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Coty Meibeyer
@cotymeibeyer.bsky.social
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she/her. Northern California again after 11 years in Texas. Recovering prescriptive grammarian. Disability justice, public defense, harm reduction. I think of that photo of a divorcing couple dividing their Beanie Babies in court at least weekly.
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NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
9. I understand from our Office Manager, however, that as of Sunday, February 2, no funds have been deposited to our bank account. We have checked our accounts multiple times a day since January 29, but no funds have been transmitted. We have received no information or explanation from the Administration for Community Living about the interruption in funds. 10. In short: we have received no federal funds since the OMB Freeze Memo was issued. Our Center had enough money to meet payroll on Friday, January 31, and to cover outstanding bills. But we did not have enough money on hand to cover another two-week pay period at full staffing. 11. Thus, on Friday, January 31, the Board of Directors voted to lay off three of our five employees and drastically reduce services to our customers. This presented a dire situation for our customers, who have immediate needs. 12. For example, on Monday, February 3, we are scheduled to take an 86-year-old woman to dialysis treatments (which we do for her every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Our agency is her only way to get to these life-sustaining appointments.
February 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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dblueskye.bsky.social
This is temporary. Keep calling.
January 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
cotymeibeyer.bsky.social
If you're in California, both of our Democratic Senators voted to confirm Trump cabinet nominees today. Padilla did issue a state opposing the freeze on spending, while I haven't seen anything from Schiff yet. I just called their offices and urged them to stop acting like it's business as usual.
January 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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jaywillis.net
I only object to Joe Biden pardoning Hunter to the extent that Joe Biden doesn’t pardon people who AREN’T his children, starting with commuting the sentences of everyone on federal death row before Trump starts killing them again in 6 weeks
December 2, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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mckinneykelsey.bsky.social
I wrote about how stupid and bad everything is and how exhausting it is to live in a cycle that feels the same defector.com/the-american...
The American Nightmare Is A Rerun | Defector
The week before the election, for two nights in a row, I dreamt about the moon. The dreams were in sequence: two parts of a single story that were braided together. A single day of my life became the ...
defector.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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augustjpollak.bsky.social
This Nancy Mace thing is going to be a defining moment for the Democratic Party. Mace is deliberately bullying another person, one of their colleagues. And if House Dems are too chickenshit to defend their own colleague over this open, blatant hate, what the hell is the point of them anymore.
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
For the @nytimes.com I wrote about how Enough is Enough with the incumbent president and his cabinet of folly and let’s stop coddling Trump voters and be real clear-eyed about what lies ahead. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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dcbigjohn.bsky.social
It is really something when Sean Duffy, the dumbest human I’ve covered in my nearly 3 decade career, will likely end up being the “best” cabinet member
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Nov 19
BREAKING NEWS: President-elect Trump has picked Sean Duffy, a Fox Business host and former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, to head the Department of Transportation.
Trump taps Sean Duffy, Fox host and former Congressman, for Transportation Secretary
President-elect Trump has picked Sean Duffy, a Fox Business host and former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, to head the Department of Transportation.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:06 AM