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Jackie McDonald
@jmcdonald53.bsky.social
Courage. Challenge. Hope.

Love gardening, books, birding, walking, genealogy. Retired executive assistant. Married.
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AOC talking about politicians trading.

"Do you really think people don't see this sh*t?"
May 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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May 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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May 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Or a golf outing spending $millions$ of taxpayer money
May 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Another program ending under this hateful administration.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · May 1
The VA Servicing Purchase program has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure. But Republicans in Congress have been critical of the program, saying it puts too much taxpayer money at risk.
Trump's VA strands thousands of veterans by ending a key mortgage program
The VA Servicing Purchase program has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure. But Republicans in Congress have been critical of the program, saying it puts too much taxpayer money at risk.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over data.
What has DOGE done in Trump's first 100 days?
One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over data.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Bunny playing peekaboo 😃
April 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
ICE et al raid OKC home.

kfor.com/news/local/w...
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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April 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Male house finch singing.
April 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Cyndi Munson is running for governor in Oklahoma.

www.cyndimunson.com
Cyndi Munson for Oklahoma
Cyndi Munson for Governor of Oklahoma!
www.cyndimunson.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Arkansas was denied federal recovery aid following recent tornadoes.

apple.news/AFYRt2tsuQA6...
Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request | CNN
Trump’s disaster denial follows his executive order seeking to shift the burden of response and recovery from the federal government onto states.
apple.news
April 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov

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#WhatComesNext?
April 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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This has comforted me since I was 12. #MusicBreak #PinkFloyd #DavidGilmour #BestGuitarSoloEver
April 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...

"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."

www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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“Venetia, I'll patched you in. Can you hear? The caller is a man called Pete Hegseth. Did you hear that? He's talking about bombing Yemen. I don't know, some town in India perhaps. Yes, I've got Vito recording the whole thing. Oh, gracious, did you hear that? They're going to assassinate people!"
March 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
thehill.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
March 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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600 Civilian Employees at Tinker Air Force Base Set for Termination Amid Workforce Shakeup https://thisistopeka.com/2025/02/breaking-600-civilian-employees-at-tinker-air-force-base-set-for-termination-amid-workforce-shakeup/ via This is Topeka
Breaking: 600 Civilian Employees at Tinker Air Force Base Set for Termination Amid Workforce Shakeup - This is Topeka
By Jeffery W. Fogg IIFebruary 23, 2025
thisistopeka.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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January 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM