Michael Gilfillan
@mrgilfillan.bsky.social
I love to travel and meet new people all over the world. The older I get, there are more places I want to see and experience. In the process of making substantial life changes as no one can make things happen for you but yourself.
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New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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Reposted by Michael Gilfillan
Monday thought:
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Monday thought:
Well, this is good news. Let's hope the administration doesn't succeed in getting full immunity from the courts.
www.yahoo.com/news/judge-t...
www.yahoo.com/news/judge-t...
Judge to Trump-terminated ethics watchdog: You’re un-fired
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger won an order allowing him to remain in his job for now.
www.yahoo.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Well, this is good news. Let's hope the administration doesn't succeed in getting full immunity from the courts.
www.yahoo.com/news/judge-t...
www.yahoo.com/news/judge-t...
And the people that voted for this will be impacted the most...
Senator Murphy lays out exactly what is on the line.
" There was a promise made to finance this tax cut with two trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid, poor kids, poor families, Medicare, seniors in this country."
Hands Off Our Medicaid!
" There was a promise made to finance this tax cut with two trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid, poor kids, poor families, Medicare, seniors in this country."
Hands Off Our Medicaid!
February 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
And the people that voted for this will be impacted the most...
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Since major news networks dont want to talk about yesterdays protests across 50 states, heres a little reminder what a resistance looks like. What hope looks like #bluecrew #protests #resistance #50501movement #capital
February 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Since major news networks dont want to talk about yesterdays protests across 50 states, heres a little reminder what a resistance looks like. What hope looks like #bluecrew #protests #resistance #50501movement #capital
Good morning Bluesky!!
February 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Good morning Bluesky!!