Christiane Swartz
@christianeswartz.bsky.social
Momma,wife,VA social worker, veteran, reverend, flyfisherwoman, hiker, once-triathlete, musician, lover of peace cats and laughter.
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Tesla dead in Germany. #TeslaTakedown
March 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Tesla dead in Germany. #TeslaTakedown
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It's time to SHUT IT DOWN! Tell your Democratic senator to vote NO on cloture and stop the Republicans' terrible continuing budget resolution from becoming law.
Read more, then call your senator: 202.224.3121.
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#AltGov #ShutItDown #GovernmentShutdown #NoCloture
Read more, then call your senator: 202.224.3121.
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#AltGov #ShutItDown #GovernmentShutdown #NoCloture
March 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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This is what happens when you let a billionaire with an axe to grind take his chainsaw to our wildland firefighters. These people defend our homes. They deserve better. They deserve our respect and gratitude. wildfiretoday.com/2025/03/11/u...
USDA hires back all fired workers from past month
The department's decision was forced by the MSPB, an independent federal court that focuses on employee complaints. Here's what we know.
wildfiretoday.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is what happens when you let a billionaire with an axe to grind take his chainsaw to our wildland firefighters. These people defend our homes. They deserve better. They deserve our respect and gratitude. wildfiretoday.com/2025/03/11/u...
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📣 New #AltGov Alert 📣
I don't ever give locations for our Altgov folks but this one is an exception.
Fresh from the Electric Company down on Sesame Street, we are proud to bring the light & love that comes from @altpbs.bsky.social
Welcome to Altgov!
I don't ever give locations for our Altgov folks but this one is an exception.
Fresh from the Electric Company down on Sesame Street, we are proud to bring the light & love that comes from @altpbs.bsky.social
Welcome to Altgov!
a cartoon character with a green face and a striped shirt is standing in a circle .
Alt: a cartoon character with a green face and a striped shirt is standing in a circle .
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March 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
📣 New #AltGov Alert 📣
I don't ever give locations for our Altgov folks but this one is an exception.
Fresh from the Electric Company down on Sesame Street, we are proud to bring the light & love that comes from @altpbs.bsky.social
Welcome to Altgov!
I don't ever give locations for our Altgov folks but this one is an exception.
Fresh from the Electric Company down on Sesame Street, we are proud to bring the light & love that comes from @altpbs.bsky.social
Welcome to Altgov!
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The director of the National Science Foundation ordered 84 of the 170 employees who were laid off from the agency last month to be reinstated immediately, after the federal court ruling last week. Keep going!
March 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The director of the National Science Foundation ordered 84 of the 170 employees who were laid off from the agency last month to be reinstated immediately, after the federal court ruling last week. Keep going!
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"The nation in four weeks has gone from a functioning democracy to an emerging totalitarian dictatorship to a full stop.
The dictatorship is indefinitely paused pending a resolution in the Supreme Court, which will take approximately 18 months unless expedited by SCOTUS."
The dictatorship is indefinitely paused pending a resolution in the Supreme Court, which will take approximately 18 months unless expedited by SCOTUS."
Trump and His Droids Go For The Jugular
If the courts don't stop them, who will?
journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"The nation in four weeks has gone from a functioning democracy to an emerging totalitarian dictatorship to a full stop.
The dictatorship is indefinitely paused pending a resolution in the Supreme Court, which will take approximately 18 months unless expedited by SCOTUS."
The dictatorship is indefinitely paused pending a resolution in the Supreme Court, which will take approximately 18 months unless expedited by SCOTUS."
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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Regular weekly 5 bullet accomplishments email expected to come directly from agencies within next few days. Feds: consider encrypting your email, asking for a read receipt, and using data poisoning techniques to throw a wrench in how AI is able to use your responses.
March 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Regular weekly 5 bullet accomplishments email expected to come directly from agencies within next few days. Feds: consider encrypting your email, asking for a read receipt, and using data poisoning techniques to throw a wrench in how AI is able to use your responses.
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Next Tuesday, we won’t waste a second in responding to Trump’s steam of lies at the State of the Union.
I’m not attending in person. Instead I’m partnering w @moveon.org to provide live real time response. Join us to learn the truth about the billionaire seizure of our government.
I’m not attending in person. Instead I’m partnering w @moveon.org to provide live real time response. Join us to learn the truth about the billionaire seizure of our government.
February 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Next Tuesday, we won’t waste a second in responding to Trump’s steam of lies at the State of the Union.
I’m not attending in person. Instead I’m partnering w @moveon.org to provide live real time response. Join us to learn the truth about the billionaire seizure of our government.
