@merryjon52.bsky.social
Mother-grandmother who loves this country and believes everyone deserves a fair shake. Pro choice.
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PSA: for those who get their worldview from FOX/NewsMax/Breitbart/etc.. a coup is happening-if it succeeds you lose freedom. These media are lying to you. EVERY actual news source on the planet is 🆘 So 🛑reveling in whatever you think you’ve won- we will ALL lose- everything- if we don’t 🛑 it! 🤔
February 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
PSA: for those who get their worldview from FOX/NewsMax/Breitbart/etc.. a coup is happening-if it succeeds you lose freedom. These media are lying to you. EVERY actual news source on the planet is 🆘 So 🛑reveling in whatever you think you’ve won- we will ALL lose- everything- if we don’t 🛑 it! 🤔
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You all won’t know until the checks don’t arrive exactly what that band of thieves was up too. Loose in a federal building and not dragged out in irons? The world is in total disbelief.
February 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You all won’t know until the checks don’t arrive exactly what that band of thieves was up too. Loose in a federal building and not dragged out in irons? The world is in total disbelief.
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After judge grants a temporary injunction to FBI employees who sued, Justice Department agrees not to publicly release the names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 riot cases
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Justice Department says it won't release the names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 riot cases
The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as President Donald Trump’s administration examines the investigations into the Jan....
apnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
After judge grants a temporary injunction to FBI employees who sued, Justice Department agrees not to publicly release the names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 riot cases
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Judge (at 2:30 am est?) temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records & orders DOGE to immediately destroy all copies of material downloaded from treasury dept systems. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... permanent injunction next? With penalties & monitoring for compliance?
Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records
Injunction granted in response to lawsuit alleging the Trump administration allowed Musk’s team access to sensitive data in violation of federal law
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Judge (at 2:30 am est?) temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records & orders DOGE to immediately destroy all copies of material downloaded from treasury dept systems. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... permanent injunction next? With penalties & monitoring for compliance?
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Who needs nuclear secrets in government when the only real secrets in government are:
Who is doing things at DOGE?
What is DOGE doing?
And
How many laws is DOGE going to break?
Who is doing things at DOGE?
What is DOGE doing?
And
How many laws is DOGE going to break?
February 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Who needs nuclear secrets in government when the only real secrets in government are:
Who is doing things at DOGE?
What is DOGE doing?
And
How many laws is DOGE going to break?
Who is doing things at DOGE?
What is DOGE doing?
And
How many laws is DOGE going to break?
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The Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy is responsible for expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people of the United States and citizens of other countries. This is who Trump & Rubio selected for that role. Any questions?
February 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy is responsible for expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people of the United States and citizens of other countries. This is who Trump & Rubio selected for that role. Any questions?
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Two years ago I warned everyone not to embrace Brad Raffensperger as some sort of hero. Now he is sucking up to MAGA.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/brad...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/brad...
Brad Raffensperger Is Just Another Republican Vote Suppressor
From Marc | Now safely re-elected to another term, Raffensperger is taking his voter suppression campaign national.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Two years ago I warned everyone not to embrace Brad Raffensperger as some sort of hero. Now he is sucking up to MAGA.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/brad...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/brad...
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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.bsky.social files federal lawsuit to block Trump's illegal plan to slash USAID workforce.
Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news.
www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.bsky.social files federal lawsuit to block Trump's illegal plan to slash USAID workforce.
Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news.
www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news.
www.democracydocket.com
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There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...
Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It?
I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts....
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...
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FLASHBACK: “The Palestinians are not a real estate deal, Donald.”
From the lips of his own Secretary of State
From the lips of his own Secretary of State
February 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
FLASHBACK: “The Palestinians are not a real estate deal, Donald.”
From the lips of his own Secretary of State
From the lips of his own Secretary of State
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"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is under way.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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"The world’s richest man appears to be indiscriminately dismantling the government with an eye toward consolidating power and punishing his political enemies."
February 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"The world’s richest man appears to be indiscriminately dismantling the government with an eye toward consolidating power and punishing his political enemies."
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Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now
February 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now
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It wild to me that DOGE would actually send “contracts” with shoddy and suspect legal language to federal career attorneys that even non-lawyers would recognize as bullshit.
February 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It wild to me that DOGE would actually send “contracts” with shoddy and suspect legal language to federal career attorneys that even non-lawyers would recognize as bullshit.
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“Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable”
“from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,”
— Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
In case you were wondering if this was about anything other than money.
“from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,”
— Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
In case you were wondering if this was about anything other than money.
February 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable”
“from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,”
— Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
In case you were wondering if this was about anything other than money.
