G.W.P.2
@overwatch1776.bsky.social
I am an American citizen who values intelligent and civil discourse. I have no patience for purveyors of disinformation and falsehoods. I believe character, competence, courage, and compassion are essential elements of leadership. 🇺🇸
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G.W.P.2
@overwatch1776.bsky.social
· Feb 15
The Trump administration through either gross incompetence, malicious intent, or both is destroying and deconstructing critical elements of the United States government. Many of the administration’s policies are reckless, misguided, and illegal. Americans need to contact their elected leaders now!
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Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
July 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
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The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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Accurate weather forecasts matter. FEMA and NOAA matter. Because little girls lives matter: Camp Mystic: Estimated 20 girls still missing after deadly Texas floods kill at least 25 people www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
At least 25 people dead, 20 girls missing after Hill Country floods
An estimate of 20 girls remained missing after deadly flooding caused “destructive” floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Accurate weather forecasts matter. FEMA and NOAA matter. Because little girls lives matter: Camp Mystic: Estimated 20 girls still missing after deadly Texas floods kill at least 25 people www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Texas Officials Blame Agency Gutted by Trump for Results of Deadly Storm
Experts warned for months about cuts to NWS and NOAA
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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I thought about this same issue a lot today. I landed on this: I’m a direct descendant of CPT Elihu Gifford who fought in the American Revolution & raided British ships as a privateer. I’m proud of what he did & hope I’m at least half the patriot he was as our country faces a new tyrannical threat.
"I will sincerely celebrate a nation that, despite its demagogues and fools, was capable of producing an Abraham Lincoln, a Franklin Roosevelt, a Frederick Douglass, a Wendell Willkie, a Martin Luther King Jr., a Learned Hand, a Dwight Eisenhower."
Despite It All, I’m Still Patriotic
This country has greatness in its soul. Let’s recover it.
www.thebulwark.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I thought about this same issue a lot today. I landed on this: I’m a direct descendant of CPT Elihu Gifford who fought in the American Revolution & raided British ships as a privateer. I’m proud of what he did & hope I’m at least half the patriot he was as our country faces a new tyrannical threat.
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Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
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Did you know the “Big Beautiful Bill” will expand ICE to TWENTY TIMES more agents? Now you do.
July 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did you know the “Big Beautiful Bill” will expand ICE to TWENTY TIMES more agents? Now you do.
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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They are already talking about how we have to “rein in spending” — AFTER they get their tax cut, expecting us to believe they still care about the debt
This means they’ll oppose programs that help regular people and call them “fiscally reckless”
They think we are all morons
This means they’ll oppose programs that help regular people and call them “fiscally reckless”
They think we are all morons
July 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
They are already talking about how we have to “rein in spending” — AFTER they get their tax cut, expecting us to believe they still care about the debt
This means they’ll oppose programs that help regular people and call them “fiscally reckless”
They think we are all morons
This means they’ll oppose programs that help regular people and call them “fiscally reckless”
They think we are all morons
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He had 5 red sirens too.
July 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
He had 5 red sirens too.
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The Vice President is lying. (@MarshaBlackburn tells this lie also) — Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for federally funded Medicaid under federal law.
More: www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/can-und...
More: www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/can-und...
July 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Vice President is lying. (@MarshaBlackburn tells this lie also) — Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for federally funded Medicaid under federal law.
More: www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/can-und...
More: www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/can-und...
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LISTEN TO THIS SHIT: Mark Kelly didn’t name names—but he did say this:
One GOP Senator said Medicaid cuts were fine because “they’ll get over it.”
Another, told it would cost lives, said:
“We’re all gonna die anyway.”
And this party still dares to call itself pro-life.
One GOP Senator said Medicaid cuts were fine because “they’ll get over it.”
Another, told it would cost lives, said:
“We’re all gonna die anyway.”
And this party still dares to call itself pro-life.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
LISTEN TO THIS SHIT: Mark Kelly didn’t name names—but he did say this:
One GOP Senator said Medicaid cuts were fine because “they’ll get over it.”
