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Investigative reporter at CT Insider covering immigration + more | Alum: NBC News, Roll Call, Harvard Divinity, West Georgia | FOIA | theology | #FirstGen | Signal: @jeaton.04
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Feel like this is my brand.

What are five things Onions the puppy did this week?

Might cc an NYU faculty email list just to feel something.

Breaking — All Department of Justice office leaders just received an email saying they should be “prepared to follow the instructions” in the OPM/Musk bullet email, according to a copy shared with me. Full text:

Hitting “reply all” on the DOGE email and asking how to unsubscribe.

“Why is my information in there?” asked Kathy Gavin, one of millions of people whose data was collected by the gun industry. “Why did you need it or want it? Yes, you could use it to pummel me with postcards, but what else are you doing with it?”

I’ll save you the time — it’s because they’ve seen Paddington 2.

Please, I beg you. We’ve already had one pandemic.

“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

As a student of academic religious studies and as a reporter who often covers religion, it’s not my place to say who does or doesn’t belong in a tradition. If you say you are, you are. But *practitioners* policing the boundaries of a tradition is exactly how traditions form.

“GlomarResponder” is a little on the nose.

That’s [email protected]. Again, [email protected].

Merging ATF into FBI was a policy proposal made in 2015 by … the Center for American Progress: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

In my admittedly limited experience, there’s nothing federal judges appreciate more than outside scrutiny.

I know being a parent is exhausting and anxious, and it can be more than a little gross at times. But it also sounds so fun and rewarding!

🎶That's my otter in the water... 🦦🌊 #embroidery #handembroidery

Dear Google Maps: I know the place I’m going may close within one hour of when I arrive. I’m a procrastinator. Places *always* close within one hour if when I arrive. That’s why I’m finally arriving there!

Y’all know he’s on the case.

*rushing in late to a meeting* “Sorry, boss. I can’t help shaping events — I’m a high-IQ, high-agency person.”

Trump border czar Tom Homan: “I’m coming to Boston and I’m bringing hell with me.”

PLEASE

Via @apnews.com: Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-pneumonia-sepsis-vatican-respiratory-infection-bab5b9a141517171d4efc71fadafa0a4

Happy Birthday Boo!! 3 years young

This week, @POGOwatchdog filed a civil suit v. Trump & DOGE challenging the claim DOGE is subject to Presidential Records Act instead of Federal Records Act. #FreedomofInformationAct www.pogo.org/post/pogo-su...

Elon Musk's pinned tweet right now.

SCOOP: Ashley St Clair sues Elon Musk for custody of new son. Musk is pictured with his latest baby in a lawsuit filed by St Clair, seeking sole custody and paternity. www.usermag.co/p/scoop-ashl...