Carla Pike
@carlapike.bsky.social
Social worker, believer in the power of love, social justice, and human rights
Posts on this page are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.
Posts on this page are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Once considered a bastion for free expression, America's record on press freedoms has fallen to a historic low, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.
Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.
Trump's historic war on traditional media
Trump is targeting traditional media sources at a moment of tremendous vulnerability for the industry.
www.axios.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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They told us long ago they would do everything in Project 2025. During the campaign, Trump pretended he didn’t know any of the guys behind it. The press repeated his lies. After winning, he appointed Russ Vought, a leader author of the “unitary executive” theory in Project 2025, to head the...
February 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
They told us long ago they would do everything in Project 2025. During the campaign, Trump pretended he didn’t know any of the guys behind it. The press repeated his lies. After winning, he appointed Russ Vought, a leader author of the “unitary executive” theory in Project 2025, to head the...
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DOGE has gained access to our Social Security system, and now Musk is spreading lies about massive fraud all so we greenlight his taking an ax to everything. I call out his B.S. in today’s piece: https://buff.ly/3X5uNPt
February 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
DOGE has gained access to our Social Security system, and now Musk is spreading lies about massive fraud all so we greenlight his taking an ax to everything. I call out his B.S. in today’s piece: https://buff.ly/3X5uNPt
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DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
February 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
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At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.
Trump's executive actions are getting challenged as 'arbitrary.' What does that mean?
At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.
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Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.
How conspiracy theories about Politico led Trump to cancel subscriptions
Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.
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Donald would flip his wig if he saw it.
February 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Donald would flip his wig if he saw it.
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February 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Write/call/send a carrier pigeon/skywrite to say this cannot pass in Raleigh!
North Carolina Republicans seek to block Democratic AG from challenging Trump’s executive orders
The proposal comes after North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a Democrat elected to the office in November, challenged executive orders by President Donald Trump that aim to freeze federal fu...
www.wral.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Write/call/send a carrier pigeon/skywrite to say this cannot pass in Raleigh!
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Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
This is a coup, there is no other way to describe it
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a coup, there is no other way to describe it
No one elected Musk yet here he is shaping government to suit his whim
Phyllis Fong, Dept of Agriculture IG Who Was Investigating Elon Musk's Brain Implant Startup Neuralink, "Forcefully Removed From Office" After Refusing Termination Order.
February 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
No one elected Musk yet here he is shaping government to suit his whim