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One FEMA staffer was put on leave as a result of an Instagram comment about Charlie Kirk. It appears Laura Loomer was given a heads up about the firing. Here's Loomer on Thursday, three days before the employee received his notice of termination (which results in admin leave and 30 days to appeal):
Breaking — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Colt Hagmaier just resigned in an email to staff. He's worked at the agency for more than a decade. Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk. Text of his email shared with me:
For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
This is why being independent is SO powerful. Can't fire someone with no boss!
did grok write this
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i'm told it's already been shared with them
citations needed
chris rufo, however, is an objective truth teller.
lean in [to scamming]
they did!
SLAY guevara!!!
i love this look for her??
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This morning in East Somerville, MA masked agents who told bystanders they were from Homeland Security abducted a man who lives in the neighborhood while he was on his way to do laundry. Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle:
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
this is unconscionable and yet another sign of how far the post has fallen. thank you for always using your platform for good, and look forward to watching you keep kicking ass. ✊
so much. almost a disproportionate amount.
many are saying
have you watched the yacht rock documentary? so much loggins. such a delight.
they’re suddenly very lax about pronouns
we should look into this
ask not what the ooze can do for your country
that’s deranged!!!
laura, with no due respect, who are you subtweeting!!!
“YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!” bitch i wasn’t trying to
honestly MAGA is acting straight up delulu right now making threats of hellfire against “the left” when we are not even in this chat!!!
“hang on to our meaning” that’s good
charlie kirk is MLK. camera is hamas. chair is astronaut. baby is stove. yawn is owl.
They killed someone on Friday:
Like imagine if the National Guard wasn’t milling around monuments and metro stations—DC would still be experiencing the terror of ICE and all the agencies now empowered to do their bidding. That’s the deal in Chicago.
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Reporters on the ground in Chicago are screaming to be heard over the false narrative that Pritzker defeated Trump there. PLEASE listen to them.
i famously love the philadelphia eagles
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
It’s like a cat got killed by another cat and all the other cats are saying “You mice don’t realize what you’ve done, we wanted to kill you anyway but you’re REALLY fucked now.”
wow thanks so much! welcome!
the people comparing matthew dowd and brian kilmeade are missing the asymmetry. dowd worked for a network that tries to placate the other side. kilmeade works for one that wants everyone on the other side to drop dead.
The New York Post fanning the flames. They’ve lost the plot.
sure seems that way
i should reply with this when someone needs to be bonked
On a personal and professional level, this has been one of those weeks where I’ve been reminded that the standards I hold as a journalist are truly not shared by those in the highest echelons of my profession.
i guess we can start by not accepting the premise of the shit!
ICE threw me and other protestors to the ground on Friday because we dared to stand up for our neighbors. I’m okay, but our communities aren’t. We can't afford apathy or inaction from our leaders right now. Abolishing ICE is a moral necessity.
paw patrol who
Hi ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere If you have any national platform at all Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us
Willian Gimenez was abducted by ICE yesterday in Chicago. He had been part of a lawsuit against off-duty police and Home Depot employees for abusing day laborers. Latino Union says he was targeted for advocating for his rights as a worker. @bloomekatz.bsky.social and I report.
is that “fun”?
i need a hotdog briefcase
wow fingers crossed
no unforch
didn’t have time for the museum but the bat was extremely cool!
absolute unit
yes, was with them! but that was the highlight for me
hay, but no cross sadly! that would’ve been amazing
got to see steve lukather play rosanna live today :))))
The last 48 hours have shown why people have stopped relying on legacy journalism and have migrated to independent journalists in droves. The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.
there must be some kind of wife award for figuring out a way to get your husband to meet one of the guys from phish
makes U think
bluesky’s own @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social rocking the fuck out
jack fry’s!
*WE know now lol
just a heads up that there won’t be another handbasket this week. this was one of the most mentally exhausting weeks in recent memory, so i’m gonna go watch some live music and let my brain breathe. xx
this is a great point.
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10 years!! you’ve really seen me through it all. thanks for the continued support, means the world.
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i hope that, knowing what he know now, he feels like a fucking fool.
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
remember when the FBI swam in central park fountains looking for luigi lmao
every fucking time
BLITZER: Now we’re getting reports that one of the bullet casings was engraved with a message saying that if you are reading the casing, you are gay. We must warn our viewers we’re about to show the photo and don’t know at this time whether the engraving is what makes you gay or if it just tells you
if this shooter winds up being a red-pilled groyper the Kirk newscycle length will be mysteriously cut from two months to two days
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How are you, an adult man in the year 2025, writing this shit www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...
will you be printing a retraction since this turned out to be complete and utter bullshit?
friend at the game says there was a mixture of cheers and boos during the anthem. in her section more cheers. on tv, at least to my ear, you could definitely hear the boos.
i heard the boos on YES, right after the anthem started and then a couple times after
the crowd booed during the national anthem at yankee stadium. even after “the land of the free” where everyone usually cheers. he ruins everything he touches.
i’ve been watching them with my dad for 30 years so it was a 1-2 punch between yesterday and today.
i know
i don’t think i can be a fan of this team anymore.
Reports of more ICE kidnappings around Chicago are rolling in this afternoon. Wait for orgs to verify accurate totals (they are as overwhelmed as anyone else rn), but this isn't slowing down.
appalling.
At least seven historically Black colleges and universities across the South received threats Thursday that caused lockdowns and closures. via @wwno.org
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
i think about that A LOT
i'm available
you rock. welcome!
i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social
i do not think it can be overstated at this point that we do not know who killed charlie kirk or why they did it.
ezra klein is a leading voice on modern politics who doesn't fucking remember the violent aftermath of the 2020 election that was stoked by charlie kirk himself
New — The Acting Assistant Secretary for HHS Administration for Children and Families sent out this unhinged email to all staff this morning comparing the killing of Charlie Kirk to 9/11, per copies shared with me by multiple staffers:
there you fucking go
if you know anything about any of the things, i'm marisakabas.04 on signal
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
