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"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
June 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is why they are now having to re-hire people who were illegally fired, they didn't even have legitimate "inefficiencies" to back up the thousands that have been wrongfully fired, even one of their own admits it!
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is some scary stuff, has anyone else seen this? It's a proclamation, not an executive order...

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Establishing Project Homecoming
Over the last 4 years, the United States has endured a full-scale invasion of aliens entering and remaining in the country illegally, causing a relentless
www.whitehouse.gov
May 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In case you're still waiting for someone to save us, it's us that needs to save us.

Get out there are protest, call your representatives and senators, work collectively with others, our numbers together are powerful.
Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Who did this?
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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A group that focuses on electing Democratic women who support abortion rights has announced it will target 46 U.S. House seats held by Republicans in the midterms. In Ohio, it includes incumbent GOP Congressmen Max Miller, Michael Turner and Mike Carey.
EMILYs List sets ambitious course to flip U.S. House in 2026 • Ohio Capital Journal
A group that focuses on electing Democratic women who support abortion rights announced Wednesday it would target 46 U.S. House seats held by Republicans in the midterm elections. In Ohio, that…
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March 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Commentary: Some new polling from the Bowling Green State University Democracy and Public Policy Research Network sheds light on the attitudes of Ohio registered voters, and there may be some good news for Democrats
Don't write off Ohio, political science professors say • Ohio Capital Journal
Some new polling from the Bowling Green State University Democracy and Public Policy Research Network sheds light on the attitudes of Ohio registered voters, and there may be some good news for…
buff.ly
March 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The hardest part about public health is that when we succeed, there's no crisis, no epidemic. People carry on with daily life, unaware of a near-miss. We may never know how bad it could have been - because our public health workforce is always taking action to avoid, prevent, and control threats.
February 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm sharing this to get the message out. We need written testimonials by 2/10/25 at 2pm and in person testimonials by 2/11/25! See below for resources on writing a testimonial and taking action now!
‼️Urgent Action Needed‼️ The Higher Education Act, SB 1, is moving quickly. This bill is overwhelmingly unpopular and would devastate higher education in our state. Help us stop this bill by taking action today! Find helpful tools by visiting linktr.ee/h4oe
February 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Now NOAA has been seized — just like the Department of Treasury, USAID, and Department of Education.

Elon Musk and his DOGE gang are at it again — storming past security and demanding access to IT systems. Insisting on access to confidential information.

Increasingly emboldened staffers of…
February 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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We are hearing from multiple CDC sources that DOGE is at the Roybal campus.

If you’re on campus and see anything you’d like to share, please reach out. Stay safe.
February 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM