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Wong Wing v. United States (1896), US Supreme Court case in which the Court found that the 5th & 6th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution forbid the imprisonment at hard labor without a jury trial for noncitizens convicted of illegal entry to or presence in the United States. #kilmarabregogarcia
April 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Wong Wing v. United States (1896), US Supreme Court case in which the Court found that the 5th & 6th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution forbid the imprisonment at hard labor without a jury trial for noncitizens convicted of illegal entry to or presence in the United States. #kilmarabregogarcia
I work for a small manufacturing business in the US & these tariffs are drowning us. American made products, but some parts have to come from China. Not available anywhere else. Our profit margins are destroyed. These tariffs aren't helping American businesses AT ALL. #tariffs #trump #smallbusiness
April 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I work for a small manufacturing business in the US & these tariffs are drowning us. American made products, but some parts have to come from China. Not available anywhere else. Our profit margins are destroyed. These tariffs aren't helping American businesses AT ALL. #tariffs #trump #smallbusiness
In response to the president's "Make America Healthy Again" executive order, if I hadn't had SSRI's at 13 I would be dead. Full stop. The federal government has no business in children's doctor's offices. #trump #47 #president2025 #executiveorder
March 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In response to the president's "Make America Healthy Again" executive order, if I hadn't had SSRI's at 13 I would be dead. Full stop. The federal government has no business in children's doctor's offices. #trump #47 #president2025 #executiveorder
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Some #farmers are in danger of losing their farms because they're relying on #USDA gov't funds which are now frozen. Freezes mentioned are related to conservation and climate-smart programs (surprise, surprise).
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
USDA Freezes Conservation Funds, Other Programs, Leaving Some Farmers in Financial Limbo
Farmers are learning their conservation payments are frozen because those contracts were funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The White House has frozen IRA dollars across the federal gov...
www.dtnpf.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some #farmers are in danger of losing their farms because they're relying on #USDA gov't funds which are now frozen. Freezes mentioned are related to conservation and climate-smart programs (surprise, surprise).
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
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They are dismantling what protects Americans:
Monitoring weather patterns so folks can escape hurricanes, floods, & wildfires (NOAA)
Improving medicine & health guidance (NIH, CDC)
The safety of the food we eat (USDA)
Our National Defense system (Pentagon, USAID)
THE FUCKING US TREASURY.
Monitoring weather patterns so folks can escape hurricanes, floods, & wildfires (NOAA)
Improving medicine & health guidance (NIH, CDC)
The safety of the food we eat (USDA)
Our National Defense system (Pentagon, USAID)
THE FUCKING US TREASURY.
Smaug Treasure GIF
Alt: Dragon rising out of hoarded gold.
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
They are dismantling what protects Americans:
Monitoring weather patterns so folks can escape hurricanes, floods, & wildfires (NOAA)
Improving medicine & health guidance (NIH, CDC)
The safety of the food we eat (USDA)
Our National Defense system (Pentagon, USAID)
THE FUCKING US TREASURY.
Monitoring weather patterns so folks can escape hurricanes, floods, & wildfires (NOAA)
Improving medicine & health guidance (NIH, CDC)
The safety of the food we eat (USDA)
Our National Defense system (Pentagon, USAID)
THE FUCKING US TREASURY.
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The Trump Administration is hurting American farmers.
By freezing USDA conservation grants for farms and ending USAID, which buys 10-20% of the whole export market, Trump is taking direct aim at our farms.
By freezing USDA conservation grants for farms and ending USAID, which buys 10-20% of the whole export market, Trump is taking direct aim at our farms.
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be affected in the government overhaul.
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Trump Administration is hurting American farmers.
By freezing USDA conservation grants for farms and ending USAID, which buys 10-20% of the whole export market, Trump is taking direct aim at our farms.
By freezing USDA conservation grants for farms and ending USAID, which buys 10-20% of the whole export market, Trump is taking direct aim at our farms.
My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation by James Baldwin 1962 #jamesbaldwin
#equality #racism
#equality #racism
February 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation by James Baldwin 1962 #jamesbaldwin
#equality #racism
#equality #racism
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-req... "when vacant positions become politicized, as this Administration seeks to do, partisanship is elevated over ability and truth, to the detriment of agency missions and the American people."
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout
Just hours before the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, a judge has temporarily blocked the buyout offer.
abcnews.go.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-req... "when vacant positions become politicized, as this Administration seeks to do, partisanship is elevated over ability and truth, to the detriment of agency missions and the American people."
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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
February 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
I logged into SSA.gov and downloaded the history of social security and Medicare payments associated with my account, because who knows what is going to happen to government security.
The United States Social Security Administration | SSA
Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
SSA.gov
February 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"The system could give the Trump administration another mechanism to attempt to unilaterally restrict disbursement of money approved for specific purposes by Congress, a push that has faced legal roadblocks." If the money has already been approved by Congress, how is this legal??
All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"The system could give the Trump administration another mechanism to attempt to unilaterally restrict disbursement of money approved for specific purposes by Congress, a push that has faced legal roadblocks." If the money has already been approved by Congress, how is this legal??
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Incredible. Thank You!
February 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Incredible. Thank You!
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Among the USAID reports now taken offline by Elon Musk's "Doge" is the one I used on Tuesday to prove the US has spent exactly $0 on condoms for Gaza, not $50 million — false information the White House press secretary said she got from Elon Musk's "Doge" www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
February 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Among the USAID reports now taken offline by Elon Musk's "Doge" is the one I used on Tuesday to prove the US has spent exactly $0 on condoms for Gaza, not $50 million — false information the White House press secretary said she got from Elon Musk's "Doge" www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.
NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.
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"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
www.npr.org/sections/sho... if all public information is online, instead of on paper, is this the same as government sanctioned book burning?
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
www.npr.org/sections/sho... if all public information is online, instead of on paper, is this the same as government sanctioned book burning?
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No one voted for Elon Musk.
No one confirmed Elon Musk.
Why does he have this level of power over our government?
No one confirmed Elon Musk.
Why does he have this level of power over our government?
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
No one voted for Elon Musk.
No one confirmed Elon Musk.
Why does he have this level of power over our government?
No one confirmed Elon Musk.
Why does he have this level of power over our government?
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If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
February 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
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I am very much in favor of merit-based hiring and high standards for jobs with life and death implications. Which is why I oppose confirming Pete Hegseth, RFK JR, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel.
January 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I am very much in favor of merit-based hiring and high standards for jobs with life and death implications. Which is why I oppose confirming Pete Hegseth, RFK JR, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa...
Started during 45th presidency. "Candidates in this program will receive the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical, and security qualifications." 47's dehumanizing/ demonizing tactics while addressing a tragedy is despicable. #47 #FAA #aviation #trump
Started during 45th presidency. "Candidates in this program will receive the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical, and security qualifications." 47's dehumanizing/ demonizing tactics while addressing a tragedy is despicable. #47 #FAA #aviation #trump
January 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa...
Started during 45th presidency. "Candidates in this program will receive the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical, and security qualifications." 47's dehumanizing/ demonizing tactics while addressing a tragedy is despicable. #47 #FAA #aviation #trump
Started during 45th presidency. "Candidates in this program will receive the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical, and security qualifications." 47's dehumanizing/ demonizing tactics while addressing a tragedy is despicable. #47 #FAA #aviation #trump