Gina Martyn
ginamartyn.bsky.social
Gina Martyn
@ginamartyn.bsky.social
I will fight for democracy and took an oath to support the Constitution. I do not support facism or oligarchy.
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Alligator Auschwitz floods after a summer rain. Imagine what will happen when a hurricane hits with 3-5 thousand people crammed inside.
www.newsweek.com/alligator-al...
July 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Go Representative Jeffries!!
Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York has now passed the four-hour mark in his floor speech. Keep going, we’re with you!
July 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Call your Senators. Get this Nazi lover under oath, expose his lies and then vote NO

Cc: @5calls.org

☎️📞📱

Here’s that handy @resist.bot petition for you to sign and share widely. Counter flood the zone.

resist.bot/petitions/PK...
Oppose and Vote NO on Ed Martin for U.S. Attorney for D.C. - Unfit for Office
Text SIGN PKXEGO to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
April 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Office of @raskin.house.gov provided a letter template to officially request your federal personal data from
DOGE in accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(d)(1) and this could be interesting jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
jamieraskin.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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“When conservatives talk of smaller government, what they really mean is the privatization of government, that is, the transfer of public property and functions into private hands.” -George Lakoff, from The Little Blue Book. Hint: this will not be cheaper for citizens.
February 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“When conservatives talk of smaller government, what they really mean is the privatization of government, that is, the transfer of public property and functions into private hands.” -George Lakoff, from The Little Blue Book. Hint: this will not be cheaper for citizens.
February 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The guy from The Apprentice, who hired a Fox weekend host to run the Pentagon and a cast member from the Real World to run the FAA (the two agencies associated with the incident) says the real cause of a deadly plain crash is DEI.
REPORTER: I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.

TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“companies with more women on their boards have higher returns on equity, higher valuations, lower likelihood of shareholder dissent, and stronger boardroom relationships and collaboration.”
2023 London Business School

#diversityFTW #FUHegseth

executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/thought-lead...
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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If Trump doesn't reverse course, millions could lose healthcare, food assistance, childcare, and even emergency services.

We've heard reports of Medicaid portals being shut down and childcare funds being frozen. Trump is steering the US into a disaster of his own making.
January 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?

it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.

i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent.

The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
January 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yes!
When I daydream about a Democratic Party that learns messaging, the slogan I imagine is: Get the Government You Pay For.

Clean air and water? You pay for that. You should get it.

Medicare and Social Security? You paid for that. You should get it.

Your kids’ education? Safe food? Roads?
January 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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"Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a local establishment in the City of Newark, detaining undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant. One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran"
News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
Official Page of Newark, NJ News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
www.newarknj.gov
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Mik, hand feeding a goat in a coat.
January 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.

Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”

www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
She’s absolutely right
AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."
January 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Yup, False equivalence
The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Watch the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He’s probably the next to go, he’s supported DEI (also called supporting all your servicemembers). And he doesn’t pass the shade test.
She’s fired because of DEI? Compare her credentials with Pete Hegseth - a meritocracy? Sheesh.
The Trump administration has fired US Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an armed forces branch, the Department of Homeland Security said reut.rs/42kHuZV
January 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM