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@romyandmitchell.bsky.social
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
@thetnholler.bsky.social I wonder if they’re already doing that in TN. www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/s...
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
@wpln.bsky.social Can you play some more local programming/updates like the public radio station did in Asheville after Helene?
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/08/2025
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job. www.wired.com/story/myster...
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Thieves Target Tennessee National Guard Facilities, Stealing Night Vision Googles and More
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It’s good to be reminded at least once a year what’s in the Declaration of Independence. Have they read any of this?
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An NPR Tradition, Here's The Reading Of The Declaration Of Independence
Over the past 32 years, Morning Edition has broadcast a reading of the Declaration of Independence by NPR staff as a way of marking Independence Day. This year, we also offer some historical context.
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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 28/02/2025
I talk about the WeGo Star (the purple route) is the least ridden route in the USA, and why that's a good thing given it's current form, and how to build better regional rail.
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The Least-Ridden Train in America—and Why That’s No Surprise
What Nashville’s WeGo Star Tells Us About Building Better Regional Rail
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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio @wpln.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A measure that would allow schools to refuse undocumented students is likely dead for the 2025 legislative session. WPLN's @mariannabac.bsky.social reports that's after a state review found the bill could’ve jeopardized more than $1 billion in federal education funding.
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Tennessee won't deny public schooling to students without legal status — for now
A measure that would allow schools to refuse undocumented students is likely dead for the 2025 legislative session. A state review found the bill could’ve jeopardized more than $1 billion in federal e...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
The Germans are seeing all of this. 🇺🇸
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2025
Sucks to be you, small businesses
Trump: “Big business is not worried about the Tariffs, because they know they are here to stay, but they are focused on the BIG, BEAUTIFUL DEAL, which will SUPERCHARGE our Economy. Very important. Going on right now!!!”
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
"4o, o3 high, Gemini 2.5 pro, Claude 3.7, Grok all give the same answer to the question on how to impose tariffs easily." www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
newsweek.com
Did Trump admin use ChatGPT to allocate tariffs? What we know
Critics said that AIs such as ChatGPT gave the same technique used by the White House when asked to design a global tariff policy.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
By a former Secretary of the Treasury:
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is super smart Steve. Wish I had thought of it first ! Stocks have been crushed. The next trump move is uncertain. Best move ? Buy back stock. No question about it
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/04/2025
Dow Down 2200+ Points Fox:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
Haley Britzky @halbritz

AFRICOM commander Gen. Langley tells senators that China is "trying to replicate" USAID programs in Africa as the US scales back USAID.

"They're trying to use that as an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative to gain favor by the African countries," Langley said.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
So weird how this keeps happening. www.axios.com/2025/04/02/t...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
You can read Cohen's full statement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
I just put in conditional notice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. I sent that notice firm-wide and anticipate the email will leak. I would rather just share it with you myself.

Once, when I was in fifth grade, I failed a test and came home sobbing. My mom was disappointed in me but couldn’t figure out why I was so upset until I choked out, “now I won’t get into Harvard!!” I was a gunner, even then.

I’ve spent thirty years working to get into these spaces. I do not give them up lightly, and I have made plenty of moral compromises before. But this moment is existential; whether we get better from an already unacceptable status quo or get worse hinges on how we handle it. If being on this career path demands I accept that my industry—because this is certainly not unique to Skadden—will allow an authoritarian government to ignore the courts, I refuse to take it any further. As I have said before, others stand to lose far, far more than a paycheck.

