RobertO
@poetryismyweapon.bsky.social
Idk, human rights, poetry, and pizza?
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Republicans are pulling a reverse Robin Hood. The House could vote on its new budget resolution as soon as tomorrow. Call your rep to let them know how you feel about the GOP's plan to gut programs used by millions to fund tax cuts that will predominantly go to the richest Americans. (202) 224-3121
February 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Republicans are pulling a reverse Robin Hood. The House could vote on its new budget resolution as soon as tomorrow. Call your rep to let them know how you feel about the GOP's plan to gut programs used by millions to fund tax cuts that will predominantly go to the richest Americans. (202) 224-3121
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USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and one of the authors of Project 2025, just ordered the agency's staff to effectively cease all operations in an org wide email.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
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Banning noncompetes. Changing OT pay rules to include more workers. Capping credit card fees. Erasing student loan debt.
All Biden Admin executive actions to help working people that were blocked by Trump-appointed judges.
And Republicans didn't have a problem with any of it.
All Biden Admin executive actions to help working people that were blocked by Trump-appointed judges.
And Republicans didn't have a problem with any of it.
Alarm as JD Vance says federal judges ‘aren’t allowed’ to control president
Experts argued expansive view of executive power could cause constitutional crisis
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Banning noncompetes. Changing OT pay rules to include more workers. Capping credit card fees. Erasing student loan debt.
All Biden Admin executive actions to help working people that were blocked by Trump-appointed judges.
And Republicans didn't have a problem with any of it.
All Biden Admin executive actions to help working people that were blocked by Trump-appointed judges.
And Republicans didn't have a problem with any of it.
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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans
The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB. Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
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Halting spending approved by Congress.
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
January 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Halting spending approved by Congress.
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
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Hundreds of hard-working people were raided last night in my city.
*ICE raid TIPS*
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR
You have the right to DENY ENTRY if they don't have a SIGNED warrant from a JUDGE
Remain SILENT
Record everything they do
Call the hotline at 1-844-724-3737
wearecasa.org/know-your-ri...
*ICE raid TIPS*
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR
You have the right to DENY ENTRY if they don't have a SIGNED warrant from a JUDGE
Remain SILENT
Record everything they do
Call the hotline at 1-844-724-3737
wearecasa.org/know-your-ri...
January 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hundreds of hard-working people were raided last night in my city.
*ICE raid TIPS*
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR
You have the right to DENY ENTRY if they don't have a SIGNED warrant from a JUDGE
Remain SILENT
Record everything they do
Call the hotline at 1-844-724-3737
wearecasa.org/know-your-ri...
*ICE raid TIPS*
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR
You have the right to DENY ENTRY if they don't have a SIGNED warrant from a JUDGE
Remain SILENT
Record everything they do
Call the hotline at 1-844-724-3737
wearecasa.org/know-your-ri...
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Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.
January 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.
I guess this is the only somewhat populated social media platform where the founder doesn't need to wipe their chin after meeting with the President-elect.
January 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I guess this is the only somewhat populated social media platform where the founder doesn't need to wipe their chin after meeting with the President-elect.
It feels so self-involved to post on social media these days.
January 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It feels so self-involved to post on social media these days.
Looking for a community that is not artificial and is not hateful.
November 14, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Looking for a community that is not artificial and is not hateful.