Jon Birenbaum

Jon Birenbaum

@jonbirenbaum.bsky.social

Former Litigator/Current Legal Recruiter/Husband/Dad

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Jon Birenbaum
@jonbirenbaum.bsky.social

Call me cynical but I just never believe that the person running for office is actually the author of the text that I did not consent to receiving asking me for money for their campaign or party. The texts keep coming and I keep deleting them as SPAM. I contribute to campaigns online etc

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Jay in Kyiv
@jayinkyiv.bsky.social

Despite intense efforts by both the Trump administration and years of Russian influence operations, the Canadian province of Alberta has voted not to secede from Canada.

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Important Read 📕

Ibram X. Kendi@ibramxk.bsky.social

Today, as my newest book is released, nearly three-fourths of the world’s people live under authoritarian rule. Many of those authoritarian rulers are pushing a conspiracy theory that tells people that their life, their job, their status, their nation is all being lost, slipping away.

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T.C. Boyle
@tcboyle.com

I’m down at the public library for the last day of Banned Books Week, which happens to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month. No quiero bailar hoy, pero quiero leer sin censura.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Schoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protests

theguardian.comSchoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protestsPrime minister orders ministers to tackle students’ five major demands, including organising replacement teachers and school repairs Hundreds of schools in France remained fully or partially closed on Monday as teenagers continued to blockade buildings and the government struggled to contain the biggest youth protest movement in years. A 15-year-old protesting against what the demonstrators say are France’s dilapidated ⁠and understaffed ​schools ‌had his hand ‌blown off on ‌Monday in the northern town of Lens, the local prefect François-Xavier Lauch ‌said. Continue reading...
Jon Birenbaum
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The Nit-picking Boss Dear Work Friend, I’m 8 mos into role as a director at a major final institution learning curve has been steep boss nitpicks from meeting facilitation minor email details/deck typos. Despite my strong qualifications nonstop critique leaves me feeling completely inadequate.

Jon Birenbaum
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Keep Me Out of The Tenderloin Don’t Want to feel the pain in my groin Want to go where the A.I. $ is Don’t want to see you swimming in your own piss Keep Me Away From watching you shoot up and up Chuck Want to go where the kids are hip not drowning in their own shit

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New York Attorney General Letitia James
@newyorkstateag.bsky.social

The workers who create the film and television shows we love count on new productions and investments to support their livelihoods. Our settlement with Paramount and Warner Bros. secures commitments to protect these workers.

ag.ny.govAttorney General James Secures Critical Protections for Entertainment Industry Workers from Paramount and Warner Bros.NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 11 other attorneys general today secured new commitments from Paramount Skydance Corp

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.

Jon Birenbaum
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My barber 💈 ✂️ 💇‍♂️ of 22 years and our lawn 🌱 🌿🍂🍁maintenance company of 20 years both jacked their prices 🆙 by 15% yesterday. I find it funny that they both trim what we grow and coincidentally raised their rates at the same time but that may just be me.

Jon Birenbaum
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In Red States, Law-and-Order Republicans Turn Against Flock Cameras. *The right to privacy is now a bipartisan issue yet we the people have little control over how our personal info is gathered and used against us. This is a shared liberty 🗽 issue 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

nytimes.comIn Red States, Law-and-Order Republicans Turn Against Flock CamerasThe governors of Texas and Florida have taken steps to curtail the use of license-plate readers, even as the police say they help with solving crime.

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Jon Cooper
@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Ships traveling between the upper Great Lakes and the Atlantic must pass through Canada’s Welland Canal. The 27-mile canal and all eight of its locks are entirely in Ontario, meaning a strategically important portion of U.S. Great Lakes maritime trade depends on Canadian-controlled infrastructure.

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George Hahn
@georgehahn.com

We’ll all be better off when the red team is out of power and Trumpism is out of our lives. It starts with the midterms just 10 weeks away. Make sure your registration is in order and VOTE THEM OUT.