Julie
@jsbyrd1.bsky.social
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Worthwhile.
I feel like this needs to be said, bc some big accounts are missing it.
The people feeling the pain of shutdown:
Govt workers furloughed or working for free (Lots in VA)
Flights (note fight over private v. commercial @katieporteroc.bsky.social won)
40M losing SNAP
v
20M on ACA subsidies
The people feeling the pain of shutdown:
Govt workers furloughed or working for free (Lots in VA)
Flights (note fight over private v. commercial @katieporteroc.bsky.social won)
40M losing SNAP
v
20M on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Worthwhile.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Very useful interactive spreadsheet of the college/univ prez who have signed this declaration of academic independence.
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Very useful interactive spreadsheet of the college/univ prez who have signed this declaration of academic independence.
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Once on vacation I had to drive an hour to an FBI field office just to find a secure phone to call into a White House meeting. Pete Hegseth is an amateurish mockery to anyone who ever actually took security seriously and needs to go.
April 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Once on vacation I had to drive an hour to an FBI field office just to find a secure phone to call into a White House meeting. Pete Hegseth is an amateurish mockery to anyone who ever actually took security seriously and needs to go.
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In case you're wondering...
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
April 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In case you're wondering...
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.
And nobody has been fired...
Don't stop talking about SignalGate
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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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When I talk to folks who don't keep up with every news story, and I explain what Republicans are trying to do to block married women from voting, they think I've lost it. I sound like I need a tinfoil hat and that's exactly what they want.
Just like Russian collusion, if we drop it, they win.
Just like Russian collusion, if we drop it, they win.
March 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
When I talk to folks who don't keep up with every news story, and I explain what Republicans are trying to do to block married women from voting, they think I've lost it. I sound like I need a tinfoil hat and that's exactly what they want.
Just like Russian collusion, if we drop it, they win.
Just like Russian collusion, if we drop it, they win.
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I can’t stop thinking about how so many people voted for Trump because they thought he was going to punish people they hate and now he’s hurting them also.
March 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how so many people voted for Trump because they thought he was going to punish people they hate and now he’s hurting them also.
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Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.
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It's absolutely insane that Elon Musk and his wrecking crew are saying they're firing entire swaths of our government infrastructure and the press are just like "oh that's sad but what are you gonna do, guess they're fired." It is batshit crazypants, and it's being covered like normal policy choices
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It's absolutely insane that Elon Musk and his wrecking crew are saying they're firing entire swaths of our government infrastructure and the press are just like "oh that's sad but what are you gonna do, guess they're fired." It is batshit crazypants, and it's being covered like normal policy choices
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New, from me: Tulsi Gabbard purged trans intelligence officers after a Chris Rufo smear campaign.
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
The Era of Purges
The firing of trans officials is part of a broader pattern of exclusion
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New, from me: Tulsi Gabbard purged trans intelligence officers after a Chris Rufo smear campaign.
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
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Meanwhile in the UK...... 😂🙋
February 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Meanwhile in the UK...... 😂🙋
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I believe the Hamilton quote goes something like this: “Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration, while Wall Street (Musk) robs ’em blind in search of chips to cash in.”
February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I believe the Hamilton quote goes something like this: “Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration, while Wall Street (Musk) robs ’em blind in search of chips to cash in.”
This is my representative:)
The newest Rep from Maryland came out swinging:
Representative Elfreth: "Elon Musk has called said a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal."
Representative Elfreth: "Elon Musk has called said a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal."
February 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is my representative:)
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If you're not in the DC area, you should be organizing where you are. But if you are in the DC area, I think you're going to want to come to the Treasury building today at 5pm. It will be newsworthy. www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you're not in the DC area, you should be organizing where you are. But if you are in the DC area, I think you're going to want to come to the Treasury building today at 5pm. It will be newsworthy. www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
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Elon Musk says we should allow more WHITE South Africans to emigrate to the US. Not South Africans of any other race - specifically WHITE South Africans only.
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Elon Musk says we should allow more WHITE South Africans to emigrate to the US. Not South Africans of any other race - specifically WHITE South Africans only.
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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It’s a coup. That’s what’s happening. It doesn’t matter if it’s only been two weeks. Impeachable offenses aren’t like wine. They don’t need to age.
If Dems don’t call it impeachable now, it won’t be effective to call it impeachable later. Go on record now.
February 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It’s a coup. That’s what’s happening. It doesn’t matter if it’s only been two weeks. Impeachable offenses aren’t like wine. They don’t need to age.
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"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Fed source to me: “It’s like a bank heist and the bank is America. Not really being hyperbolic to say control of those systems would allow an extremely fast collapse of the economy. Imagine it’s a plumbing system and someone takes a sledgehammer to the central pipe.”
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fed source to me: “It’s like a bank heist and the bank is America. Not really being hyperbolic to say control of those systems would allow an extremely fast collapse of the economy. Imagine it’s a plumbing system and someone takes a sledgehammer to the central pipe.”
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New rule: If you're OK with Trump's cabinet picks, you're never allowed to bring up meritocracy again. Ever.
January 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New rule: If you're OK with Trump's cabinet picks, you're never allowed to bring up meritocracy again. Ever.