@juleena.bsky.social
Passionate about kindness, empathy, & justice💙
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U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.
February 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.
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Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.
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"USAID is worth every penny. I wish I could say the same for the Department of Defense, which spends money on a scale USAID could only dream of, and often with more waste."
USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.
www.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"USAID is worth every penny. I wish I could say the same for the Department of Defense, which spends money on a scale USAID could only dream of, and often with more waste."
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... “[This is] dictatorship,” he said. “This is not unitary executive. This is something very different. It’s a shattering assault … on the foundations of the constitution.”
Trump’s illegitimate power grab brings US closer to dictatorship
Experts warn president’s blatant violations of law could upend US government’s system of checks and balances
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... “[This is] dictatorship,” he said. “This is not unitary executive. This is something very different. It’s a shattering assault … on the foundations of the constitution.”
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One of Trump’s first moves last week was to gut aviation safety.
January 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One of Trump’s first moves last week was to gut aviation safety.
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Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) speech about Trump Admin. "buyout" idea for federal workers
"He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"
"He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) speech about Trump Admin. "buyout" idea for federal workers
"He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"
"He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"
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Trump is a nationalist, not a patriot.
" A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best. A nationalist “although endlessly brooding on power, victory, defeat, revenge,” wrote Orwell,’tends to be “uniterested in what happens in the real world.” - Timothy Snyder
" A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best. A nationalist “although endlessly brooding on power, victory, defeat, revenge,” wrote Orwell,’tends to be “uniterested in what happens in the real world.” - Timothy Snyder
January 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trump is a nationalist, not a patriot.
" A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best. A nationalist “although endlessly brooding on power, victory, defeat, revenge,” wrote Orwell,’tends to be “uniterested in what happens in the real world.” - Timothy Snyder
" A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best. A nationalist “although endlessly brooding on power, victory, defeat, revenge,” wrote Orwell,’tends to be “uniterested in what happens in the real world.” - Timothy Snyder
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Not Fake.
Thankfully St.Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day and Confederate Memorial Day* are not on the banned list.
(*an official holiday in 9 states: AL, FL, KY, MS, MO, NC, SC, TN, TX)
Thankfully St.Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day and Confederate Memorial Day* are not on the banned list.
(*an official holiday in 9 states: AL, FL, KY, MS, MO, NC, SC, TN, TX)
January 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Not Fake.
Thankfully St.Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day and Confederate Memorial Day* are not on the banned list.
(*an official holiday in 9 states: AL, FL, KY, MS, MO, NC, SC, TN, TX)
Thankfully St.Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day and Confederate Memorial Day* are not on the banned list.
(*an official holiday in 9 states: AL, FL, KY, MS, MO, NC, SC, TN, TX)
Now it's us who are looking over our shoulder, worried they are watching us, listening to us...
But it's only paranoia if it's an unwarranted fear. ⚠️
But it's only paranoia if it's an unwarranted fear. ⚠️
January 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Now it's us who are looking over our shoulder, worried they are watching us, listening to us...
But it's only paranoia if it's an unwarranted fear. ⚠️
But it's only paranoia if it's an unwarranted fear. ⚠️
Should we have tolerance for the intolerant? Those ignorant to empathy. Without a line of communication, how can things change? Conversely, how can things change if we tolerate it?
January 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Should we have tolerance for the intolerant? Those ignorant to empathy. Without a line of communication, how can things change? Conversely, how can things change if we tolerate it?
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We strongly urge you not to resign and recommend seeking legal counsel!
January 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
We strongly urge you not to resign and recommend seeking legal counsel!
Interesting article from propublica talking about putting civil servants into trauma. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
www.propublica.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Interesting article from propublica talking about putting civil servants into trauma. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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January 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Not a good day to be a social worker. Def not one working for the man, that man.
Thank goodness for the federal judge who temporarily blocked the pause on federal aid spending.
It's tough out here....
Thank goodness for the federal judge who temporarily blocked the pause on federal aid spending.
It's tough out here....
January 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Not a good day to be a social worker. Def not one working for the man, that man.
Thank goodness for the federal judge who temporarily blocked the pause on federal aid spending.
It's tough out here....
Thank goodness for the federal judge who temporarily blocked the pause on federal aid spending.
It's tough out here....
