dinnersaladdays
@dinnersaladdays.bsky.social
tiny cog in the big government wheel, just trying to stay in motion|big fan of democracy|Rust Belt denizen|civil servant becoming less civil by the hour
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When you think humans can't be more despicable... "Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens ... in the 1990s." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
When you think humans can't be more despicable... "Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens ... in the 1990s." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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After voting to give billionaires tax breaks and making health care more expensive, Derrick Van Orden has refused to hold a town hall to talk to the voters he works for in a face-to-face conversation. So, I'm heading to Wisconsin to help give the people he's supposed to represent a voice.
Pete Buttigieg to campaign against Derrick Van Orden in La Crosse
Buttigieg, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020, is characterizing the event as a response to the Trump administration's policies.
www.jsonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After voting to give billionaires tax breaks and making health care more expensive, Derrick Van Orden has refused to hold a town hall to talk to the voters he works for in a face-to-face conversation. So, I'm heading to Wisconsin to help give the people he's supposed to represent a voice.
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs of federal employees, via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs noting human toll
A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs of federal employees, via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Unlikely
"Nobody has ever given you reports like I gave you, and if I didn’t think it was going to be good, either I would let you know negatively,” Trump added. "...But the doctors said some of the best reports for the age, some of the best reports they’ve ever seen.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
"Nobody has ever given you reports like I gave you, and if I didn’t think it was going to be good, either I would let you know negatively,” Trump added. "...But the doctors said some of the best reports for the age, some of the best reports they’ve ever seen.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Unlikely
"Nobody has ever given you reports like I gave you, and if I didn’t think it was going to be good, either I would let you know negatively,” Trump added. "...But the doctors said some of the best reports for the age, some of the best reports they’ve ever seen.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
"Nobody has ever given you reports like I gave you, and if I didn’t think it was going to be good, either I would let you know negatively,” Trump added. "...But the doctors said some of the best reports for the age, some of the best reports they’ve ever seen.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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"They call it 'violence' when we refuse to die quietly."
Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov
Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"They call it 'violence' when we refuse to die quietly."
Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov
Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov
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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
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I'm giving away a signed copy of The Swallows of Lunetto, my novel about fascism in Italy, because I think we need to understand how the madness can happen anywhere.
Just leave a like/comment so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. I hope this book holds its little 🕯️.
Just leave a like/comment so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. I hope this book holds its little 🕯️.
October 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I'm giving away a signed copy of The Swallows of Lunetto, my novel about fascism in Italy, because I think we need to understand how the madness can happen anywhere.
Just leave a like/comment so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. I hope this book holds its little 🕯️.
Just leave a like/comment so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. I hope this book holds its little 🕯️.
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Irving Berlin 1941. youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs?...
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
youtu.be
October 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Irving Berlin 1941. youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs?...
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Let October 18th, our #NoKingsDay, stand as the unyielding moment the People's Defiance drowns out the whisper of the Crown Wannabe.
We must send a clear message by rejecting Felon47’s attempt to make this a dictatorship & protect democracy!
#TheDefendersOfDemocracy
@thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
We must send a clear message by rejecting Felon47’s attempt to make this a dictatorship & protect democracy!
#TheDefendersOfDemocracy
@thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Let October 18th, our #NoKingsDay, stand as the unyielding moment the People's Defiance drowns out the whisper of the Crown Wannabe.
We must send a clear message by rejecting Felon47’s attempt to make this a dictatorship & protect democracy!
#TheDefendersOfDemocracy
@thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
We must send a clear message by rejecting Felon47’s attempt to make this a dictatorship & protect democracy!
#TheDefendersOfDemocracy
@thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
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If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
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Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.
There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.
You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.
There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.
You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.
There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.
You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.
There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.
You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.
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3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion
Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law
www.qasimrashid.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
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LOUD & CLEAR 📣
An unexpected visitor outside the Tesla diner last night.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
An unexpected visitor outside the Tesla diner last night.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
LOUD & CLEAR 📣
An unexpected visitor outside the Tesla diner last night.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
An unexpected visitor outside the Tesla diner last night.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
We are not beaten!!!
President Trump’s second term had already brought misery to the nation’s 2.1 million civilian federal workers.
Now, with the government shut down, 750,000 federal staffers have been furloughed and many others are working without pay.
Now, with the government shut down, 750,000 federal staffers have been furloughed and many others are working without pay.
‘We’re just beaten’: For beleaguered federal workers, shutdown is last straw
Staffers are working without pay or on furlough — all after months of job cuts.
wapo.st
October 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We are not beaten!!!
Info we may need
www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gove...
www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gove...
Government Shutdown RIFs: 5 Steps to Protect Your Federal Job Now
For the first time ever, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed agencies to use a shutdown as justification for reductions-in-force
www.fedweek.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Info we may need
www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gove...
www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gove...
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Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.
September 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats.
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit
September 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats.
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit