@corinnarae.bsky.social
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Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.
February 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.
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A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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Every single one of these orders and actions are straight from Project 2025. It's been online for nearly two years. They're literally just checking off the list.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Advisers Weigh Plan to Dismantle Education Department
Under discussion is an executive order that could shut down key functions of the agency.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Every single one of these orders and actions are straight from Project 2025. It's been online for nearly two years. They're literally just checking off the list.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Elon Musk and his team at the "Department of Government Efficiency" (which is NOT an official government department), access to the agency’s federal payments system, which essentially operates as the country’s central bank account.
UM.
UM.
“Extraordinarily Dangerous”: Warren demands answers over Elon Musk’s access to US Treasury
The senator warned that Trump could weaponize Treasury data and punish his political opponents.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Elon Musk and his team at the "Department of Government Efficiency" (which is NOT an official government department), access to the agency’s federal payments system, which essentially operates as the country’s central bank account.
UM.
UM.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices.
Where is our Congress?
@SenSchumer
@SenMcConnell
@RepJeffries
@LeaderJohnThune
Where is our Congress?
@SenSchumer
@SenMcConnell
@RepJeffries
@LeaderJohnThune
February 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices.
Where is our Congress?
@SenSchumer
@SenMcConnell
@RepJeffries
@LeaderJohnThune
Where is our Congress?
@SenSchumer
@SenMcConnell
@RepJeffries
@LeaderJohnThune
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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
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In a totally normal and not-alarming memo, Trump’s new transportation secretary directs staff to give preferential funding to “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average”
jessica.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
jessica.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
January 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
In a totally normal and not-alarming memo, Trump’s new transportation secretary directs staff to give preferential funding to “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average”
jessica.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
jessica.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
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Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this
cool how Project 2025 went viral during the election, we were told Trump disavowed it and wouldn't do it, he got elected and started implementing it immediately and now we're being told "well this is what people voted for"
they very explicitly did not
they very explicitly did not
The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
January 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this
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SCOOP:
Given media coverage, you'd think Trump and JD Vance's promises at the March for Life disappointed anti-abortion leaders.
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January 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
SCOOP:
Given media coverage, you'd think Trump and JD Vance's promises at the March for Life disappointed anti-abortion leaders.
That's far from the truth. Trump/Vance handed the anti-abortion movement a gift they’ve been wanting for a long time.
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Given media coverage, you'd think Trump and JD Vance's promises at the March for Life disappointed anti-abortion leaders.
That's far from the truth. Trump/Vance handed the anti-abortion movement a gift they’ve been wanting for a long time.
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The most dangerous aspect of Project 2025 is the unitary executive theory, which gives king-like power to the president.
Can’t even remember how many people said we were overreacting for pointing it out.
Can’t even remember how many people said we were overreacting for pointing it out.
January 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The most dangerous aspect of Project 2025 is the unitary executive theory, which gives king-like power to the president.
Can’t even remember how many people said we were overreacting for pointing it out.
Can’t even remember how many people said we were overreacting for pointing it out.
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Representative Andy Ogles, Republican of Tennessee, has filed a resolution to amend the constitutional term limit for presidents from two terms to three, though only if a president’s first two terms were non-consecutive.
January 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Representative Andy Ogles, Republican of Tennessee, has filed a resolution to amend the constitutional term limit for presidents from two terms to three, though only if a president’s first two terms were non-consecutive.
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The "radical ideology" of *checks notes*
...Jesus.
The way they tell on themselves.
...Jesus.
The way they tell on themselves.
January 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The "radical ideology" of *checks notes*
...Jesus.
The way they tell on themselves.
...Jesus.
The way they tell on themselves.
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Remember all the people who were like "oh, it's not that bad, the 'norms' were upheld last time, you're just being alarmist..."
January 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Remember all the people who were like "oh, it's not that bad, the 'norms' were upheld last time, you're just being alarmist..."
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The Trump administration warned federal employees of “adverse consequences” for not reporting colleagues resisting orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, giving a 10-day deadline to report via a special email account.
January 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The Trump administration warned federal employees of “adverse consequences” for not reporting colleagues resisting orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, giving a 10-day deadline to report via a special email account.
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This attack on free speech comes at the same time that legislators in Texas are proposing bills to make pro-choice websites illegal.
I really hope folks are paying attention
I really hope folks are paying attention
Just days after Trump returned to the White House, Instagram is censoring abortion content. This is what Aid Access' account looks like right now - posts about how to get abortion medication has been blurred out.
January 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This attack on free speech comes at the same time that legislators in Texas are proposing bills to make pro-choice websites illegal.
I really hope folks are paying attention
I really hope folks are paying attention
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The resistance has already begun, in the courage of the Bishop in DC, in every act of kindness and charity, in all us old lefties rising up to support the poor and marginalized and gravely threatened ( and the ACLU), in our donations, and soon, in our song.
January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The resistance has already begun, in the courage of the Bishop in DC, in every act of kindness and charity, in all us old lefties rising up to support the poor and marginalized and gravely threatened ( and the ACLU), in our donations, and soon, in our song.
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Our legacy media has failed
Fuck you NBC
Fuck you NBC
NBC, Trump’s long time partner, censored Elon Musk’s Nazi salute.
Top is the censored NBC version and the bottom is the live version.
Censored version: youtu.be/Q04JXqpYYsE
Top is the censored NBC version and the bottom is the live version.
Censored version: youtu.be/Q04JXqpYYsE
January 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Our legacy media has failed
Fuck you NBC
Fuck you NBC
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Are you kidding me? We all know what Elon Musk's "controversial hand gesture" was.
January 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Are you kidding me? We all know what Elon Musk's "controversial hand gesture" was.
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And so it begins
January 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
And so it begins
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?