KJ Boyle

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Writer and Researcher. Philly sports enthusiast. Looking into revolving doors. Gov capacity, congressional oversight, aviation safety

First in Playbook: Miller posted documents on Dropbox over the weekend that may have been created by his congressional office in violation of House rules, POLITICO’s Daniel Lippman reports. An analysis of metadata for four documents in Miller’s Dropbox folder showed the authorship was “Office of Rep. Max Miller – Legal Counsel.” After Playbook asked if congressional resources were used to create them, Miller’s personal attorney Aaron Minc told Playbook he would change the metadata, which now reads “Minc Law LLC.” Miller chief of staff Phil Poe said only Minc handled the production of the documents and creation of the folder, and the congressional office doesn’t employ anyone with the title of “Legal Counsel.” Minc also said the error may have been caused by using AI.
WAPO headline: Schumer pitches new federal agency to investigate corruption The new bill is part of Democrats’ effort to articulate a legislative agenda ahead of the midterm elections.
Bunch of news stories about Jim Jordan accusing Jack Smith of lying to Congress and referring to DOJ for charges
Sen. Andy Kim: Last week OMB Director Vought lied to my face when he said they don't use politics in funding decisions. Now we have proof. In court, the Trump admin admits they based decisions on who the states voted for President. That's a disgusting abuse of power.
How does Cyclospora get into food? A Cyclospora infection means that someone has consumed food or water that was contaminated by human faeces. C. cayetanensis reproduces through egg-like structures called oocysts that are shed in human stool. These oocysts are not immediately infectious: they must first sporulate, or mature, in a warm environment at temperatures between 22 °C and 32 °C for a week or two — which is one reason why outbreaks tend to occur during summer.
The safety of our food and drug systems has also been put at risk. Even prior to losing over 3,000 employees, the FDA inspection regime was woefully inadequate: in 2024, the Government Accountability Office found a 16% vacancy rate for FDA investigators, leading to fewer inspections than in 2019. While investigators themselves were exempted from cuts, terminating the support staff that handle travel and logistics for investigators will only slow the pace of inspections and investigations, diminishing the government’s ability to guarantee sanitary food processing and safe medical devices. Current FDA investigators speaking with NPR detailed how travel reimbursements were slowed and booking travel arrangements made more difficult due to the loss of staff. Speaking about the firings at the FDA, the president of the American Veterinary Medical Association warned that oversight of food safety and animal-borne diseases would become limited by personnel cuts. At the CDC, experts warned that cuts at the agency will harm disease research, prevention, and communication. The cuts were far ranging across the agency, hitting research into hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, gun violence, and domestic violence. It will be hard to directly trace the relationship between these cuts and any spikes in these issues, but one thing is clear: the government’s ability to understand and combat these problems has been decimated by DOGE
But OSHA also received an opposing comment from 3M, the manufacturing conglomerate whose portfolio includes fall protection equipment. 3M is a member of the American Chemistry Council, which filed the initial petition that prompted OSHA’s rulemaking. In their comment, 3M reiterated the safety concerns highlighted by other groups, while also raising issues with OSHA’s estimated savings from deadline removal. OSHA, citing data from the industry groups’ petition, estimated $3.6 billion in savings for the petrochemical industry, as compliance costs could reach $55,000 per ladder. 3M, however, called the estimate “significantly overstated,” saying the market data indicates compliance costs to be around $1,000 to $3,000 per ladder. The conglomerate added that the petitioners’ estimate has “no reasonable relationship to actual market pricing and should not be accorded significant weight in OSHA’s rulemaking analysis.”
Seat Geek prices for Mubadala DC Open. Lowest price is $122 for a single ticket in the upper levels, with most prices much higher
croatia vs panama match when croatia had a 2 v 0 breakway but somehow did not score
croatia vs panama match when croatia had a 2 v 0 breakway but somehow did not score
One dead & one living late stage lantern fly nymph
1. Filer's Positions Held Outside United States Government None
dead grass in a lawn
National Safety Stand-Down highlights fall hazards in construction May 05, 2026 The National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction highlights fall hazards and emphasizes the importance of fall prevention in the construction industry. The National Safety Stand-Down is being observed this year from May 4 to May 8. In 2024, there were 1,034 workplace deaths in the private-sector construction industry. Over one-third (389) of fatal injuries in construction were due to falls, slips, and trips, and 95.9 percent of these were falls to a lower level. Construction accounted for almost half (48.8 percent) of all fatal falls, slips, and trips in private industry in 2024.
OSHA proposed Rule: This proposed rule removes a deadline in OSHA's Walking-Working Surfaces standard by which all fixed ladders that extend more than 24 feet above a lower level must be equipped with personal fall arrest systems or ladder safety systems. Additionally, OSHA is seeking comment on repealing or revising the requirement that employers use personal fall arrest systems on all fixed ladders over 24 feet tall and instead permitting employers to continue to use ladder cages or wells.
Spotify years review showing Mac Miller as my most streamed artist with 25,462 minutes
Lis Smith: "Parenting is hard etc" from someone who doesn't have to do it is a wild way to start a sermon. Parenting is hard, period. Screen time is often a last resort for families. The last thing moms need is judgmental commentary from the childless peanut gallery.
Undertaker waking up gif
Kevin Garnett anything is possible gif
Billy Binion: This is a colossal failure on the part of the Biden admin (and antitrust hawks generally). The government stopped Spirit from merging with JetBlue over concerns about ticket prices. So instead the low-price company will just shut down instead. A total faceplant.
ILAB (–$46 million). The Budget reorients ILAB to vigorously advance the President’s America First trade agenda and defend American workers from unfair competitive practices abroad, such as forced and child labor. In the past, these funds have been wasted on woke grants that failed to advance America’s interests, but this Administration has put America frst by re-focusing ILAB on strictly enforcing labor standards in trade agreements to ensure fairness for American workers and businesses. The Administration has already canceled wasteful, woke grants supporting projects for: Ț “Improving gender equity in the Mexican workplace”; Ț “Elevating women’s participation in the workplace,” in West Africa; Ț “Assisting foreign migrant workers,” in Malaysia; Ț Enhancing “social security access and worker protections for internal migrant workers,” in Bangladesh; and Ț Supporting “safe and inclusive work environments,” in Lesotho.
Ofce of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) (–$101 million). The Budget defunds OFCCP and moves its more limited statutory functions, requiring Federal contractor nondiscrimination on the basis of veteran- and disability-status, to an expanded Ofce of Civil Rights, which would enforce them in a more rational manner as it also takes on most whistleblower functions currently administered by OSHA. For decades, OFCCP has used arbitrary, legally dubious rules to promote discriminatory, quotabased employment practices by companies doing business with the Federal Government. E.O. 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” abolished afrmative action policies Government-wide, including the 1960s-era Executive Order that was the basis for most of OFCCP’s legal authority. The Ofce also engaged in activities that:
Worker Protection Agencies (–$234 million). The Budget emphasizes outreach, education, and assistance—rather than harsh penalties—for employers and workers trying to comply with labor laws and standards, and eliminates overbearing and burdensome regulations. This approach makes better use of taxpayer dollars while prioritizing worker safety and American economic strength. The Budget eliminates wasteful and unnecessary spending to refocus the Department’s worker protection agencies on the core missions of protecting American workers’ safety, health, wages, and benefts. For example, the Budget proposes to eliminate OSHA’s Susan Harwood Training Grants, which under previous administrations: Ț Were weaponized to fund questionable activities such as “workers’ rights training,” for migrant farmworkers, as opposed to occupational safety training; and Ț Funded woke organizations like the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Farmworker Justice, Laborers International Union of North America, Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, Brazilian Worker Center Inc., Legal Aid Justice Center, and Latino Worker Safety Center.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUDGET REQUEST: The Budget supports American workers, job seekers, and retirees by providing workforce development, ensuring appropriate working conditions, and securing retirement benefts. Moreover, the Budget puts American workers frst by enforcing trade agreements, improving program efciency, eliminating wasteful unnecessary programs, and giving States and localities more control over delivering job training. The Budget requests $9.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Labor (DOL) for 2027, a $3.5 billion or 25.9-percent decrease from the 2026 enacted level.
me and mackenzie posing with our medals in front of cherry blossoms
Nate silver tweet with an image showing polymarket odds for ‘which party will win the senate in 2026?’ showing republicans up 53-48 but margins getting thinner. nate said: From a purely electoral standpoint (not that I don't have opinions about it from a non-electoral standpoint) Iran has to be one of the dumber moves in recent memory. Maybe the base case is that things get back to normal, but the risks for Trump are weighted to the downside.
