mandy8603.bsky.social
@mandy8603.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Every act of kindness is an act of rebellion.

Every act of joy. Every act of love. Every moment of silliness.

Do not forget this.
April 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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A thread on the moment and what it means for feds. The Civil Service Reform Act envisions 3 guardrails to protect civil servants: (1) An Office of Special Counsel to investigate allegations of prohibited personnel practices, (2) the Merit Systems Protection Board to hear cases, and (3) unions. 1/
And the MSPB loses its quorum...
BREAKING: D.C. Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, allows for Trump's firing of members of multi-member independent boards — Gwynne Wilcox, National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris, Merit Systems Protection Board — to go into effect during appeals. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”
March 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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They're terrorizing our federal employees in real ways and the impact is devastating for all of us. I spoke to a VA employee and FBI Agent about what they're experiencing and it will shock you. This is the most important thing I've written. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Terrorizing our fellow Americans
Russ Vought promised to traumatize Federal workers, and it's happening
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
March 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed — some risking their lives – to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them," Reyes wrote.

www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
Federal judge blocks Trump effort to ban transgender troops from military service
The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender service members from the military.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Love watching this little family...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...

#stressrelief
Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1
YouTube video by FOBBV CAM
www.youtube.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Young musicians' dreams were dashed when the U.S. Marine Band followed orders to cancel a concert featuring middle and high school students of color, a result of the Trump administration’s executive order banning DEI initiatives. 60 Minutes, Sunday.
March 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Some much needed nature time… hiking in Wyoming
#hiking #wyoming #nature #stressrelief #deer
March 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The free covid test program will likely be going away, you can still order them here special.usps.com/testkits
February 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Letter From a Federal Worker
This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This murder of crows likes to stop in front of my apartment each night on their rounds … guess the snow and subzero temperatures doesn’t change their pattern?

#crows
February 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Finished our 2024 taxes. We paid 24% (fed and state) with deductions primarily for an at home business, charitable donations, and medical costs (over 7.5% of income). Curious what % of individual income billionaires will be paying?
February 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My beautiful cuetlaxochitl has finally turned red… love the joy she’s bringing me on these cold days in Denver #plantmom #cuetlaxochitl
February 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Titus Kaphar, Behind the Myth of Benevolence, 2014, oil on canvas
February 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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I hear the nagging question you ask inside your head a few hundred times a day: "Is it me, or has a huge portion of this country lost its mind?"

It isn't you.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...
Don't Gaslight Yourself. You're Right To Grieve What's Happening to America.
I know what you're thinking.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM