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Jack King

@gjackking.bsky.social
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Retired D.C. lawyer & legal journalist. 20 years of school and then they put me on the day shift. Did a year of pharmacy school, which is more than Bobby Jr. "Res judicata facit ex albo negrum, ex nigro album, ex curvo rectum, ex recto curvum."

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 30/09/2026
The Federal Reserve’s internal watchdog found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the central bank’s renovation of its Washington headquarters
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Fed’s Watchdog Finds No Evidence of Criminality in Renovations
The Federal Reserve’s internal watchdog found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the central bank’s renovation of its Washington headquarters, a $2.4 billion project that became a flashpoint between the Fed and the Trump administration as the president pushed for lower interest rates last year.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"A fourth video game cabinet for 'Operation Epic Furious: Nuuk ’Em All' appears to have been placed in Nuuk over the weekend, according to photos posted on Secret Handshake’s Instagram account. The photos show a console on a hillside overlooking the coastal town." wapo.st/4xRKWrf
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Secretive group’s latest anti-Trump artwork placed in D.C. — and Greenland
The playable video game consoles mock the administration’s approach to the autonomous territory.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27/09/2026
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham appealed for “calm on all sides” as a tense standoff between unionists and nationalists in the Northern Irish town of Portadown threatened to boil over on Sunday.
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UK PM Calls for Calm Amid Standoff Over Northern Ireland March
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for “calm on all sides” as a tense standoff between unionists and nationalists in the Northern Irish town of Portadown threatened to boil over.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why can't they just memorize the lines Ol' Bill put in their mouths? Is that so hard? Other people have been doing it for years.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The next time some guys try to rip Ms Biles' ride, I hope her new puppy friend rips their nuts off and eats them.
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erinmargrethe @erinmargrethe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Off-topic: Nearly 20 years ago) colonising dead threads on Fark.com as our own little temp chat-rooms (grown-ass adults but we cbf w/ IRC). Was the first thing i thought of when AU’s teen social media ban started @rossfloate.bsky.social @joshghiloni.me @cynmarphi.bsky.social @drewcurtis.bsky.social
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don't think there is a FEMA. Trump never liked the agency and nobody answers the telephone.
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Politico @politico.com · 02/06/2026
White House Correspondents’ Dinner rescheduled to July 24
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner rescheduled to July 24
The new event will feature enhanced safety measures, WHCA President Weijia Jiang said.
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Starpunkbundle @starpunkbundle.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.sciencefocus.com/news/dust-st...
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Deadly fungal storms are now sweeping the US – and spreading a disease few doctors recognise | BBC Science Focus Magazine
As the US dries out, giant storms of dust are becoming increasingly common across the southwest
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 26/05/2026
The Kremlin is telling foreign diplomats stationed in Kyiv to abandon the Ukrainian capital or risk getting bombed. Despite those warnings, European diplomats are staying put.
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European diplomats reject Moscow’s call to leave Kyiv
Despite warnings that embassies could be hit by missile strikes, EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová insisted “the EU is not going anywhere.”
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
That's my big ol' TACO.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Idiots. I rest my case.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I'll bet he missed his appointment window. Mission Accomplished!
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
That's one strange photo. He looks like a chorus girl in a Busby Berkeley movie.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
She ignored the sign that said, "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Servize."
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A billionaire can be taxed at 99% and still get richer every year. And always remember what Ayn Rand said about her social security check.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17/03/2026
Federal judge in D.C. issues new grand jury policy after failed indictment of Democrats
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Federal judge in D.C. issues new grand jury policy after failed indictment of Democrats
Jeanine Pirro's office has recently clashed with Chief Judge James Boasberg over its attempts to prosecute individuals targeted by Trump.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
TRUMP: Somebody made a big mess on your front walk. Nobody can get around it. You'd better clean it up before I get mad.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
What, they thought they could put sunglasses on him and carry him around the MCC like "Weekend at Bernie's" until his next court date?
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"Whatever you call it, sowing FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt — is now a full-time and often lucrative occupation for the malign foreign actors and even U.S. citizens who try to influence American politics by publishing information they know to be false."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Iran, please wait in line until your number is called.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I hate when that happens.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
TRUMP: "Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations." I guess they've got you there, old chum. They're world famous for that.
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Doubleplus ungood.
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Politico @politico.com · 15/03/2026
The National Park Service race to rewrite history becomes a slog
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The National Park Service race to rewrite history becomes a slog
The agency is considering hundreds of changes to exhibits at parks. It’s been an overwhelming task.
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Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
This is our lifeblood SA is under threat because greed, political mileage and personal wealth are treated as important, while climate, species decimation and the health of our entire ecosystem are completely ignored. #GreensAreOurOnlyHope #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Stripped of life: the deadly South Australian algal bloom is still spreading one year on
More than 20,000 sq km of coast has succumbed to Australia’s first bloom of toxic Karenia cristata algae – and scientists worry it could explode again
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Jack King @gjackking.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/u...
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A Journey Into the Misinformation Fever Swamps (Published 2022)
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