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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈

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Pulitzer prize winning editor and news developer. Bluesky elder. Now: Data Editor at @statnews.bsky.social ✉️ [email protected] 📸 jemoryparker 🐘 @[email protected] | Signal: jaspar.01

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · Feb 14

New from me: Here it is, everything I know about every change I've been monitoring on data.cdc.gov plus an archive of every file that's been removed or altered.

www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing

STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing.

www.statnews.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

Correction - the transfer of the money between DOD functions is unusual but may not be illegal because a provision was written into the CR. The main point about disconnection between troop payments and other federal employees stands. (h/t @brendannyhan.bsky.social) bsky.app/profile/egoj...

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 22h

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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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 6h

Trump, 79, appears to have forgotten that he was president on Jan 6, 2021

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

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

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

BREAKING: Four dead and 20 more injured in a shooting at a bar on an idyllic South Carolina island.

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 2d

Your timely reminder that Donald Trump tried to claim NYC residence to take a $49,000 tax break on his Manhattan condo while he and Melania lived in the White House, only to get it yanked after my colleague and I caught the misrepresentation.

EXCLUSIVE: City nixes property tax break for Trump’s NYC apartment

New York City has nixed a $48,000 tax break President Trump was set to receive on his Trump Tower condo following inquiries from the Daily News about whether he is still eligible for the savings. O…

www.nydailynews.com

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 7h

Troops wondering if the funds are you going to get clawed back bsky.app/profile/pwhi...

Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 2d

“Those options include Trump shifting available funds”

The cherry on top of all of this would be the administration doing something illegal to pay the troops, and then DFAS pulls the money back later and folks get a “no pay due” LES 🫠

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trump could shift funds to pay troops, White House officials say

GOP congressional leaders are resisting standalone military pay legislation, fearing it will take pressure off Democrats.

www.politico.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

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

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

No survivors in Tennessee explosives factory blast, officials say

Initial toll after explosions at plant near McEwen on Friday was believed to be 19 people but later revised to 18. There were no survivors in the blast that obliterated part of an explosives factory in rural Tennessee, authorities said on Saturday. The families of 18 people had been waiting anxiously on Saturday as their loved ones had been feared dead since explosions ripped through the plant near McEwen in western Tennessee early on Friday. The initial toll had been believed to be 19 people but that figure was later revised. Continue reading...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

Trump has been spotted with swollen ankles and a persistent bruise on his right hand, which at times appears to have been covered with makeup

Trump’s Doctor Says Health ‘Exceptional’ After Walter Reed Visit

President Donald Trump underwent what his physician described as a “scheduled, follow-up evaluation” at Walter Reed Medical Center, amid fresh questions about the 79-year-old leader’s health.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

Who was president in 2020?

Senate Rs spent hours Wed insisting a Biden Censorship Regime was in power.

It’s ridiculous on its face—but dangerous in its purpose.

If you can convince people of that lie, you can justify what Trump is doing now. It’s “just payback”.

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Who was president in 2020?

On pressure, coercion, and confrontations with reality

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 2d

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social · 2d

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/w...

WGN Staffer Detained By Border Patrol Agents In Lincoln Square, Neighbors Say

The woman was recording agents as they detained a man when they took her into custody, handcuffing her and putting her a van, according to witnesses and video. The agents drove into another car while ...

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Breaking News
Officials confirm fatalities after explosion at Tennessee explosives company, with several people still unaccounted for.
https://cnn.it/3J6Kx0C

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

It's strange seeing a bunch of outlets pub stories about Thiel's antichrist lectures and label them as exclusives. For one, they aren't exclusive if a source offered the same material to half the tech press.

It's also kind of silly for folks just to parrot Thiel when he's saying this:

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Speaker Mike Johnson, standing next to Emmer here, urged Democrats less than a month ago to "turn down their rhetoric," saying, "Nazis and fascists is not helpful."

As such, striking to see him stand quietly as a fellow Republican insists there is a "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d

"The message is clear: Texas A&M does not permit teaching LGBT topics. Politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in Texas classrooms. Anyone who crosses this line may be fired on flimsy pretext"

www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job

At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.

www.chronicle.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

It’s very much Not Great to have GOP leadership describe a planned non violent march as being in service a the “terrorist wing”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds like they're gearing up for a violent crackdown. The talking points obviously went out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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