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@thesunwillrise11.bsky.social
I'm a bit of a social loner - an extroverted introvert at heart. Liberal. Friend. Mother. Pacifist. Earth lover. Tree hugger. ✌🏻💙🕊️
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Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful.

Most Americans don't support his agenda.

There will be backlash — and we must make sure it is swift.
March 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Despite what President Trump said tonight, social security is not, in fact, rife with fraud. @wired.com’s
@davidgilbert.bsky.social broke it down last month.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.
www.wired.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.

All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
March 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Slashing IRS staff will end up costing the U.S. government.

Multiple studies have shown that for every dollar spent by the IRS, the agency returns between $5 and $12.

New @propublica.org by @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
www.propublica.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year.

New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.

Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
www.propublica.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 6:56 AM