A Denny’s instagram post showing Dubai skyscrapers with the UAE flag and a Denny’s sign at the bottom with the caption “Peace and strength to the UAE & Region. We stand together” in the top left. The post caption says “in moments when the world feels unsettled, people gravitate toward what’s familiar…”
Minority news page for the Senate Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce and Regulatory Affairs where Fetterman is the ranking member. The page says "We're sorry there are no minority media releases pertaining to this subcommittee"
Photo of 20 year old Sgt. Declan J. Coady who was killed in Iranian retaliatory strikes in Kuwait
map of my run through DC. 7:01 miles in 1:05:13 for a 9:18/mile pace
quote tweet of Cruz’s question, saying: Oh they're dead serious about making this the new culture war battle du jour.
Ted Cruz asking Netflix and Warner Bros execs about Billie Eilish's Grammy speech
Warner Bros exec Bruce Campbell testifying before congress with Mr. Monopoly behind him
Otto Kemp as a 1917 Ottoman infantry man
Cover page of DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine, How attacks on the Civil Service Destroyed Federal Capacity and Harmed Communities by KJ Boyle, Xaver Clarke, Julian Scoffield, and Chris Lewis
50 Cent “what he saying fuck me for” gif
Curt Cignetti: “it’s pretty simple, I win. Google me”
@jawwwn_ tweet: Palantir CEO Alex Karp: why does no one care about the working class? "1% of people in this country are in prison. Do you know what happens when you go to prison? They take you away from your kids. "That happens disproportionately to working class, black and Hispanic men, and white men in the underclass. Where are the thousands of articles about them? "Somehow none of us have empathy for those people because none of us really deal with those people. At Palantir, we are on the side of working class Americans." Via @dealbook@andrewrsorkin
I’ll fuckin do it again meme
Josh Barro quote tweeting a post about Eric Adams and NYC paying McKinsey $4 million for a study that recommended using trash cans saying "People make fun of this, but if getting the trash in containers is so easy, how come none of Adams's predecessors managed to do it? Sounds like the study was money well spent"
MJ “fuck them kids” meme
FAA website showing the vacancy for the top FAA official overseeing airports
Phillies hype video
Bail Out Argentina: The Trump administration got this one right. By David Frum in the Atlantic
my fantasy baseball draft: Aaron Judge NYY, CF 1 20 Corbin Burnes Ari, SP 2 25 Cole Ragans KC, SP 3 42 Marcus Semien Tex, 2B 4 47 Pete Alonso NYM, 1B 5 64 Elly De La Cruz Cin, SS 6 69 Yainer Diaz Hou, C 7 86 Jordan Westburg Bal, 3B 8 91 Teoscar Hernandez LAD, LF 9 108 Cristopher Sanchez Phi, SP 10
fantasy baseball leaderboard, I am in first place with the great name StrikeOutSwingingJ
revolving door project post covering Sen. Hicklooper's comments during Chris Wright's confirmation hearing. Hickenlooper called him a "key innovator" and a "successful entrepreneur"
To win over swing voters today, many Democrats think their party needs a “Sister Souljah moment”. Eric, a medical student in Iowa City, hates the way Republicans play down climate change and thinks Mr Trump’s military parade in Washington was “a throwback to what Hitler would do”. He examined the spreadsheets of Mr Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill, and was dismayed by how much it cut Medicaid (health care for the hard-up). Yet he is a Republican, he says, because left-wing views are constantly rammed down his throat on campus. Like most Americans, he favours secure borders and colour-blind college admissions—views deemed racist by cancel-culture commissars.
Dupont farmers market/Kramers haul featuring a Pennsylvania Railroad Atlantic City poster, a poster of a rat eating a radish, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, pickled cajun okra, a tiny wooden boy, a tiny carved bird, two carts of tomatoes, flowers, and two watercolor paintings of DC bridges