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Rebecca Refoy

@bexiez.bsky.social
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Opinionated loud mouth. 🥄 Former 18F, Peace Corps Guinea 🇬🇳 📍Washington, DC (she/her)

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 15/09/2026
We've got some DOGE activity over at USWDS (US Web Design System). DOGE had kicked existing staff out and brought in a crony by the name of Sam Corcos to take over the systems. This is actively occurring today. We will get more info to you as we can.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ICE wrongfully deported a US citizen born in Colorado. They refused to look at his birth certificate and threatened him with prison. What it took to drag the government into federal court and force them to answer is unreal: 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/they-told-...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2026
Starting in October, Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 08/09/2026
WIN: A federal appeals court blocked the IRS from disclosing a massive amount of taxpayers data to ICE. The Trump-Vance admin’s dangerous data sharing policies violate the privacy rights of millions of Americans. The court has affirmed - yet again - that this behavior is unlawful.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump’s illegal war on Iran has cost the average U.S. household more than $760 in higher energy costs. That’s on top of the military spending an estimated $1B per DAY to keep waging it, with no end in sight. Trump is losing his own war of choice — and we’re paying for it.
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Iran war drives $100 billion in extra energy costs for U.S. consumers
The average cost burden is more than $760 per household.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/09/2026
“Elon Musk destroyed USAID as a mechanism for killing off as many of the global poor and non-white as he can before they kill him first (as he, insanely, believes)” is not a conspiracy theory. In truth, it’s very hard to conclude anything else.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Huge WSJ report on Noem's DHS corruption. She made Corey Lewandowski a “special government employee,” where he had sign-off power over big contracts. While in that position, he pitched Qatar & UAE on hiring him on the side for help with DHS matters, including visas. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Chasing Side Deals, Flexing Influence: Lewandowski’s Power Moves at DHS
Kristi Noem’s close adviser effectively controlled billions in spending at Homeland Security; Lewandowski denies seeking business or playing any role in agency’s contracts.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026
For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In August there were "federal observers" at the polls... They're planning to send ICE out on our streets during the November election... So we have a responsibility to make sure that this election result is TOO BIG TO RIG.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers today. Its CEO made $96.5M in 2025, a 22% increase from the previous year. Microsoft made $101B in net income last year — and raked in up to $12.5B in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill. This is what a rigged system looks like.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/04/2026
mamdani being a cheerful normal guy that people project absolute insane things on is one of the things that make him very relatable to me, personally
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/02/2026
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote. The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
It would be super cool if someone with some power attempted to create a safe environment for the taxpayers in their state
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/01/2026
If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
 
