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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 03/05/2025

Want a tangible way to resist? Here's your homework. Follow the instructions in this super guide from our amazing friends at @fedworkersunited.bsky.social to comment by May 23 on the proposed Schedule F rule, which would remove civil service protections for a huge swath of the federal workforce.

Public Comment Toolkit
The Trump Administration issued a new policy that would make it easy to
fire hundreds of thousands of federal employees and replace them with political loyalists. This would make it easier to weaken our national security and
dismantle the medical and Social Security benefits, clean water and safety
regulations that took America out of the 1800s. We can stop them.
Use this guide to submit a comment by May 23
How: Trump’s Office of Personnel Management is required to solicit public comments
before the policy takes effect. OPM must review the public comments and respond to significant
comments
2. If OPM does not follow these steps, federal courts can stop the policy. Commenting
is your opportunity to make your voice heard and fight against this dangerous policy before it
harms millions of Americans.
Comments helped fight previous policies and can do so again: For example, Health and
Human Services proposed reducing certain Medicare reimbursements for health care
providers. Commenters pointed out errors with the studies cited by HHS. A court struck down
the HHS rule because of the issues pointed out by comments.
3. What the policy does
Removes civil-service protections from a
new category of federal employees called
Schedule Policy/Career.
P/C employees become at-will workers.
They lose their right to challenge
terminations or appeal reclassification to the
Merit Systems Protection Board.
Allows agencies to identify and recommend
"policy-influencing" roles into Schedule P/C.
Gives the President sole authority to
reclassify federal employees as P/C and
removes their ability to challenge
reclassification. Why it matters. Makes mass firings between administrations
more likely, which weakens government
expertise and efficiency.
Politicizing government functions weakens
continuity and the delivery of public services.
The policy will remove safeguards for those
refusing to break the law in favor of partisan
outcomes.

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NPR @npr.org · 03/05/2025

A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

Public media is under threat. Millions depend on the NPR Network every day. Silencing journalism is one way to silence truth and erode the power of the people. Donate now.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

word choice is key here. DHS detained & almost deported many citizens during the 1st Trump admin, too -- just like Obama & others before them A GAO report estimated 70 "potential" citizens were removed 2015-2020. It's hardly as impossible as it's painted www.propublica.org/article/more...

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AltTaxPro @alttaxpro.altgov.info · 19/04/2025

The Cruelty Is The Point

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 Ezra Klein also put a 12m TikTok video about this yesterday that is well worth the watch. THE EMERGENCY IS HERE. Please do not bury your head in the sand. Don't look away. YOU MUST ACT.

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

If you are applying for your first #passport, you need to know that they require you to send your original birth certificate to the Dept of State with the application, as well as a black and white copy of the document, for verification. They say they will then mail it back after they verify it.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/04/2025

U.S. airstrikes targeting an oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others, the group said. It marks the single-deadliest known attack under President Donald Trump’s new campaign targeting the rebels.

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US strikes on a Yemeni oil port kill 74 people, Houthis say, in deadliest attack of Trump campaign

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say the toll from U.S. airstrikes targeting oil port jumped to 74 people killed and 171 others wounded.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Coachella 2025 last night. So he went from the LA rally to Coachella. He's 83 and fighting like this. This should be an inspiration to all of us. If he can do this, we can all do a little more.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Eugenicists are so stupid.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

It takes 3.5% of a population to overthrow a dictator. THIS Saturday, June 19th, find a protest event near you: www.fiftyfifty.one/events #fiftyfiftyone #fightfascism #nokings #historyhasitseyesonyou

fiftyfifty.one

Events | 50501 Movement

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

This is INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.

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NPR @npr.org · 11/04/2025

The House has passed legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving U.S. citizenship.

npr.org

The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know

The House has passed legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving U.S. citizenship.

