Shelby Rutledge
@shelrutledge.bsky.social
Californian. I love cats. Screw the GOP. Potterhead. The sloth is my spirit animal.
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The highest-ranking career Treasury official is departing after a clash with Elon Musk surrogates over DOGE’s access to a sensitive Treasury payments system that handles trillions of dollars a year: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The highest-ranking career Treasury official is departing after a clash with Elon Musk surrogates over DOGE’s access to a sensitive Treasury payments system that handles trillions of dollars a year: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Lloyd Austin was confirmed 93–2.
Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8.
James Mattis was confirmed 98–1.
Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5.
Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0.
Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2.
Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50.
Most unqualified nominee in American history.
Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8.
James Mattis was confirmed 98–1.
Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5.
Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0.
Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2.
Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50.
Most unqualified nominee in American history.
January 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Lloyd Austin was confirmed 93–2.
Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8.
James Mattis was confirmed 98–1.
Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5.
Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0.
Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2.
Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50.
Most unqualified nominee in American history.
Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8.
James Mattis was confirmed 98–1.
Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5.
Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0.
Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2.
Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50.
Most unqualified nominee in American history.
Pete Hegseth is the new Secretary of Defense. To the republicans who voted for him, screw you. This is abhorrent
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Pete Hegseth is the new Secretary of Defense. To the republicans who voted for him, screw you. This is abhorrent
Yep
feels like at this point the entire Trump administration could carve swastikas into their foreheads and the media would be all 'let's not rush to judgement'
January 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Yep
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“We just released the leaders of two terrorist organizations,” one counterterrorism expert and senior Trump DHS official told me. “In the name of politics, we have just released violent criminals out onto our streets.”
A far-right militia leader convicted of seditious conspiracy. A man who speared police and called Black officers the N-word. A QAnon adherent who graffitied “Murder the Media” on a Capitol door.
They're among the 120 Texans pardoned by Trump.
They're among the 120 Texans pardoned by Trump.
More than 100 Texans active in the Jan. 6 insurrection among those pardoned
A Texan was the first to breach the Capitol and many others joined the assault. The presidential pardon helps cast all of them as folk heroes.
www.texastribune.org
January 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“We just released the leaders of two terrorist organizations,” one counterterrorism expert and senior Trump DHS official told me. “In the name of politics, we have just released violent criminals out onto our streets.”
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Casual nazi salute on live television
January 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Casual nazi salute on live television
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If you're in an evacuation zone in SoCal, please check in with any disabled/aging neighbors you have to see if they need help evacuating.
January 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If you're in an evacuation zone in SoCal, please check in with any disabled/aging neighbors you have to see if they need help evacuating.
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It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter
December 19, 2024 at 2:44 AM
It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter
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I’m hearing that the German Shepherds at the Department of Homeland Security are going to unionize
November 12, 2024 at 1:29 PM
I’m hearing that the German Shepherds at the Department of Homeland Security are going to unionize
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This should be the story tomorrow, and every day:
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Encourages Putin to Attack NATO Members
At a rally on Saturday, the former president announced he would tell the Russians “to do whatever the hell they want” to states delinquent in their bills.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2024 at 3:46 AM
This should be the story tomorrow, and every day:
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...