“from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,”
— Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
In case you were wondering if this was about anything other than money.
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State Attorneys General and federal employee unions should be suing the federal government at 9am tomorrow.
Federal Courts should be petitioned to injunction musk and all his staff, who aren’t feds.
The DOJ should be made to answer for Musk’s illegal breach of classified docs.
Federal Courts should be petitioned to injunction musk and all his staff, who aren’t feds.
The DOJ should be made to answer for Musk’s illegal breach of classified docs.
February 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
State Attorneys General and federal employee unions should be suing the federal government at 9am tomorrow.
Federal Courts should be petitioned to injunction musk and all his staff, who aren’t feds.
The DOJ should be made to answer for Musk’s illegal breach of classified docs.
Federal Courts should be petitioned to injunction musk and all his staff, who aren’t feds.
The DOJ should be made to answer for Musk’s illegal breach of classified docs.
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There it is. After Trump and Musk pledged to shut down USAID, staff received an email in the middle of the night informing them HQ will be closed today.
USAID is an independent agency. Only Congress has authority to eliminate it.
USAID is an independent agency. Only Congress has authority to eliminate it.
February 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
There it is. After Trump and Musk pledged to shut down USAID, staff received an email in the middle of the night informing them HQ will be closed today.
USAID is an independent agency. Only Congress has authority to eliminate it.
USAID is an independent agency. Only Congress has authority to eliminate it.
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Billionaires don’t have the power to kill independent government agencies.
The president doesn’t even have that authority—Congress does. If they allow them to kill USAID, it’s a full fledged constitutional crisis.
The president doesn’t even have that authority—Congress does. If they allow them to kill USAID, it’s a full fledged constitutional crisis.
February 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Billionaires don’t have the power to kill independent government agencies.
The president doesn’t even have that authority—Congress does. If they allow them to kill USAID, it’s a full fledged constitutional crisis.
The president doesn’t even have that authority—Congress does. If they allow them to kill USAID, it’s a full fledged constitutional crisis.
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Oh look. The second highest ranking official in the Russian government praising Elon Musk for eliminating an independent govt agency.
This is exactly what Putin’s regime wants.
This is exactly what Putin’s regime wants.
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Oh look. The second highest ranking official in the Russian government praising Elon Musk for eliminating an independent govt agency.
This is exactly what Putin’s regime wants.
This is exactly what Putin’s regime wants.
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So what can Democrats do to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of the federal government?
February 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So what can Democrats do to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of the federal government?
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Democrats will use the March 14 funding deadline to restrict Musk’s hostile takeover.
In a letter to colleagues, Hakeem Jeffries also says Dems will support lawsuits to block firings of IGs—and will release a bill to prevent “unlawful access” to the Dept. of Treasury.
In a letter to colleagues, Hakeem Jeffries also says Dems will support lawsuits to block firings of IGs—and will release a bill to prevent “unlawful access” to the Dept. of Treasury.
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Democrats will use the March 14 funding deadline to restrict Musk’s hostile takeover.
In a letter to colleagues, Hakeem Jeffries also says Dems will support lawsuits to block firings of IGs—and will release a bill to prevent “unlawful access” to the Dept. of Treasury.
In a letter to colleagues, Hakeem Jeffries also says Dems will support lawsuits to block firings of IGs—and will release a bill to prevent “unlawful access” to the Dept. of Treasury.
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Any Democrat who votes to confirm any Trump nominee after this weekend deserves an early retirement.
February 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Any Democrat who votes to confirm any Trump nominee after this weekend deserves an early retirement.
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None of this is legal.
February 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
None of this is legal.
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Trump just announced Sean Parnell as the chief Pentagon Spokesman.
Parnell’s wife testified under oath that he repeatedly choked her. He ultimately lost custody of his children.
Parnell’s wife testified under oath that he repeatedly choked her. He ultimately lost custody of his children.
February 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Trump just announced Sean Parnell as the chief Pentagon Spokesman.
Parnell’s wife testified under oath that he repeatedly choked her. He ultimately lost custody of his children.
Parnell’s wife testified under oath that he repeatedly choked her. He ultimately lost custody of his children.
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Dear God! (and I'm Agnostic) Thank you. This guy understands. Be direct. Be assertive. Don't pussy foot around with the niceties. The time for all of that bullshit was ....never.
Fire Elon Musk.
Use every legislative, judicial, and public pressure tactic at our disposal until we get it done.
Use every legislative, judicial, and public pressure tactic at our disposal until we get it done.
February 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Dear God! (and I'm Agnostic) Thank you. This guy understands. Be direct. Be assertive. Don't pussy foot around with the niceties. The time for all of that bullshit was ....never.