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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Ok guys, here is an absolute MUST READ for anyone who is interested in why is DC "like that." Neil is working on a book project that explains this, and how the Reno neighborhood in NW DC sparked his interest. Meanwhile, he's launched a weekly newsletter, so smash that subscribe button!

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

An an outstanding piece by our modern day prophet of freedom Ta-Nehisi Coates, exploring the misbegotten concept of The Homeland, and comparing Renee Good and Alex Pretti to slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo. Well worth the read. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti

In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Wow, Prof. Segall really nails it here: we can't reform the Supreme Court until we call it for what it is, not even a real "court of law." Well done, and well framed. His essay is so short and sweet, highly recommend!

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

In 1871, Congress found that the KKK was essentially a white supremacist paramilitary organization that carried out "murders, whippings, intimidation and violence" against its opponents. Sound familiar to anyone? @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @adamserwer.bsky.social

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A great town hall to watch from start to finish. As impressive as Pete was, I was even more inspired by the thoughtful questions from the audience. One not clipped here was from a military and police dept. veteran who was concerned about how we achieve justice -- not vengeance -- for the 1/3

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Honestly, Zürich is a public transit paradise.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Please: @vanhollen.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @eleanornorton.bsky.social launch an immediate investigation into this outrageous whitewashing of DC history. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

In an outrageous Trumpian assault on the Chevy Chase community’s multi-year effort to reconcile its racially-segregated founding, the National Park Service has removed the sign at Chevy Chase Circle interpreting the complicated racist legacy of Sen Francis Newlands.

NPS sign “What’s in a Name?” Interpreting the racist legacy of Sen Francis Newlands, the founder of the Chevy Chase neighborhoods in Md and DC

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I said hi to the amazing @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and hear her very powerful talk. Come on down to the Teach-In, resuming at about 2 pm, going until sunset.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Happening now! Calling all DC people interested in history and justice. A good ol-fashioned “teach-in” located on the Mall in front of Smithsonian American History museum.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Wow the first sign I’ve see in the Metro is a doozy! #NoKings

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Was it the famous “ham sandwich?”

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Very good news here: the proud people of DC are not putting up with Gestapo tactics by federal LEOs and out-of-control DOJ. Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Hi DC friends, please join me on July 16 at 6 pm, for a fun canal history talk, complete with beer, wine and light refreshments. Maybe a little bit of Drunk History?😊 www.eventbrite.com/e/history-un...

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History Unlocked: Captain George Pointer and Canal Fever

Join us for an evening of learning and socializing onboard the docked Georgetown Heritage Canal Boat!

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Hello DC friends! Please join me for a great talk on Wed June 18! Learn about the C&O Canal, Capt George Pointer, socialize with friends, all aboard the beautiful (docked) canal boat. mailchi.mp/e09239aad3df...

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Join us for History Unlocked June 18th

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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Playing "John Henry" on Joe Thompson’s back porch with Justin Robinson just like old times. Thank you Justin "Demeanor" Harrington for joining us on bones. You can hear the full track on our new album ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow’ - listen now: giddensrobinson.lnk.to/BlackbirdCrow

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Hooray, Happy Pride, everybody!

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Brilliant historians Profs. Martha Jones and Kate Masur forcefully show how birthright citizenship was sought by FREE Black Americans for many decades before the enactment of the 14th Amendment. Gives the lie to the facile and inaccurate claim that the 14A should apply only to freed enslaved people.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A great turn out here in Durham NC. Power to the people! #HandsOff

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Pete Buttigieg is not prone to hyperbole. But here dropping the F-bomb is wholly appropriate. Heads need to roll.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Excellent advice from AOC. I called Gillibrand's office yesterday and left a VM, and will get to work on the other waverers right now. This is an unthinkable white flag of surrender to a madman.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨A plea to all followers who live in states with Dem senators: please calm them RIGHT AWAY to ask them to vote No on cloture and No on the bill. I live in DC so I have no senator. Pls pls do this now. The bill cuts $1 Billion from DC budget and would result in huge cuts to police, fire, schools

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Amazing appearance just now by Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger on @maddow.msnbc.com He is a valiant protector of federal workers and a true public servant. I’ve never been prouder to be an alum of OSC.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A huge disappointment, but totally understandable. SC Dellinger is a brave, smart public servant, whose tenure made a huge impact. Just ask the 5K fired USDA employees who were reinstated yesterday. My heart goes out to my former OSC colleagues who will now be forced to serve a Trump lackey.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A great NTEU rally for federal workers today on Capitol Hill, in a driving rainstorm!

