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Associate General Counsel at the National Treasury Employees Union. Skeets are my opinions and not NTEU’s. W&_ Law, Dartmouth he/him profile image from Openclipart banner from Grumpy Monkey
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I'm a professor at SVA, and yes, we need a union.

Collecting 60s and 70s fanzines means finding some great random Frazetta work

Lilith Fair, year 3 at Hershey Park (main stage was Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, The Chicks, The Pretenders, Me'shell Ndegeocello). I was 15 and silly and brought $60 cash, and promptly spent $50 on clothing, which left me with $10 for food and drink. It was fun!

📣 DC! Last week, Russell Vought illegally fired almost every worker at the CFPB! But we're STILL here and STILL ready to get back to work protecting regular people from getting ripped off by the big banks & billionaires. Join us Saturday (4/26) @ CFPB HQ Bring your signs and your #solidarity!

The answers in this exchange about DEI are incoherent

New minute entry in National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump (Canceling Collective Bargaining Agreements): Minute Order: The Court will connect the public-access telephone line for the motion hearing now scheduled for April 23, 2025 at… [full entry below 👇] View Full Case #CL69821136

Fairly successful book cover cleaning and sticker removal, but also, feel free to tag yourself

The Supreme Court's first and only opinion today is a technical but important 5–4 win for immigrants. Gorsuch holds that a voluntary departure deadline which falls on a weekend or holiday extends to the next business day. Roberts and the three liberals join. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

We’re entering the familiar “making lawyers get lawyers” phase of Trump-related legal representation

"Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan has made her feelings clear on trans rights, with a swipe on social media at Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling."

Text of this Order: The defendants are advised that Mark Paoletta must be present at the April 28, 2025 evidentiary hearing and available to testify concerning the matters in his declaration 109 . Defendants must also ensure that Gavin Kliger and Adam Martinez are present and available to testify.

John Sloan's depiction of the infamous Ludlow massacre in his cover illustration for the June 1914 issue of the radical journal The Masses. The full run of The Masses has been helpfully digitized by the NYU libraries, available here: dlib.nyu.edu/themasses/

Pete Hegseth sent top secret war plans to his wife, brother, and lawyer. If any of those people are Democrats, then both sides are guilty of improperly sharing top secret war plans.

Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me?? Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?

It’s the Simpsons meme, but in the first panel Bart says “this is the worst security breach of my life,” and in the second panel Homer corrects him “the worst security breach of your life so far.”

It really sucks that this government treats these filings like a joke.

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