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Jennifer

@jmckeever.bsky.social

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Baseball! Sports generally, art, music, local government (VA/Chicago, specifically), civil practice attorney at McKeever-Law.com pop culture, Cubs fan, politico, foodie. “Keen sense of outrage” Not legal advice. Typo queen

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited to announce the launch of McKeever Law. My 20 years of practice ensure a broad and deep range of legal knowledge to support you strategically, empathetically and efficiently. For legal inquiries, schedule a consultation today at www.mckeever-law.com or refer your friend. Serving Virginia!

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 16h

It has been 20 DAYS since Adelita Grijalva overwhelmingly won Congressional District AZ CD7
Speaker Johnson ENOUGH
WE in Arizona are outraged that her District is not being represented
House Democrats send letter demanding she sworn in by Friday (source aolnews.com)

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21h

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

The Treasury Secretary declares himself to be pro-monarchy, and promises to punish the entire country if the people exercise their First Amendment rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 1d

For real.

If you were loud for Jimmy Kimmel, crank it up for Letitia James.
Authoritarian bullies count on silence to get away with it; make some noise and have her back!

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: men are in federal prison for lesser crimes than the crimes in the Epstein files. Your former neighbors.
The normalization of the crimes in Epstein files is NOT ok. These “powerful” men are sick criminals. Do not let them around your underaged children. Prosecute them and put them away.

Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

I love Argentina. I do not love the fake crisis created by this regime that required regime to send billions to Argentina while US farmers consider not planting soybeans next year. The short sightedness of this regime can only be compared to corporations looking to next quarterly profit statements.

Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

Also her ads are legit 🔥🔥🔥. The ads do a great job introducing her and tell a great story of working for all Virginians.
Lt Governor is a critical position in a divided General Assembly. Vote for Hashmi and she will do the important work for all of us. Really glad to have her as a candidate.

midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia State Senator, is running for election for Lieutenant Governor. She is committed to her endeavors to make better the lives of Virginians . She focuses on the kitchen table issues that matter to the community

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

NEWS: Seven hostages have just been received by the International Red Cross from Hamas in the Gaza Strip, all walking upright on their own

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lake effect kid @mattenloe.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago is the greatest city in the world

Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 1d

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

View of Chicago skyline from William E. Dever Crib in Lake Michigan east of North Avenue. // Image captured at: 2025-10-13 12:00:01 UTC (about 7 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 56.33 F | 13.52 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: S at 7.449 mph | 11.98 kph // Humidity: 84%

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Blue Jay Believer(?) @theheatheremm.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, sweetie, no. This is on the bats.

Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 1d

Kevin Gausman, self-critical after the #BlueJays' loss that I don't think can be tagged to him:

"I gave up a home run and a walk. Up to that point, I’d been throwing the ball really well and had the game right there. This one’s on me.”

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

#MorningVibe

Have you ever felt you had to “tone it down” or “smile more” to be heard?
Let’s call out Tightrope Bias when we see it and make space for everyone to walk freely.

🎥 eliza_khachatryan__ 🗣️ powherdata (IG)

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

The guy in sparkly jacket behind home plate in Toronto is giving me life.

Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to have baseball on while folding the clothes I had washed and hung to dry. Had so much fun last time I wore these clothes - in Chicago- and it’s all so very far away now.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1d

So many people i talk to mention that their out-of-state friends or family have heard little to nothing about what’s going on in Chicago.

Some viral stories like the South Shore apartments raid or Rev. Black getting shot break through but the persistent Fed violence in the streets in lost.

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

The football team!? And his family? I’m so sorry, I’m grateful this is coming out- people abuse power where they can and it’s critical to put systems in place to thwart the abuse. And as you are well-aware, those questions must be asked right now of the current presidential search committee.

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who was providing direct care to COVID patients from the start of the pandemic, but couldn’t get tested for almost 8 months, this was particularly infuriating

5. KENT arrived at UVA just before the COVID pandemic. Just after he started, he
left for a vacation with his family to the Caribbean for two weeks. When he returned, and once
there were finally limited tests for COVID available, KENT dictated that his family and close friends be tested routinely for the virus, coupling the results of the testing with fake medical records so as to hide the identity of those being tested, and, instead of using the limited tests on staff and physicians who were still treating patients through COVID and the patients who were arriving at the hospital with COVID-type symptoms, KENT prioritized testing on the University's football
players.

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 1d

No one needs a long opinion. But nothing doesn’t help, especially when your colleagues get pissy about people not reading your minds. . But also, if it’s not a merits ruling, perhaps existing precedent should rule the day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 1d

The “soft” “weak” attorney general ads are stupid, they say nothing & mean nothing. What matters is Miyares has demonstrated he will not fight the current regime’s decisions that hurt Virginians. Most every prominent GOP member has said worse things than Jay Jones. Vote Jay Jones.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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Matt Separa @mattsepara.bsky.social · 2d

No.

"And in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by Congress."

This sentence is key. It says that DoD cannot transfer funds to a program Congress has denied appropriation to. Congress has not passed a bill to pay the troops. That's why there's a shutdown.

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 2d

The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.

Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters…

That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 2d

President Melting Brain

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Jennifer @jmckeever.bsky.social · 2d

Me upon returning from dinner with the youngest - changing into “soft” clothes and retiring to couch to watch baseball: “ahhhh”

Third child text: “we are about an hour out”

Me to myself: “oops, forgot about needing to pick child up” lol