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🌟 Heavy pressure on the 1st post. I think I’m going to start out the right way and keep this as a reminder to protect my energy.
Here are 5 affirmations to use in this stressful and tumultuous time. 🖤
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Since I’ve lived in DC, two pedestrians have been killed on my block. High speed chases endanger all of us here in DC and MUST STOP: “Ten car chases. Six crashes. Park Police have new rules in Trump’s D.C.”

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Ten car chases. Six crashes. Park Police have new rules in Trump’s D.C.
U.S. Park Police have initiated at least 10 car chases in the past three weeks as part of President Donald Trump’s D.C. surge, court records show.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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* APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CEO MARC ROWAN: TRUMP TARIFFS HAVE GROUND THINGS TO A HALT IN SHORT-TERM -- @cnbc.com INTERVIEW

@reuters.com $APO
May 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Uh ohhhh. Rural communities are scrambling after Trump canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters. www.npr.org/2025/05/01/n...
Rural communities were promised millions in disaster funds. Trump is ending it
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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DOGE Employees’ Access to Nuclear Networks Sparks National Security Alarms

Reports reveal DOGE employees accessed classified U.S. nuclear networks, sparking alarm over cybersecurity protocols, national security vulnerabilities, and congressional scrutiny.
theintellectualist.com/doge-employe...
DOGE Employees' Access to Nuclear Networks Sparks National Security Alarms
Two DOGE employees reportedly gained accounts on classified nuclear networks, raising alarm over security protocols and potential unauthorized access to America's nuclear secrets.
theintellectualist.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Trump's 100th day is a landmark of American shame. We must all mobilize against him https://twp.ai/4iltuu
www.rawstory.com
Trump's 100th day is a landmark of American shame. We must all mobilize against him
twp.ai
April 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
April 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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🧵NEW: The House GOP's reconciliation package would DRAMATICALLY reshape immigration via fees, and as noted below, undermine judges' contempt powers.

First, one big change would be an $1,000 fee to apply for asylum, plus $550 every 6 months for work permits and $100 for every year the case drags on.
The House Judiciary Cmt released their reconciliation bill.

In addition to immigration measures, it transfers *all* FTC antitrust actions to the attorney general, among other antitrust provisions, plus does the following w/ courts
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
April 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The “president” deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession. www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/p...
Trump took the US economy to the brink of a crisis in just 100 days | CNN Politics
Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear...
www.cnn.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
One of the biggest mistakes ever was for @msnbbcdesk.bsky.social to let @katiephang.bsky.social go. Brilliant, witty, funny, engaging. She is an absolute goddamn treasure. Viewers are worse off without her. I’ll miss her. 😢
April 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@maddow.msnbc.com please don’t go. The country needs you. @msnbc.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Why isn’t there a nationwide movement of everyone to claim federally exempt on their W-2s?
Why am I lining the pockets of billionaires who want to take away any security I’ve ever had? #taxes
April 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said: ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said: ‘Take him anyway’”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice deports Venezuelan teen despite reportedly knowing he was not a target
Merwil Gutiérrez sent from New York to El Salvador prison although family says he has no criminal history or gang ties
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I have called Trump a terrorist for a long time, and now according to Timothy Snyder—Trump’s actions are state terror and we need to prepare for it. snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Am I the only one that thinks what’s happening with Blue Origin today is gross?
April 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@jonlemire.bsky.social McIlroy is NOT IRISH
April 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The SSA will be exclusively communicating through X, leaving any Americans without an X account in the dark on crucial updates. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If an affordability was a concern for @ConEdison , they wouldn’t be raising our f’ing bills by 13%!! We are in an economic downturn and they are bleeding us dry!
April 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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When the Nazis came to power in 1933, one of the first things they did was require Jews to register with the government. But 1938, they were required to list all property they owned.

Seems like history is rhyming.

apnews.com/article/ille...
Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government.
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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SCOOP: Top Senate Democrats plan to unveil legislation that would provide an emergency $200 monthly increase in Social Security benefits through the end of the year
Scoop: Top Senate Dems propose emergency Social Security payment boost
The Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act is a brainchild of the caucus's Social Security War Room.
www.axios.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights. @aflcio.org @uaw.org @teamsters.bsky.social @local804.bsky.social

truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees
If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.
truthout.org
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
⏰ A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I thought he was going to be the “fertilization president”?

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Admin Guts Entire Teams Studying IVF, Maternal Health
The departments were eliminated despite Trump's proclamations that he is the "father of IVF."
www.huffpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM