Melissa

How a president's death helped kill Washington's "spoils system" In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president. But after a rejected office-seeker shot President James Garfield, reformers won long-sough...

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It’s important to give credit where it’s due. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was signed into law in 1883 by VP turned President Chester Arthur, a shock to all, and much needed given the status quo at the time.

A very relevant bit of history to learn.

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YouTube video by candy Charlie The Unicorn Goes to Candy Mountain - CandyMountain

I’m showing my age with this one.

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To be fair, he did get his kidney stolen bc of that mountain so…

I need to have my meltdowns privately to get it all out.

Are you sure, Charlieee? Bad things happen at Candy Mountain.

Does anyone have an address in Ohio that someone could boop beep into the GPS and drive to where they can just pull over, be completely alone with no one within hearing range, to scream into the void as loud as possible for as long as needed?

Asking for myself.

You can also lead it to Candy Mountain.

But all of the audio is the same and is just a rick roll.

Let’s go old school Twitter style and just continuously email with what we did.

“Just ate a stale bagel and microwaved coffee. Photo attached.”

“Cleaned out refrigerator. Summary of leftovers tossed and which grew more mold attached.”

“Walked the dogs and cleaned many poops. See video.”

There’s no such thing as too honest. Don’t forget to send each bullet point in a separate email!

Scientist eliminates HPV

Todays hero

What if every American sends an email about 5 things we did last week?

So far, the most interesting story has been that of the Spencers (yes, of the Diana variety).

I love history.

I’ve spent this week binging so much Hulu and Netflix because I can barely move. Last night I started Million Dollar American Princesses, a Smithsonian docuseries about the American heiresses that infused the British monarchy with money by marrying Dukes and Lords in the 1800’s.

Coffee = bean water. Sooo… 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s no joke. It’s been circling for awhile. Sorry you had to deal with it too! Hope you’re feeling better.

I also forgot to take my SSRIs for a couple days so I’m getting the brain zaps as a cherry on top.

But it could be worse. They haven’t sent me to a farm for misfit brains yet!

I think it’s one of the nasties going around, but not the flu or Covid. My voice is not voicing, my chest is making sounds it shouldn’t, I keep choking on whatever nonsense is in my throat, and my skin hurts. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Always an adventure.

The plague has caught up to me. Day 2 of being stuck in bed watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has come to an end. The NyQuil will soon take me off to the planet of creepy dreams, but at least it is sleep.

WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F$&K.

Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.

Correct. This is a President of the United States declaring himself a dictator.

And instead of Americans understanding that we’re now under imminent threat of martial law and tyranny, we’ll get a month of think pieces about what the President of the United States meant by his UNAMBIGUOUS statement.

Questionable at best.

Maaaaaybe?

I was really quite upset when my oxen came unhitched as we traversed the river. We lost EVERYTHING, including our spare wagon wheel.

I mean, I haven’t heard anyone use that one, but I don’t get out much.