Lisa Lucas Talbot
thesnailwrangler.bsky.social
Lisa Lucas Talbot
@thesnailwrangler.bsky.social
Wrangling snails—of all sorts—since 2002
@muellershewrote.com Do you know who else besides Murphy and Schumer are on the floor in support of Booker’s filibuster?
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Going to make today “reread Marbury v Madison” day…
March 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I refuse to vote for Republicans’ slush fund bill that grants Trump and Elon Musk permission to continue rigging our government and our economy against the middle class.

It would greenlight even more chaos and more cuts to critical programs.

Hell no, I cannot support that.
March 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by Lisa Lucas Talbot
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.

But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.

He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reposted by Lisa Lucas Talbot
DOGE's funding is up to $40MM, @ProPublica.org finds

And this: "If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then DOGE’s tens of millions in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend" www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines th...
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Reposted by Lisa Lucas Talbot
NEW: Did Elon just create a secret IT contracting vehicle at OPM to avoid Congressional and public oversight? We need to get more eyes on this so please share my latest (always free): www.muellershewrote.com/p/did-elon-j...
Did Elon Just Create a Secret IT Contracting Vehicle at OPM?
Why is no one talking about this?
www.muellershewrote.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Reposted by Lisa Lucas Talbot
The #PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, this is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off. People are dying.
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
February 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM