Diane McKernon
@dianemckernon13.bsky.social
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NO KINGS Sacramento · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
June 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.
February 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.
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Makes watergate look like checkers
Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"
February 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Makes watergate look like checkers
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Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.
February 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.
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JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
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Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email on Sunday saying the bureau’s headquarters would be closed for the coming week. The move follows another directive telling agency employees to halt nearly all their work.
Russell Vought, as Consumer Bureau’s Acting Director, Orders Its Headquarters Closed for a Week
The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office of Management and Budget, telling agency employees to halt nearly all thei...
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email on Sunday saying the bureau’s headquarters would be closed for the coming week. The move follows another directive telling agency employees to halt nearly all their work.
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More of this, America.
February 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
More of this, America.
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Does “Golden Age” refer to a time when planes keep crashing, eggs cost $10–15 a dozen, the U.S. is being booed and protested by all our allies, workers are losing their jobs, and Americans’ personal data is being rummaged through by unelected oligarchs and their strange crew of 20-something incels?
February 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Does “Golden Age” refer to a time when planes keep crashing, eggs cost $10–15 a dozen, the U.S. is being booed and protested by all our allies, workers are losing their jobs, and Americans’ personal data is being rummaged through by unelected oligarchs and their strange crew of 20-something incels?
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American Medical Association is providing regular updates on bird flu and other infectious diseases on YouTube. I highly recommend subscribing to their page, especially since CDC has been axed by FOTUS #Voices4Victory
m.youtube.com/user/AmerMed...
m.youtube.com/user/AmerMed...
American Medical Association (AMA)
The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders. Our mission is to promote ...
m.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
American Medical Association is providing regular updates on bird flu and other infectious diseases on YouTube. I highly recommend subscribing to their page, especially since CDC has been axed by FOTUS #Voices4Victory
m.youtube.com/user/AmerMed...
m.youtube.com/user/AmerMed...
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Quick reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a figment of President Musks imagination and has no power, and isn’t an agency
February 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Quick reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a figment of President Musks imagination and has no power, and isn’t an agency
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Will you join us, California?
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
February 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Will you join us, California?
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Legacy media has bowed down and will obey. That is what there is to know.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
February 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Legacy media has bowed down and will obey. That is what there is to know.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
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🚨 Two USAID security officials placed on leave after refusing DOGE personnel access to agency systems, despite threats by DOGE personnel to involve law enforcement. (CNN)
February 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 Two USAID security officials placed on leave after refusing DOGE personnel access to agency systems, despite threats by DOGE personnel to involve law enforcement. (CNN)
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Genuine question: is there any authorization, anything at all, for a so-called Department of Government Efficiency? an executive order? Anything?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?
February 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Genuine question: is there any authorization, anything at all, for a so-called Department of Government Efficiency? an executive order? Anything?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?
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📌QUESTION: How can a private citizen, with zero govt. clearance be walking through the doors of OUR federal departments and the treasury, ransacking the places, stealing information, and NOBODY is stopping him?
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
February 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
📌QUESTION: How can a private citizen, with zero govt. clearance be walking through the doors of OUR federal departments and the treasury, ransacking the places, stealing information, and NOBODY is stopping him?
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
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@wired.com: “6 young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24 who have little to no government experience are now playing critical roles in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” & are heading up Musk’s hostile takeover of our government
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
@wired.com: “6 young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24 who have little to no government experience are now playing critical roles in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” & are heading up Musk’s hostile takeover of our government
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this: