@overwhelmed-otter.bsky.social
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Don't let them distract you. Republicans are trying to sell off millions of acres of your public lands to billionaire developers — all as they take away your benefits. Now is the time to make some noise.
June 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don't let them distract you. Republicans are trying to sell off millions of acres of your public lands to billionaire developers — all as they take away your benefits. Now is the time to make some noise.
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HANDS OFF OUR PUBLIC LANDS!
Right now, Senate Republicans are trying to sneak language into Reconciliation that would sell off millions of acres of public lands.
Right now, Senate Republicans are trying to sneak language into Reconciliation that would sell off millions of acres of public lands.
June 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
HANDS OFF OUR PUBLIC LANDS!
Right now, Senate Republicans are trying to sneak language into Reconciliation that would sell off millions of acres of public lands.
Right now, Senate Republicans are trying to sneak language into Reconciliation that would sell off millions of acres of public lands.
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Trump says they’re all “wrong.”
Why? Because he needs a threat. He’s laying the groundwork for war and ignoring the facts to do it. This isn’t about national security. It’s about manufacturing another crisis.
Why? Because he needs a threat. He’s laying the groundwork for war and ignoring the facts to do it. This isn’t about national security. It’s about manufacturing another crisis.
June 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump says they’re all “wrong.”
Why? Because he needs a threat. He’s laying the groundwork for war and ignoring the facts to do it. This isn’t about national security. It’s about manufacturing another crisis.
Why? Because he needs a threat. He’s laying the groundwork for war and ignoring the facts to do it. This isn’t about national security. It’s about manufacturing another crisis.
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Another MAGA Republican death threat.
This one against Kamala Harris.
Where's the FBI?
This is a major MAGA account with almost a third of a million followers.
This one against Kamala Harris.
Where's the FBI?
This is a major MAGA account with almost a third of a million followers.
June 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Another MAGA Republican death threat.
This one against Kamala Harris.
Where's the FBI?
This is a major MAGA account with almost a third of a million followers.
This one against Kamala Harris.
Where's the FBI?
This is a major MAGA account with almost a third of a million followers.
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“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social
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The growing politicization of vaccines isn't going to serve the United States well, six former #ACIP chairs warn in an opinion piece in @statnews.com. The result will be more illness and deaths from preventable diseases & an erosion of #pandemic preparedness. www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/a...
Six former CDC vaccine advisory committee chairs warn: U.S. risks losing access to life-saving immunizations
“We are witnessing a dismantling of the systems that develop, license, recommend, and monitor vaccines,” write six former chairs of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee.
www.statnews.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The growing politicization of vaccines isn't going to serve the United States well, six former #ACIP chairs warn in an opinion piece in @statnews.com. The result will be more illness and deaths from preventable diseases & an erosion of #pandemic preparedness. www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/a...
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Not only do Republicans want to give billionaires tax breaks, they want to give them our backyards, too.
Our public lands should never be for sale. They belong to the people, not the highest bidder.
Our public lands should never be for sale. They belong to the people, not the highest bidder.
June 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Not only do Republicans want to give billionaires tax breaks, they want to give them our backyards, too.
Our public lands should never be for sale. They belong to the people, not the highest bidder.
Our public lands should never be for sale. They belong to the people, not the highest bidder.
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Political violence is unAmerican. Praying for those affected, their families, and communities in Minnesota. May law enforcement bring the perpetrator to justice and remain safe as they do their work.
Two Democratic Minnesota Lawmakers Shot, One Fatally
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and husband killed and Sen. John Hoffman and his wife wounded in act of ‘political violence’ officials say.
www.wsj.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Political violence is unAmerican. Praying for those affected, their families, and communities in Minnesota. May law enforcement bring the perpetrator to justice and remain safe as they do their work.
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The GOP is pushing to make DOGE cuts to USAID and public broadcasting permanent. This won’t just shift funds, it will gut global aid and cripple public broadcasting.
They’re trying to silence those telling the truth.
