@kritterrat.bsky.social
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Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid will blow a massive hole in our state budget and leave thousands without care.
There’s a storm coming from Washington. Republicans and Democrats should work together to protect our state from Trump.
Defend our people, not the President.
There’s a storm coming from Washington. Republicans and Democrats should work together to protect our state from Trump.
Defend our people, not the President.
March 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid will blow a massive hole in our state budget and leave thousands without care.
There’s a storm coming from Washington. Republicans and Democrats should work together to protect our state from Trump.
Defend our people, not the President.
There’s a storm coming from Washington. Republicans and Democrats should work together to protect our state from Trump.
Defend our people, not the President.
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Sound advice from @timothysnyder.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Sound advice from @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Musk’s staffers are heading to the Pentagon, while Trump continues his attempted purge of Washington. He recently announced on Truth Social that he is appointing himself as head of the Kennedy Center and plans to remove multiple members from its board of trustees.
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Musk’s staffers are heading to the Pentagon, while Trump continues his attempted purge of Washington. He recently announced on Truth Social that he is appointing himself as head of the Kennedy Center and plans to remove multiple members from its board of trustees.
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The actual reason Trump wants to gut the Dept of Education? Greed.
His billionaire donor pals want tax breaks. They all want to go back to when education was unavailable to working people, a privilege of the rich.
His billionaire donor pals want tax breaks. They all want to go back to when education was unavailable to working people, a privilege of the rich.
February 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The actual reason Trump wants to gut the Dept of Education? Greed.
His billionaire donor pals want tax breaks. They all want to go back to when education was unavailable to working people, a privilege of the rich.
His billionaire donor pals want tax breaks. They all want to go back to when education was unavailable to working people, a privilege of the rich.
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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.
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🚨And locally there are municipal elections in Pinellas County, Florida on March 11, 2025. The deadline to register to vote for that election is Feb. 10, 2025 which is in FOUR DAYS. 🗳️ www.votepinellas.gov/Election-Inf...
2025 March Municipal Election
www.votepinellas.gov
February 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨And locally there are municipal elections in Pinellas County, Florida on March 11, 2025. The deadline to register to vote for that election is Feb. 10, 2025 which is in FOUR DAYS. 🗳️ www.votepinellas.gov/Election-Inf...
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Think firing the entire federal workforce will save America money?
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
February 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Think firing the entire federal workforce will save America money?
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
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Sorry, I know news is moving like a shitstorm, but this coup is getting CRAZY.
Dem oversight committee short a vote for a subpoena on Musk. Then Rep Khanna then “explains” why they abstained on X, to which Elon retorts on X: “Don’t be a dick.”
I cannot. believe. what’s. happening. Wtaf.
Dem oversight committee short a vote for a subpoena on Musk. Then Rep Khanna then “explains” why they abstained on X, to which Elon retorts on X: “Don’t be a dick.”
I cannot. believe. what’s. happening. Wtaf.
February 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sorry, I know news is moving like a shitstorm, but this coup is getting CRAZY.
Dem oversight committee short a vote for a subpoena on Musk. Then Rep Khanna then “explains” why they abstained on X, to which Elon retorts on X: “Don’t be a dick.”
I cannot. believe. what’s. happening. Wtaf.
Dem oversight committee short a vote for a subpoena on Musk. Then Rep Khanna then “explains” why they abstained on X, to which Elon retorts on X: “Don’t be a dick.”
I cannot. believe. what’s. happening. Wtaf.
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“It appears as if there is an unelected billionaire more or less running the federal gov right now, who none of us voted for, who seems to be breaking both the law and potentially the constitution all over the place."
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s been madness’: US federal workers reeling over Trump-Musk takeover
Office of personnel management workers say anxiety is palpable amid intimidation and threat of dismissal
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It appears as if there is an unelected billionaire more or less running the federal gov right now, who none of us voted for, who seems to be breaking both the law and potentially the constitution all over the place."
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library
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Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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Two massive unions have sued the Treasury Department for granting Musk's “Department of Government Efficiency” access to federal government payment systems.
SEIU and AFGE, with nearly 3 million combined members, are fighting DOGE's illegal activity.
www.huffpost.com/entry/unions...
SEIU and AFGE, with nearly 3 million combined members, are fighting DOGE's illegal activity.
www.huffpost.com/entry/unions...
Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Giving Musk's 'DOGE' Access To Payment System
Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Two massive unions have sued the Treasury Department for granting Musk's “Department of Government Efficiency” access to federal government payment systems.
SEIU and AFGE, with nearly 3 million combined members, are fighting DOGE's illegal activity.
www.huffpost.com/entry/unions...
SEIU and AFGE, with nearly 3 million combined members, are fighting DOGE's illegal activity.
www.huffpost.com/entry/unions...
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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.
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📌From Timothy Snyder:
February 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
📌From Timothy Snyder:
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February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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From the reports I've read, the USAID people were following the law, preventing DOGE from viewing classified material they didn't have clearance to see.
Musk calling this criminal" means that Musk thinks the law is what he says it is.
Musk calling this criminal" means that Musk thinks the law is what he says it is.
Update: USAID is now being called "a criminal organization" by Elon Musk after USAID officials tried to refuse DOGE access and were put on leave. "Time for it to die," he says.
February 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
From the reports I've read, the USAID people were following the law, preventing DOGE from viewing classified material they didn't have clearance to see.
Musk calling this criminal" means that Musk thinks the law is what he says it is.
Musk calling this criminal" means that Musk thinks the law is what he says it is.
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It’s getting terrifyingly clear folks: DOGE is a Trojan horse for full authoritarian takeover.
Elon Musk’s Doge team granted ‘full access’ to federal payment system
Trump’s treasury secretary gives the world’s richest person entry to one of the most sensitive US government databases
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It’s getting terrifyingly clear folks: DOGE is a Trojan horse for full authoritarian takeover.
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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
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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 📉
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
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 📉
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 📉
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Rent control is prohibited in New Mexico, a state where the housing crisis is hitting hard.
Homelessness jumped nearly 50% in the state from 2022 to 2023.
Now, two state senators have introduced a bill to repeal the ban on rent control.
www.koat.com/article/2025...
Homelessness jumped nearly 50% in the state from 2022 to 2023.
Now, two state senators have introduced a bill to repeal the ban on rent control.
www.koat.com/article/2025...
2025 legislature reintroduces bill for rent control
2025 legislature will reintroduce bill to repeal the statewide prohibition on rent control
www.koat.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Rent control is prohibited in New Mexico, a state where the housing crisis is hitting hard.
Homelessness jumped nearly 50% in the state from 2022 to 2023.
Now, two state senators have introduced a bill to repeal the ban on rent control.
www.koat.com/article/2025...
Homelessness jumped nearly 50% in the state from 2022 to 2023.
Now, two state senators have introduced a bill to repeal the ban on rent control.
www.koat.com/article/2025...