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Jennifer Van Goethem

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · May 7

Hello, Hollywood folks. I'm looking for editing work. I've cut picture on drama, comedy, sci-fi, action, you name it. From ABC and FOX to Netflix, Apple and Paramount, I've run the gamut. If you know of any shows looking, message me and I'll send a current resume. Thank ya, friends!

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 17m

Quite a day.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 16m

Donald Trump pardoned the “Camp Auschwitz” guy, dined with Holocaust deniers, and said, “any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion.” The Young Republicans chat isn’t a coincidence. It’s a culture.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

I think there are five levels of potential badness here. Once you've decided to violate the ADA, you're only bound by self-imposed limitations. But depending on what the White House is self-imposing, this can range from "BAD" to "The Republic has fallen, pack it in."

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2h

Donald Trump already tried stealing an election.

But now, Trump and MAGA Republicans are trying to rig as many elections as possible by redrawing maps.

They’ve lost all respect for election integrity.

This is what’s at stake before the Supreme Court.

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 1h

The bobbling head is killing me.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2h

There is no evidence that the man who murdered Kirk had any ties to any progressive nonprofits.

Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 2h

"Scott Bessent said that his department is launching a War on Terror-style campaign against progressive nonprofits."
“Charlie’s death is like a domestic 9/11,” Bessent said. “Just as after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden... was captured... we are going to track down who is responsible for this.”

Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in...

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1h

Any white dude under 50 years old is a young boy.

Any Black kid over 6 years old is a dangerous thug.

Caucasianity!

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 2h

Poor staff work.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h

NEW via NYT:

A U.S. attorney and his deputy were removed after telling top DOJ officials they don't believe criminal charges are warranted from a new Kash Patel-backed investigation seeking to discredit the FBI's earlier Russia investigation that looked into Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 3h

Power comes from the consent of the governed, and we are not consenting. They're scared.

They are afraid of the American people exercising their First Amendment rights. Why else would they be making up lies and trying to control the narrative about #NoKings?

A 🧵 showcasing their anxiety:

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 4h

Breath? But "death" is punk as hell. Go Lucy.

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 4h

"I caught a former friend from Columbia—a girl who comes from media royalty—liking negative tweets about me."

Jesus Christ these people need to get outside.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 4h

Bari Weiss launched her own path to stardom with the argument "it is oppression to dislike me for being bad" and now we will get to see what an entire media ecosystem built with that philosophy looks like

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 4h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 4h

The naked bicyclists really messed him up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 4h

Also, Johnson not seating a representative from Arizona seems pretty taxation without representation to me. Then there's the whole quartering of troops thing. Have the knocked out the whole list, yet?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 4h

The NYT framing their coverage of Chicago as an "uprising," while the regime makes mouth noises about the insurrection act is certainly a choice.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

This administration’s policy of serial open murders on the high seas is starting to make some members of Congress mildly uncomfortable. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, rationale and goals of its war on drug trafficking.

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 14h

ugh

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 14h

Covered California this week will alert ACA enrollees that 2026 premiums could jump without extended subsidies, with average hikes near 97% and coverage at risk.

Californians may get a price shock this week on health insurance

Covered California this week will alert ACA enrollees that 2026 premiums could jump without extended subsidies, with average hikes near 97% and coverage at risk.

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 14h

They're all compromised at this point.

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abc

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 15h

He thought it was gonna be pussy hats and Mueller time, didn't he?

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 16h

At least when they go off on Bork I can just assume they don't remember. 2012 wasn't all that long ago.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

Due process. Academic freedom. An independent judiciary. A free press. A professional civil service. A protected environment. These aren't partisan talking points; they are the pillars of a healthy nation. And every single one of them is under direct assault by the Trump administration.

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