This isn’t reform, it’s sabotage.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
They’re trying to silence those telling the truth.
This isn’t reform, it’s sabotage.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
White House to ask Congress to codify DOGE cuts to USAID and public broadcasting
The so-called rescissions package would claw back $9.4 billion lawmakers had authorized the executive branch to spend. It would require only GOP votes to pass.
www.nbcnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The GOP is pushing to make DOGE cuts to USAID and public broadcasting permanent. This won’t just shift funds, it will gut global aid and cripple public broadcasting.
They’re trying to silence those telling the truth.
This isn’t reform, it’s sabotage.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
They’re trying to silence those telling the truth.
This isn’t reform, it’s sabotage.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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On May 23, President Trump signed an executive order he’s calling a “restoration of gold standard science.” But don’t be fooled, this is not about scientific integrity. It’s about political control.
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
June 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On May 23, President Trump signed an executive order he’s calling a “restoration of gold standard science.” But don’t be fooled, this is not about scientific integrity. It’s about political control.
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
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Pete Hegseth in 2016: "Fire anyone leaking defense info—it’s a national security risk!"
Pete Hegseth in 2025: Leaks classified strike plans to his wife, brother, and lawyer.
The hypocrisy is staggering.
Oops Pete: By your own standards, you should fire yourself. 🔥🪖
Pete Hegseth in 2025: Leaks classified strike plans to his wife, brother, and lawyer.
The hypocrisy is staggering.
Oops Pete: By your own standards, you should fire yourself. 🔥🪖
April 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Pete Hegseth in 2016: "Fire anyone leaking defense info—it’s a national security risk!"
Pete Hegseth in 2025: Leaks classified strike plans to his wife, brother, and lawyer.
The hypocrisy is staggering.
Oops Pete: By your own standards, you should fire yourself. 🔥🪖
Pete Hegseth in 2025: Leaks classified strike plans to his wife, brother, and lawyer.
The hypocrisy is staggering.
Oops Pete: By your own standards, you should fire yourself. 🔥🪖
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My first apartment in 1994 was $350/month. Adjusting for inflation, that apartment should now rent for $744/month.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
April 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My first apartment in 1994 was $350/month. Adjusting for inflation, that apartment should now rent for $744/month.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
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This morning Minnesota Republicans introduced a bill banning mRNA vaccines and labeling them "weapons of mass destruction." It would make manufacturing, possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.p...
April 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This morning Minnesota Republicans introduced a bill banning mRNA vaccines and labeling them "weapons of mass destruction." It would make manufacturing, possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.p...
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This is an enormous theft—not just privatizing a government function with a worse and more expensive for-profit substitute, but also a massive government financial data heist—and on the other side of it everyone needs to end up broke and imprisoned to deter them and others from doing it again.
Reported earlier today that a new DOGEr, Roland Tenglong Shen, who works at Thiel-backed payments company Ramp, is now at Treasury's central payments hub. A request for comment through LinkedIn went unanswered and now Shen's LinkedIn profile has disappeared. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury
One of the most important stories in some time came out two...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is an enormous theft—not just privatizing a government function with a worse and more expensive for-profit substitute, but also a massive government financial data heist—and on the other side of it everyone needs to end up broke and imprisoned to deter them and others from doing it again.
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The Trump administration is now proposing to completely eliminate Head Start.
That would be a Hard NO.
That would be a Hard NO.
April 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Trump administration is now proposing to completely eliminate Head Start.
That would be a Hard NO.
That would be a Hard NO.
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I'm exposing the Trump admin with firsthand CDC intel.
Farmers with Bird Flu symptoms are denied testing by RFJK’s direct order.
This isn’t negligence. It’s a public health crime.
I’ll keep revealing the truth on H5N1, COVID-19, TB, Measles, and more.
Please follow my page and spread the word.
Farmers with Bird Flu symptoms are denied testing by RFJK’s direct order.
This isn’t negligence. It’s a public health crime.
