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Dr. Christopher R. Wren

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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 06/10/2026
Biden admin: directed the vast majority of IRA spending to GOP states. That's where much of the pain was, so that's where federal support was most needed, despite politics or childish slogans Trump: if they didn't vote for me, you can bomb them, idgaf These things are not the same
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Alt US Digital Service @altusds.altgov.info · 05/10/2026
Are you as pissed off about what's happening with the US Web Design System as we are? Show your support with new swag. We worked with a US Digital Corps alum (new career folks) and we love what they came up with. These items are sold at cost, no donations or profit. wethebuilders.myshopify.com
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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 04/10/2026
“Build with not for” is a civic tech mantra that emphasized that the work was about partnering with agencies who had deep subject matter expertise. USDS and 18F were able to eventually earn trust that they weren’t techbro know-it-alls coming to muscle out career employees.
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 29/09/2026
People-centered, not tech centered: focus on the outcomes people experience not which toys you want to play with Government is not a business: companies pick and choose profitable customers, governments have an obligation to serve everyone, particularly when it seems inefficient to do so
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 25/09/2026
If you think this doesn't affect you, you are wrong. If Musk thinks you might vote against his interests, then Grok will label you ineligible to vote and you will be purged. The first bombshell in the war to steal the midterms just landed in *your* lap. What'cha going to do about it?
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Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy @workers4democracy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Most federal employees enter public service with just one goal in mind: to serve.
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 22/09/2026
The real fraud, waste, and abuse is Citizens United. The people Trump pushed out of the government weren't wasting money, they were getting in the way of the grift. Remember as you read this: the money being talked about is your money, money being stolen by corporations as "smart business"
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 15/09/2026
DOGE lives on in spirit if not in name. The damage continues. Your government continues to be stolen from you
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I know there are a lot of people who want to make the world better but don’t know where to start so just…don’t. I also know every group I work with that is making the world better is kept afloat by exhausted people who desperately need help. If you’re in group A, please find an org to help group B
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 11/09/2026
trans rights are human rights
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 10/09/2026
It's never about states' rights
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day from America’s unions! Today and every day, we celebrate the workers who built this country and make our labor movement unstoppable. Together, we’re going to show the billionaires and CEOs who we are and how we fight. Join us: betterinaunion.org
It’s better in a union | Labor Day | AFL-CIO
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am relieved that Amy Acton is safe and holding all those injured in my prayers. Political violence is unacceptable and must be condemned. No more.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I subpoenaed the Chairman and CEO of Oracle because Americans and veterans deserve to know where their taxpayer funds are going. Watch to learn more.
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The Coalition to Protect America's National Parks @protectnps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New NPS job postings don’t mean the staffing crisis is over. Resistance Rangers says hiring restrictions are leaving critical positions vacant, shifting shortages between parks & delaying essential work. Their message to Congress: look closer. Read more: www.resistancerangers.org/blog/open-le...
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT OUR STAFFING PLIGHT — Resistance Rangers
We are writing with an urgent message to ensure you understand the reality from the field before it shapes this year's funding decisions: National Park Service hiring isn't frozen anymore, but it mig...
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Jackmerius Tacktheritrix @j-tacktheritrix.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
No matter how bad you think this sounds, it's definitely worse. I worked on the Unaccompanied Children program for a period spanning the Biden and Trump II administrations, and it's impossible to imagine a population more vulnerable. The reason for the special handling Aaron notes (1/x)
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 13/08/2026
GOP has controlled Ohio's state goverment for 15 years, during the explosive rise of fracking. In that time they've allowed Ohio to become Pennsylvania's toilet. Pennsylvania is pumping its waste into Ohio's backyard. How is nobody mad about that? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
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In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground (Gift Article)
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 03/08/2026
The adage goes "A people hire A people, B people hire C people" the theory is that competent people want competent coworkers but mediocre people are insecure and fear competition Using a trumped up excuse to push out competent people is craven, weak, and cruel www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 20/07/2026
Trump's DOJ has accused gender-affirming care providers of colluding with drug manufacturers to violate federal law. In March, I warned this argument could easily be used against abortion providers. Today, Josh Hawley did exactly this in a letter urging DOJ to investigate abortion info site Plan C.
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DOJ Takes Aim At Off-Label Prescriptions in Gender-Affirming Care Fight
The Trump Administration’s arguments in a recent hearing over a subpoena for trans patients’ medical records could also spell danger for abortion access.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This administration is an all-you-can-eat corruption buffet—a report from ABC News shows that Donald Trump made over 21,000 securities trades since taking office. Elected officials shouldn't be trading for personal gain. Public service shouldn't be an avenue for self-enrichment.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/07/2026
This week marks one year of Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” 8 million Americans have lost their health insurance while the world's richest companies have received billions in tax handouts.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/07/2026
Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away. n.pr/4eR3u39
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Months after he sent a harsh email to ICE, agents tracked him to his home and a hotel
Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sotomayor: "the Court gives the President a power unknown even to the English Crown against which the Founders revolted, elevating him above his once coequal branches." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 14/06/2026
One year ago, an act of political violence claimed the lives of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, and their dog, Gilbert, in their home. That same day, Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times and survived their injuries.
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 10/06/2026
If they are guilty, put them in jail. Stripping them of citizenship is just to get you used to the idea of stripping people of citizenship by doing it to terrible people first. Then slightly less terrible people. Then just people they don't like. Then you.
