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Claudia Gibson

@claudiagibson.bsky.social
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Performing songwriter from Austin Texas. 🧢

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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
apnews.com/article/trum... Disgusting.
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Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process
President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission charged with assisting state and local elections officials.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Could this guy be any more of a bumbling fool? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Hegseth boasted about ending a 'woke' program on women and security. Trump signed it into law in 2017
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a post on X called the “Women, Peace & Security” program at the Department of Defense "a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicia...
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/c...
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Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects (Gift Article)
The Trump administration plans to dramatically reduce environmental reviews before permitting drilling and mining projects on public lands and in federal waters.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
These people are delusional. We are in Y1 of a 4-year nightmare. Hang in there everyone! www.ndtv.com/world-news/d...
ndtv.com
Donald Trump Wants Harvard University To "Apologise": White House
President Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip Harvard's tax-exempt status if the country's most famous educational establishment refuses to subm...
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
As if things weren’t bad enough, this joker clown is going to lead Medicare and Medicaid? Another completely unqualified idiot. Main qualifications to be in the Trump administration: are you an idiot? Do you subscribe to questionable conspiracy theories? Sigh. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
politico.com
Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid
He will oversee how physicians are paid through Medicare.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Exactly.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This is disgraceful and disgusting. He and his cronies are trying to wipe out recorded history. www.npr.org/2025/03/27/n...
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Trump executive order seeks to 'restore' American history through Smithsonian overhaul
The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Trump continues his path of destruction. My oldest son completed his 10 year obligation in public service and recently had the balance of his undergrad and law school loans paid off. He continues to work in public service, as an Assistant DA and a valued asset. www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...
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Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, 'special needs'
The president said federal student loans would move to the Small Business Administration, and hinted that the Department of Health and Human Services would take over special education oversight.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is disgusting. If Supreme Court caves to this, that is the end of our democracy. I don’t think I’m overstating that. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
A look at the judge who blocked Trump's deportations and is now facing calls for impeachment
The federal judge who ruled against Donald Trump’s deportation plans and is now facing White House calls for his impeachment is no stranger to politically fraught cases — including ones involving the ...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Trump administration plans to upend and cripple the Social Security claims process, according to a memo obtained by Popular Information. newrepublic.com/post/192844/...
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Trump Memo Reveals Plan to Throw Social Security Into Chaos
An internal document from the Social Security Administration warned staff there would be a “strain” on resources.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
For all those people who think “the left got more radical,” this is what the evolution of the GOP has looked like over the past few years.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c... What I wanna know is, how are they going to put all these Humpty’s back together again once Trump is gone ?
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm (Gift Article)
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is disgraceful and un-American. Only white people can be war heroes now? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website
Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters ‘DEI’ added to website address
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The 1st Amendment was written to protect us against would-be dictators like Trump who lie through their teeth. How can you tell he’s lying? His lips are moving. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
aljazeera.com
Donald Trump threatens opponents with jail in Justice Department speech
US president took aim at journalists, judges, prosecutors and Biden officials in a speech calling for ‘accountability’.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
www.pbs.org/newshour/edu... Here we go. This better not happen.
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Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University
The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studi...
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
WTF. Sometimes I really hate Texas. Not Austin, not the people I know here, but the government of Texas. www.chron.com/culture/arti...
chron.com
Proposed law could charge transgender Texans with fraud
Under HB 3817, Texans could be charged with "gender identity fraud" for identifying as a sex different from the one they were assigned at birth.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The White House versus the rest of the world…
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
thehill.com/homenews/adm... Why did people vote for this fucking clown?
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
“Maybe if I talk about owning the Libs with ‘Texas strip’ they won’t notice the measles outbreak…” Our unhinged Lt. Governor Dan Patrick in action! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Texas Republican focuses on rebrand of ‘New York strip’ steak to ‘Texas strip’ amid outbreak
As state grapples with worst measles outbreak in decades, Patrick homes in on resolution to ‘better market Texas beef’
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Not a dictatorship?
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Boycott!
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Disgusting! www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education Launches “End DEI” Portal
The U.S. Department of Education launched EndDEI.Ed.Gov, a public portal for parents, students, teachers, and the broader community to submit reports of discrimination based on race or sex in publicly...
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
What’s next? “The Earth is flat”?? apnews.com/article/epa-...