I’m going to go cry and watch the new White Lotus, but rest assured I will be back tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. Thank you.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email: "Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional
notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum (i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, ii) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of our colleagues clearly targeted at intimidating non-white employees, (iv) public refusal to fire or otherwise force out employees at the Trump administration's directive or implied directive and (v) public commitment to maintenance of affinity
groups and related initiatives. This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss' decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEl, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not
continue to work here.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“Dartmouth College on Monday announced it had hired the Republican National Committee’s former chief counsel — an outspoken critic of birthright citizenship — as the college’s top lawyer and leader of its immigration office.” www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
politico.com
Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope
Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“Murray…says racial segregation is not as far away in history as it may seem. She remembers a trip to Washington, D.C., in 1985, when her father, a Jamaican immigrant, took her to Woodward & Lothrop, a department store where he had worked when he'd been a student at Howard University.” (cont.)
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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Exactly!
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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University of California orders hiring freeze, cuts in response to Trump threats
As the Trump administration threatens to pull federal funds from universities, including those for medical and scientific research, the University of California has announced a hiring freeze and addit...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/03/2025
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants. History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well. 🧵
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ Publix "Publix values diversity. Diversity and inclusivity make our company—and our community—better. We value the fresh ideas and unique perspectives a diverse group of people provides." "We thrive as a business because of workforce diversity, including our suppliers."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A Press Secretary who doesn’t know anything about anything except a handful of talking points, doesn’t prepare for briefings, whose reflex when she doesn’t know about a subject is always to attack the media outlet. At least Kayleigh did her homework, despite lying a lot.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Casey: There’s this whole mentality that MAGA has painted—like you’re either MAGA or you’re, you know, drinking soy lattes or whatever. But there are a lot of people who are just like, “We’re just regular people—we don’t want a dictator, we don’t want to see people’s benefits ripped away..”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Saw one of those on my way to Memphis yesterday 🤬
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Gawd, I love that man. This is what actual dems, like Tim Walz, need to be doing ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The AMAs update videos are a great, informative resource. No frills, just fact-based information.
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Dave 🧢💙🔵🐾🐾 @dave-64.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Theodor Geisel aka Dr. Seuss, was the chief editorial cartoonist for a New York newspaper during the Second World War. Drawn over 80 years ago, yet still is relevant today.
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Judebert @judebert.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Bezos makes a big inaugural donation and runs The Apprentice on Prime Video, Trump gets rid of public libraries so Kindle is your only option. Qui Bono?
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
A light read on the McMansions of our time, the houses that eat up every scare foot of the lot they are built on, make their neighbors’ houses dwarf in comparison, and eliminate medium-sized, perfectly good houses by the thousands - (Great) White Houses.
slate.com
They’re Sprouting Up in Every Rich Neighborhood in America—Including Mine. I Had to Know Where They Came From.
My quest to understand the 5,600-square-foot architectural curiosity that appeared next door.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Within minutes of showing up at the IRS, a twenty-something software engineer dispatched from DOGE began demanding access to the tax collection agency’s most protected internal databases — including the one containing the personal and financial data for millions of American taxpayers.
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‘Delete’ is one of their favorite terms: Inside DOGE’s IRS takeover ahead of tax season | CNN Politics
The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.” Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Of course, having to stay in DC past today would have interfered with Schumer’s book tour which begins Monday.
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That Gay Guy 💬 @gayguycandleco.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I really wanted Walz to be the VP pick, but after the loss I didn’t think he had a place in leading the party going forward. The fact that he has repeatedly admitted that the campaign failed, instead of just blaming the electorate, has been incredibly refreshing.
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Amelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The CR is obvs different, but Senate Democrats' behavior is reminiscent of the fact that on ave 48% of D senators voted for bills pertaining to GOP agenda (as IDed by Curry & Lee) each Congress w R trifecta, 2003-2022. The inverse for Rs is 12% (from WIP w @jacobhacker.bsky.social & Paul Pierson)
percent of Ds and Rs voting for party agendas in House and Senate
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 14/03/2025
Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security. JD's response: "Don't you all have jobs?"
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If we want to change something from 2024, we need more young people on this platform. Where are all the Gen Zers? I know this ain’t sexy like TikTok or IG, but we can’t let it become the Facebook version of Twitter…
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
They estimate this operation has cost the U.S. over $16M which is low because it doesn't count the photo op flights in and out by Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth. They built 1600 tents that ICE can't use because they are inhumane. My latest. Subscribe for free! open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/03/2025
Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
History repeats itself
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I don’t know what is happening, but the Bluesky user count is dropping and dropping fast.
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Romy @romyandmitchell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Anyone surprised? It’s not drag queens who are harming our children. I wonder how quickly he’ll get pardoned.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Meiselas: That’s our message to you from the MeidasTouch Network: Grow a spine. Vote against cloture. Vote against the CR. The American people are with you. Stop this hostile government takeover. Fight for the people.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/03/2025
"Privately, House Democrats are so infuriated with Schumer’s decision that some have begun encouraging [AOC] to run against Schumer in a primary."
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Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge | CNN Politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept th...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Wow. Rep. Chuck Edwards is getting torn apart at a town hall in Asheville, NC. “I’m a veteran & you don’t give a fuck about me. You don’t get to do this to us!” Edwards orders veteran to be thrown out. We’re approaching a tipping point now. Anger across the country is going to boil over soon.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Did you hear that the much trumpeted mission to house 30,000 immigrants at Guantanamo Bay has completely failed and ended? Nah...they don't want you to know they burned over $16M for 290 people. But they got the pictures! Really. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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Smoke and mirrors in Cuba
They are all lying but they got the pictures and that's what matters
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