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 09/06/2026
JUNE 10, 6pm CDT. Join the Resistance! ✊🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Earn a Junior Resistance Ranger badge AND fight censorship at tomorrow's free zine workshop. You'll join other passionate people to explore NPS histories and uncover stories at risk of censorship. Register for free www.mobilize.us/raceforward/...
Earn your Junior Resistance Ranger badge! Free zine making workshop.
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 05/06/2026
Why do I need to send all my personal information to a website in Montenegro before I can talk to the U.S. IRS?
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 03/06/2026
Instead of adult filters, I wish bluesky would hide "content" that is just screenshots of the birdsite I really should just unfollow people who are copying content out of twitter. If I wanted to see that nazi crap, I would go hang at the nazi bar myself Yes i know its not called twitter anymore
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm so glad that Dr. Jackson "feels fine"...I don't. OMB proposed new regulations that do the following: - Active Grants Can Be Terminated at Any Time, for Any Reason (§200.340) - Broad Prohibition on International Scientific Collaboration (§200.220) 1/x www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 20/05/2026
You cannot turn over records you do not have. If you are not currently under court order to retain documents, you should be thinking very hard about what you *really* need to be holding. Do not keep data "just in case". Aggregate. Anonymize. Delete. Read a book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and...
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 17/05/2026
People will die. People will become homeless. This will be happening in your town, in the richest country on Earth, so the few can have a little more
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 16/05/2026
As a federal employee I was not allowed to eat a free sandwich
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 13/05/2026
bit.ly/SAVE-THE-NSB an important thing among a thousand important things (I know). on a meta-level, as someone who has built this kind of site: this is a pretty slick site. It's really well put together.
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NASEM Open Letter to Congress demanding the restoration of the NSB — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NASEM's open letter to Congress by signing your endorsement now!
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Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy @workers4democracy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Federal Workers for Democracy’s new mission statement: to empower federal workers to uphold their Oath of Office by fighting authoritarianism & defending the public good. We are evolving because this moment demands it. We do not serve a political party or a president. We serve the American people.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 01/05/2026
On International Workers’ Day, America’s unions celebrate the strength and solidarity of the labor movement, and we’re committed to building global worker power and justice. Solidarity forever ✊ #MayDay
We fight for workers. May Day 2026 | AFL-CIO
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
The documents provide the clearest evidence to date that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel engaged with an outside political group seeking to analyze voter rolls in an effort to cha...
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 19/04/2026
"When enforcement is politicized, agencies stop serving the people and start serving whoever holds power. A government that ignores the law becomes a danger to democracy and the people it's supposed to serve." 💯
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 16/04/2026
TSA manually checking IDs at the gate now, despite scanning IDs and taking photos at the checkpoint. Duplicate effort for no benefit Criminal misuse of an already overtaxed, barely funded, federal workforce Markwayne is no better than Noem. This whole incompetent administration needs to go
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 14/04/2026
Incurious. It sounds like such a tame thing to say, but it is to me one of the most damning insults a person could deserve
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/04/2026
Nearly half of Arizona’s SNAP participants have lost benefits since the state implemented new Trump legislation. “Arizona is just the alarm bell,” one expert said. “This is likely going to happen in every state.”
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“The Alarm Bell”: Arizona’s Drop in SNAP Participation Signals Potential Nationwide Impact of Trump Legislation
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act imposes stricter food stamp work requirements and shifts a larger share of the costs to states. Arizona’s swift implementation has made it more difficult to apply an...
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 12/04/2026
trans rights are human rights
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 30/03/2026
We have recent, real world examples of work requirements failing. What does failure look like? - They don't save money - They don't reduce fraud, waste, or abuse -They don't increase employment Arkansas: www.urban.org/urban-wire/n... Georgia: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/10/30/c...
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New Evidence Confirms Arkansas’s Medicaid Work Requirement Did Not Boost Employment
Arkansas’s 2018–19 Medicaid work requirement program reduced the number of adults with health insurance and had no effect on employment. A similar national p…
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 27/03/2026
I can't make this ❌👑 The last two were great: I always enjoy hearing @warren.senate.gov and I was proud @edmarkey.bsky.social mounted the stage wrapped in a 🏳️‍⚧️ flag. The real joy was walking among you: the hope, the party atmosphere Go soak in that if you can March 28th www.nokings.org #NoKings
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The SAVE Act isn't about securing elections or stopping fraud. Trump has made it clear he wants it passed to protect Republican majorities in Congress in 2026 and beyond — making it harder for Americans to vote. That's not how things are supposed to work in America.
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The Partnership @ourpublicservice.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The 2025 government-wide Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Index Score is only 32.0 out of 100, with 36.5% of the federal workforce sharing that their work unit provides worse quality services compared to the year prior. Explore the full survey results at bestplacestowork.org.
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Public Service in Peril
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
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Dr. Christopher R. Wren @c.drwren.com · 16/03/2026
"real patriotism was doing what was right, not what he was told."
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Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Save this. Share it. Spread the word. My office officially launched a new portal with Governor Healey to report violence and unlawful ICE activity here in MA. This will help us keep track of incidents for potential legal action, help us gather data, and connect victims with resources and support.
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Progress Michigan @progressmich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Last week, a tornado hit Michigan with no warning, killing four people and injuring more than twenty. With Trump's funding cuts to NOAA and NWS, we can't predict tornadoes effectively and people die.
Debris-strewn Michigan after a tornado; headline notes four dead, 20+ injured and blames presidential funding cuts.Debris-filled storm; caption says funding cuts left about a quarter of National Weather Service positions are vacant in Michigan.
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