Oyalenu
oyalenu.bsky.social
Oyalenu
@oyalenu.bsky.social
Retired martial artist and Spanish teacher. Army WAC/ASA Vet. Into books, ukuleles, dulcimers, singing and a few crafts.
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Collaborators with the fascists.
March 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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No lies detected.
March 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The Trump administration replaced the top lawyer at the IRS in a shake-up that coincided with efforts by officials to access taxpayer data for immigration enforcement. The chief counsel position is one of the highest-ranking roles at the IRS and one of only two that require Senate confirmation.
March 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Van Hollen: "There's no Article 4 in the Constitution that gives Elon Musk that authority, and the way he's been 'delegated' this authority is illegal, and the actions he's taking are illegal, and we need to shut down this illegal operation."
February 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.

Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law

Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.
February 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
February 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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December 4, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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The news media is so broken.
December 3, 2024 at 1:59 PM