Sasha Ostrom
@sashaostrom.bsky.social
UU minister in NJ * scifi-fantasy writer * amateur figure skater * passive income source for two cats * helping folks touch the sacred, grow in spirit, care for one another, and heal the world
It's Blackout Time.
February 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
It's Blackout Time.
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This week i sat down with the @theguardian.com and talked about our little band of resistors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside
Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on Bluesky
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This week i sat down with the @theguardian.com and talked about our little band of resistors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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21 DOGE Staffers Resign
"A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk's DOGE resigned on Tuesday, writing in a joint letter posted publicly that they refuse to use their skills to put Americans' data at risk and "dismantle critical public services."
www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United States DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
21 DOGE Staffers Resign
"We vote for representatives in Congress, who pass laws that determine how our tax money is spent. If Musk has the power to halt this process... he can make laws meaningless. Which means, in turn, that Congress is meaningless, and our votes are meaningless, as is our citizenship."
Tim Snyder “Of course it’s a coup.” Snyder, a historian, discusses how modern fascists dismantle democracy from the inside.
All scientists should spend some time reading Snyder’s writing.
All scientists should spend some time reading Snyder’s writing.
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"We vote for representatives in Congress, who pass laws that determine how our tax money is spent. If Musk has the power to halt this process... he can make laws meaningless. Which means, in turn, that Congress is meaningless, and our votes are meaningless, as is our citizenship."
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A lot of people are already on the fence about this game. I'm definitely not watching after finding out they're removing the "End Racism" marks just to please Cheetolini.
You'll be able to find the good commercials online anyway.
#BoycottNFL
You'll be able to find the good commercials online anyway.
#BoycottNFL
Show the NFL you’re paying attention. Don’t watch the Super Bowl—make the ratings tank. Instead, listen on the radio. Money talks, and so do numbers. Stand against those who bend the knee to fascism. Tune out, speak up, and hit them where it counts. #BoycottNFL #TurnItOff #ListenDontWatch
February 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A lot of people are already on the fence about this game. I'm definitely not watching after finding out they're removing the "End Racism" marks just to please Cheetolini.
You'll be able to find the good commercials online anyway.
#BoycottNFL
You'll be able to find the good commercials online anyway.
#BoycottNFL
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To all those saying "shouldn't we root out government inefficiency? What's wrong with DOGE?" a quick background on Constitutional law and why the WAY it is being violated exposes the true motives of the criminals:
February 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
To all those saying "shouldn't we root out government inefficiency? What's wrong with DOGE?" a quick background on Constitutional law and why the WAY it is being violated exposes the true motives of the criminals:
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Reposted by Sasha Ostrom
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday temporarily blocked Trump’s order that sought to move transgender women in federal prisons to men’s wards and end their gender-affirming care.
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...
Judge Blocks Trump’s “Cruel and Unusual” Order to Move Trans Women Prisoners to Men’s Wards
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday temporarily blocked Trump’s order that sought to move transgender women in federal prisons to men’s wards and end their gender-affirming care. The three...
www.democracynow.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday temporarily blocked Trump’s order that sought to move transgender women in federal prisons to men’s wards and end their gender-affirming care.
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...