Reposted by Lance DixonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/10/2025Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone? Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate. They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party. 26067382640
Reposted by Lance DixonBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously 345187394864
Reposted by Lance DixonGregg Nunziata @greggnunziata.bsky.social · 28/05/2025This is an outrageous and unacceptable nomination. This is a test of Senate Republicans and the conservative legal movement. This is a nomination that must fail. trib.al/LSuSAX6trib.alTrump nominates Emil Bove to 3rd Circuit Appeals Court - Washington ExaminerEmil Bove faced criticism from some conservative legal commentators last week when reports about his nomination swirled, but he was defended by DOJ officials. 52669172
Reposted by Lance DixonAnil Dash @anildash.com · 13/05/2025I am not surprised at all by Dr. Nelson’s courage, but inspired as always by her example. 017631
Reposted by Lance DixonChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/05/2025Civil disobedience by an elected official defending his constituents is something we should applaud. This is bringing the fight… www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2025/05/09/n...shorenewsnetwork.comNewark mayor, New Jersey candidate for governor Ras Baraka arrested after refusing to leave ICE facilityNEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after allegedly committing trespass and defying multiple warnings from federal 474173324785
Reposted by Lance DixonSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority. 214146684256
Reposted by Lance Dixonjdcox00.bsky.social @jdcox00.bsky.social · 03/05/2025@altnehgov.altgov.info A sad day yesterday, as I cleaned out my NEH office and signed my paperwork. The projects I’ve been fortunate enough to work on for the past 16 years benefited scholars, colleges and universities, libraries, archives, museums, and communities in ways too numerable to count. 724829
Reposted by Lance DixonSarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Night Night, Blue Sky Walkers, sleep tight.😴 Sunset over my beloved Blue Ridge Mountains, NC. 29812609985
Reposted by Lance DixonMary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025This is terrifying. 2020851
Reposted by Lance DixonBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025LOL x.com/lepettre/sta... 943616718
Reposted by Lance DixonMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 23/03/2025All you need to know about Twitter 30575831113085
Reposted by Lance DixonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too). 331810585717791
Reposted by Lance DixonRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass. 1484263979874
Reposted by Lance DixonChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Trump has no clue what he’s saying at any moment and is literally and constantly just responding to anything that happens with what he’s feeling at the moment — and yet this is what we, and the world, have to deal with right now. This is really not sustainable. 2274638893
Reposted by Lance DixonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/03/2025NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt. 16422488210759
Reposted by Lance DixonChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025BREAKING: Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, sues HHS, alleging that HHS's refusal to pay $36 million in open grant agreements has resulted in "over 100,000 eligible individuals and families losing access to critical services" and layoffs and furloughs across partner agencies. 783012952
Reposted by Lance DixonFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...open.substack.comThis is the most dangerous move yetThe canary is gasping for air 12133262214521
Reposted by Lance DixonRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/02/2025"Republican Senators have in recent days made the case to Cabinet secretaries and other Trump officials... trying to finagle exceptions to Trump’s executive orders or cuts made by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service that freeze hundreds of billions of dollars..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comAfter ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for fundsRepublican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated. 3142711689
Reposted by Lance DixonJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 19/02/2025What an absolute banger of a judge the Honorable Ana Reyes is. 1409
Reposted by Lance DixonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement. 11456271122455
Reposted by Lance DixonJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes 10196198915001
Reposted by Lance DixonFred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025These layoffs will start hitting home for everyone soon. This is despicable. My brother Michael Guttenberg died because of his cancer from serving America at the WTC on 9/11. I personally know Anthony Gardner and worked with him on The Glade at the memorial. His work for others has been heroic. 14527144
Reposted by Lance DixonGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate! 240120793713
Reposted by Lance DixonNancy Basi 🇨🇦💙 @nancy-basi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Just in case you thought the 🍊💩’s cruelty came with his decreased mental capacity 494115443420
Reposted by Lance DixonPolitics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt. 7553230510545
Reposted by Lance DixonJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I wonder why Musk is focused on the federal civilian workforce (4% of the budget) and not federal contractors, which account for 3x more annual spending and are more prone to waste, fraud, and abuse? 22372562358
Reposted by Lance DixonFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism. 27156154325798
Reposted by Lance DixonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked. The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.” This is Mr. Art of the Deal. 885418819899
Reposted by Lance DixonBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen. 2225179156900
Lance Dixon @lance-dixon.bsky.social · 01/02/2025“This is going to hurt farmers,” Vink said. “This takes water out of their summer irrigation portfolio.” 000
Reposted by Lance DixonKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...reuters.comExclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources sayAides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. 17273277111907
Reposted by Lance DixonSenator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 29/01/2025Trump sows chaos in federal workforce then says “resign within a week and I’ll give you 7 months severance.” Don’t fall for it! Trump told innumerable contractors he’d pay—then stiffed them. He has no authority to promise severance pay. Wait him out! apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of governmentThe Trump administration says it will begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and is warning of future downsizing. 28233531256
Reposted by Lance DixonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/01/2025🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨 The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov. Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless. 13962585211019
Reposted by Lance DixonRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/01/2025do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right? it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC. i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comBanking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needsA government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country. 1926266639920
Reposted by Lance DixonJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/01/20251. On Saturday, President Trump announced the he favored the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza. "You’re talking about a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing," Trump said. What is motivating this ugly proposal? Follow. The. Money.popular.infoThe foreign policy of an American kleptocracyPresident Trump's Middle East policy took a dark turn on Saturday when he announced on Air Force One that he favored the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza. "You’re talking about a million and... 951987701
Reposted by Lance DixonAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Excellent post 19937959923420
Reposted by Lance DixonAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵 9947692483
Reposted by Lance DixonHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Again, in 2022, Congress passed a law that explicitly made these firings illegal. Are Republican senators unaware of that? 1041413283
Lance Dixon @lance-dixon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025"... I suspect that we are now experiencing the coming to the surface of a triple prong sickness that has been lurking within our body politic from its very beginning. That is the sickness of racism, excessive materialism and militarism." MLK dallasexaminer.com/martin-luthe...dallasexaminer.comDr. Martin Luther King Jr. reveals The Three Evils of Society still plaguing America - Dallas ExaminerDr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s timeless message on the three evils of society: racism, materialism, and militarism. A call for a radical revolution of values in America. 010
Reposted by Lance DixonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/01/2025He wasn’t a fan. Until someone explained to him how he could make many billions from it by doing nothing and producing nothing of value for humanity. Now he’s a big fan. 573131803006
Reposted by Lance DixonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/01/2025BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...documentcloud.orgReport-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025 894222566659
