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Colleen McLaughlin Kontros

@curedogs1.bsky.social
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Philly girl, music fanatic, reader, Westie owner?, dog follower, foodie, liberal minded, WXPN member, Phillies, Eagles, Flyers. Kindness should always be the choice.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Reposting this from February. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
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Hegseth Fires Navy’s Top Officer
Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet.
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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/03/2025
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15. bsky.app/profile/fbih...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/03/2025
"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Here are the GOP members of the Senate Finance Committee--consider going to their LOCAL office this week and exhorting them to figure out why DOGE is in your financial records.
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
photo of Chuck GrassleyChuck Grassley(R - IA)
photo of John CornynJohn Cornyn(R - TX)
photo of John ThuneJohn Thune(R - SD)
photo of Tim ScottTim Scott(R - SC)
photo of Bill CassidyBill Cassidy(R - LA)
photo of James LankfordJames Lankford(R - OK)
photo of Steve DainesSteve Daines(R - MT)
photo of Todd YoungTodd Young(R - IN)
photo of John BarrassoJohn Barrasso(R - WY)
photo of Ron  JohnsonRon Johnson(R - WI)
photo of Thom TillisThom Tillis(R - NC)
photo of Marsha  BlackburnMarsha Blackburn(R - TN)
photo of Roger MarshallRoger Marshall(R - KS)
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 13/02/2025
As a software engineer I can tell you: Musk's coders are _not_ improving systems at various govt agencies. Any such claims are lies to hide the real intent. The best engineers take weeks even to understand complex systems; months to plan how to upgrade them; and years to do so without disruption.
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Erie Meyer @erie.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Remember those technologists I hired using an authority designed to bring private sector tech talent to gov, legally? They were looking into big tech. Trump just fired them. All of them. consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/…
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This is like if the mob got to fire every federal agent investigating organized crime bsky.app/profile/make...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Government watchdog organizations are calling on the Senate to demand answers about Trump's firing of 18 inspectors general. "The removal of multiple IGs at once raises significant concerns about maintaining the integrity and continuity of oversight."
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POGO and Partners: The Senate Must Demand Answers on IGs
POGO is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10/02/2025
The Department of Energy on Friday tried to clarify why one of Elon Musk’s DOGE underlings was granted access to the department’s I.T. systems despite opposition from its general counsel and cybersecurity offices.
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WTF Is DOGE Doing in Department in Charge of Nuclear Weapons?
The Department of Energy tried to clarify why DOGE staffers suddenly got some I.T. access to a department that oversees the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Let me emphasize: Elon Musk has not been confirmed by Congress. His “department” was never actually enacted. No one other than Trump has given him any authority. Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness. Call your rep now (202) 224-3121
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I am begging every Democratic committee, PAC, and candidate to get control of your damn email program right now and stop sending tone deaf fundraising emails that have nothing to do with what's happening. Stop listening to focus groups from a month ago. Stop the 2 approved talking points.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 03/02/2025
"I certainly hope Congress takes action because what is happening here is illegal."
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'What is happening here is illegal': Dem senator confronts security at USAID headquarters
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) held a news conference outside the United States Agency for International Development headquarters and confirmed that security guards had been told not to let employees in the bui...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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TheSouthAfrican.com @thesouthafrican.com · 29/01/2025
Millions of lives are at risk after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend foreign aid for 90 days.
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Trump suspends foreign aid: Millions of SA lives threatened
Millions of lives are at risk after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend foreign aid for 90 days.
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HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 29/01/2025
The lawsuit alleges that the ban violates the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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Transgender Service Members File Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Trans Military Ban
The lawsuit alleges that the ban violates the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Newly, released a statement by Rep. Raskin and a fact sheet after the Trump Administration announced a broad scope freeze on all federal funding, "a brazen attack on millions of American families and a blatant episode of executive trespass on Congressional powers."
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/01/2025
One thing I can promise is that if you are a federal employee who takes a bootleg "deferred resignation" offer written by some grimy little Elon Musk wannabe that is purportedly effective upon putting the magic word RESIGN in the subject of an email, you will never see a dime of that money
Fork in the Road
Below is the email that was sent to federal employees on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer. If you did not respond to that email and wish to accept the deferred resignation offer, you may do so by following these steps.


