Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/10/2025Laughter is medicine. G’night all 11431119
geeknomad.bsky.social @geeknomad.bsky.social · 01/10/2025I heard her speak at my undergrad and it was almost surreal. She will be missed 100
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025State of play: King (Maine), Cortez-Masto (Nevada), and Fetterman (Asshole) caved. GOP will look for more on the next vote. Top targets are the others who caved in March: Schatz (HI) Durbin (IL) Gillibrand & Schumer (NY) Hassan & Shaheen (NH) Peters (MI) Keep an eye on Warner/Kaine in Virginia too. 26377138
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 01/10/2025#TrumpShutdown 313031
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich. 5228831040
geeknomad.bsky.social @geeknomad.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Mood. Have to stop it while we can.media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the words shut it down written below itALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words shut it down written below it 000
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2025I just took a Tylenol and one of the side-effects was chronic curiosity about who else is in the Epstein Files. Ask your doctor if apprehending pedophiles is right for you. 643385834
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialWashington State Democrats @wadems.org · 27/09/2025Republicans have the presidency, the House, and the Senate. They own any shutdown. 0228
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 19/09/2025History's wheel seems to turn and repeat itself. Red scare - reporting suspected commies to the gov Lavender scare - reporting suspected gay persons to the gov NOW - reporting those who speak "wrongly" of kirk Each one a form of quashing the opposition/"other" 🎬: @donlemonofficial.bsky.social 67328
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 01/09/2025 212055654
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 27/08/2025This is what American leadership looks like. We need more people like this running for Congress. 17939
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 02/08/2025Their plan is to rehabilitate and then pardon an adjudicated habitual sex assaulter and human trafficker as a character witness for a different habitual sex assaulted who methodically defames his victims. No judge or jury would find either of them credible, and neither should anyone else. 419995
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/07/2025I remember when this happened. 7463169811432
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/07/2025Robert Reich, the former labor secretary and retired professor, has warned about rising inequality in America for decades. Now, he’s become a star online with an audience of millions, and he feels his message is more urgent than ever. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/m... 892053477
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 26/07/2025Think of it this way: he’s soliciting false and/or misleading testimony from a convicted child sex trafficker and rapist to vouch for him so that he doesn’t have to show you the actual evidence that points toward his involvement and guilt, in exchange for clemency from life in prison. 16372117
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 25/07/2025A must watch! 13215
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 24/07/2025What grotesque theater—$250K to dine with a man who sells despair as virtue. But on this island of moneyed silence, a cat-led chorus roars back. Meowtucket ain’t cute. It’s resistance. The children of democracy claw when cornered. And baby, the claws are out.boston.comCat account with 1 million followers to protest JD Vance's Nantucket fundraiserLocal activist groups will hold the “Meowtucket” rally to protest JD Vance's fundraiser visit to the island. Here's what to know. 5359
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 24/07/2025🎙️ Randy Chester, VP of the American Foreign Service Association, delivered a pointed critique of recent cuts at USAID during his C‑SPAN Washington Journal appearance. He framed these cuts as part of a broader dismantling of U.S. foreign assistance following sweeping reductions and mass layoffsc-span.orgRandy Chester on the Future of Foreign AidRandy Chester, vice president of the American Foreign Service Association, talked about the future of U.S. foreign aid in the wake of program cuts and mass layoffs at the United States Agency for Inte... 14815
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAlt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 22/07/2025Preach, Jeff! Preach! 110722
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAltWarDept @altdod.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Just a reminder with all “Release the files” brouhaha. 1. The US is still deporting “at will”. 2. Israel and Hamas are still pissing in each others Cheerios. 3. Russian is still attacking Ukraine 4. Grocery prices are still up & its been 6 months since the “Long National Nightmare” started 711830
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 18/07/2025Trump killed Sudan food aid after Biden declared it a genocide. Rubio backed the cuts. Now famine is wiping out persecuted Christians—and Trump struck a deportation deal with their oppressors. This isn’t foreign policy. It’s complicity in crimes against humanity.patheos.comFamine Ravages Persecuted Christians In SudanIf anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 1 John 3: 17 14123
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAlt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 18/07/2025If you look at post war Germany, Nazis and their sympathizers did not fare well. Many were tried as war criminals and either imprisoned or executed. Others were held in internment camps by the Allies. 78119
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 17/07/2025Rubio called it “waste, fraud, and abuse.” But whistleblowers say no real audit ever happened. Just a purge of programs with words like “gender” and “climate.” This wasn’t about waste. It was about erasing U.S. aid—by design. Share, Quote, Like. #StopTheRescissionnpr.orgClawing back foreign aid is tied to 'waste, fraud and abuse.' What's the evidence?As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place. 15376189
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today? 9243058112585
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Cristian Nationalists stealing from the poor: 413305740
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 04/07/2025On July 4, fired federal staff from 16 agencies recite their Oath of Office—together. Remember: true patriotism isn’t about MAGA hats or shouting louder. It’s about honoring promises to the Constitution. Watch and let that oath remind you what America can still be. www.instagram.com/reel/DLr4pkH... 12615
geeknomad.bsky.social @geeknomad.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I get songs stuck in my head a lot, today it’s Grand Old Flag. Different meanings today though. You're a grand old flag You're a high-flying flag Especially when flown upside down in protest and warning on El Capitan And forever in peace may you wave Except when we are bombing Iran, Gaza, etc… 100
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 03/07/2025"The late Joseph Stalin surely would have toasted this budget, for this is more than enough money for Trump to create his own gulag archipelago of detention camps across a United States that’s becoming increasingly hard to recognize." #resist 0439
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 03/07/2025Read this and understand that some version of this ugly bill will pass and we will not celebrate Independence Day tomorrow. It will, instead, be the day the Iron Curtain descended on America. The next line of defense is the states. Get to know your Governors and state legislators NOW. #resist 58538
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 03/07/2025Courtesy of @inequality.org #TaxTheRich #BanBillionaires 05023
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense — yet that's what this GOP budget is all about. 32082522153
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Important to know that these cuts kick in right after the 2026 midterms. That’s how you know they know it’s bad. 449141215764
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The economy got half a percentage point smaller last quarter 802146053020
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 03/07/2025#USAID is dead. #Ukraine’s recovery may die with it. Mines still detonate. Hospitals still burn. But our lifeline? Gone. Rubio called it patriotism. Ukrainians will call it something else. www.kyivpost.com/post/55541 14515
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 03/07/2025Obama and Bush—on the same page—just warned that dismantling #USAID will cost lives. → 90% of aid slashed. → Fewer than 300 staff left. → Global health and democracy programs collapsing.youtu.beObama and Bush Team Up To SHRED Trump Over USAIDYouTube video by The Bulwark 29729
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The 35 richest Republican members of Congress have a net worth of $2.5 billion. They stand to gain from the GOP budget's tax cuts that disproportionately help the rich. Meanwhile, they're cutting Medicaid and food assistance for millions of their constituents. 25263802514
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Nothing like a little “creative accounting” to push a $3.3 trillion tax cut for the rich. Republicans are using an accounting gimmick to make it look like their tax plan doesn’t add to the deficit. Can’t pass it honestly? Just cook the books. 10041501087
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward. I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute. 7241752102
Reposted by @geeknomad.bsky.socialSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 28/06/2025PLEASE READ and SHARE from the CHILDREN'S Hospital Association: “Your child—regardless of their insurance status—could see the services they rely on reduced or eliminated... The bill amounts to fewer doctors and nurses to see your child, longer wait times, and sicker children." 10316159