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NEWS, as they say: @notus.com is no longer; say hello to The Washington Sun! 🌞 Oh, and: We’ve struck a deal to carry daily weather reports from @capitalweather.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...
Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun
A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.
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What if Natalie Harp is actually like The Substance version of Susie Wiles
Thor Benson@thorbenson.bsky.social · 3w agoIf people want to start using "shadow chief of staff" to describe Natalie Harp, I just thought of it, and I think it's good
Just weighing in from vacation to note the obvious: Ossoff's use of "Natalie" in that address was a brilliant way to play the attention economy. It works *because* it drew controversy -- by drawing controversy, it drew eyeballs & ears to a story Trump doesn't want in the news.
Judge Indira Tawari rules that OMB’s termination clause in federal grant regulations DOES NOT allow agencies to terminate grants based on program goals or agency priorities identified after the grant was awarded. Big, big win for now. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum & Order – #122 in State of New Jersey v. U.S. Office of Management and Budget (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-11816) – CourtListener.com
Judge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM & ORDER entered.For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 65 ] on Count I of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint [Doc. No. 64 ] is GRANTED...
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Yes I DO have a whole piece in me about visuals and tactics and how outrage teaches the admin what they can get away with, and yes I am interested in pitching it
stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
If this is accurate, even a "Trump says this, but evidence does not support it story" will be insufficient. This speech is part of an explicit threat against democracy, to overturn and control democratic outcomes. If we can't call this out clearly, we are lost.
Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's all fun and games until we gather at the Capitol
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
A GOP senator died. No, not that one. Also a state party will have to replace Graham as its candidate. No, not that one.
Hope no news outlets accidentally hit send on their prepped oMitchuary instead of their Lindsay graham one
Lindsey Graham is dead at 71. Elected U.S. House 1995 and to the U.S. Senate in 2003, Graham was Chair of the Senate Budget Committee I am hopeful that in death, he can do what he refused to do in life - help the American people: I hope this makes more budget reconciliation vehicles less likely.
I spoke with Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes tonight and then he was like "Oh, wait Lindsey Graham just showed up, wanna talk to him?"
before passing away he explained that his famous quote "if we nominate trump, we will get destroyed, and we'll deserve it" was specifically a reference to his own death from parasite-induced diarrhea caused by trump
imo argentina has been wiping players out in that situation all game, embolo tried to preempt it and even stuck his leg out and made contact. it's a dive, but it's also the result of the referee letting argentina clatter into swiss players without punishment.
If you want a goal, just look away from the tv and down at your phone for a split second. Works like a charm.
all of these are also stories about how Americans were lovely gracious welcoming hosts — including Americans from the diasporas of other competing countries!! — and gosh I hope that’s never lost when the historians write about this tournament
Paul Nadeau@pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 2mo agoNot to make this all about America, but things like this, the Tartan Army, the Cape Verde story, Bosnia-Herzegovina and others are good illustrations of how you can be proud to be where you're from and confident in your identity while being kind and gracious and without being a complete dingleberry
Idk how haaland gets injured standing around waiting for service
Norway really looking exhausted and out of their depth here