I’ll keep revealing the truth on H5N1, COVID-19, TB, Measles, and more.
Please follow my page and spread the word.
April 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'm exposing the Trump admin with firsthand CDC intel.
Farmers with Bird Flu symptoms are denied testing by RFJK’s direct order.
This isn’t negligence. It’s a public health crime.
I’ll keep revealing the truth on H5N1, COVID-19, TB, Measles, and more.
Please follow my page and spread the word.
Farmers with Bird Flu symptoms are denied testing by RFJK’s direct order.
This isn’t negligence. It’s a public health crime.
I’ll keep revealing the truth on H5N1, COVID-19, TB, Measles, and more.
Please follow my page and spread the word.
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Hope is a verb it is an action it takes work to help and we have to keep doing that work to get through this because they are just waiting for us to lose that hope for us to give it up. We can’t let that ever happen.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hope is a verb it is an action it takes work to help and we have to keep doing that work to get through this because they are just waiting for us to lose that hope for us to give it up. We can’t let that ever happen.
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President Trump is seeing what he can get away with. If he can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia off to a prison in El Salvador without any consequences, he can (and will) do the same to American citizens. We’re fighting to make sure he abides by the Constitution.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
President Trump is seeing what he can get away with. If he can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia off to a prison in El Salvador without any consequences, he can (and will) do the same to American citizens. We’re fighting to make sure he abides by the Constitution.
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He rejected due process, he's defying the Supreme Court, and now the President is plotting to send American citizens to foreign prisons run by a self-described dictator.
This is authoritarian and anti-American.
This is authoritarian and anti-American.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
He rejected due process, he's defying the Supreme Court, and now the President is plotting to send American citizens to foreign prisons run by a self-described dictator.
This is authoritarian and anti-American.
This is authoritarian and anti-American.
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Republicans would rather bankrupt your grandma and gut healthcare than just tax the damn billionaires.
April 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Republicans would rather bankrupt your grandma and gut healthcare than just tax the damn billionaires.
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AGAIN: There is no way to get the massive billionaire tax cuts they want and cut $1.5 trillion from the budget without taking away people’s health care.
Basic math.
Basic math.
Mike Johnson: "We're gonna protect the essential programs for everyone who is eligible to receive those ... we'll be looking for $1.5 trillion in savings."
April 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
AGAIN: There is no way to get the massive billionaire tax cuts they want and cut $1.5 trillion from the budget without taking away people’s health care.
Basic math.
Basic math.
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The Republican budget:
✅ Blows up the national debt
✅ Gives $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations
✅ Biggest Medicaid cuts in US history
Don't believe Republicans when they say they care about working people.
When it counts, they'll always betray them.
✅ Blows up the national debt
✅ Gives $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations
✅ Biggest Medicaid cuts in US history
Don't believe Republicans when they say they care about working people.
When it counts, they'll always betray them.
April 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Republican budget:
✅ Blows up the national debt
✅ Gives $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations
✅ Biggest Medicaid cuts in US history
Don't believe Republicans when they say they care about working people.
When it counts, they'll always betray them.
✅ Blows up the national debt
✅ Gives $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations
✅ Biggest Medicaid cuts in US history
Don't believe Republicans when they say they care about working people.
When it counts, they'll always betray them.
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The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
April 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
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House Republicans just passed the SAVE Act, ushering in a new era of voter suppression.
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
April 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
House Republicans just passed the SAVE Act, ushering in a new era of voter suppression.
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
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The American people did not vote for Elon Musk.
Repost this if you agree that Musk should be forced to complete ethical disclosures that any other federal employee has to do.
Repost this if you agree that Musk should be forced to complete ethical disclosures that any other federal employee has to do.
April 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The American people did not vote for Elon Musk.
Repost this if you agree that Musk should be forced to complete ethical disclosures that any other federal employee has to do.
Repost this if you agree that Musk should be forced to complete ethical disclosures that any other federal employee has to do.