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Edie Schaffer ❌👑

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Emergency planning is my thing. Safeguarding people from the impacts of disasters and emergencies is my calling. Lately embarked on a fiction writing journey. So much material, so little time. Author website: edieschaffer.com

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Tsunami Alerts (NTWC) from US National Tsunami Warning Center @tsunamialertsntwc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#2 Tsunami Info Stmt for Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California- in Panama area M7.6 earthquake in Panama 10:56PDT Oct 9 Depth 10km Tsunami NOT expected for the US West Coast, British Columbia, or Alaska...
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Source: www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/... For more information, visit: www.tsunami.gov #PanamaEarthquake #tsunami
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https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2026/10/09/tmnj5l/1/WEAK53/WEAK53.txt
WEAK53 PAAQ 091805 TIBAK1 Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 1105 AM PDT Fri Oct 9 2026 ...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRIT...
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The #US #NationalTsunamiWarningCenter has issued an Information Statement for #CA, #AK, #BC, #WA, & #OR on the M8.0 #earthquake near #Panama. o Earthquakes this size may cause tsunamis outside the region where the earthquake occurred. o The #NTWC will share more information when available.
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https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2026/10/09/tmnj5l/1/WEAK53/WEAK53.txt
WEAK53 PAAQ 091805 TIBAK1 Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 1105 AM PDT Fri Oct 9 2026 ...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRIT...
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Tsunami Alerts (NTWC) from US National Tsunami Warning Center @tsunamialertsntwc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tsunami Info Stmt for Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California- in Panama area M8.0 earthquake in Panama 10:56PDT Oct 9 Depth 33km Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis potentially dangerous to coasts outside the source region...
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 02/10/2026
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and other moderates initially stood by Manny Yekutiel, the owner of an eponymous café, in the wake of assault allegations. But that support crumbled on Thursday.
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S.F. leaders backed Manny Yekutiel after an assault allegation. Now they face calls to answer why
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and other moderates initially stood by Manny Yekutiel, the owner of an eponymous café, in the wake of assault allegations. But that support crumbled on Thursday.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“I know the difference between a politician who talks about justice and one who fights for it.” — #DoloresHuerta & @sfchronicle.com in endorsing #ScottWiener. #SanFrancisco needs a workhorse like @scottwiener.bsky.social in Washington. #SendScottToCongress #SF www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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Endorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choice
OPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes.
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Eos @eos.org · 25/09/2026
Fast fires burn more area, and more of that area is severely burned. What’s more, new research finds, severely burned patches will struggle to find seeds to regrow the same tree types. 🔥🧪🌍 eos.org/articles/fas...
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Fast, Severe Wildfires Can Change How Forests Grow Back - Eos
These blazes can cause ecological shifts even in fire-adapted forests.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#California #Voters: Please read up on #Prop39 and vote NO! Prop 39 would make it harder for citizens to vote & would expose our private info to identity theft to satisfy #Trump’s vanity. #NoOnProp39 noonprop39.com/wp-content/u...
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Judge blocks Education Dept teacher training funding cuts over DEI, anti-racism - The Hill thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill....
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Judge strikes down anti-DEI grant policy at Education Department
A federal judge ruled Thursday the Education Department cannot cut money to teacher training programs the Trump administration argues are focused on “divisive ideologies.”  In February 2025, t…
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans - AP News apnews.com/article/clim...
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My dear friend @seislologist.bsky.social has launched a cool new earthquake app called Seismoscope! It’s fantastic for visualizations but has lots of other functionality as well. Check it out! (It’s free and available on iPhone and Android) apps.apple.com/us/app/seism...
Map of North and South America showing the location of earthquakes marked by symbols with different shapes and colors
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#StatesUnited has created #LostFunds to help us understand the #TrumpAdmin's impact on the states through withholding funding. Below is a pic showing the impact on #disaster funding in #CA alone. $1.8 Billion slashed. That hurts disaster survivors, local govts, and tribes. www.lostfunds.org #EM
Screenshot from StatesUnited' Lost Funds online tool shows pic showing the impact on #disaster funding in #CA -- $1.8 Billion slashed.
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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 19/09/2026
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Bay Area Security Workers Guarding Big Tech Offices Strike
The strike called attention to the guards’ critical role in protecting Silicon Valley’s wealthiest businesses.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 18/09/2026
Hundreds of FDA postmarket drug studies are delayed, leaving doctors and patients with unresolved safety and efficacy questions.
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Hundreds of drugs and devices approved by the FDA are missing key safety studies, analysis finds
Hundreds of FDA postmarket drug studies are delayed, leaving doctors and patients with unresolved safety and efficacy questions.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The very first line is a lie, and we all know it. *None* of this was ever designed to help us, which is why it hurts us and we hate it. It really is that simple, but the media simply cannot bring themselves to say it.
