@northernlight2024.bsky.social
Retired public policy analyst, philosophy major; enthusiastic about almost anything, except paperwork. I am “living with” two maladies, and doing well. Studying to be a Feldenkrais practitioner, and still finding paths toward tikkun olam.
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There are now massive sabotage forces infiltrating Bluesky. Purity narratives will only increase. Because 1) systematically propagated by bots and geopolitical actors and 2) then these narratives are pushed by the people they were meant to radicalize. Geopolitical actors know what they’re doing!
August 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
There are now massive sabotage forces infiltrating Bluesky. Purity narratives will only increase. Because 1) systematically propagated by bots and geopolitical actors and 2) then these narratives are pushed by the people they were meant to radicalize. Geopolitical actors know what they’re doing!
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Plea for fellow reporters: can we stop reflexively referring to everyone the feds randomly arrest as “undocumented” or “in the country illegally?” We frankly have no idea who they’re detaining or what their status is most of the time, and there are *many* reports of people with status being detained
August 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Plea for fellow reporters: can we stop reflexively referring to everyone the feds randomly arrest as “undocumented” or “in the country illegally?” We frankly have no idea who they’re detaining or what their status is most of the time, and there are *many* reports of people with status being detained
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Are you listening, @kenmartin.bsky.social and @democrats.org?
Kowtowing to the antisemitic far left has left American Jews, the 2nd most reliable Democratic voting bloc after Black Americans, feeling politically homeless.
Get the party's shit together.
Kowtowing to the antisemitic far left has left American Jews, the 2nd most reliable Democratic voting bloc after Black Americans, feeling politically homeless.
Get the party's shit together.
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Are you listening, @kenmartin.bsky.social and @democrats.org?
Kowtowing to the antisemitic far left has left American Jews, the 2nd most reliable Democratic voting bloc after Black Americans, feeling politically homeless.
Get the party's shit together.
Kowtowing to the antisemitic far left has left American Jews, the 2nd most reliable Democratic voting bloc after Black Americans, feeling politically homeless.
Get the party's shit together.
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oh shit oh fuck
August 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
oh shit oh fuck
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I think both these things can be true:
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
Spending freeze not real
End of birthright citizenship struck down
Deportations only at level under Obama
Mexican and Canadian tariffs end up as called bluffs
Anybody starting to see a pattern?
End of birthright citizenship struck down
Deportations only at level under Obama
Mexican and Canadian tariffs end up as called bluffs
Anybody starting to see a pattern?
February 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I think both these things can be true:
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
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A VA psychologist friend reached out today. Her job is at a VA in the heartland. Her job, in my view, is helping veterans with post traumatic stress stay alive. She is one of the hundreds of thousands of federal employees who has been encouraged to resign…
open.substack.com/pub/jaketapp...
open.substack.com/pub/jaketapp...
Taking an axe to the federal government
I heard from a VA psychologist friend today...
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A VA psychologist friend reached out today. Her job is at a VA in the heartland. Her job, in my view, is helping veterans with post traumatic stress stay alive. She is one of the hundreds of thousands of federal employees who has been encouraged to resign…
open.substack.com/pub/jaketapp...
open.substack.com/pub/jaketapp...
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🔥 The newest Rep from Maryland came out swinging at todays press conference…
Rep. Elfreth: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal."
Rep. Elfreth: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal."
February 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🔥 The newest Rep from Maryland came out swinging at todays press conference…
Rep. Elfreth: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal."
Rep. Elfreth: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal."
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The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
ACOG Endorsed
The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.
www.acog.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
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A reminder and reassurance that Saint Paul has had a Separation Ordinance on the books since 2004. No employee of the City, including SPPD officers will ever ask for a resident's immigration status. We do not and will not enforce federal immigration policy.
www.twincities.com/2016/11/20/c...
www.twincities.com/2016/11/20/c...
Chris Coleman: What ‘sanctuary city’ means, and doesn’t mean, in St. Paul
Words matter. But they also can confuse. In the aftermath of the presidential election, the phrase “sanctuary city” has found its way into the national conversation. The problem is that there is no…
www.twincities.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A reminder and reassurance that Saint Paul has had a Separation Ordinance on the books since 2004. No employee of the City, including SPPD officers will ever ask for a resident's immigration status. We do not and will not enforce federal immigration policy.
www.twincities.com/2016/11/20/c...
www.twincities.com/2016/11/20/c...
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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Now would be a good time to freeze your credit, if you haven’t done so.
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Now would be a good time to freeze your credit, if you haven’t done so.
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musk is running the govt. Trump is a feeble figurehead
He has no idea what Elon is doing. He let loose Elon to go wild.
REPORTER: Why is it important for Elon Musk to have access to the payments systems at Treasury?
TRUMP: Well, he's got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good, and it's only if we agree with him
TRUMP: Well, he's got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good, and it's only if we agree with him
February 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
musk is running the govt. Trump is a feeble figurehead
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Let the young people in your life know that Costco has generic planb for $5.99.
You don’t need a membership to go to the pharmacy there.
You don’t need a membership to go to the pharmacy there.
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Let the young people in your life know that Costco has generic planb for $5.99.
You don’t need a membership to go to the pharmacy there.
You don’t need a membership to go to the pharmacy there.
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UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
The Senate takes 3 votes this afternoon:
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
February 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
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Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
February 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
YES! Bigger guns!
BREAKING NEWS:
In a massive lawsuit, the AFL-CIO has SUED the Treasury Department:
“for their unlawful…disclosure of personal and financial information…to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE).”
In a massive lawsuit, the AFL-CIO has SUED the Treasury Department:
“for their unlawful…disclosure of personal and financial information…to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE).”
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
YES! Bigger guns!
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Call him before Congress, start reading out his SSN and those of everyone in his family, and ask him when he wants it to stop.
February 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Call him before Congress, start reading out his SSN and those of everyone in his family, and ask him when he wants it to stop.
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Honestly someone needs to let the dean of the college know that one of their students is actively violating several federal laws. I am certain that violates the student code of conduct and university disciplinary action might be the only enforcement mechanism we have right now
February 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Honestly someone needs to let the dean of the college know that one of their students is actively violating several federal laws. I am certain that violates the student code of conduct and university disciplinary action might be the only enforcement mechanism we have right now
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BREAKING: if you don’t like what DOGE is doing at Treasury— neither do we
So we just sued to stop it! www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
I’ll be on @thereidout tonight at 7:40 PM ET to break down that and much more
So we just sued to stop it! www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
I’ll be on @thereidout tonight at 7:40 PM ET to break down that and much more
February 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
And 👏👏👏
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A Statement from U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Edward R. Martin Jr.
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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