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The reporters conspicuously omit the most critical point: the firing of these probationers has already been found to be illegal by one federal court and two admin agencies, OSC and MSPB. Why leave that out? Explore this gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts? (Gift Article)

President Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Outstanding, thoughtful decision by Judge Amy Berman Jackson upholding the constitutionality of SC Dellinger’s appointment. Come for the great historical analysis of the Pendleton Act of 1883 and the CSRA of 1978, stay her careful analysis of the relevant SCT decisions. search.app/WgQ8EUp3b6M2...

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Memorandum & Opinion – #32 in DELLINGER v. BESSENT (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00385) – CourtListener.com

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 3/1/2025. (lcabj1) (Entered: 03/01/2025)

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A great letter by a retiring CMS executive, with 41 years of federal service, providing proof that the firings of CMS probationers was illegal. And he notes that he is providing a copy to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which along with the MSPB, have already given relief to fired probationers.

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NPR @npr.org · 26/02/2025

JUST IN: The Merit Systems Protection Board, the quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in federal employee labor disputes, has ordered a stay in the firing of six probationary employees.

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Federal board orders government to reinstate six workers fired by Trump

The Merit Systems Protection Board, the quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in federal employee labor disputes, has ordered a stay in the firing of six probationary employees.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

OSC statement on MSPB stay, warning agencies that further action is coming, “which can include OSC asking for relief for a broader group of fired probationary employees.” Dellinger “urge[s] agency leaders to voluntarily and immediately” rescind the other unlawful firings. search.app/Bd3Sah9GYxEu...

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MSPB Grants Stays of Probationary Employee Terminations

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Excellent explanation of tonight’s action here, from the intrepid group Democracy Forward: democracyforward.org/updates/brea...

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BREAKING: Merit Systems Protection Board Stays Termination of Six Probationary Federal Workers - Democracy Forward

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🚨 Breaking news: the MSPB has ordered 6 probationary employees to be reinstated for 45 days. This is big news for thousands of fired probationers, as OSC will seek to expand this ruling government-wide.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Is it any surprise why Trump tried to fire SC Dellinger just two weeks ago. Bravo to Dellinger and his private legal team for being reinstated in one day flat, and for Judge Amy Berman Jackson for granting him a TRO to stay on the job.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Per my last post, here is a gift article explaining this huge new development. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...

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Government Watchdog Moves to Protect Probationary Federal Workers (Gift Article)

Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, recommended pausing the mass firings of some probationary federal employees.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Great job for SC Dellinger to go to bat for the fired probationary employees. Also very encouraging that he is considering ways to expand the reach of the case to include the huge number of affected employees. Now let’s hope the MSBP lives up to their name to “protect the merit system.”

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This is very big news, and why keeping SC Hampton Dellinger in office was so important. Immediate relief for fired probationers is a real possibility.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

NTEU has advised members not to respond to harassment email from OPM until further guidance:

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I helped lead OSC from 1998 to 2003. I’m so proud of SC Dellinger for sticking up for this small office whose mission is to protect federal workers, especially whistleblowers, and enforce the Hatch Act. Now, will SCOTUS do the right thing? wapo.st/3EI7vJ5

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to fire independent agency leader

President Donald Trump wants the justices to allow him to remove the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates whistleblower reports.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Very good news here for SC Hampton Dellinger, with a 2-1 decision allowing his reinstatement. Katsas’ dissent’s fawning obeisance to Trump is a likely precursor to inevitable SCOTUS review of this case, and whether it will garner 5 votes. Stay tuned. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Appeals court rejects Trump in showdown over firing of ethics watchdog

The D.C. Circuit panel voted, 2-1, against the president’s bid to immediately remove Hampton Dellinger.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Well done @raskin.house.gov it is a straight up violation of 5 USC 2302(b)(9) to fire or otherwise retaliate against federal workers for refusing to carry out unlawful orders. The fired DOJ lawyers can seek a stay from recently reinstated Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Yes this is big, meriting immediate coverage in the NYT. SC Dellinger is the first illegality-removed official (including the IGs, and EEOC and NLRB members) to file a suit and win a stay. Kudos to Judge Jackson for ruling to promptly to uphold the rule of law. A big win for federal workers, too.

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Tim Hannapel @timhannapel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Very prompt action by Judge Amy Berman Jackson, issuing a stay at 8:30 pm to reinstate SC Dellinger until Thursday, 2/13. This is a big win for the rule of law:

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