laketa715@bsky.social
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Mom, Nana, friend, widow, reader, tree hugger, animal rescuer, defender of nature, blue dot in a red state
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Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
March 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
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For the love of God, stop him
“Clearcutting these beautiful places will increase fire risk, drive species to extinction, pollute our rivers and streams, and destroy world-class recreation sites.” Trump’s timber order is based on nothing but lies, greed, hatred, and monumental ignorance.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For the love of God, stop him
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Opinion: if Musk’s involvement ends up exposing sensitive data to our adversaries, a few billion in government waste will be the least of our problems.
DOGE shouldn’t have unfettered Pentagon access
Opinion: if Musk’s involvement ends up exposing sensitive data to our adversaries, a few billion in government waste will be the least of our problems.
www.militarytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Opinion: if Musk’s involvement ends up exposing sensitive data to our adversaries, a few billion in government waste will be the least of our problems.
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If Donald Trump can override our elected officials’ control of the purse strings, we are effectively entering a period of taxation without representation.
March 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If Donald Trump can override our elected officials’ control of the purse strings, we are effectively entering a period of taxation without representation.
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Exclusive: Some US government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters reut.rs/4h2A55r
Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say
Some U.S. government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters.
reut.rs
March 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Exclusive: Some US government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters reut.rs/4h2A55r
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Lies, lies, lies.
Tommy Tuberville Dragged After Claiming Girls' High School Teams Are Made Up Of 'Totally Boys'
Lies are all he has.
www.comicsands.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lies, lies, lies.
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Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’
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BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights.
Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.
Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.
March 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights.
Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.
Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.
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Someone vandalized the sign at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C. in Sterling, Virginia.
It now reads "Fat Nixon."
🤣
It now reads "Fat Nixon."
🤣
March 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Someone vandalized the sign at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C. in Sterling, Virginia.
It now reads "Fat Nixon."
🤣
It now reads "Fat Nixon."
🤣
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I spent last week in Taipei with hundreds of human rights organizations, many of which had been impacted by the US aid freeze. While we were there, news came down that even more grants had been canceled, some of which were then reinstated. "Total chaos." @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/rights...
www.wired.com/story/rights...
DOGE’s Foreign Aid Cuts Have Sparked ‘Total Chaos’ Around the World
Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free-speech initiatives and put the lives of their staff at risk.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I spent last week in Taipei with hundreds of human rights organizations, many of which had been impacted by the US aid freeze. While we were there, news came down that even more grants had been canceled, some of which were then reinstated. "Total chaos." @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/rights...
www.wired.com/story/rights...
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when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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China retaliates with additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods from March 10 www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/c...
China retaliates with additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods from March 10
China announced Tuesday it would impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods from March 10 and restrict exports to 15 U.S. companies.
www.cnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
China retaliates with additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods from March 10 www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/c...
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Elon Musk shared a call from conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro urging Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
March 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Elon Musk shared a call from conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro urging Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
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The American Consumers will be Screwed !!‼️⚠️⛔️☣️☢️‼️⛔️⚠️☣️☢️‼️⚠️⚠️
March 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The American Consumers will be Screwed !!‼️⚠️⛔️☣️☢️‼️⛔️⚠️☣️☢️‼️⚠️⚠️
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Finally some GOOD news! 💙
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!! 🤗
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!! 🤗
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
February 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Finally some GOOD news! 💙
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!! 🤗
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!! 🤗
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
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Please consider using this link to ask Congress to protect NIH & medical research. It only takes a minute to complete.
Thank you so much!
#NIH #cancer #congress #medsky #cansky #academicresearch #research #science #politics #uspol
#EduSky #PhDSky #AcademicSky #bluecrew #bluesky #megaboost
Thank you so much!
#NIH #cancer #congress #medsky #cansky #academicresearch #research #science #politics #uspol
#EduSky #PhDSky #AcademicSky #bluecrew #bluesky #megaboost
Urge Congress to Support NIH and Protect Medical Research
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) urges you to take immediate action to protect the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its pivotal role in advancing cancer research, improving p...
www.votervoice.net
February 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Over 75,000 have signed to revoke Musk’s Canadian citizenship. Canadian friends please sign! 🇨🇦
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-5353 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Over 75,000 have signed to revoke Musk’s Canadian citizenship. Canadian friends please sign! 🇨🇦
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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REMEMBER: THIS Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can DO this. I'm IN, are YOU?
February 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
REMEMBER: THIS Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can DO this. I'm IN, are YOU?
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Democracy Docket now has more than 350,000 subscribers who receive its daily and weekly newsletters straight to their inboxes. Become one today, for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
February 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Democracy Docket now has more than 350,000 subscribers who receive its daily and weekly newsletters straight to their inboxes. Become one today, for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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Mark Cuban: way to battle disinformation is to flood the zone/overwhelm the algorithms on the platforms. #PrinciplesFirst @principlesfirst.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Mark Cuban: way to battle disinformation is to flood the zone/overwhelm the algorithms on the platforms. #PrinciplesFirst @principlesfirst.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social
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Kathryn Armstrong Loving serves as a Federal Detailee at the EPA. Jeremy Lewin leads agencies including USAID, CFPB, and the State Department, while Brooks Morgan is connected to the Department of Education. Chris Young is affiliated with the Executive Office of the President and CFPB.
February 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Kathryn Armstrong Loving serves as a Federal Detailee at the EPA. Jeremy Lewin leads agencies including USAID, CFPB, and the State Department, while Brooks Morgan is connected to the Department of Education. Chris Young is affiliated with the Executive Office of the President and CFPB.
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Additionally, federal roles now include Ryan Riedel as Chief Information Officer at the Department of Energy, Michael Russo as Chief Information Officer at the Social Security Administration, and Rachel Riley as a Senior Adviser at HHS.
February 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Additionally, federal roles now include Ryan Riedel as Chief Information Officer at the Department of Energy, Michael Russo as Chief Information Officer at the Social Security Administration, and Rachel Riley as a Senior Adviser at HHS.