Reposted by Niko AllendePete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them. 214312428331286
Reposted by Niko AllendeJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Musk Watch reported this on Monday, citing OPM sources and quoting internal correspondence:muskwatch.comMusk associates given unfettered access to private data of government employeesThe Musk-connected political hires include two recent high school graduates 41610251
Reposted by Niko AllendeNPR @npr.org · 05/02/2025The offer to federal workers to resign and keep pay and benefits is a "scam," says Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees.npr.org'It's a bad deal': Union president warns federal workers against accepting offerThe offer to federal workers to resign and keep pay and benefits is a "scam," says Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees. He warns the public will feel federal workforce cuts. 265102103229
Reposted by Niko AllendeKnickas Wit Attitude @knickaswitattitude.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Time to take a break from fighting the fascist regime to watch My Knicks 🧡💙 #Selfcare #Knicks #KnicksSkymedia.tenor.coma basketball player wearing a purple headband with the new york knicks logoALT: a basketball player wearing a purple headband with the new york knicks logo 26412
Reposted by Niko AllendeBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025This is a constitutional crisis: the President doesn't have the power to cancel funds appropriated by Congress. Also, the math is insane; there is NO way to cut $4B/day by getting rid of "fraud". Cuts of that magnitude will dangerously undermine the core functions of government. 892138833406
Reposted by Niko AllendeRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 01/02/2025This is a national emergency: 20763660013102
Reposted by Niko AllendeJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 24/01/2025If your spouse needs a safe word with her friends to protect herself from you, you should be in therapy. Or in prison. Not the Secretary of Defense. 478407358160
Reposted by Niko AllendeSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...aclu.orgKnow Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLURegardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them. 138110066348
Reposted by Niko AllendeTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends. 6646380412517
Niko Allende @jarjarb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Any federal employee that supported this administration is getting exactly what they voted for. I feel for the people that saw this coming and tried to warn their more ignorant co-workers. 000
Niko Allende @jarjarb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I almost don't know what to do with a Knicks team that's legitimately good. Two all-star starters was a laughable concept a few years ago. 000