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EPA head urges Trump to reconsider scientific finding that underpins climate action, AP sources say
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate chang...
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Petty diaper man dictator is also having his FCC “investigating” other news organizations. “The Federal Communications Commission's new chairperson has initiated investigations of all the major television networks (save Rupert Murdoch's Fox) and NPR.” www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
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AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row
The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It all makes sense now. Dismantling of USAID was petty retribution by an inept zealot hell bent on revenge. Long but worth the read. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign ...
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I think Trump and Putin have once again egregiously underestimated Zelensky and Ukraine. “if we don’t get enough weapons or if funding is cut, that doesn’t change our duty...” said a Ukrainian officer... “No shells? We’ll take up rifles. No rifles? We’ll grab shovels.” apnews.com/article/ukra...
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Trump’s attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity
After their initial shock at Trump’s false claims that Ukraine is led by a “dictator” who started the war with Russia, the Ukrainian people are rallying around their President.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Meanwhile, deep in the MAGA wasteland, up is down, down is up, public means private, open means closed, and closed means no press, even though it's supposed to be open. Got that? apnews.com/us-news/miss...
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Mississippi Legislature not a ‘public body’ and not subject to Open Meetings Act, judge rules
A judge has ruled that the Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act. Hinds County Chancery Court Judge J.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
apnews.com/article/ap-l... What a petty little shit he is. I hope the courts affirm the AP's 1st Amendment rights. "Gulf of America" my ass. He's an ignorant buffoon and we shouldn't have to have his hourly whims inflicted on the American people and the world.
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AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech
The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.
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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Elliott Randall @elliottrandall.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Yes.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“There is no act too small.” Thank you for this reminder, on a day when I am feeling particularly helpless - after the confirmation of Kash Patel.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Well, this is the worst news in a week full of worst news: www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...
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Senate confirms Kash Patel as Trump’s FBI director | CNN Politics
The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, installing a staunch loyalist of President Donald Trump and conservative firebrand at the head of the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Unfathomable. More bad news every day.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hagen Scotten, who just resigned as a prosecutor in the southern District of New York, is a #ProfileInCourage
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I’ve just found a new possible appointee for the Trump administration. He could be in line for press secretary once Trump inevitably fires the current one.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
How is this saving our money? Besides the fact that charging an armored vehicle in the middle of nowhere is not exactly possible
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
He’s corrupt as they come
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Ted Cruz is an abominable human. To legitimize the effort to trash science in this country is beyond foul. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
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Sen. Ted Cruz's list of 'woke' science includes self-driving cars and solar eclipses
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says the National Science Foundation has given money to thousands of "woke DEI" studies. Researchers say that's misrepresenting science and disparaging important research.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Please tell me how letting food rot in warehouses while people are starving around the world helps make America great. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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USAID cuts fallout: Wasted food, 'free-for-all' ISIS camps, less HIV prevention
USAID delivers billions of dollars in aid to dozens of countries. Shuttering it means wasted food, 'free-for-all' ISIS camps, and less HIV prevention.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
So predictable and typical. What comes next? He renames the Lincoln Memorial after himself and replaces Abe with DJT? www.npr.org/2025/02/07/n...
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Trump plans to name himself chair of Kennedy Center, fire board members
The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Hooray for now. Thank you @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for bringing this suit! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/n...
nytimes.com
Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems (Gift Article)
The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Worth a read! Don’t piss off state attorneys general! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say
Executive actions aims to test limits of president’s authority and perhaps win backing from conservative supreme court
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The irony of a convicted felon sanctioning the International Criminal Court will surely be lost on Trump supporters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump to sign an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court
The order will include financial sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials found to have assisted in ICC investigations of U.S. citizens or allies.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Show up. Be heard. We the People still exist. #stop2025
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Toddler-in-Chief and his deranged babysitter make world dictators happy. #stop2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
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Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency (Gift Article)
Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have seen as a threat.
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Just rejoined Costco again and it feels good!
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
If you’re appalled and disgusted at Elon Musk being given carte blanche to dismantle the government, and Kash Patel waiting in the wings to dismantle the FBI, please show up Wednesday, February 5 – that’s tomorrow at noon – at your state capital or in Washington DC! #makenoise #goodtrouble
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Claudia Gibson @claudiagibson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Sen. Cassidy caved on the eminently unqualified RFK Jr.
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