1)	Send an email to hr@opm.gov from your government account. Only an email from your .gov or .mil account will be accepted.
2)	Type the word "Resign" into the "Subject" line of the email. Hit "Send".
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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Donald Trump ▶️ Had 14 failed businesses ▶️ Operated one business on Fraud. ▶️ 6 bankruptcies ▶️ Bankrupted a casino 3 times ▶️ Lied over 30k times in 4 year He is running America like he did his businesses . We know how this will end 😢😡
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) speech about Trump Admin. "buyout" idea for federal workers "He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"
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ebwrite.bsky.social @ebwrite.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I’m a lawyer and I’m terrified. What is going on here. I’ve known for many many years that he’s a terrible person but this goes far beyond that. They are dismantling the government. Why stop health and science research? Why stop the FDIC? He’s not that powerful. He shouldn’t be this powerful.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Guy tried to overthrow the government, committed a bunch of crimes, we didn’t do anything about it, he became president again, and suddenly everyone is shocked how he’s just flagrantly tearing down our basic institutions? He literally tried to overthrow the government!
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Remember when you thought SCOTUS wouldn't overturn Roe v Wade? Well, now Idaho is asking SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell, the case that makes same-sex marriage legal www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
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Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision (Gift Article)
A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#Trump is fulfilling his promises by nominating those who have publicly decried #RuleOfLaw & promised to literally jail political enemies. We fully expect many federal employees to become #whistleblowers & we will protect them pro bono. But we need your help to do so: whistlebloweraid.org/donate/
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Donate - Whistleblower Aid
We Rely On Your Donations To hold our government and corporations accountable, our country needs patriotic whistleblowers. To support whistleblowers, we need you. Whistleblower Aid is a pioneering, no...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/01/2025
Trump has gagged the CDC, but not me. So I'm sharing this. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
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Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2025
Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time. To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
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Violet Boregard @violet-boregard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/01/2025
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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Esther @esthersmith9.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽Stay focused, People!!!
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Amanda Wyss @amandawyss.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Recrudescence: The return of something terrible after a time of reprieve. (17th century)
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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/01/2025
Dear members of the press, Can one of you, PLEASE just ONE: When Trump says we deleted all the evidence, please for the love of God, push back. The evidence is all here: www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
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Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned. Gift 🎁 link: wapo.st/4aqfN44
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/01/2025
The Senate just received another report that Pete Hegseth is too drunk and abusive to be our Defense Secretary. This is not a one off. Report after report of alcohol, assault, harassment. This is a pattern of abuse. We need answers, not a rushed vote.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Gotta love the British press.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Countries who aren’t part of the World Health Organization: - Liechtenstein - The United States Countries who are part of the World Health Organization: Literally everyone else
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Nightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Always Celebrate Victories: 🫠 Although it might feel smol, it chips away at the gaslighting.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/01/2025
Looks like we weren’t the only ones who’d rather get a root canal than watch Trump lie about protecting the Constitution. His second inauguration tanked at just 24.59M viewers—less than Biden’s 33.76M in 2021 and even his own 30.64M in 2017. Team Trump will lie about this, so spread the word!
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 04/01/2025
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Well done RollingStone for reporting it accurately.
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Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
👀 bsky.app/profile/1old...
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS! Women NATIONWIDE can still receive safe, effective and affordable medication abortion services via the #ASafeChoice Network of physicians. Please share 🙏🏼. social.demcast.com/s/Y4YK58sE
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 04/12/2024
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My current position on the Biden pardon is….are you fucking kidding me? Trump has picked a kaleidoscope of unqualified losers, criminals, and lunatics to run his government as a “dictatorship on day 1” and we need to get into the information war to stop as many as we can right damn now.
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/12/2024
Thou shalt not accuse others of being criminals when you just made a criminal the commander in chief. Thou shalt stop being a gigantic hypocrite every second of thy life.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Right on cue Democrats will spend a week eating each other alive over the pardon while Trump keeps setting up the most unfit government in history to rip apart lives on Day 1 unfettered by a coherent opposition.
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