USDAb33f
@usdab33f.bsky.social
Dad, husband, son, game enjoyer, taller than average LEGO fan, Program Manager for the US of A, WVian, aspiring fundraiser.
It's been about 8 months now since my dad passed, and I'm still struggling to really deal with his absence. I've become much closer to my younger brother, but in some manner, that's made it even harder to feel his loss; almost like I'm closer to Dad now than before.
June 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It's been about 8 months now since my dad passed, and I'm still struggling to really deal with his absence. I've become much closer to my younger brother, but in some manner, that's made it even harder to feel his loss; almost like I'm closer to Dad now than before.
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Exactly. Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence.
Or, in the case of the Trump regime, incompetence *and* malice.
Or, in the case of the Trump regime, incompetence *and* malice.
May 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Exactly. Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence.
Or, in the case of the Trump regime, incompetence *and* malice.
Or, in the case of the Trump regime, incompetence *and* malice.
I rarely post fundraisers that aren't for St Jude or a friend's charity drive, but I know someone in need.
I've volunteered alongside Joan and she's always seemed a caring person who never wants to be the person asking for help, but she needs it now.
Please, help if you can.
gofund.me/e7d7f099
I've volunteered alongside Joan and she's always seemed a caring person who never wants to be the person asking for help, but she needs it now.
Please, help if you can.
gofund.me/e7d7f099
Donate to Joan Needs Us: Medical Help Fund, organized by Marissa Mccarthy
Hey everybody!! Widows peak family is reaching out to our community to come together… Marissa Mccarthy needs your support for Joan Needs Us: Medical Help Fund
gofund.me
April 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I rarely post fundraisers that aren't for St Jude or a friend's charity drive, but I know someone in need.
I've volunteered alongside Joan and she's always seemed a caring person who never wants to be the person asking for help, but she needs it now.
Please, help if you can.
gofund.me/e7d7f099
I've volunteered alongside Joan and she's always seemed a caring person who never wants to be the person asking for help, but she needs it now.
Please, help if you can.
gofund.me/e7d7f099
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Resistence is NOT futile
Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.”
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Resistence is NOT futile
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A few weeks before the election, Kamala Harris announced a plan that wiped medical debt off credit reports. After a whole four years of Joe Biden trying to forgive every student loan he could.
Because of the people who didn't vote for her, the loan payments are due and going on your credit report.
Because of the people who didn't vote for her, the loan payments are due and going on your credit report.
BREAKING: Education Department says it will begin collection on student loans for over 5 million borrowers in default.
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says
The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday.
bit.ly
April 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A few weeks before the election, Kamala Harris announced a plan that wiped medical debt off credit reports. After a whole four years of Joe Biden trying to forgive every student loan he could.
Because of the people who didn't vote for her, the loan payments are due and going on your credit report.
Because of the people who didn't vote for her, the loan payments are due and going on your credit report.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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This seems like an opposition effort to discredit them.
March 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This seems like an opposition effort to discredit them.
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You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.
March 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.
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When did firing FBI agents, IRS agents, park rangers, scientists, and air traffic controllers becoming a better idea than simply taxing billionaires their fair share? 🤔
February 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
When did firing FBI agents, IRS agents, park rangers, scientists, and air traffic controllers becoming a better idea than simply taxing billionaires their fair share? 🤔
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Look at this leader. Lift her up.
Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Look at this leader. Lift her up.
There is a lot of good info here, but Hannah parry misses a few important points and accepts some dodgy explanations as accurate and/or good faith.
"Programmatic level" means they'd have elevated access, which still includes the ability to access private tax info.
www.newsweek.com/stephen-mill...
"Programmatic level" means they'd have elevated access, which still includes the ability to access private tax info.
www.newsweek.com/stephen-mill...
Stephen Miller: DOGE staff will access IRS data on 'programmatic level'
Democratic lawmakers are fighting DOGE's plans to access IRS data over fears it could be used to politically target Americans.
www.newsweek.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There is a lot of good info here, but Hannah parry misses a few important points and accepts some dodgy explanations as accurate and/or good faith.
"Programmatic level" means they'd have elevated access, which still includes the ability to access private tax info.
www.newsweek.com/stephen-mill...
"Programmatic level" means they'd have elevated access, which still includes the ability to access private tax info.
www.newsweek.com/stephen-mill...
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The result of the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act is not just that voters are losing in court, but that oftentimes, they decide it's not worth it to even try to defend their rights in the first place ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/analysis-s...
Analysis: Supreme Court’s Efforts to Gut the Voting Rights Act Have Been Quite Bad For Voting Rights
Some advocates are skittish about even trying to appeal their losses, because they don’t want to risk making the status quo any worse.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The result of the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act is not just that voters are losing in court, but that oftentimes, they decide it's not worth it to even try to defend their rights in the first place ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/analysis-s...
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If you’ve been directly impacted by the Trump purge of government workers or his Executive Orders, please DM me.
I’d like to highlight your story and also see if there are folks in your community that can provide help, if you’re in need.
We’ve got to take care of each other.
I’d like to highlight your story and also see if there are folks in your community that can provide help, if you’re in need.
We’ve got to take care of each other.
February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you’ve been directly impacted by the Trump purge of government workers or his Executive Orders, please DM me.
I’d like to highlight your story and also see if there are folks in your community that can provide help, if you’re in need.
We’ve got to take care of each other.
I’d like to highlight your story and also see if there are folks in your community that can provide help, if you’re in need.
We’ve got to take care of each other.
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These are bad academics, using their positions and a willingness to misrepresent both the state of scholarly literature and the evidence to work toward a transparently evil end, and their university colleagues who rushed to defend them are also bad.
The fact that Wurman and Barnett feel like a blog post is necessary to clarify their bombshell op-ed is fundamentally what’s wrong with law office history. You shouldn’t muddle through it. reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Birthright Citizenship
By Randy E. Barnett and Ilan Wurman Since the publication of our opinion piece on birthright citizenship in the New York Times ("Trump Might Have a Case
reason.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
These are bad academics, using their positions and a willingness to misrepresent both the state of scholarly literature and the evidence to work toward a transparently evil end, and their university colleagues who rushed to defend them are also bad.
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JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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When you dump an entire agency into a "wood chipper" — as Musk boastfully did two weeks ago (see his tweet at x.com/elonmusk/sta...) — this is the kind of tragedy that can result.
Many more tragedies will come to light. This is the core and legacy of the Trump-Musk administration: pure destruction.
Many more tragedies will come to light. This is the core and legacy of the Trump-Musk administration: pure destruction.
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
When you dump an entire agency into a "wood chipper" — as Musk boastfully did two weeks ago (see his tweet at x.com/elonmusk/sta...) — this is the kind of tragedy that can result.
Many more tragedies will come to light. This is the core and legacy of the Trump-Musk administration: pure destruction.
Many more tragedies will come to light. This is the core and legacy of the Trump-Musk administration: pure destruction.
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Yet another instance of finding the fraud DOGE is seeking in the work of the fired IGs:
Fired HHS IG Christi Grimm describes an operation last June that resulted in fraud charges against 193 defendants, $1.6B in losses.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Fired HHS IG Christi Grimm describes an operation last June that resulted in fraud charges against 193 defendants, $1.6B in losses.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yet another instance of finding the fraud DOGE is seeking in the work of the fired IGs:
Fired HHS IG Christi Grimm describes an operation last June that resulted in fraud charges against 193 defendants, $1.6B in losses.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Fired HHS IG Christi Grimm describes an operation last June that resulted in fraud charges against 193 defendants, $1.6B in losses.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is as good a summary as any of Trump's approach to government: it's awful and I don't know anything about it
Reporter: Why do you want to be chairman of Kennedy Center board?
Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace.
Reporter: Have you seen any shows there?
Trump: No, I didn’t go.
Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace.
Reporter: Have you seen any shows there?
Trump: No, I didn’t go.
February 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is as good a summary as any of Trump's approach to government: it's awful and I don't know anything about it
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Raised $2600 this year for @bungiefoundation.bungie.net
To my forever kind & generous community, thank you.
To my forever kind & generous community, thank you.
I admit I'm not the greatest at fundraising, but I'll do my best for the Little Lights✨
Game2Give 2025, my featured stream Feb. 4th 3-5pm ET!
@bungiefoundation.bungie.net does necessary work around the world under the stewardship of the great people behind it.
I'm blessed to be a part of it.
Game2Give 2025, my featured stream Feb. 4th 3-5pm ET!
@bungiefoundation.bungie.net does necessary work around the world under the stewardship of the great people behind it.
I'm blessed to be a part of it.
February 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Raised $2600 this year for @bungiefoundation.bungie.net
To my forever kind & generous community, thank you.
To my forever kind & generous community, thank you.
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Was trying to explain to an old friend why Trump is such an issue and he unironically told me “being a white man these days is scary, you always have to watch what you say”
These guys think it’s scary to held accountable for sexually harassing women or being racist
These guys think it’s scary to held accountable for sexually harassing women or being racist
February 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Was trying to explain to an old friend why Trump is such an issue and he unironically told me “being a white man these days is scary, you always have to watch what you say”
These guys think it’s scary to held accountable for sexually harassing women or being racist
These guys think it’s scary to held accountable for sexually harassing women or being racist
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Devastating. I worked so hard to make this happen in 2022, and now, service members and their families will be trapped in states barring them from receiving reproductive health care. Trump hates veterans and military. thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Devastating. I worked so hard to make this happen in 2022, and now, service members and their families will be trapped in states barring them from receiving reproductive health care. Trump hates veterans and military. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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I actually don't blame the guy, government employees in this country are vilified by damn near everyone and yet now we expect them to do their jobs AND fight the good fight? Where the hell are the Dem's for christ sake?
January 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I actually don't blame the guy, government employees in this country are vilified by damn near everyone and yet now we expect them to do their jobs AND fight the good fight? Where the hell are the Dem's for christ sake?
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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
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Beyond a disgrace.
January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Beyond a disgrace.
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