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Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)

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High school teacher and mail carrier

06.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 5144 πŸ” 1210 πŸ’¬ 417 πŸ“Œ 297
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 10122 πŸ” 6209 πŸ’¬ 238 πŸ“Œ 293

this is how I feel about half the logins I'm required to do as well

05.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

but the worst was the last five minutes that undercut everything about the strip, like making a cartoon of Waiting for Godot where Godot shows up at the end

05.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

then teach swimming

05.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s past words on foreign wars show the risks he’s taking in Iran Since his first campaign, he’s argued that military adventures overseas cost too much and only lead to chaos.

There was a president who argued that foreign wars are too costly and only lead to chaos. His name was Donald Trump. www.ms.now/news/news-an...

05.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Chai Party

05.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"nobody touches the couch but me"

05.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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you ok JD?

05.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | I watched the Tea Party take over the GOP. I see a similar movement brewing on the left. Voters want to see someone β€”Β anyone β€” take on the Establishment.

Michael Steele: Democrats should brace for a Tea Party of the left www.ms.now/opinion/tea-...

05.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7

it's giving Tree

05.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct - NASA In a new scientific paper funded by an Ames Space Biology grant, Principal Investigator Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory strains

News headline that appears in the first five minutes of a horror movie www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...

05.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

My dudes, Gen X guy here. This is not going to go how you think. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

05.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whiskey Friday has been postponed

05.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tesla's owner has told us that his future is robot bartenders or maybe tunnels underground or Martian colonies no moon colonies and honestly I don't believe anything until they show it

05.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings.

After today’s hearing β€” and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing β€” I asked him who he was.

I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that.

I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was.

He said no.

Then, the people leaving β€” myself included β€” got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator.

Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator.

Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults β€” all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public β€” and was some combination of bemused and appalled.

β€œYou are all ridiculous,” I simply said.

The door closed.

A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings. After today’s hearing β€” and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing β€” I asked him who he was. I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that. I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was. He said no. Then, the people leaving β€” myself included β€” got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator. Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator. Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults β€” all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public β€” and was some combination of bemused and appalled. β€œYou are all ridiculous,” I simply said. The door closed.

And, the story of the mystery man.

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05.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 1199 πŸ” 271 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 37
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In which @nataliekorach.bsky.social outlines the actions of the man the White House Correspondents Association has chosen to honor this year. www.status.news/p/donald-tru...

05.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
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some kind of metaphor but I'm not sure for what

04.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ok but regular Stephen King or coked-up era Stephen King

04.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

uh would you just do that for me now

04.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026 β€˜How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear war business.

No, leave it up and text us if anyone with an IP address in D.C. suddenly puts down $100,000 www.404media.co/polymarket-p...

04.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

I need like a 20-part thread by @dieworkwear.bsky.social about why cowboy hats sometimes look fine and sometimes look ridiculous

04.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Boston Coffee Party

04.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

are you trying to get me killed

04.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Paul McCartney's decade of transformation: From Beatles breakup to John Lennon's murder Man on the Run shows McCartney's effort to define himself outside The Beatles' shadow: "Paul making this documentary was a way of coming to terms with that whole period," says director Morgan Neville.

this headline, uh www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

04.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

rebooting

04.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm not sure LinkedIn is asking the right person here, but curious how you all would respond.

04.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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she's not over 65

04.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

literally every civil war letter from a soldier begins with talking about coffee

04.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0