Kelsey Gerhard
@kelseygerhard.bsky.social
Art schooled photographer | Girl raiser
DC 🪩 and sometimes CA ✈️
DC 🪩 and sometimes CA ✈️
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This is all To pay for a tax cut for very wealthy people
Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
That is beyond unacceptable.
March 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is all To pay for a tax cut for very wealthy people
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NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work.
"We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed."
w/ @deldeib.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed."
w/ @deldeib.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work.
"We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed."
w/ @deldeib.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed."
w/ @deldeib.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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We are proud to stand alongside you. The rebellion is alive. You are writing history.
February 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We are proud to stand alongside you. The rebellion is alive. You are writing history.
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Virulent anti-vaxxer and HIV denialist confirmed as Secretary of HHS. Lord have mercy.
Senate votes to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Virulent anti-vaxxer and HIV denialist confirmed as Secretary of HHS. Lord have mercy.
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There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.
February 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.
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The hardest part about public health is that when we succeed, there's no crisis, no epidemic. People carry on with daily life, unaware of a near-miss. We may never know how bad it could have been - because our public health workforce is always taking action to avoid, prevent, and control threats.
February 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The hardest part about public health is that when we succeed, there's no crisis, no epidemic. People carry on with daily life, unaware of a near-miss. We may never know how bad it could have been - because our public health workforce is always taking action to avoid, prevent, and control threats.
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The CFPB is literally designed to protect consumers from predatory banks and corporations.
It's not surprising a greedy billionaire like Elon Musk wants to shut it down.
Unfortunately for him, it’s illegal.
Musk can't shut down CFPB. Neither can Donald Trump.
It's not surprising a greedy billionaire like Elon Musk wants to shut it down.
Unfortunately for him, it’s illegal.
Musk can't shut down CFPB. Neither can Donald Trump.
February 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The CFPB is literally designed to protect consumers from predatory banks and corporations.
It's not surprising a greedy billionaire like Elon Musk wants to shut it down.
Unfortunately for him, it’s illegal.
Musk can't shut down CFPB. Neither can Donald Trump.
It's not surprising a greedy billionaire like Elon Musk wants to shut it down.
Unfortunately for him, it’s illegal.
Musk can't shut down CFPB. Neither can Donald Trump.
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“A minorrrrrrrr”
February 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“A minorrrrrrrr”
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While MAGA is busy protecting women from evil trans athletes and bathroom-goers, six states are considering bills to punish abortion patients as killers, five of which have the death penalty. More will likely join. Crickets from legacy media.
February 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
While MAGA is busy protecting women from evil trans athletes and bathroom-goers, six states are considering bills to punish abortion patients as killers, five of which have the death penalty. More will likely join. Crickets from legacy media.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of this move is that Americans will have no recourse when they get screwed over by a bank. Good work Elon 👍
February 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of this move is that Americans will have no recourse when they get screwed over by a bank. Good work Elon 👍
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Here's footage of Sean Duffy doing a podcast claiming that Buttigieg "sucks at his job." Meanwhile, Duffy's overseen 4 collisions in the last WEEK and is MIA.
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
February 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's footage of Sean Duffy doing a podcast claiming that Buttigieg "sucks at his job." Meanwhile, Duffy's overseen 4 collisions in the last WEEK and is MIA.
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
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USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion annually in rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion annually in rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
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Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.
February 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.
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Trump’s attempt to shut down USAID is not just unfathomably cruel & unnecessary, it's against the law.
Trump is not a king, he doesn't just get to unilaterally dismantle an agency funded by Congress.
That’s why we’re suing to stop the Trump admin.
Trump is not a king, he doesn't just get to unilaterally dismantle an agency funded by Congress.
That’s why we’re suing to stop the Trump admin.
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Trump’s attempt to shut down USAID is not just unfathomably cruel & unnecessary, it's against the law.
Trump is not a king, he doesn't just get to unilaterally dismantle an agency funded by Congress.
That’s why we’re suing to stop the Trump admin.
Trump is not a king, he doesn't just get to unilaterally dismantle an agency funded by Congress.
That’s why we’re suing to stop the Trump admin.
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
But Trump doesn’t even know what project 2025 is?
Breaking News: The Senate confirmed Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place a Project 2025 architect.
Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director
Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
But Trump doesn’t even know what project 2025 is?
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Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
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So much for his Hippocratic oath.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So much for his Hippocratic oath.
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BREAKING: We are suing HHS for the removal of critical health info and data from websites.
The removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific research and threatens public health.
The Trump executive order that led to this purge puts American lives in danger.
The removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific research and threatens public health.
The Trump executive order that led to this purge puts American lives in danger.
February 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
BREAKING: We are suing HHS for the removal of critical health info and data from websites.
The removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific research and threatens public health.
The Trump executive order that led to this purge puts American lives in danger.
The removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific research and threatens public health.
The Trump executive order that led to this purge puts American lives in danger.
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First, residents mobilized to block non-governmental Musk freaks from tampering with OPM. They put out an ask for help. Then electeds showed up and are mostly just bloviating about how bad this all is, but turnout beyond them is impressive.
Made it! Can’t get close to the front of the press conference outside of US AID, or hear what they’re saying, and that’s a GOOD THING.
Great crowd for such short notice.
Great crowd for such short notice.
February 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
First, residents mobilized to block non-governmental Musk freaks from tampering with OPM. They put out an ask for help. Then electeds showed up and are mostly just bloviating about how bad this all is, but turnout beyond them is impressive.
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The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 EPA employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.
Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’
A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 EPA employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.
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Here are the 15 Democrats who voted to confirm Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary, the man who has granted Elon Musk full access to the federal government's payments system.
February 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Here are the 15 Democrats who voted to confirm Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary, the man who has granted Elon Musk full access to the federal government's payments system.
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.