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The humans are rejecting the machines that were supposed to help them | CNN Business
Touchscreens and self-checkout machines were designed to help customers. But restaurants and retailers are ditching them to humanize stores and attract workers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. Now, two MORE unvaccinated people have died from measles. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 18/09/2026
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Former Employee Accuses SF Standard Chief of Harassment and Wrongful Termination
The lawsuit alleges a male-dominated culture where sexual comments were tolerated and male employees were protected.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 18/09/2026
The San Francisco woman from Ukraine whose arrest by immigration agents at SFO was caught in a viral video is home after seven weeks in a detention center, she announced on social media.
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Ukrainian woman in viral SFO arrest video released from ICE detention
The San Francisco woman from Ukraine whose arrest by immigration agents at SFO was caught in a viral video is home after seven weeks in a detention center, she announced on social media.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don’t think I can bring myself to pay even a penny for his dreck.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yeah. He’s not joking. But of course, if called out on this, his staff will say he was.
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Votebeat @votebeat.org · 16/09/2026
RSVP for free to attend a webinar next week with Votebeat's Editor-in-Chief @levinecarrie.bsky.social. Title: "How are the Media and Social Media Doing in Informing Voters?" electionlawblog.org/2026/safegua...
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Safeguarding Democracy Project Sept. 22 Webinar: "Election Talk: How are the Media and Social Media Doing in Informing Voters?" #ELB
Join us! (Free registration required) Election Talk: How are the Media and Social Media Doing in Informing Voters? Tuesday, September 22 12:15pm-1:15pm PT. (Webinar) Register here. Co-sponsored by the...
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Firefighting is inherently dangerous but it’s unconscionable that the #Trump admin is heightening that danger by refusing to adequately staff & provide resources & support to the #USFS. Congress must act to safeguard USFS personnel so they in turn can protect us. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Firefighting is inherently dangerous but it’s unconscionable that the #Trump admin is heightening that danger by refusing to adequately staff & provide resources & support to the #USFS. Congress must act to safeguard USFS personnel so they in turn can protect us. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026
Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
who is ready for… DATA CENTER OIL SPILLS!
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Data Center Spills 5,500 Gallons Of Diesel Into Secaucus Creek
This happened Friday night at Equinix data center, which is located on Hartz Way and is expanding.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sure. Like he and Noem knew what they were doing when they fired people. They have ZERO clue.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Link to OIG report: www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#NYT: The #FloridaEverglades concentration camp operated by #KevinGuthrie & #FDEM “failed to comply with a host of federal detention standards, creating cramped conditions & confining migrants in ‘small metal enclosures,’” according to new report by #DHS ’s #OIG. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... #EM
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It sounds awesome. I would love to have a copy. I’ll dm you.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Instead of preparing for #disasters, #FDEM went millions over budget to prey on people who worked, paid taxes, tried to make a better life for themselves, as new Americans have done for decades. #Shame on #DeSantis, #KevinGuthrie, & every #MAGA enabling this. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/12/f...
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Florida disaster agency projects $1.5 billion deficit, gets extra money for immigration
The extra $250 million will pay for overdue bills, including those for immigration enforcement activities.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#PG&E has issued a #PSPS Watch for the following counties, meaning power shutoff is likely starting today through Sunday in: #ElDorado #Lassen #Plumas #Shasta #Sierra #Tehama Outages are also possible starting Sunday into Monday in numerous counties. See pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/psps-updates...
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PG&E Outage Center - PSPS 7-Day Forecast
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#PG&E has issued a #PSPS #Warning for parts of #Nevada & #Placer Counties due to high winds and dry conditions, requiring electricity shutoff starting today through Sunday. pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools...
Map of areas likely to be affected by a PG&E PSPS this weekend. https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools/outage-map/
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When your country is attacked, it feels quite personal. But for me it was personal for another reason. I spent the rest of that day trying to reach my Uncle Herb, who as far as we knew was at work at 1 Liberty Plaza, one block from the #WorldTradeCenter. edieschaffer.com/blog/blue-sk... #Sept11
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Blue Sky, Dark Day | Edie Schaffer
Blue Sky, Dark Day | I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday. Where I was, how I heard. When the phone rang -- not usually a good thing at 6:20 a.m. -- my mom said, "Are you
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You cannot understand emergency management today without understanding how the Bush administration & Congress took advantage of the post-9/11 shock to create the homeland security apparatus.