Another, told it would cost lives, said:
“We’re all gonna die anyway.”
And this party still dares to call itself pro-life.
One GOP Senator said Medicaid cuts were fine because “they’ll get over it.”
Another, told it would cost lives, said:
“We’re all gonna die anyway.”
And this party still dares to call itself pro-life.
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“We are witnessing a capitalist class so drunk on its own power that it has become incapable of recognizing its own interests…So contemptuous of the institutions that created their wealth that they are destroying the conditions that make capitalism possible.”
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June 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“We are witnessing a capitalist class so drunk on its own power that it has become incapable of recognizing its own interests…So contemptuous of the institutions that created their wealth that they are destroying the conditions that make capitalism possible.”
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The Big Ugly Bill will add $3.25 trillion to the national debt by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
-BUB is still being read on the Senate floor as of 11:30am (ET)
-20 hours planned for debate
-Amendments after debate
Call your Senators while we have this window!
-BUB is still being read on the Senate floor as of 11:30am (ET)
-20 hours planned for debate
-Amendments after debate
Call your Senators while we have this window!
June 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Big Ugly Bill will add $3.25 trillion to the national debt by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
-BUB is still being read on the Senate floor as of 11:30am (ET)
-20 hours planned for debate
-Amendments after debate
Call your Senators while we have this window!
-BUB is still being read on the Senate floor as of 11:30am (ET)
-20 hours planned for debate
-Amendments after debate
Call your Senators while we have this window!
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This is also true for Tennessee, but Senator @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty wouldn’t say this in a million years. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
June 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is also true for Tennessee, but Senator @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty wouldn’t say this in a million years. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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We all know how much Melissa and Mark loved dogs. I got to see one of the dog honor guards at the Capitol today. What a fitting tribute to them and Gilbert:
June 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We all know how much Melissa and Mark loved dogs. I got to see one of the dog honor guards at the Capitol today. What a fitting tribute to them and Gilbert:
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Going through the 940-page Senate budget bill. Not only is it going to hurt the poorest, but it’s decimating almost all environmental protection budgets. Cutting, rescinding & terminating monies.
Still reading…but the Senate plans to vote today. If it passes, it’s back to the House.
Still reading…but the Senate plans to vote today. If it passes, it’s back to the House.
www.budget.senate.gov
June 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Going through the 940-page Senate budget bill. Not only is it going to hurt the poorest, but it’s decimating almost all environmental protection budgets. Cutting, rescinding & terminating monies.
Still reading…but the Senate plans to vote today. If it passes, it’s back to the House.
Still reading…but the Senate plans to vote today. If it passes, it’s back to the House.
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The most important thing to know about the Bezos/Sanchez wedding is that Trump’s Big Ugly Bill would explode the debt, exacerbate economic inequality, and cause cruel and grievous harm to the most vulnerable Americans and we really should be talking about all of that a whole lot more.
June 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The most important thing to know about the Bezos/Sanchez wedding is that Trump’s Big Ugly Bill would explode the debt, exacerbate economic inequality, and cause cruel and grievous harm to the most vulnerable Americans and we really should be talking about all of that a whole lot more.
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“The Big Beautiful Bill is already extraordinarily unpopular…55% of voters oppose the bill while only 29% support it…I can recall no similar case when the signature legislation of a new president and his party had the support of only 29% of the public.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...
The Public Is Resisting Trump. The Elites Aren’t.
The president is encountering little resistance as he remakes our society. And yet polling is clear that voters aren’t with him.
www.thebulwark.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“The Big Beautiful Bill is already extraordinarily unpopular…55% of voters oppose the bill while only 29% support it…I can recall no similar case when the signature legislation of a new president and his party had the support of only 29% of the public.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Corporate profits have hit record highs.
CEOs are paid 290x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.
CEOs are paid 290x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.
June 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Corporate profits have hit record highs.
CEOs are paid 290x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.
CEOs are paid 290x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.