast, as part of an argument for Trump using the military to “take back the streets of LA. Do it and do it fast,” a chart from a white-nationalist website showing the white population of Los Angeles declining. Kirk also made explicit that he wasn’t borrowing just the chart from a white-nationalist website but also its ideological conclusions about the threat that nonwhite people pose. “This is the Great Replacement Theory,” Kirk explained. “Remember we talked about how they want to replace white Anglo-Saxon Christian Protestants with Mexican, Nicaraguans, with El Salvadorians.” The term Anglo-Saxon Christian Protestants is wildly archaic, 1930s racism. What’s next in the Republican-aligned podcast world? Rants about swarthy Sicilians and perfidious Jews?
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Ariel Zambelich @azambelich.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
How is everyone seriously on one today, I just
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/06/2025
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Solidarity with Politico @newsguild.org @cwaunion.bsky.social members standing up against implementations of A.I. that violate their hard-fought union contract protections. ✊
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“‘This isn’t just a contract dispute, it’s a test of whether journalists have a say in how AI is used in our work. With no federal rules in place, union contracts remain one of the only enforceable frameworks for AI accountability,’ says @newsguild.org president” www.wired.com/story/politi...
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Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI
Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight.
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Ariel Zambelich @azambelich.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This is a fascinating and earnest attempt to (rightfully) reevaluate the role journalism plays in the collective approach to community — I imagine this will be incredibly tough work, but hoping the Globe shares their experience along the way so we can all learn from it.
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Ariel Zambelich @azambelich.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
So proud of the @thebaltimorebanner.com photo crew yesterday, doing an amazing job covering the last Preakness at the old Pimlico! www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Photos from one last Preakness at Pimlico
Scenes from the last day of racing before Pimlico is rebuilt.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/04/2025
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
A screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation reading: "can you write something about robert e. lee in the voice of washington post staff writer gillian brockell?"
"Certainly! Here's an excerpt written in the voice of Gillian Brockell, a staff writer at The Washington Post, reflecting on Robert E. Lee's legacy: 

The Complicated Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Figure Divided by History
By Gillian Brockell 
When Robert E. Lee's name is invoked, it is often as a symbol of Southern pride military brilliance, or a tragic, doomed cause. But history has a way of shifting its lens, and in recent years, the image of Lee -- the Confederate general, the hero of lost causes -- has become increasingly more fraught. The man who stood as the face of a rebellion that tore the nation apart now stands at the center of an ongoing reckoning over the Confederacy's legacy, and our struggle to reconcile memory with reality."
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
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Ariel Zambelich @azambelich.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Honestly, perfect petapixel.com/2025/04/10/a...
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Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash
'I assume you'll be charging us monthly to read your posts.'
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Was invited to CA to review an academic program. Came back to Ohio to learn we are now 2 steps away from banning tenure, banning collective bargaining & strikes for academics, and mandating that universities cannot hold intellectual positions on topics the legislature deems controversial. 🧪
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Kaitlin Newman @kaitlinobscura.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This news cycle sucks, but this story doesn’t. If you read anything today, please take a minute to read this piece that @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social and I worked on these last few weeks. In @thebaltimorebanner.com 👇🏼 www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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He once hurt a neighborhood. Now, all he wants to do is give back.
How a man uses fitness, friendship and faith to give back to a neighborhood he’s wronged before.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
BREAKING: the U.S. District Court in D.C. has found that Trump’s firing of former NLRB Chair Gwynne A. Wilcox’s firing was unlawful, and ruled that she must be immediately reinstated to serve out the rest of her term as a board member. She was appointed and confirmed to a 5-year term in 2023.
Text: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
GWYNNE A. WILCOX,
Plaintiff,
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity
as President of the United States
and
MARVIN E. KAPLAN, in his official
capacity as Chairman of the National Labor
Relations Board,
Civil Action No. 25-cv-334
Judge Beryl A. Howell
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 10,
defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 23, the legal memoranda in support
and in opposition, and the entire record herein, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying
Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby--
ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 10, is GRANTED;
it is further
ORDERED that defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 23, is DENIED; it
is further DECLARED that the termination of plaintiff Gwynne A. Wilcox was unlawful, in
violation of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 153(a), and therefore null and void; it is further…DECLARED that plaintiff Gwynne A. Wilcox remains a member of the National Labor
Relations Board (“NLRB”), having been appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
to a five-year term on September 6, 2023, and she may be removed by the President prior to
expiration of her term only “upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in
office, but for no other cause,” pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 153(a); it is further
ORDERED that plaintiff shall continue to serve as a member of the NLRB until her term
expires pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 153(a), unless she is earlier removed “upon notice and hearing,
for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office,
” id.; it is further
ORDERED that defendant Mark Kaplan, as well as his subordinates, agents, and
employees, are ENJOINED, during plaintiff’s term as a member of the NLRB, from removing
plaintiff from her office without cause or in any way treating plaintiff as having been removed
from office, from impeding in any way her ability to fulfill her duties as a member of the NLRB,
and from denying or obstructing her authority or access to any benefits or resources of her office;
it is further
ORDERED that defendant Mark Kaplan and his subordinates, agents, and employees
provide plaintiff with access to the necessary government facilities and equipment so that she
may carry out her duties during her term as a member of the NLRB; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.
SO ORDERED.
Date: March 6, 2025
This is a final and appealable order.
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
BMA Lexington Market guests are invited to share their stories and recollections through conversations and interviews led by journalists from the Beat. Your stories will be digitally archived and some will be shared in the April issue of the publication. artbma.org/event/lookin...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Ten Years after the Baltimore Uprising | Baltimore Museum of Art
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...
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Giana Han @giana-jade.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The NFL has begun its investigation into allegations that Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior. With @brennasmith.bsky.social, Julie Scharper and Jonas Shaffer: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...
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The NFL is in Baltimore investigating Justin Tucker accusations
NFL investigators were in Baltimore this week interviewing massage therapists who have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior.
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 06/02/2025
It's literally impossible to run the National Weather Service without talking to foreign partners. For example, the National Hurricane Center in Miami shares data with other nations in the Caribbean constantly to forecast storms. Everyone benefits. Weather doesn't stop at the borders.
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IAPE TNG-CWA Local 1096 @iape1096.org · 31/01/2025
"We’re left with the same questions we’ve been asking for years: When will this end? Can we stop living in fear and focus on doing good work? What is the point of all these changes, really?" www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
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Latest WSJ Reorg Rattles Newsroom — IAPE 1096
IAPE is monitoring the unfolding restructuring to ensure management respects members’ rights under the contract WSJ leadership announced the latest large-scale—and unsettling—restructuring in the n...
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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
It is painful to pore over the details of The Baltimore Banner’s investigation into Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, someone we thought we knew well. My column: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...
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Giana Han @giana-jade.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Will Justin Tucker face NFL punishment after alleged inappropriate behavior? Any possible punishment could depend on what a potential NFL investigation finds and how team officials interpret a long-held “zero-tolerance” personnel policy. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...
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Will Justin Tucker face NFL punishment after alleged inappropriate behavior?
The NFL’s investigative process can take months, if not longer, which means Tucker’s immediate future could be left to Ravens officials.
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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A new investigation from @thebaltimorebanner.com — Six massage therapists have accused Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior in his sessions. Two spas confirmed to the Banner that Tucker was banned from returning: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...
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Ravens' Justin Tucker accused of inappropriate behavior by six massage therapists
Women say Justin Tucker repeatedly exposed his genitals and, in three instances, apparently left ejaculate on tables after massages.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is one of the most ghoulish things I’ve ever fucking read. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(e) The Attorney General shall evaluate the places of imprisonment and conditions of confinement for each of the 37 murderers whose Federal death
sentences were commuted by President Biden, and the Attorney General shall take all lawful and appropriate action to ensure that these offenders are imprisoned in conditions consistent with the monstrosity of their crimes and the threats they pose.
The Attorney General shall further evaluate whether these offenders can be charged with State capital crimes and shall recommend appropriate action to state and local authorities.
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Brian Fung @brianfung.me · 19/01/2025
How it started / how it’s going
Reuters headline from 2020 when TikTok challenged Trump’s original attempt to ban the appScreenshot from 2025 of TikTok praising Trump in hopes he will save the app
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Lainna Fader @lainna.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
This is really great, it succinctly summarizes who needs what + where. Sometimes the way people think they can or want to help isn’t what people or organizations necessarily need. For ex, fostering a dog to help clear specific crowded shelters is much more helpful than dropping off a bag of food
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Ariel Zambelich @azambelich.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Wild scene tonight at Mother's in Federal Hill for what may be the last Purple Patio - Shannon Pearce's photos are so fun! If you're a Ravens fan, check out @thebaltimorebanner.com's liveblog through the night: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I spent my day listening to basically every word Gov. Wes Moore said publicly -- plus Brenda Wintrode & I interviewed him -- and here's what I learned about his plans to close the state's budget gap. Spoiler alert: He didn't reveal his whole strategy. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
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5 things we learned about Gov. Moore’s plans for the budget
On a busy first day full of handshakes and ceremonial tasks, Moore spent his time setting a serious tone. Here’s what we learned from the Democratic governor.
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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
This line hit like a punch: "It’s a 'you' problem that TikTok will happily serve up joke videos until the moment of your death."
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