Just a few months later, two planes crashed into the Twin Towers and the window was opened for the largest reorganization of the federal government since the National Security Act of 1947. US emergency management was turned upside down, as reckless policy decisions that contradicted decades of disaster research and emergency management expertise were imple-mented. 402 The cataclysmic post-9/11 policy changes laid the groundwork for the failed response to Hurricane Katrina and the levee failure only a few years later, 403 and still contribute to slow and ineffective responses today.The most significant of these changes was the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. A month after 9/11, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) cosponsored a bill that took inspiration from the concept of the National Homeland Security Agency, proposing the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As had happened when Representative Thornberry introduced nearly the same bill in the House months before, hearings were held, but no vote taken. The Bush administration, with support from the Hart-Rudman findings, presented a similar bill to Congress in June 2002. With pressure from the White House, the bill finally passed, and DHS was created. FEMA was subsumed by DHS along with other agencies, including the Coast Guard and Secret Service. In the reorganization, FEMA lost its status as anindependent, cabinet-level agency. Across the country, emergency management agencies got whiplash. 404
As this drastic reorganization and refocus of the federal government was underway, Congress wanted answers about the circumstances that led to the 9/11 attacks including an analysis of how intelligence agencies had failed to communicate with one another before the attack. Most relevant for emergency man-agement, Congress also wanted a better understanding of the effectiveness of the response at the Pentagon and in New York City. The answers to these questions were compiled into the 9/11 Commission Report released in 2004.405 The 9/11 Commission's findings concerned many emergency management ex-perts. 406 The Commission found that the immediate life-saving response measures conducted at the Pentagon had been success-ful. On the contrary, they criticized the response measures in New York City as uncoordinated.This conclusion ran counter to the findings of disaster researchers in important ways. Disaster scholars documented first responders running into the towers, despite knowing they might never run back out. Inside the towers, people banded together to help each other out of the buildings, carrying coworkers who were disabled down dozens of flights of stairs, resulting in upward of sixteen thousand people evacuating in just 102 minutes.
Those who died were largely located on the floors above where the planes collided, making evacuation impossible.
Those who escaped the towers found people outside ready to guide them out of the dust. Local businesses opened their doors to offer refuge, and others handed out water or bandaged
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#PG&E has issued a notice that a #PublicSafetyPowerShutoff or #PSPS may be needed starting 9/12 in parts of following counties: #ElDorado #Lassen #Nevada #Placer #Plumas #Shasta #Sierra #Tehama #Colusa, #Glenn. #Yolo may also be impacted beginning on 9/13. pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/psps-updates...
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PG&E Outage Center - PSPS 7-Day Forecast
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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 09/09/2026
The Trump Admin is attempting to override CA laws that protect meal and rest breaks for pilots and flight attendants. We’re opposing. Our pilots and flight attendants work hard to make air travel safe and comfortable for passengers—they deserve the same consideration. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
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Attorney General Bonta Leads Defense of Flight Workers’ Rights from Federal Overreach
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing a proposed rule from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would preempt state la...
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sf-emergency.sf.gov @sf-emergency.sf.gov · 09/09/2026
A large, unplanned power outage is impacting PG&E customers in Hayes Valley, South of Market, Mission, and adjacent areas.
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NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory @ncar-ral.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
✈️ Turbulence can be unpredictable, but we’re continually working to develop better tools to anticipate it. Our latest GTGN Ver. 2 tool provides higher resolution with new data inputs to deliver improved turbulence nowcasts. Advancing safer, more informed travel. 🤩 More: ral.ucar.edu/news/turbule...
Turbulence is nearing a less bumpy future: Improved turbulence forecast thanks to the upgraded GTGN Ver. 2 system
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NYC releasing the documents that show city officials lied to the public about the air quality post-9/11 and evidence being published that show Netanyahu ignored specific warnings about Oct 7th ON THE SAME DAY is wild stuff y'all.
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Natural Hazards Center @hazcenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Disasters pose escalating risks to non-traditional animals, like those at urban farms and sanctuaries. The latest Quick Response study provides insights to improve evacuation and sheltering for these animals and their caretakers: bit.ly/4hh8VLf
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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📢 Our ASP Graduate Visitor Program Fellowship is accepting applications for the 2027 cohort of fellows. This program is intended for graduate students to work on their thesis, dissertation, or final project w/ guidance from NSF NCAR scientists and engineers in Boulder. bit.ly/4nBRgOG
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Acting by himself (as Circuit Justice for the Eighth Circuit), Justice Kavanaugh has *denied* Missouri's (fairly ridiculous) emergency application asking #SCOTUS to put back into effect its 2026 gerrymander. The Missouri Supreme Court's ruling that reverted back to the 2022 map will stand.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
That explains everything. 🙄 #25th47 politifact.com/article/2026...
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Fact-checking Trump’s recounting of his 9/11 response
Recounting his response after the 9/11 attack, President Donald Trump said he brought workers to the site and was carried off by firefighters during an evacuation. We looked into the facts behind Trum...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Overwhelming early vote turnout is an election protection strategy. Let's go y'all www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call · No Kings
Join our September 10 No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call to learn more about the vision, urgency, and strategy behind the No Kings coalition’s early vote activation and election protection campaign and...
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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 08/09/2026
SFO is starting to see fewer delays, but it's still an immigration detention center.
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SFO is having a terrible summer. It's not only due to delays.
SFO is starting to see fewer delays, but it's still an immigration detention center.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Freudian slip.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
That may be close to what this is about. Perhaps he’s thinking about running for office. If so, this book may be a way to rewrite the history of his time at FEMA. As Republicans are wont to do.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Taking deep breaths. Many deep breaths.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wait for it to go on sale.
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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Pope Leo would like a word.
Screen shot of David Richardson’s LinkedIn account, showing he calls himself “The Pope of FEMA”
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