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Obsessed with these kids

Living the absolute dream

More than 3 in 10 D.C.-area residents say someone in their household worked for the federal government or a federal contractor at the beginning of the year, and of those, about a quarter say the employee or contractor had been fired, laid off or put on leave.

I got mad.

@marisakabas.bsky.social reveals how the (leaving her name out of the stories she breaks) sausage gets made www.thehandbasket.co/p/independen...

The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired. The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.

The IRS is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, CNN reports

planes touching planes reaching out clipping me clipping you

no better sign of the ephemerality of news cycles than the absolute dearth of "surprise and confusion after jeffrey goldberg inadvertently added to the list of countries facing tariffs" jokes

just found myself thinking the phrase "is kitinyot the credibility interval of bread," so now you can all ponder it too

(carefully pouring a drop of wine back into the glass) I am announcing a 90 day pause on the FROGS, but the LOCUSTS will remain in place

When you say no to others you say yes to yourself

@booker.senate.gov says the answer to "what should I do?" is "something. do something." One thing more than you are doing now. Help another person. Get out of bed.

BREAKING: HHS started laying off employees at around 5 am this morning, after some of them had already left to go to work. Also, two FDA leaders are gone: Peter Stein, director of the office of new drugs, and Brian King, director of the tobacco center. www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

For some reason people seem surprised when I tell them my father has long been part of a Jewish motorcycle club, and that there are a bunch of clubs around the country. If you didn’t know, now you know. Shoutout to the Pittsburgh Mazel Tuffs, one of my favorite club names!

Today, #GeorgetownLaw Dean William M. Treanor joined 79 law school deans in signing the letter posted below, issued March 26, 2025. [ Those signing are expressing their personal views and are not speaking for their institutions. Find the full letter and list of signatories: bit.ly/4hSna6u ]

What’s even worse is that Hegseth leaked that Kim and Hugo got PINNED.

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And then I wondered … had Pete Hegseth really meant to text me the state secrets?