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Teresa Justus
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Curious. Perpetual learner. Lover of nature, beauty, science, truth, courage and kindness.
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Nearly 200 Congressional Democrats push to save Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

In new letter they urge Administration to “remove Musk’s Operatives from the CFPB and Allow it to Protect American Consumers”
February 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
Seeing an unelected South African billionaire in the Oval Office giving a briefing next to the mute and demented US President is jarring to say the least…

They are pulling back the curtain to let us all know who is in charge.
February 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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sarahposner.bsky.social
Russell Vought wants to slash the government down to a mass deportation force. No more medical research, no more education department, no more civil rights enforcement, no more Social Security, no more Medicaid--think of all the things he wants to cut while "begging" for more of your $ to deport ppl
February 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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jamellebouie.net
my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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muellershewrote.com
NEW: Trump fired the USAID Inspector General just one day after the IG filed a report critical of Trump's dismantling of the agency. www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/p...
USAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency | CNN Politics
The inspector general of the US Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday, a day after his office released a report critical of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agen...
www.cnn.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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linjurz.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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reuters.com
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran should further develop its military, including its missiles, after US President Donald Trump made threats of force against Tehran if it refused to negotiate over its nuclear program reut.rs/4hTTm9N
Iran's Khamenei cites need to further develop Iran's military after Trump threats
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Iran should further develop its military, including its missiles, after U.S. President Donald Trump made threats of force against Tehran if it refused to negotiate over its nuclear programme.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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O’DONNELL: The “most powerless image ever” of a US President

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
www.thedailybeast.com/lawrence-odo...
February 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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mattleys.bsky.social
This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages
February 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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sundaedivine.lol
Middle schoolers showing more guts and morality than Republicans in Congress.
February 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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lushflimbaugh.bsky.social
and all of this leading up to the inevitable "Well, they were just following orders..."

Sound familiar?
mskohut.bsky.social MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · Feb 4
Every single one of them deserves PRISON.
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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If you’re in DC pls go and make a witty sign and yell real loud for me tomorrow‼️ For the love of @noaa 🩵

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February 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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February 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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dahlialithwick.bsky.social
lawyers: your bat signal has been activated
andrewtorrez.bsky.social P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · Feb 10
The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law."

Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.

www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
We call upon our elected representatives to stand with us and to insist upon adherence to the rule of law and the legal processes and procedures that ensure orderly change. The administration cannot choose which law it will follow or ignore. These are not partisan or political issues. These are rule of law and process issues. We cannot afford to remain silent. We must stand up for the values we hold dear. The ABA will do its part and act to protect the rule of law. We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party or your views, change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less.
February 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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artcandee.bsky.social
The Trump administration, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are looking to deputize IRS workers and turn them into ICE agents to carry out deportations.
February 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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artcandee.bsky.social
Rep. Jamie Raskin protesting at the CFPB:

"A rally a day keeps the fascists away."

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February 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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"The services cited concerns that participation in the predominantly Black event could run afoul of Trump's orders and the Pentagon's intensifying push to erase diversity efforts in the military."

This sure sounds like the federal government saying any events for Black people are now banned.
February 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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artcandee.bsky.social
Rep. Jamie Raskin:

"I want to thank the people of the CFPB who have saved the American people more than $21 billion from con men and scam artists like Donald Trump."

BOOM!

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February 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Pete Hegseth's DOD has decided to recruit at an NRA event rather than a Black Engineering event.

www.military.com/daily-news/2...
While the services are pulling out of BEYA, a well-established pipeline for high-caliber STEM talent, they remain engaged with other events. Last week, the same Army recruiting unit that would have attended BEYA instead participated in a National Rifle Association-sponsored event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white gathering that recruiters acknowledge is less likely to yield high-quality applicants.
February 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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February 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Holy shit this cartoon.
February 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM