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EmGee

@malcontentedcat.bsky.social

#AustinScott of #Georgia missed another townhall last night. He hasn't had a townhall since 2011. Yet he's amassed millions in insider trading. He's okay with firing & RIFing #vets though. He loves #trump and #ElonMusk

March 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM

EmGee

@malcontentedcat.bsky.social

March 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM

EmGee

@malcontentedcat.bsky.social

It's only people's games you got to dodge.

March 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM

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Bex Burgess

@theorah.bsky.social

Here's Chapter 2 of Incorrutible. Time for Revolution 🔥
Can you imagine going through your life assuming you would NEVER be allowed to have a say in politics, and then suddenly, at only 30 yrs old, getting the chance for that??
#incorruptiblecomic #robespierre #frenchrevolution #history

The Bourbon flag over shadows a large group of men dressed in black, who march along a road. A narration box describes the scene: "May 4th, 1789. France is in shambles, having been hit with debt and poverty."
In the next panel, a tired and fed up looking King Louis XVI rolls his eyes at the various people in the background, from nobles to working class, all angered, scared or complaining.
"In a country burdened with food shortages, steep price rises, and frequent protests, King Louis XV! faces an impossible task, as he tries to maintain popularity."
The next panel shows the starkly different working class, shouting over to the stubborn looking nobles, who ignore them.
"What changes can he make to relieve the poverty of the common people, whilst also satisfying the nobles, who don;t want to give up their priviledges?"

A narration box reads: "The King decides to hold the Estates-General- a meeting of representatives from the three Estates, in which reform will be discussed and voted on. The 'first estate' consists of memebers of the catholic church. The 'second estate' makes up the nobility. The 'third estate' represents the common people- roughly around 98% of France's population." In the background behind the narration box, we can see just how much the third estate gulfs the 2nd and 1st in its amount of people.
3 panels show Ronespierre's role during the lead up to the Estates-General. He hyper fixates over the pamphlet announcing the meeting. He talks to farmers so that he can get on their good side when people vote for a deputy. He stands on a podium and gives a speech. A narration box says:
"The Estates-General will finally give the Third Estate its chance to partake in policy making. The common people vote for deputies, who will speak on their behalf during the event. Everyone is hoping for big changes."

A narration box says: "Maximilien de Robespierre is one such deputy." 3 panels show Robespierre on his journey to Paris. He waves goodbye to be beloved brother, sister and dog. He squishes himself between two taller men in a carriage. The carriage makes its way through a street in Paris.
Robespierre peers meekly out of his carriage window. In the street, two women fight over bread, while an angry man throws his fists at the door of a baker, convinced that they are withholding bread.
The narration continues: "A thirty year old lawyer from Arras, he has no experience in politics. But, he is eager to fight for the interests of his constituency during the Estates-General. Especially for the lower classes, of who hardly make up any of the mostly middle class deputies."
A close up of many feet, covered in black from shoes to stockings, walking a long a street.
Narration says: "They march now in a procession through Versailles."

November 24, 2024 at 9:39 AM

EmGee

@malcontentedcat.bsky.social

viva le robespierre

#robespierre

March 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM

EmGee

@malcontentedcat.bsky.social

Paul Revere's Ride. #Fedworkers #Feds #FedNews #HoldTheLine

February 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin

@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social

Musk asked to access the Treasury system that pays out federal benefits.

One of three things is up here:

1) rampant theft
2) crushing the poor and needy
3) all of the above

tom @catturd2.bsky.social · Jan 31

It's hard not to see what Elon Musk is doing as a soft coup. The world's richest dude is basically trying to take over the US government t.co/osw3wN4Taz

January 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM

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Greg Sargent

@gregsargent.bsky.social

I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:

newrepublic.com/article/1910...

January 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM

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fairywhispers

@lozen.bsky.social

“In short, there’s a hostile takeover of the federal civil service. Let me say this in no uncertain terms —OPM has been compromised and taken over.”
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co... #fednews #FedCivilService #OPM #Trump #fascism