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2. "...the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington costs more than $1.8 million per day. The CBO analysis found that another year of the Washington deployment will cost roughly $55 million per month, or $660 million for the whole year."

An accounting of where National Guard troops are still deployed: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Couple of key points:

1. "Nearly 3,000 troops in Washington are expected to remain there through the end of the year."

And come again! :-)

This kind of tech is nightmarish. I'm with you. Though I wish we would just stop creating solutions to problems that don't exist.

@terabithia4.bsky.social: “In the last few years, we have started to see some small green shoots emerging that have made me hopeful that we’re on the cusp of a reimagining and renewal in local arts and culture coverage.”

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/loca...

I saw this story and sent it to a friend who also loves cheese, and we were rejoicing that it will be the cheese that saves us! (We both love a good Stilton.)

A sane country.

Most unsurprising newsletter subject line from the NY Times: "Woody Allen is not sorry about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein" No, really?????

the thing about this is that usually visa shit ends up being reciprical. If we do a thing to a country, they do a thing to us.

Indeed. Detritus on our public sidewalks. These are all around our neighborhood, and for some reason the worst offender seems to be Lime bikes and scooters. It drives me batty!

Is D.C. ready for ranked-choice voting? Educating voters will be a big task ahead of the 2026 local elections.

With D.C.'s 2026 election cycle just around the corner, local officials are preparing to roll out ranked-choice voting – and start educating the city's voters on the new way of voting. Is the D.C. Board of Elections up to the task? For @51st.news: 51st.news/dc-ranked-ch...

The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The Optical Illusion of Prosperity "We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized."

"We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized."

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.

This piece is 7 years old but still relevant today, if not more so.

www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life

It's such an interesting one, too, because they were generally pretty beloved by shoppers for so long. I wonder if that's part of why it has stuck, because the disappointment is so real. All of this is self-inflicted, too. Way to trash a brand.

Also, why are we posting about this on Thanksgiving? We have a problem, @damon.kiesow.net.

That's a big reason our strategic plan at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social was for just 2 and a half years.

I can't even... Also, she was so wonderful as Marilyn.

Maybe reframe to have you seen the YouTube video that features the song… I honestly think k they don’t know they are looking at music videos when they are on YouTube.

Same. Though mine won’t be that quick because I am just so behind on prepping for Thanksgiving. Good luck and Godspeed!

Guess all the toddlers and little kids on the planes are now antifa.

😱 As my daughter would say, "How rude!" I'd bet a lot that this was a journalism conference, sadly.

Thanks, Andrew. We sometimes forget this. Hope you are well! ❤️

Judge orders an end to Trump's troop deployment in D.C., calling it 'unlawful' U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb put a pause on her order until Dec. 11 to allow the Trump administration time to appeal.

Let's see how long it takes for them to leave... I'm not sure why they allowed time for an appeal when the ruling is that it was unlawful.

www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...

5 Questions with Kari Mar of La Conner Community News Kari Mar, founder of La Conner Community News, shares how she stepped up to fill a local news desert gap in Washington's Skagit County.

“At every step, the community showed up.”💗

Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶‍♀️

Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.

www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...

Our team at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social is hiring for an important and special role as we move forward into the next phase of our development. I'm super excited to welcome a new person to our dream team. ❤️

A wreath ready to go up at Union Station in DC

Every year our special Union Station wreath correspondent sends us a wreath photo and we love it! BRING ON THE WREATHS!! ✨