Connie
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Connie
@conniecorc.bsky.social
Breaking news: lawsuit just blocked doge access to payment system! Finally a ray of hope if pretty late
February 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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“China and Russia are literally trying to hack us every day, and we just gave all this data over to somebody that’s not been properly vetted,” one of the OPM staffers said. “So it’s multiple vulnerability points.”
Elon Musk Installs Illegal Server to Seize All Federal Workers’ Data
Elon Musk’s DOGE henchmen are helping him make his most terrifying power grab yet.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So fbi and cia being gutted, treasury payment system hacked, new heads of defense and homeland security aren’t paying attention to anything but costumes and ethnic cleansing, meanwhile trump has pissed off our allies and just made a real estate grab for Gaza. Anybody think we are a sitting duck?
a bullseye target with an arrow in it
ALT: a bullseye target with an arrow in it
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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This is MAGA.
February 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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For Jared Golden, a Dem in a R+9 district, to be talking like this is actually remarkable. probably gets at some underlying unpopularity of Musk *even relative to Trump*
February 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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If you're not in the DC area, you should be organizing where you are. But if you are in the DC area, I think you're going to want to come to the Treasury building today at 5pm. It will be newsworthy. www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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1. Let's be clear

A central premise of the Trump admin is there is pervasive discrimination against hard-working white men, who are being replaced by less-qualified women and minorities

So over the last 2 weeks Trump has implemented an aggressive affirmative action program for white men
Affirmative action for white men
Since taking office on January 20, President Donald Trump has targeted so-called "diversity, equity, and inclusion" programs, also known as DEI.
popular.info
February 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.
February 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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He MUST NOT BE CONFIRMED.
SENATE NEWS: In a vote of 51-46 the senate is proceeding to an executive session to nominate Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought has not clinched the nomination yet. Votes found below:

www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Please speak up protect our children. 💚
February 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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You did not vote to give Elon Musk your social security number. We must go to the courts (that’s in the works) and use the leverage House Democrats have to stop this madness. Republicans can’t pass anything without us. Let’s flex.
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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"This is not a minor transgression. This is an illegal act. They stormed into buildings, they shut down agencies illegally." - @schatz.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
February 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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There's a YouTube presser @3:45

www.youtube.com/live/TAD0A4k...
Happening Now: Democratic Senators ‘Sound Alarm’ Over Musk, DOGE
YouTube video by The Hill
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Two things: 1, I’m asking my senators to block the coup, I.e. don’t show up when a quorum is needed to confirm appointments and pass legislation that furthers trumps agenda.
2) my latest nightmare as the dei purge continues, when will they start the raid on the Library Of Congress? Irreplaceable!
February 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I stand with the men and women of the FBI who investigated the crimes WE ALL SAW TRUMP'S ANGRY MOB COMMIT on Jan. 6, 2021. They did the hard, honest, ethical work of protecting We The People & American democracy. Now it's our turn to stand with them. You in?
February 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Here it is, the “military” turning on taps in California. Almost flooding towns and farms with no notice or reason given, endangering carefully managed water on the verge of another drought, and none of it reaches L A
The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water.

“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
sjvwater.org
February 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water.

“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
sjvwater.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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CLIMATE CHANGE WINNERS Turns out rising temperatures are good for rats. The trend is most pronounced in Washington, D.C., followed by San Francisco, Toronto and New York @dinograndoni.bsky.social reports

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The surprising reason cities are losing the war on rats
A new study is the first to link rising temperatures with booming rat populations in cities around the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Good luck undoing this damage.
NLRB's Acting General Counsel just send this memo out to staff saying, "I cannot promise you that everything is going to be OK."

"I know that the past few days and nights have been extremely scary and distressing for some of us."
January 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Holy shit. Remember that Patrick Soon-Shiong had demanded that all op-ed pieces be run by him first, but to then change the argument of the piece entirely...

I feel sorry for the journalists who work there
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 5:06 PM
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This action will deliver a devasting blow to America's commitment to preserving museum and library services.

We know this won't end here.

action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Trump Has ALREADY Attacked Libraries
This action is the first step in dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services and eliminating federal funding for libraries.
action.everylibrary.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM