mpaulagomezs.bsky.social @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social · 06/03/2025““The death of democracy is a bi product of letting tech remain the most unregulated industry ever” Maria Ressa Her book “How to stand to a dictator” is a good read for those of us worried about what is happening in the US. 010 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialLaura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez.bsky.social · 02/03/2025NEW: Nick Enrich, acting asst admin for USAID Global Health, was just placed on administrative admin leave by Trump admin. It comes after he shared a memo with USAID staff, including those on leave/fired saying it’s been impossible to implement Rubio’s waivers for lifesaving aid 23683350 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialSenator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 28/02/2025What can we do to stop Elon Musk? 158028 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2025This is what House Republicans voted for tonight. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest. 23862272840 0
mpaulagomezs.bsky.social @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social · 25/02/2025youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI Beautifully summarized by Jon Stewartyoutu.beJon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 010 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialLisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 22/02/2025From United Humanists on FB 8403400510582 0
mpaulagomezs.bsky.social @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Now Republican Senators are scrambling to get money back for their constituents 010 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/02/2025NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...muellershewrote.comLetter From a Federal WorkerThis is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public. 38391444221 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25... 815201608969 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialPaula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Union Square rally. 466247985279 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialPete 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. 214312427931285 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 16/02/2025 749157935139 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/02/2025This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones. 683250627601 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/20251/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety” 21415961723280 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ? And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions ! We all look forward to reading your thoughts 58178220013877 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14/02/2025#ResistanceBlue #Voices4Victory Gay Valimont is running for Florida's 1st Congressional District. She can flip this seat with your help! Special Election April 1st! Donate, Support, Vote for Democrat Gay Valimont Florida's 1st Congressional District gayforcongress.bsky.social gayforcongress.com 49664 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialKatelyn T Slater 🏳️⚧️⚛️⚧️ @katelynslater.com · 12/02/2025 2342762919 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Rep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror to a #legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner Elon #Musk shut down the US Agency for International Development. #USAID www.rawstory.com/trump-usaid-...rawstory.com'Absolute scandal': Disgusted lawmaker hits Trump for abandoning U.S. family in riot zoneRep. Don Beyer (R-VA) reacted with horror on Wednesday to a legal complaint filed against the Trump administration on behalf of an American family that had to scramble to escape Congo after X owner El... 01410 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2025Crockett: "This is nothing more than another payday for Elon Musk bc we know that if there is any govt welfare to be handed out, it is consistently being handed out to Elon Musk, who stopped all the money to USAID while at the same time deciding that he would get another contract for over $300m." 12565782099 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/02/2025This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/ 588202348762 0
mpaulagomezs.bsky.social @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social · 12/02/2025open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... The end of Pax Americana - this is how Trump’s wrecking ball is making America weakeropen.substack.comSabotaging the Pax AmericanaTrump and Musk are making us distrusted, friendless and weak 000 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 12/02/2025This says it all 1540283928202 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12/02/2025This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...nytimes.comMusk makes sweeping claims about federal corruption, without providing evidence.The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence. 845112592330 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency 36909560319986 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender. 365711622221066 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending. 22916703412258 0
mpaulagomezs.bsky.social @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... The “extraordinarily capricious and cruel” decision to shut USAID will only make the world a worse place and diminish American standing in the world.podcasts.apple.comThe Demise of U.S.A.I.D. — and American Soft PowerPodcast Episode · The Daily · 02/11/2025 · 34m 000 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Board member of META asks a very good question. 783125912126 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention. 920125693182 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 09/02/2025👇👇 17878023604 0
mpaulagomezs.bsky.social @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social · 09/02/2025When the billionaire who has taken over our government is spending $40M to spread lies to justify what he is doing, we can know he is scared. It is also a sign that our democracy is in deep trouble. 011 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.social❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 05/02/2025👋Good Wednesday Morning Bluesky Friends🦋 I'm not able to go to my Capitol in Lansing, Michigan today, so I'm wearing Blue and for an Exclamation Point, I will wear my Pink Pussy Hat at Noon🩷👊 Please be safe out there and let’s continue fighting the Good Fight💙✊🫶🤗 21657061165 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialJane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The newest Rep from Maryland, Rep. Sarah Elfreth, came out swinging: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal." Yes, Musk is the criminal. 18598172 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0 as secretary of state. People on MSNBC called him a "moderate." Now he's helping kill USAID, denying food to desperate people overseas, with no input from Congress, which created the agency. Stop playing nice, Democrats. It makes fascists think you're easy marks. 55864219 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Demand prison time for Musk, only Congress has the legal mandate to get rid or cut USAID. Cutting off the aid will cause thousands of deaths, especially among women and children around the world. That’s called mass murder. 30064451797 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/02/2025For the people telling us USAID was not created by an act of Congress: Google is your friend www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p... 227134364011 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/02/2025👇🏽 🎯 Again — USAID helped end apartheid in South Africa. Elon knows this. Impossible to ignore: t.co/l7CeSNFiIP Ending our influence in the world is a gift to our enemies. 411327423 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Chris Coons: U.S. foreign and development assistance carried out by USAID addresses instability and keeps Americans safe…. As Gen. Jim Mattis, Trump’s first defense secretary, said, if we don’t fund foreign aid, “then I need to buy more bullets.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Trump’s attack on USAID is an assault on Americans’ safetyOur foreign assistance wins us friends, establishes our leadership, and neutralizes distant threats. 27618 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2025We are experiencing a hostile government takeover. Period! 561221574163 0
Reposted by @mpaulagomezs.bsky.socialjenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.” 1036347498830 0
