Jesse Boo-thea 👻
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Freelancer @colsunderground.bsky.social, soon-to-be reporter for @nbc4i.com. FELLOW TRAVELLERS: https://a.co/d/bsr8QLP SHORT FICTION: https://linktr.ee/JesseBethea
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Here’s what the #NoKings crowd looked like from the steps of the Ohio Statehouse. @colsunderground.bsky.social
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Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
20251018_No Kings Day 2 Protests Unofficial Attendance Crowdsourcing
docs.google.com
When I borrow a pen from you, there is very little chance I will return it.
Looking through stacks of letters kept my my great grandmother and here’s a couple enigmatic photographs of a fresh grave because my family comes out of a Faulkner novel.
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You should be able to drink lite beer at hardware stores. They should crack one open for you and hand it to you when you walk in
I think you should be allowed to sell lite beer at hardware stores
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Honestly it seems to me that one of the most important tasks for modern parents is raising their kids to be mostly offline normies
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I'm going to say this as many times as it's necessary: you shouldn't kill your political opponents
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They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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What the actual fuck.

US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected.

Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice
Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.
www.wusa9.com
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NEW: Mass departures from the Justice Department and a rising flood of lawsuits have squeezed the remaining government lawyers defending Trump administration policies, with signs of the strain spilling into court
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/donald-trump-s-orders-leave-justice-department-defenders-overextended?utm_medium=email&utm_source=author_alert&utm_term=250814&utm_campaign=author_22946324
www.bloomberg.com
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ceej @ceej.online · Aug 12
FEDERAL AGENT PULLED FROM THE FINAL STAGES OF A TEN YEAR INVESTIGATION TO CAPTURE THE KILLER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE "HOUSTON HATCHETMAN" SERIAL MURDERS TO PATROL TOURISTS ON THE NATIONAL MALL: hey. you can't vape there
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
GoRemy is the hero DC needs right now
Also, Woodward and Bernstein were not national political reporters in June 1972. W was on the local DC beat and B was VA politics. How that story gets reported if it went to the political reporters in ‘72 is an open question. Which honestly doesn’t negate your point at all, just an additional factor
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I am starting to believe that the AI craze actually has, for once, created a genuinely useful way to test someone's intelligence:

are they unquestionably on board with using corporate AI tools for everything, or are they going "whoa, hey, wait a second"?