I’m not attending in person. Instead I’m partnering w @moveon.org to provide live real time response. Join us to learn the truth about the billionaire seizure of our government.
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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” ― Elie Wiesel
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” ― Elie Wiesel
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If you’re at home today, not spending money, and feeling bored, you might be wondering, “What could I do?” Well, task one: you can make random reports on this website: enddei.ed.gov
Department of Education FormLock
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you’re at home today, not spending money, and feeling bored, you might be wondering, “What could I do?” Well, task one: you can make random reports on this website: enddei.ed.gov
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February 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Well VA says we need to justify our existence so I explained in five bullet points my job and the other two vacancies I’m covering while also fighting fascism and praying for world peace and for the healing of their broken, black souls. I found it especially satisfying to use size 500 CurlZ font.
February 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Well VA says we need to justify our existence so I explained in five bullet points my job and the other two vacancies I’m covering while also fighting fascism and praying for world peace and for the healing of their broken, black souls. I found it especially satisfying to use size 500 CurlZ font.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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We’ve not spammed this email before hr@opm.gov but this time they have a request. Not to Send any classified info, links or attachments. You know how we honor request around here.
February 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We’ve not spammed this email before hr@opm.gov but this time they have a request. Not to Send any classified info, links or attachments. You know how we honor request around here.
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At 3am, Republicans had an opportunity to keep their promise to our nation’s veterans and pass legislation to guarantee no cuts or delays to health care benefits we secured for toxic-exposed service members.
They voted it down.
They voted it down.
February 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
At 3am, Republicans had an opportunity to keep their promise to our nation’s veterans and pass legislation to guarantee no cuts or delays to health care benefits we secured for toxic-exposed service members.
They voted it down.
They voted it down.
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“You can build all the dick rockets you want to go to Mars while you try to leave the rest of us on the burning Earth. We’re gonna take control. This is our world, and it’s our government, and it’s our money.”
— Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president
— Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“You can build all the dick rockets you want to go to Mars while you try to leave the rest of us on the burning Earth. We’re gonna take control. This is our world, and it’s our government, and it’s our money.”
— Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president
— Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president
Santa Rosa CA turned out today, wow!
February 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Santa Rosa CA turned out today, wow!
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On the field, Malcolm Jenkins is a two-time Super Bowl winner and three-time Pro Bowl player.
Off the field, he’s an author and activist for prison reform and co-founder of the Players Coalition to mobilize professional athletes to fight for racial justice.
Off the field, he’s an author and activist for prison reform and co-founder of the Players Coalition to mobilize professional athletes to fight for racial justice.
February 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On the field, Malcolm Jenkins is a two-time Super Bowl winner and three-time Pro Bowl player.
Off the field, he’s an author and activist for prison reform and co-founder of the Players Coalition to mobilize professional athletes to fight for racial justice.
Off the field, he’s an author and activist for prison reform and co-founder of the Players Coalition to mobilize professional athletes to fight for racial justice.
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This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
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Those millions of white men who lost out to a “DEI hire” in pursuing high-level jobs? It didn’t happen. #DEI
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
DEI Didn’t Change the Workforce All That Much. A Look at 13 Million Jobs.
Diversity, equity and inclusion policies haven’t radically changed who advances up the corporate ladder, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Those millions of white men who lost out to a “DEI hire” in pursuing high-level jobs? It didn’t happen. #DEI
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
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We have to stop dividing our problems into “left and right" and start seeing our problems like “top vs bottom.”
737 billionaires in the U.S. have a combined wealth of 5.5 trillion. And they funneled it out of the middle class.
Then Trump keeps us fighting with each other while they steal more.
737 billionaires in the U.S. have a combined wealth of 5.5 trillion. And they funneled it out of the middle class.
Then Trump keeps us fighting with each other while they steal more.
January 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We have to stop dividing our problems into “left and right" and start seeing our problems like “top vs bottom.”
737 billionaires in the U.S. have a combined wealth of 5.5 trillion. And they funneled it out of the middle class.
Then Trump keeps us fighting with each other while they steal more.
737 billionaires in the U.S. have a combined wealth of 5.5 trillion. And they funneled it out of the middle class.
Then Trump keeps us fighting with each other while they steal more.
Interesting article and journalist. Also he referred to the wh press secretary as a “27 year old Handmaid” and I’ve never heard anything truer in my whole life.
Trump is not winning
Elon Musk is the weak spot of the Trump administration.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Interesting article and journalist. Also he referred to the wh press secretary as a “27 year old Handmaid” and I’ve never heard anything truer in my whole life.