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Bureau of Unearned Merit

@meritbureau.bsky.social
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Official recognition for unearned merit. Documenting institutional failure in real time. Founded by accident, 2026 meritbureau.com

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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
There’s always a quote
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/02/2026
Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Records indicate Tom Cruise is 62 years old and generously 5 feet 7 inches tall
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
After being criticized for an illegal arrest, ICE demanded employment records to check who else might look employable in the wrong way.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A litigant seeking $10 billion from his own tax authority expressed concern about bureaucratic waste in child development.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Character was vouched for by an unnamed friend who may or may not appear in the Epstein files.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Review of Epstein files was deprioritized in favor of closing the Kennedy Center and issuing branded headwear.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A question about Epstein survivors was deflected through personal grievance, as per usual.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Chemical agents were deployed as a peace-keeping measure.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Federal safety operations have tripled the Minneapolis homicide rate
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Emergency funding expired after being used to normalize emergency conditions. Entered into the Bureau ledger.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Symbolic restoration of national greatness was achieved through the issuance of a hat.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A bruised ego was addressed as a public emergency.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Crudités are approved as treatment for everything. Ledger updated.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/02/2026
ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again
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ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again
WASHINGTON—Claiming the nation’s beloved North Star State was in peril, Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a ransom note Tuesday that told the United States to pay $65 billion if it ever wante...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/01/2026
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
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Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The Department attributed housing scarcity to the presence of “aliens,” resolving the issue without addressing supply, wages, or capital concentration.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 31/01/2026
Hundreds of Portland students marched out of school as part of the nationwide protest.
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Portlanders join nationwide strike against Trump’s immigration policies
Hundreds of Portland students marched out of school as part of the nationwide protest.
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sixpenceee none the richer @kagredon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
2026 Be Best Award for Creation of 108 Minutes of Content (Substance not Reviewed) for Melania (a film-like creation)
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Access to prenatal care limited under pro-life regime policies.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Lutnick retroactively assets reputational distance from Epstein. Record updated.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Fetterman continues to moderate his courage for maximum operational continuity
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
FBI historian here. Basically all of the FBI’s greatest scandals across history come from attempts to criminalize First Amendment rights. It never works out well for the bureau and ends a lot of careers.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The Second Amendment was reaffirmed as a discretionary privilege, exercised according to executive convenience.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Bovino’s operational responsibility was reassigned following adverse narrative performance. The individual did not fail; the messaging environment evolved.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Be Best Award for Creation of 108 Minutes of Content (Melania) @theonion.com
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Virtue signaling has been reclassified as coordinated activity.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
COMMENDATION FOR NARRATIVE COMPLIANCE Karoline Leavitt For exemplary performance in redirecting responsibility to Democratic speech, thereby resolving executive exposure without resolving the underlying facts. Narrative stabilized. Inquiry closed.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🚨"YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST" An ominous announcement can be heard on border patrol's radio just moments after their agents THREW Status Coup's reporter Tina-Desiree Berg, and deployed tear and flash bang grenades at the press indiscriminately.⬇️
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The right to remain silent has been extended indefinitely.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Second Amendment has been reinterpreted as a liability waiver. Risk assumed. Rights conditional.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
John Fetterman opposed DHS funding within acceptable shutdown constraints. Courage was moderated. Accommodation issued accordingly.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Reaffirmation issued pending timely adjustments.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Operational responsibility was reassigned following adverse narrative performance. The individual did not fail; the messaging environment evolved.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Peace has been declared. Documentation is available. Members of the public may assist with delivery to the White House.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Insurrection was declared to justify its prevention.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The need for a well-regulated militia was deferred during federal occupation; irony was likewise suspended.
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weisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We have received 0 assistance from occupied Poland.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Disorder was reclassified as a cooperation failure.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Moral escalation functioning without institutional interruption.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Lethal force was retroactively attributed to public rhetoric, reflecting Bovino’s framing of criticism as precipitating action.
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Rep. Laura Gillen was entered into the Benedict Arnold Ledger following affirmative support for unconditional DHS funding, invoking an “adult in the room” posture that framed ICE funding as inseparable from FEMA relief and 9/11 health program continuity. @newsday.bsky.social @atrupar.com
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez was entered into the Benedict Arnold Ledger following affirmative support for unconditional DHS funding, invoking imminent winter storms and FEMA obligations while concurrently criticizing ICE operations as indiscriminate. @texastribune.org @atrupar.com
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Rep. Don Davis was entered into the Benedict Arnold Ledger following affirmative support for unconditional DHS funding, invoking FEMA disaster relief as “non-negotiable” to avoid shutdown. @newsobserver.com @atrupar.com @wral.bsky.social
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Rep. Jared Golden was entered into the Benedict Arnold Ledger following affirmative support for unconditional DHS funding, issuing concern statements during in-state ICE operations branded “Operation Catch of the Day.” @atrupar.com @bangordailynews.bsky.social
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Bureau of Unearned Merit @meritbureau.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Rep. Tom Suozzi was entered into the Benedict Arnold Ledger following affirmative support for unconditional DHS funding, citing shutdown avoidance and protection of “core operations” despite publicly labeling ICE conduct inappropriate. @atrupar.com @gtconway.bsky.social @newsday.bsky.social
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