Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!! 6982548714654
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Reposting this from February. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...nytimes.comHegseth Fires Navy’s Top OfficerAdm. 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. 371298402
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin Kontrosborn miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 28/03/2025an 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 453303757560
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin Kontrosjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/03/2025every person involved in this needs to be in prison 11265948515762
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Baseball 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... 6243441524
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin Kontrosjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/03/2025"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say 13445118612493
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/03/2025If 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...wunc.orgUSDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banksThe 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... 20185093819379
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin Kontrosemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Here 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. 18332441779
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosBob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 13/02/2025As 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. 771469430
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosErie Meyer @erie.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Remember 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/… 341352627
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This is like if the mob got to fire every federal agent investigating organized crime bsky.app/profile/make... 321999739
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Government 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."tinyurl.comPOGO and Partners: The Senate Must Demand Answers on IGsPOGO 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. 22710187
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10/02/2025The 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. newrepublic.comWTF 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. 37691313
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Let 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 386110733420
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I 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. 776198094611
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosRaw Story @rawstory.com · 03/02/2025"I certainly hope Congress takes action because what is happening here is illegal."rawstory.com'What is happening here is illegal': Dem senator confronts security at USAID headquartersSen. 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... 742002465
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosTheSouthAfrican.com @thesouthafrican.com · 29/01/2025Millions of lives are at risk after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend foreign aid for 90 days.thesouthafrican.comTrump suspends foreign aid: Millions of SA lives threatenedMillions of lives are at risk after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend foreign aid for 90 days. 51710
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosHuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 29/01/2025The lawsuit alleges that the ban violates the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.huffingtonpost.co.ukTransgender Service Members File Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Trans Military BanThe lawsuit alleges that the ban violates the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment. 1407
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosHolly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Newly, 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." 617675
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/01/2025One 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 341573361
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin Kontros✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Donald 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 😢😡 47928
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Sen 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" 145102422960
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin Kontrosebwrite.bsky.social @ebwrite.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I’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. 1329642
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Guy 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! 461383250
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosLarry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Remember 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...nytimes.comIdaho 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. 46849632398
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosMark 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/whistlebloweraid.orgDonate - Whistleblower AidWe 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... 210360
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/01/2025Trump has gagged the CDC, but not me. So I'm sharing this. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...cjonline.comKansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded historyKansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s. 550154607825
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2025Insanity: 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. 1354174646701
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosViolet Boregard @violet-boregard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025 637548
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/01/2025Devastating 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. 791242137819
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosEsther @esthersmith9.bsky.social · 23/01/2025👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽Stay focused, People!!! 072
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosAmanda Wyss @amandawyss.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Recrudescence: The return of something terrible after a time of reprieve. (17th century) 10350107
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/01/2025Dear 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...govinfo.govSelect January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection 882222537235
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosEric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22/01/2025NEW—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/4aqfN44wapo.stTrump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing reviewThe agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers. 33626551630
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/01/2025The 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. 48094211602
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Gotta love the British press. 16808235717161
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Countries 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 253103032733
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosNightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Always Celebrate Victories: 🫠 Although it might feel smol, it chips away at the gaslighting. 1739079
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/01/2025Looks 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! 28368112890
Colleen McLaughlin Kontros @curedogs1.bsky.social · 12/01/2025One of my absolutely favorite shows! 000
Reposted by Colleen McLaughlin KontrosAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 04/01/2025The 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. 579227629404
Colleen McLaughlin Kontros @curedogs1.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Great show! You can see the joy that music brings to you! Thank you for sharing it with the world and for speaking about kindness! 000
Colleen McLaughlin Kontros @curedogs1.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Love your books so much. I always recommend them! 010
Colleen McLaughlin Kontros @curedogs1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy New Year everyone! It finally calmed down here in Philadelphia $ 000