Garrett Budwine
@gbudwine.bsky.social
Husband, Accountant, Scuba Diver. Environment, LGBTQ+ and Democracy Supporter.
@alexpavlovic.bsky.social thanks for posting on Bluesky!
March 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@alexpavlovic.bsky.social thanks for posting on Bluesky!
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If Musk, Capo Trump’s enforcer, meant to freeze the work of government, he’s doing a great job. By short-circuiting the legislative process, he has invited (and is receiving) lawsuits that will freeze everything in place. This is what Amateur Hour gets you.
February 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If Musk, Capo Trump’s enforcer, meant to freeze the work of government, he’s doing a great job. By short-circuiting the legislative process, he has invited (and is receiving) lawsuits that will freeze everything in place. This is what Amateur Hour gets you.
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How do you sell new red hats when all your customers have red hats?
The new BIG red hat!
The new BIG red hat!
February 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How do you sell new red hats when all your customers have red hats?
The new BIG red hat!
The new BIG red hat!
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The administration says Elon Musk is going to police his own conflicts of interest and recuse as necessary. That never works--just look at the US Supreme Court--and it certainly provides no comfort with someone who appears to be making decisions that affect all of government and our lives.
February 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The administration says Elon Musk is going to police his own conflicts of interest and recuse as necessary. That never works--just look at the US Supreme Court--and it certainly provides no comfort with someone who appears to be making decisions that affect all of government and our lives.
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The analogy stretches to the fact that he is trying to take over as many Government departments and hubs of data as he can, because in his mind, they are “power ups” to “buff” his character.
The thing to remember about Elon is that he is playing America like it’s a zero-sum video game, with all the lack of care for citizens he would have if NPCs got hurt in a session of Diablo.
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February 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The analogy stretches to the fact that he is trying to take over as many Government departments and hubs of data as he can, because in his mind, they are “power ups” to “buff” his character.
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Fired for focusing on diversity. Evicted with 3 hours’ notice. Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead the Coast Guard, was purged for DEI efforts & border security policy. She had 60 days to move—but Trump’s team made it immediate. This was about humiliation, not policy.
February 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fired for focusing on diversity. Evicted with 3 hours’ notice. Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead the Coast Guard, was purged for DEI efforts & border security policy. She had 60 days to move—but Trump’s team made it immediate. This was about humiliation, not policy.
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Like the environmental disasters of the 1970s, the PFAS crisis is alarming enough that politicians who might otherwise oppose regulation want the government to do something about it, Zoë Schlanger writes:
Trump Is Inheriting an Environmental Disaster
PFAS could be the rare environmental issue that gets addressed this term.
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Like the environmental disasters of the 1970s, the PFAS crisis is alarming enough that politicians who might otherwise oppose regulation want the government to do something about it, Zoë Schlanger writes:
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"All elections are rigged and Democrats don't exist" is the kind of paranoid delusion that once got you shunned from society and maybe committed. Now it gets you retweeted by the defacto president and the adoration of thousands of other cultists.
February 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"All elections are rigged and Democrats don't exist" is the kind of paranoid delusion that once got you shunned from society and maybe committed. Now it gets you retweeted by the defacto president and the adoration of thousands of other cultists.
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Trump’s Gaza Real Estate Fantasy
First, Trump calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza. Now, he floats the U.S. taking it over—leveling, rebuilding, and making it the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Who decides who lives there? Palestinians? Or developers like Kushner? This isn’t peace—it’s colonialism.
First, Trump calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza. Now, he floats the U.S. taking it over—leveling, rebuilding, and making it the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Who decides who lives there? Palestinians? Or developers like Kushner? This isn’t peace—it’s colonialism.
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trump’s Gaza Real Estate Fantasy
First, Trump calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza. Now, he floats the U.S. taking it over—leveling, rebuilding, and making it the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Who decides who lives there? Palestinians? Or developers like Kushner? This isn’t peace—it’s colonialism.
First, Trump calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza. Now, he floats the U.S. taking it over—leveling, rebuilding, and making it the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Who decides who lives there? Palestinians? Or developers like Kushner? This isn’t peace—it’s colonialism.
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Laughter in the face of facism
February 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Laughter in the face of facism
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Ask scotus if this is what they intended when they gave him immunity for official acts. If not then they need to revisit his power.
February 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Ask scotus if this is what they intended when they gave him immunity for official acts. If not then they need to revisit his power.
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Remember when Republicans cared about government overreach? Yeah, me neither.
February 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Remember when Republicans cared about government overreach? Yeah, me neither.
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He also ordered water released from Keswick Dam out of Redding and it is now flooding along the Sacramento River in Tehama County thanks to his idiocy. I wonder if he will help those folks? krcrtv.com/news/local/f...
Evac warnings in Tehama County due to overnight flood risk
Many evacuation warnings are currently in place for residents living along the Sacramento River in Tehama County, from Red Bluff to Butte County, due to an incr
krcrtv.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
He also ordered water released from Keswick Dam out of Redding and it is now flooding along the Sacramento River in Tehama County thanks to his idiocy. I wonder if he will help those folks? krcrtv.com/news/local/f...
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Our convicted criminal president ordered one of his billionaire henchmen to illegally access our treasury’s computers and give himself a back door to control trillions in government funds.
Murray: "It is unlawful for a president to say 'I am going to decide where the money goes that Congress appropriated' ... you can't pass a law and then say, 'it doesn't apply to me.' That's what they are doing here."
February 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Our convicted criminal president ordered one of his billionaire henchmen to illegally access our treasury’s computers and give himself a back door to control trillions in government funds.
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JUST IN: "Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ But To Leave Gaza" Trump meets with Netanyahu and agrees to support ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Christians and Muslims so Gaza is for Israelis only. Next same for West Bank. Will world allow it? Probably www.mediaite.com/news/just-in...
JUST IN: Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ But To Leave Gaza, They Would ‘Love’ It
President Donald Trump told reporters that Palestinians have "no alternative" but to leave Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war.
www.mediaite.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
JUST IN: "Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ But To Leave Gaza" Trump meets with Netanyahu and agrees to support ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Christians and Muslims so Gaza is for Israelis only. Next same for West Bank. Will world allow it? Probably www.mediaite.com/news/just-in...
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have arrogated congressional power to themselves, Jonathan Chait writes: “The true urgent cause is to return that power to the legislature before the damage becomes irreversible.”
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
If Congress won’t stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from arrogating its power over federal spending, who will?
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have arrogated congressional power to themselves, Jonathan Chait writes: “The true urgent cause is to return that power to the legislature before the damage becomes irreversible.”
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This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.
February 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.
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Pretty much how they spin it!
February 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Pretty much how they spin it!
The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump’s order didn’t help farms or L.A.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump’s order didn't help farms or L.A.
The Trump administration abruptly sent water flowing from two California dams. The action could leave less water in dams for the summer, when farmers typically use it.
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump’s order didn’t help farms or L.A.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...