Nick Armstrong
@wtfmarketing.bsky.social
Unapologetically awesome at FUN marketing. Inventor of Weaponized Haiku. Lead organizer @FoCoComicCon and @StartupFoCo
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO
Your Republican congresspeople don't seem to be listening to you. www.axios.com/2025/02/21/r...
The next time someone suggests that "this is what the majority (77 million Americans) voted for, quit crying..." here are some simple stats from Heather Cox Richardson today that burst this bubble:
The next time someone suggests that "this is what the majority (77 million Americans) voted for, quit crying..." here are some simple stats from Heather Cox Richardson today that burst this bubble:
Some Republicans shrug off DOGE protests and town halls
"It's 2017 all over. They've hated Trump since 2016."
www.axios.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Your Republican congresspeople don't seem to be listening to you. www.axios.com/2025/02/21/r...
The next time someone suggests that "this is what the majority (77 million Americans) voted for, quit crying..." here are some simple stats from Heather Cox Richardson today that burst this bubble:
The next time someone suggests that "this is what the majority (77 million Americans) voted for, quit crying..." here are some simple stats from Heather Cox Richardson today that burst this bubble:
I know what's happenign is fucking nuts. But your voice matters. Every call marking dissent matters. Do not shrug off this slide into autocracy. Use @5calls.org: 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I know what's happenign is fucking nuts. But your voice matters. Every call marking dissent matters. Do not shrug off this slide into autocracy. Use @5calls.org: 5calls.org
Breaking: DOGE rushes to re-hire anyone who knows how to add numbers with decimals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team included a big error.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Breaking: DOGE rushes to re-hire anyone who knows how to add numbers with decimals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
“NARA does more than just collect, digitize, and maintain government records. As an independent agency within the executive branch, it’s responsible for, among other things, administering the Electoral College process by providing the official instructions…
www.fastcompany.com/91277620/tru...
www.fastcompany.com/91277620/tru...
Trump’s firing of the U.S. government archivist is far worse than it might seem
The National Archives and Records Administration does more than just preserve documents: It’s the scaffolding of the American political system.
www.fastcompany.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“NARA does more than just collect, digitize, and maintain government records. As an independent agency within the executive branch, it’s responsible for, among other things, administering the Electoral College process by providing the official instructions…
www.fastcompany.com/91277620/tru...
www.fastcompany.com/91277620/tru...
"If America elected a populist as president, you would expect him to devote his administration to addressing these inequities, to boosting the destinies of working-class Americans. But that’s not what President Trump is doing.
Opinion | Can We Please Stop Calling These People Populists?
Trumpism is not a working-class revolt against the elites. All I see is one section of the educated elite going after another section of the educated elite.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"If America elected a populist as president, you would expect him to devote his administration to addressing these inequities, to boosting the destinies of working-class Americans. But that’s not what President Trump is doing.
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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
February 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
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We are witnessing a coup against our democracy.
This is a Coup
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We are witnessing a coup against our democracy.
Asking for a "friend": Accidentally lost some Nuclear Weapons Security and Bird Flu Response Workers. Anybody have some to spare?
February 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Asking for a "friend": Accidentally lost some Nuclear Weapons Security and Bird Flu Response Workers. Anybody have some to spare?
To better comply with Trump executive orders, "biodiversity" is now known as "bio-jazz-hands". Thanks for your cooperation.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/t...
Growing number of federal health agencies are combing grants for taboo words, unnerving researchers
The National Institutes of Health and some VA regions are scouring existing grants using lists of flagged words, which include not just known trigger
www.statnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
To better comply with Trump executive orders, "biodiversity" is now known as "bio-jazz-hands". Thanks for your cooperation.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/t...
This is the 78-year-old man-elected-president version of "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself," while hitting someone with their own arm.
Trump says Ukraine 'should have never started' war in Ukraine
Trump made the remark while deriding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose country was invaded by Russia in February 2022.
www.nbcnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is the 78-year-old man-elected-president version of "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself," while hitting someone with their own arm.
Illinois Governor Pritzker shares some salient history: youtu.be/u3qaPhMmoIk
Pritzker invokes specter of Nazi Germany in rebuke of Trump administration
YouTube video by Eyewitness News WTVO WQRF (MyStateline)
youtu.be
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Illinois Governor Pritzker shares some salient history: youtu.be/u3qaPhMmoIk
Trump’s regime is helping oligarchs at the expense of our biggest allies.
The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin plan
Making the world safe for oligarchy
robertreich.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trump’s regime is helping oligarchs at the expense of our biggest allies.
The haphazard slash-and-burn strategy of DOGE should be ABHORRENT to business owners who know how much it takes to make effective and efficient processes work and to teach others how to use them.
Speak up, speak out. THIS IS A COUP.
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
Speak up, speak out. THIS IS A COUP.
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug
A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.
www.wired.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The haphazard slash-and-burn strategy of DOGE should be ABHORRENT to business owners who know how much it takes to make effective and efficient processes work and to teach others how to use them.
Speak up, speak out. THIS IS A COUP.
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
Speak up, speak out. THIS IS A COUP.
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
Let's talk about the dangerous level of incompetence that has now taken charge of our Federal government, slashing budgets in the name of "efficiency": www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Let's talk about the dangerous level of incompetence that has now taken charge of our Federal government, slashing budgets in the name of "efficiency": www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
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www.cpr.org/2025/01/31/c... As someone who works on regional and state transportation planning and someone who respects reproductive choices, this is appalling to me.
Colorado’s low birth rate could put federal transportation dollars at risk under new Trump policy
A new memo from the Trump administration prioritizes transportation projects in states with high birthrates, those that comply with federal immigration enforcement and those without vaccine or mask ma...
www.cpr.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
www.cpr.org/2025/01/31/c... As someone who works on regional and state transportation planning and someone who respects reproductive choices, this is appalling to me.
You're kidding. They... lied? Gee, it's almost like THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL OFF A COUP WHILE DEFRAUDING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
You're kidding. They... lied? Gee, it's almost like THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL OFF A COUP WHILE DEFRAUDING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
“DOGE has not presented evidence of ‘fraud’; only spending that Musk considers wasteful. By contrast, the [General Accountability Office] identified $233 billion of fraud in 2024. We don’t need a billionaire ignoring the law to do oversight[.]”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5...
February 5, 2025
Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“DOGE has not presented evidence of ‘fraud’; only spending that Musk considers wasteful. By contrast, the [General Accountability Office] identified $233 billion of fraud in 2024. We don’t need a billionaire ignoring the law to do oversight[.]”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5...
Full stop. Speak up. Talk to your neighbors. Educate everyone you can. None of what’s happening is normal.
hartmannreport.com/p/last-chanc...
hartmannreport.com/p/last-chanc...
Last Chance to Stop a Dictatorship — and Trump Knows It
He’s firing the FBI, silencing the press, and dismantling Democracy: The window to fight back Is closing quickly...
hartmannreport.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Full stop. Speak up. Talk to your neighbors. Educate everyone you can. None of what’s happening is normal.
hartmannreport.com/p/last-chanc...
hartmannreport.com/p/last-chanc...
America’s best spies outed in a public email. Does this sound like solid leadership to you?
Rogue AI being placed into our governmental software systems. No accountability or oversight. Congress and Courts sidelined. Judicial orders ignored to unfreeze funding.
This. Is. A. Coup.
Rogue AI being placed into our governmental software systems. No accountability or oversight. Congress and Courts sidelined. Judicial orders ignored to unfreeze funding.
This. Is. A. Coup.
The White House has directed the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing employees hired within the past two years, as part of an Elon Musk-led initiative to drastically reduce the federal workforce.
February 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
America’s best spies outed in a public email. Does this sound like solid leadership to you?
Rogue AI being placed into our governmental software systems. No accountability or oversight. Congress and Courts sidelined. Judicial orders ignored to unfreeze funding.
This. Is. A. Coup.
Rogue AI being placed into our governmental software systems. No accountability or oversight. Congress and Courts sidelined. Judicial orders ignored to unfreeze funding.
This. Is. A. Coup.
Reposted by Nick Armstrong
The U.S. Labor Department has been temporarily blocked by court order from sharing data with Elon Musk and his staffers. 🥄
February 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The U.S. Labor Department has been temporarily blocked by court order from sharing data with Elon Musk and his staffers. 🥄
Reposted by Nick Armstrong
Thank you! A federal judge blocked U.S. DOGE employees from altering any records of payments at the Treasury Department while she weighs a request by public interest groups for a broader injunction against their activity. Thank you, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s! 🙏
February 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thank you! A federal judge blocked U.S. DOGE employees from altering any records of payments at the Treasury Department while she weighs a request by public interest groups for a broader injunction against their activity. Thank you, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s! 🙏
Reposted by Nick Armstrong
The fact they need to put this out is interesting. It shows they realize they can’t act with impunity (so keep it up) but I also wonder if this sets the stage for making Elon the fall guy when he inevitably overstays his welcome (“we had no idea…”)
It gets worse: Trump's Treasury Dept has a new letter spinning Musk's access to payment data as a mere "audit" that expands on work done during Biden admin. It's a sham. The letter simply ignores the biggest questions about this scandal.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Trump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn
As the Treasury Department offers some new spin about Elon Musk’s takeover of payment systems and ousting of a top career official, Senator Ron Wyden tells us why this “reeks of a cover-up.”
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The fact they need to put this out is interesting. It shows they realize they can’t act with impunity (so keep it up) but I also wonder if this sets the stage for making Elon the fall guy when he inevitably overstays his welcome (“we had no idea…”)
Reposted by Nick Armstrong
Blumenthal: "It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial business person -- highly successful -- looking at ways to make our govt more efficient and save money. That's not what's happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab & information heist, the biggest in American history"
February 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Blumenthal: "It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial business person -- highly successful -- looking at ways to make our govt more efficient and save money. That's not what's happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab & information heist, the biggest in American history"