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/12/2025
I don't think Trump even mentions drugs here, which is supposedly one of the reasons for American aggression toward Venezuela
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
what a confusing time to be a piece of shit
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
congressional republicans are disappointed that the monster they elevated is behaving like a monster
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
incredible things happening at the nazi bar
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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/12/2025
Seeing this garbage held out as “good design” because it has large sans serif type is farcical. It’s an insult to designers, it’s an insult to people who build with thought and care, and it’s an insult to your intelligence as a consumer of websites.
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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/12/2025
If this is what they’re hoping to replace USWDS with, the good news is that it’s going to be literally impossible for almost every .gov site to do that, even if they want to.
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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/12/2025
Accessibility. There are color contrast issues all over this site. Low vision users will struggle. One of the main reasons to use a design system is having a color palette you know will always work.
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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/12/2025
What’s the point of having a design system most people can’t use? By contrast, USWDS is HTML, CSS, and a little JS. It works everywhere and in every tech stack.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
As a reminder: The USIP building was raided and taken over by DOGE (with assistance from federal and local law enforcement) despite being an independent agency and owner of the building. Litigation is ongoing, but Trump does not own this building.
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“The checks and balances in our democracy are failing, while the standards in our civil society, though battered, are mostly alive and capable of regeneration. That’s another reason why Trump hates universities.”
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Former Economist Larry Summers - The American Prospect
The American Economic Association banned him for life. Given how wrong Summers has been in every major area of policy advice, why did his public disgrace require the Epstein files rather than a reckon...
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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports. Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more. w/ @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 30/10/2025
A new .gov domain was registered yesterday: techforce.gov. It resolves to an auth page that identifies it as part of the National Design Studio. Trump and Musk eliminated 18F and destroyed USDS, and now the feds are scrambling to rebuild the capacity that they destroyed.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful. Here’s a thought. Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
One more time
Inge of the Supreme Court but six justices are Trump
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Kagan: The so-called irreparable harm that the Trump administration says it suffers is merely "the price of living under a Constitution that gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws...a frustration any President must bear."
The Executive’s argument about irreparable harm and the balance of equities fares no better.  The Executive says that to comply with the District Court’s order to obligate the $4 billion, it will have to “enter into negotiations” with “foreign states or international organizations.”  Application 35. And in those discussions, the Executive protests, it will have to “advocate against its own objectives”—“undermin[ing]” its real view that the expenditures are “contrary to U. S. foreign policy.”  Id., at 3, 34–35.  But that is just the price of living under a Constitution that gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws.  If those laws require obligation of the money, and if Congress has not by rescission or other action relieved the Executive of that duty, then the Executive must comply.  It cannot be heard to complain, as it does here, that the laws clash with the President’s differing view of “American values” and “American interests.”  Id., at 34. That inconsistency, in other words, is not a cognizable harm, to be weighed in the equitable balance.  It is merely a frustration any President must bear.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Yet again, the GOP supermajority steps in to allow Trump to break the law. The case will be decided on the merits later, it says, when the damage cannot be undone. But in the meantime it is giving the Trump administration a green light to engage in impoundment.
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I must admit, I underestimated how easy it would be for fascism to take over the United States of America.
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Evil John 2: John By Dawn @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
*taps sign*
A sign saying "I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it."
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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Read this. Seriously, read it. The Trump regime is declaring open season on its critics - NGOs, philanthropists, activists. They will be harassed, arrested, jailed. The silencing effect on others who might speak out will be huge. This is authoritarianism. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
"Shut It Down!": And Other Ways to Weaken the Trump Regime In addition to shutting down the government and economic boycotts, there are numerous strategies individuals and communities can use to weaken and dismantle the Trump regime. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
He literally called Letitia James a racist comment so old timey and arcane that people had no clue what it even meant. It is wild shit, man. He's got a rolodex of racist terms and we just let it go
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data… —Top Public Worry: Corruption —Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption —Top fear: Corruption —What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt” It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.
Top 10 American Fears of 2024 (Chapman Survey)
Horizontal bar chart ranking the top fears of Americans (percentage “afraid” or “very afraid”):
	1.	Corrupt government officials (65.2%, top fear for years).
	2.	Loved ones becoming seriously ill (58.4%).
	3.	Cyberterrorism (58.3%).
	4.	Loved ones dying (57.8%).
	5.	Russia using nuclear weapons (55.8%).
	6.	Not having enough money for the future (55.7%).
	7.	U.S. becoming involved in another world war (55.0%).
	8.	North Korea using nuclear weapons (55.0%).
	9.	Terrorist attack (52.7%).
	10.	Biological warfare (52.5%).
Red bars display percentages; small arrows indicate change from 2023 rankings.Top Public Worries in the U.S. (Yale & GMU poll, May 2025)
Stacked bar chart of worries among U.S. adults. Categories ranked by share “very worried”:
	•	Government corruption (54% very worried, top issue).
	•	Other leading concerns: cost of living (48%), the economy (47%), state of democracy (44%), disruption of federal services (44%), cultural/social divisions (36%), treatment of immigrants (35%), global warming (29%), crime (26%).
	•	Lower worries include job security (17%), health (16%), and being targeted because of identity/beliefs (15%).
Green shades show “very/somewhat worried,” yellow/orange shades show “not very/not at all worried.Perceptions of Federal Government Problems (AP-NORC poll)
Bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults who consider various issues in the federal government to be a major problem, minor problem, or not a problem.
	•	Corruption: Overall 70% major, 22% minor, 7% not a problem. Higher among Republicans (78%) than Democrats (63%).
	•	Inefficiency: 65% major overall, with Republicans (81%) much higher than Democrats (55%).
	•	Red tape (bureaucracy): 59% major overall, with Republicans (73%) higher than Democrats (47%).
	•	Civil servants unwilling to implement president’s agenda: More partisan split—Republicans 56% major problem, Democrats 20% major problem; overall 34% major, 36% minor, 28% not a problem.
Title: “Majority of the public believe corruption, inefficiency, and red tape are major problems in the federal government.Word Cloud of How People Describe American Government (Berkeley Democracy Policy Lab)
Large central word: “Corrupt.” Other prominent words: Broken, Chaotic, Dysfunctional, Shit, Clueless, Divided, Inefficient, Crooked, Hijacked, Justice, Woke, Bloated, Untrustworthy, Hopeless, Frustrated, Disastrous, Messy, Sneaky, Turmoil, Delusional. Smaller scattered words include both negative and neutral terms such as Crap, Important, Poder, Resilient, Unfocused, Needs Help. Visual emphasizes “Corrupt” as the dominant public perception.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/09/2025
Hey @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, it's beginning to look like the "kitchen table issue" is fucking corruption. So maybe lean in on that? Otherwise, you guys kinda look... well... corrupt. Or incompetent.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Jeff Bezos was worth $194 billion at the end of 2024. He’s currently worth $231.5 billion as of today. It would take him just 17 days to see his net worth increase by $2.5 billion. www.reuters.com/world/amazon-pay-25…
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2025
THIS is political violence. Why haven’t all of the national political leaders decried it? @governor.ny.gov has said nothing.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Keep 'em coming
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Greg Walker @suddenlygreg.com · 24/09/2025
Charlie Kirk was a sexist, racist, homophobic hate-fueled person doing terrible harm and evil in the world. I'm not glad he was murdered. That shouldn't have happened. But I don't feel bad about it, either. He espoused violence against those he disliked, and he reaped violence as a result.
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