Damian Jones
@damianjonesbuilds.bsky.social
Be curious, not judgemental. Journeyman Carpenter. Comic nerd. Loves cool rocks. Design enthusiast and student. Ally.
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Illegal attempts to access IRS data was an article of impeachment against Nixon.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting IRS commissioner to resign over deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Illegal attempts to access IRS data was an article of impeachment against Nixon.
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Walz: "It's like Trump is stuck in the '80s. His music, his clothing, his thinking. He's been on this tariffs thing forever and every economist will tell you they just don't work ... I think the biggest myth perpetuated on this country is that Trump understands anything about business."
April 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Walz: "It's like Trump is stuck in the '80s. His music, his clothing, his thinking. He's been on this tariffs thing forever and every economist will tell you they just don't work ... I think the biggest myth perpetuated on this country is that Trump understands anything about business."
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She helped veterans in crisis.
DOGE cuts eliminated her job.
An office manager at a VA center in Wyoming, where the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average, was fired last month despite a glowing job review. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
DOGE cuts eliminated her job.
An office manager at a VA center in Wyoming, where the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average, was fired last month despite a glowing job review. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
She helped veterans in crisis. DOGE cuts eliminated her job.
An office manager at a VA center in Wyoming, where the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average, was fired last month despite a glowing job review.
www.nbcnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
She helped veterans in crisis.
DOGE cuts eliminated her job.
An office manager at a VA center in Wyoming, where the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average, was fired last month despite a glowing job review. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
DOGE cuts eliminated her job.
An office manager at a VA center in Wyoming, where the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average, was fired last month despite a glowing job review. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
This feels super accurate
A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.
March 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This feels super accurate
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BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
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well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
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What if I told you Martin Luther King, the Underground Railroad, Medgar Evers, John Brown's raid, Emmett Till's murder, Muhammad Ali, Fannie Lou Hamer, the Emancipation Proclamation, Rosa Parks and the Tuskegee Airmen all have the same origin story...
A nationwide slave revolt started it all.
A nationwide slave revolt started it all.
Primary Sources: The Secret Slave Revolt That Started the Civil Rights Movement
The story of the Underground Railroad, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer and Emmitt Till begins with a national slave revolt.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
What if I told you Martin Luther King, the Underground Railroad, Medgar Evers, John Brown's raid, Emmett Till's murder, Muhammad Ali, Fannie Lou Hamer, the Emancipation Proclamation, Rosa Parks and the Tuskegee Airmen all have the same origin story...
A nationwide slave revolt started it all.
A nationwide slave revolt started it all.
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February 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I'm sure he's wearing blackout shades for normal reasons.
February 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm sure he's wearing blackout shades for normal reasons.
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The AFL-CIO seeks a National Press Secretary and Senior Writer, Civil Rights to be based in Washington, DC [Headquarters]. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @aflcio.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The AFL-CIO seeks a National Press Secretary and Senior Writer, Civil Rights to be based in Washington, DC [Headquarters]. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @aflcio.org
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✨ Taps the sign ✨
If you don't fully and publicly stand with your trans friends then we're not friends :)
The same people that are STILL silent on trans issues and how they're impacted by the Trump presidency are the same people who solrped up all that money to advertise Hogwarts Legacy.
Don't ever claim to be our allies. We know what you are and I fucking see you.
Cowards.
Don't ever claim to be our allies. We know what you are and I fucking see you.
Cowards.
February 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
✨ Taps the sign ✨
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Halting spending approved by Congress.
Firing independent inspectors general.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
Dismantling key federal agencies.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
Firing independent inspectors general.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
Dismantling key federal agencies.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
February 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Halting spending approved by Congress.
Firing independent inspectors general.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
Dismantling key federal agencies.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
Firing independent inspectors general.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
Dismantling key federal agencies.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
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Update:
bsky.app/profile/mark...
bsky.app/profile/mark...
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 4:57 PM
Update:
bsky.app/profile/mark...
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Trump is sacrificing Americans' jobs & purchasing power on an altar of no-powers-but-mine.
His upward spiral of import taxes makes the stuff we produce more expensive to sell in our biggest export markets & their stuff more expensive for American families to buy.
There's no economic reason for it.
His upward spiral of import taxes makes the stuff we produce more expensive to sell in our biggest export markets & their stuff more expensive for American families to buy.
There's no economic reason for it.
The Wall Street Journal with a scathing view of Trump’s unprovoked trade war. Calls it “The Dumbest Trade War in History.” Going after México and Canada makes absolutely no sense. Trump simply like tariffs. He would like Americans to import nothing.
February 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Trump is sacrificing Americans' jobs & purchasing power on an altar of no-powers-but-mine.
His upward spiral of import taxes makes the stuff we produce more expensive to sell in our biggest export markets & their stuff more expensive for American families to buy.
There's no economic reason for it.
His upward spiral of import taxes makes the stuff we produce more expensive to sell in our biggest export markets & their stuff more expensive for American families to buy.
There's no economic reason for it.
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dates of birth, Social Security numbers, performance appraisals, home addresses, pay grades, and length of service for government employees. In response to employees speaking out, Musk’s aides locked civil servants out of computer systems and offices, with reports of personal items being searched.
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
dates of birth, Social Security numbers, performance appraisals, home addresses, pay grades, and length of service for government employees. In response to employees speaking out, Musk’s aides locked civil servants out of computer systems and offices, with reports of personal items being searched.
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Tensions escalated when Musk’s aides were discovered at OPM accessing systems, including a vast database known as the Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI), which contains sensitive information such as
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Tensions escalated when Musk’s aides were discovered at OPM accessing systems, including a vast database known as the Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI), which contains sensitive information such as
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His staff encountered resistance when demanding that Treasury officials grant access to systems managing the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to programs like Social Security and Medicare.
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
His staff encountered resistance when demanding that Treasury officials grant access to systems managing the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to programs like Social Security and Medicare.
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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
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Workers at a Philly Whole Foods have just released the results of their union election—AND THEY WON!!!! 130-100, baby! 🦅
Philadelphia is now home to the first unionized Whole Foods Market in the U.S. One down, 500 more to go!
Philadelphia is now home to the first unionized Whole Foods Market in the U.S. One down, 500 more to go!
January 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Workers at a Philly Whole Foods have just released the results of their union election—AND THEY WON!!!! 130-100, baby! 🦅
Philadelphia is now home to the first unionized Whole Foods Market in the U.S. One down, 500 more to go!
Philadelphia is now home to the first unionized Whole Foods Market in the U.S. One down, 500 more to go!
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we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
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Americans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
After President Trump hit Colombia with tariffs, President Gustavo Petro said his government will "raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%"
Columbia hits back at Trump by moving to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products
The U.S. is Colombia's largest trade and investment partner, per the State Department.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Americans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
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11AM: How bad could the new administration be?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
January 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
11AM: How bad could the new administration be?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
4PM: And Elon did that how many times?
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Any of you still sometimes hanging out on Twitter (I was too), I urge you to stop doing that, cold turkey.
I have kept my account open as I don't want anyone grabbing the name up -- but I am done posting there as of today and I hope you all are too.
I have kept my account open as I don't want anyone grabbing the name up -- but I am done posting there as of today and I hope you all are too.
January 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Any of you still sometimes hanging out on Twitter (I was too), I urge you to stop doing that, cold turkey.
I have kept my account open as I don't want anyone grabbing the name up -- but I am done posting there as of today and I hope you all are too.
I have kept my account open as I don't want anyone grabbing the name up -- but I am done posting there as of today and I hope you all are too.
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he did it twice just in case
January 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
he did it twice just in case