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alextheis.bsky.social
Baker, gardener, cook, amateur photographer, special educator, father, husband, son, birder, cat dude. I have limited patience for conspiracy theories and arguments not based in logic. Best evening? A nice bourbon in front of the fire pit.
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WATCH THE WHOLE THING. This is chilling, as is the fact that almost no one in the crowd tried to stop them. Also worth noting: This is what happened to a *white woman.*

Sheriff said he was "not acting in his official capacity," which means he gave up any claim of qualified immunity for battery and deprivation of rights.

Behaviores Report: 100% goode. Also: •i satt on Dade and purred • i watchd ousside fore dandgers • I cleened my furrs to be sofft and pritty •i ate my dennirs • I zoomed abowt to porvide endertainment

He who salutes Nazis is not American.

It’s unbelievable that this is a thing but the Dems better realize that they need more than, “at least we’re not Nazis,” to win the midterms. Yes, call all of that shit out but it better come with a heaping serving of what you’re going to do to save the working class and defend the constitution.

HI DO YOU HAVE ANY SPARE PHOTONS

Go Long Beach! #TeslaTakedown

IES is the best federal research program I know. They strategically invest in the whole pipeline of research from description, to intervention design, to piloting & eval of promising designs, to scale up & eval of promising pilots, then dissemination & commercialization.

#teslatakedown #3E #IWILLHOLD

The median DOJ employee response to the OMB email: *Defend TRO app re unconstitutional EO (lost) *Defend PI re illegal DOGE action (lost) *Fend off Dep’y AG pressure to take unethical action *Memo re legality of proposed EO to fire all Black or female fed. employees *Update CV

. @theonion.com is cool.

Between the oceans and the landmass, I doubt the USA would be invaded any time soon But if I were in the invading business, hacking these emails for a quick assessment of what's going on in the government just before launching a decapitation strike seems like a no-brainer

He’s really picking the wrong city to fuck with this time. bsky.app/profile/atru...

"Stop calling them Nazis..."

Is it safe to assume that Russia itself now has access to computers at the US Treasury, IRS, FAA, FBI, CIA, etc.?

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

I'm flying abroad at the end of next month and you know what's great? 1. Wondering if my plane won't crash. 2. Wondering if I'll be allowed to leave 3. Wondering if I'll be allowed to come back

remember how i told you yesterday that i've talked with people who are volcanically angry? boy, do i have a story for you coming on monday.

New — State Department employees have been instructed *not* to reply to OPM’s 5 bullet email, per an email I reviewed, saying leadership “will respond on behalf of the Department.”

Multiple reports of drivers doing spontaneous sieg heil salutes at protesters today, including in one case from someone I know personally. What is being normalized is monstrous and dangerous; every day we step closer to the abyss

I think the older Dems are genuinely good at managing a raucous caucus and moving hill creatures around to where they need to be. Very good, in Pelosi’s case. But that’s just not the game anymore, that’s not what the moment calls for. And what replacements they have groomed aren’t ready either.

These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior. We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.

My little star on the grassy ground #birds

DOGE are not efficiency experts. They aren't auditors. They aren't fraud investigators. They are hackers.

At the NATO meeting a loud US republican saw my CDN flag pin on my lapel and reached for it saying, "Hey Canada." I stopped him. "Don't touch the Canadian flag." "Just joking," he said. "You'll die before you touch our flag," I said, "not joking." He scrambled out of there. #notfuckingaround

AFGE sent this message to federal employees tonight re: OPM's email, saying the union "strongly believes this email was sent illegitimately" and providing sample language for people to use to talk to their supervisors about how to respond.

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

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This is some lovely infographic design

Ukrainian protesters marched past the White House and to the Russian Ambassador’s residence calling for Russia to leave Ukraine. #RussiaIsATerroristState H/t @andrewleyden.bsky.social

Would make a neat flier

Twice as much funding goes to diseases that disproportionally affect men compared to those that mainly impact women. So … no?

House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. That’s TRILLION. With a T.

Anecdotal personal experience at play here but I love a dog named dog. That’s all you need. That’s a dog kinda dog.

As an Indigenous person who regularly went pheasant hunting when I lived in South Dakota, what I will say about Kristi Noem shooting Cricket is that she should not be hunting. She doesn't have an understanding of or respect for the animals.

I told OPM what I did last week

From a FOIA perspective, "the entire federal workforce should write down and email what they did last week" is extremely funny

If you want to understand DOGE. Start here.

#Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]