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Freelance witch, artist, photographer, foodie, author, editor.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This part can’t be repeated enough. Does anyone actually think this was a coincidence?
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.
A rainbow made up of different Manitoba wildflowers. The red on the left end is a three-flowered avens (lantern-shaped flowers), orange - wood lily, yellow - goldenrod, green - green bog orchid, blue - lungwort (little blue bells), purple - iris.
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AngryHoss @angryhoss.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Mother Gaia to celebrate Pride Month tonight after sunset
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/05/2025
Honestly? The $400M plane from Qatar is quaint compared to his crypto scam, memecoin con, insider trading, and tariff shakedowns.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
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CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT ONE
THIS AMENDMENT ONE shall amend that certain Consulting Services Agreement dated June 28, 2018 by and between the Embassy of the State of Qatar (Embassy') and Ballard Partners ("Consultant").
In consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein, the Embassy and Consultant agree to amend the Consulting Services Agreement, as follows:
The Term of the Agreement shall commence on July 1. 2019 (the "Effective Date"), ar all expire on COB June 30, 2020, unless earlier terminated in accordance with t!
Agreement.
2. Appendix A is amended by adding the following:
"Additionally, the Consultant shall provide consulting and advocacy services regarding matters involving anti-human trafficking
The following Consultant personnel shall be designated "Key Personnel": Ms. Pam Bondi and Mr. James Rubin. Key Personnel shall be personally and substantially engaged in the delivery of the Services."
3. Appendix B is amended to modify the consulting fee to US $ 115.000 per month.
Except as expressly stated herein. nothing in this Amendment One shall alter or amend the terms of the Consulting Services Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Embassy and Consultant have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized representatives.
By Embassy
By:
BBI
Consultant
Date:
July 17, 2019
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The plan is to break the parks, claim they must be privatized, take them from the American people and give them to their friends.
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Ruth Anne Robbins @rarobbins.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Important narrative advice.
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michelle @michpendergrass.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Battenkill Books is amazing!
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
NEW: Trump on Wednesday quietly pardoned Paul Walczak, a healthcare executive sentenced just 2 weeks ago for tax crimes. His mother & sister had played a role in an unrelated  scheme to publicize Ashley Biden’s stolen diary ahead of the 2020 election.
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Trump Pardons Paul Walczak, Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden’s Diary
The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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Anna Maltese @annamaltese.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info · 14/02/2025
🦬 Hearing reports that the U.S. Forest Service is verbally delegating authority to fire probationary employees. Employees in other agencies received a termination letter outside their chain of command. DOI is up next. We have yet to see how our termination notices will arrive, but...
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Kevin ANTIFA Ressler 💙🐈‍⬛😁 @kevinressler.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
When Trump took office, the National Labor Relations Board had 24 investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights. But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases. See how this works?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
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AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info · 06/02/2025
🦬 Excuse us if we're feeling more like uncivil servants today. #DOIResists
A bison rolling around ("wallowing") in the dirt to help shed fur.
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AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info · 08/02/2025
🦬 We have always believed none of us are free until all of us are free. Happy to join this fight and continue protecting the Nation's lands and its people. ✊🏽
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Katherine Long @klong.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
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DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/02/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Okay, pardon us, but F this. America, you’ve got to stand up.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
An important historical note — that USAID helped end Apartheid — sheds new light on Elon’s relentless and soulless attack on USAID. During Apartheid, Black South Africans were robbed of human rights and political power. 1/2 www.thealtmedia.com/p/musks-sout...
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Musk’s South African White Male Fragility
Why does Elon want USAID to ‘die?’ Probably because it helped end Apartheid.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Exactly. No is a complete sentence
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill today to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications. This comes after a New York doctor was charged with prescribing an abortion pill in Louisiana. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
WASHINGTON—The first flight carrying detained migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay was set to head to the American naval base in Cuba, as the Trump administration undertakes the initial phases of expanding a small migrant-detention center there. Via WSJ
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2025
NEW: DoJ employees asked for guarantees in writing for the deferred resignation Fork in the Road plan. They were sent this. It strips the signer of the right to sue, and also says if you commit a felony, you’re not eligible for federal employment. Oh, the irony.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz: "If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers." BOOM!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
This is correct.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/02/2025
This is the kind of action I’ve been looking for!
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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
This man is one of Marco Rubio's newest hires at the State Department. It's hard to even comprehend the mindset that says that he's qualified to represent the United States in any capacity at all.
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Acting FBI Director Pushes Back on Trump's Attempt to Wrongfully Fire FBI Agents Who Worked J6 Cases. youtu.be/uZCgd-M2koM?...
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Acting FBI Director Pushes Back on Trump Attempt to Wrongfully Fire FBI Agents Who Worked J6 Cases
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
How odd that when Trump announced his “deal” with Mexico he failed to mention that the US committed to halting the flow of assault weapons from the US to Mexico. Why did he leave that out?
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
"We've just had news that Ontario, which is the biggest province in Canada, has banned US firms from govt contracts, & have dumped a deal they had with Starlink"
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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
BREAKING NEWS: 4:07 Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles. They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
There are currently FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE signed up for tonight's call. We choose to fight. Join us at 8 PM EST to talk about how: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible
This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— Oh wait.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
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MicheleWitchyPoo🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋 @michelewitchypoo.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
ATTENTION: @maddow.msnbc.com WTH 👇🏼 Elon Musk shouldn’t be able to do anything with our Social Security benefits and that’s what he’s trying to do and he is not a real government official‼️ he literally locked the legitimate people out‼️This has got to be illegal somehow⁉️
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I saw a post saying that ICE is pausing its tip line, so I decided to call myself to verify. The recorded voicemail said they are not currently accepting immigration status tips. Good job, friends.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
We highly advised for all federal employees not to respond to or open OPM emails. Our coalition will be advised on additional precautions. Reports of a hostile takeover at OPM have been circulating. More details will be released in the future.
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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We've seen this movie before. It ended with Musk turning the public square into a Nazi bar. www.theverge.com/2022/11/16/2...
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Elon Musk demands Twitter employees commit to ‘extremely hardcore’ culture or leave
Twitter employees get a fresh ultimatum.
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