Black Hill Regional Park today. Can you see the heron in the marsh?

No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.

Ahh and forgot one more if my favorites The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle. As the title suggest it discussed from where people will be forced to move.

I love Tom Lehrer so much, and this story about him is such an incredible gift to share! Thank you.

Happy summer!

* MAJOR AIRLINE CEOS SAY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM IS "FAILING AMERICANS", URGE CONGRESS TO ACT QUICKLY ON FUNDING NEW SYSTEM -- LETTER @reuters.com $XAL

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs

Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?" Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."

Nearly all staff laid off today at the US-government funded Middle East Broadcasting Networks. President/CEO Jeffrey Gedmin tells staff that Kari Lake "is deliberately starving us of the money we need to pay you..."

Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judges’ faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings

A federal judge on Friday issued a restraining order that prevents the U.S. Agency for Global Media from moving forward with layoffs affecting hundreds of journalists at the Voice of America. The lawsuit is still pending in court.

Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now Thanks for your service to our country

Montgomery County Hosts Streamlined One-Day Hiring Event for Correctional Officers on Saturday, April 12. The Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation is looking to fill several open correctional officer positions....

News: "Bloody Saturday" for Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international networks Mass indefinite suspensions at Voice of America, Radio/TV Marti Federal contracts severed for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia & more My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

Kari Lake, a special advisor to President Trump, has ordered the Voice of America (VOA) to cancel its news relationships with the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters. "We should be producing news ourselves," Lake said on Thursday.

A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.

Democrat attempts to defund the police were largely unsuccessful or minimal. But Republicans proposing nearly $3 billion of cuts to policing likely to pass.

I totally geeked out at my first day of IACP's program evaluation course for evidence-based policing. It is so gratifying to be surrounded by people who truly care about finding the best ways to deliver policing services to our communities. #NIJLEADSScholar #EvidenceBasedPolicing

Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit

The next Kennedy Center Honorees. Then, the Center and its awards will be renamed for a more recent president, the current one, and the woke rainbow ribbon design of the award will be replaced with bedazzled gold lamé.

On the @reducingcrime.com podcast's latest episode, Kassy Alia Ray makes a nice point about community policing striving to establish a culture that seeks authentic relationships. Apple: apple.co/40yePOx Spotify: spoti.fi/4hA2Vui SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/VTNv1o91FcJi...

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

The promotional blurbs for my book are finally up on Amazon. Exciting! Thank you to David Simon, John McWhorter, Clarence Page, Bill Bratton, and Michael Fortner for taking the time to read the book, liking it, and then being willing to write something nice about it. www.amazon.com/dp/019779777...

@audiecornish.bsky.social I am listening to your podcast with Rev. Salguero, and just wanted to say it is fantastic.

NIJ and other federal agencies have paused research funding, but @arnoldventures.bsky.social has not! Check out our open RFPs. We're looking for causal studies across a range of issues, including crime/criminal justice. www.arnoldventures.org/grantees

Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress. By @hansilowang.bsky.social

Claiming audiobooks "don't count" is ableist and stupid. Consume your content in the fashion most enjoyable and convenient. #booksky

A boy and his dog.

We're back at it on cwg.live. Stick with us for updates today as the snowstorm unfolds!

Ok, I couldn't help but smile at the MCPS closing video. 🤗 youtu.be/ouFWoOTwBag?...

On Capital Weather Gang's winter storm impact scale, we rate this storm a "major" Category 4 of 5 because of amount of snow, intensity of snow, the cold air before, during and after the storm, and its potential to make for difficult driving. More info here: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

Stay safe out there.

If you haven't read them; here are three public safety books to pick up. Two on policing and one on the creation of the country's first paramedics.

Here we go!

Missing my childhood Christmases a bit. Decided to make my great aunt's Scotch pie recipe. Beef not lamb, and she always made it in a regular pie dish. Mine isn't pretty, but it passed muster with the Farag men!

Excellent episode

I much prefer physical books. But life is insanely busy, and audio books and podcasts provide me the content I want, in a way I can fit it in.

Merry Christmas to all! Hope you like your gifts better than my dog did. 😏

The Christmas Tree in Space...

@j3nnlynn-ofs.bsky.social and I had a fab time at Handel's Messiah. Gorgeous performance. The only public safety related issue here is whether Kennedy Center's sippy cups count as open containers. 😏

Colorado this year adopted a first-in-the-nation reform that required local jails to set up in-person polling places. “It’s really a gold standard for what all states can aspire to,” one advocate told Bolts.

Wildlife are now down to just 4% of their historic norm. People and domestic livestock/pets now make up the vast majority of mammalian biomass.

I grew up in the country, with the closest volunteer fire station in the next county. So Santa never made an appearance when I was a kid. I am old now, but I still get a huge kick out of this each year. Thank you MCFRS Rockville Station 3. Merry Christmas 🎄🚒🎄