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

It takes 3.5% of a nation's population to topple a dictator. Yesterday's protests saw 5.2M people protest, or 1.5%. Our next mass protest is April 19th- just under 2 wks away. Keep the momentum going. Bring friends. LADY LIBERTY IS ADJUSTING HER CROWN. #FightFascism #Bythepeopleforthepeople

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 06/04/2025

The prophecy is being fulfilled.

Opening scroll off Phantom Menace movie from Star Wars telling about trade disputes that kicked off the saga.

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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

3.1M protesters! 1% of the country! Don't let the media ignore this. Post EVERYWHERE. Make a ruckus! Other countries don't know we're protesting. WE don't know people in the US are protesting. So much is being suppressed! #MakeThemHearYou #GoodTrouble #FightFascism #NoKings #NoGenocide

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Here it is! Sorry, 2.3M, not 2.1. Don't hide your head in the sand. You have a responsibility just like anyone else. #HistoryHasItsEyesOnYou

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I saw an estimate (I'm sorry I can't credit who it was- I can't remember) that about 2.1M people showed up to #protest across the country today. To get to 3% of the population, we need 10.2M. We can- we HAVE to do this. ALL our lives depend on it. #FightFascism #NoKings #EverythingICould

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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/04/2025

Added alt text

Joseph Allen @j_g_allen tweeted:

Now economists know how scientists felt when he said "inject bleach"

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

They're crashing the economy and burning the government to the ground intentionally. We are not going to spend ANY absolutely necessary money. Give them NOTHING. Buy local. Barter. Trade. Grow your own. Organize. Repair. Make due without. This is going to suck. We have to fight back.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said. “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

washingtonpost.com

Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status

The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.

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MS NOW @ms.now · 29/03/2025

Tulsi Gabbard revokes access to classified info for Trump's political foes www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”

A picture of Vladimir Putin holding his phone

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Nature @nature.com · 26/03/2025

The termination of COVID-19 research is a “real slap in the face of the many patients struggling with the long-term health effects of COVID infections”, says Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. go.nature.com/4c2QfuJ

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Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal

Studies on climate change and South Africa are also on the latest list of grants to be terminated, according to updated documents obtained by Nature.

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

"Sometimes your have to pick speed over safety." Then DT blamed Signal. Then Waltz said he's never met Goldberg. You have to be invited into the group chat to enter a group chat on Signal, and everyone gets notification that you've been added, and by whom. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

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Trump admin live updates: Security adviser deflects blame over Signal group chat

Earlier Tuesday, Trump was asked about the continued use of Signal among government offices and if things would change, and the president said he would look into it.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This senior admin official glosses over that it was a potential crime for EVERYONE on the chat to share classified information on it. And Politico doesn't tell us whether the SAO was on the chat. Or whether the threads discussing this are ALSO on Signal. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

A *senior administration official* told POLITICO on Monday afternoon that they are involved in multiple text threads with other administration staffers on what to do with Waltz, following the bombshell report that the top aide inadvertently included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a private chat discussing a military strike on Houthis.

“Half of them are saying he’s never going to survive or shouldn’t survive,” said the official, who like others was granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberation. And two high-level White House aides have floated the idea that Waltz should resign in order to prevent the president from being put in a “bad position.”

“It was reckless not to check who was on the thread. It was reckless to be having that conversation on Signal. You can’t have recklessness as the national security adviser,” the official said.

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Pennsylvania voting irregularities in the 2024 presidential election, according to @electiontruth.bsky.social: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

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Adobe Acrobat

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We Are Not Okay @probably-not.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Holding onto some hope right now: I finally found something I've been searching my house for. A few seedlings sprouted today. New seedlings always bring hope! But I need more. I'm honestly still struggling. What is bringing you hope right now? #hopeisarevolutionaryact #daretohope #hope

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Rebellions are built on hope.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Yes. Most of America is unaware there is a coup underway by oligarchs that is destroying cancer research.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

Chart showing double the number of protests in 2025 than occurred during the same time period in 2017.

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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 23/03/2025

(1/2) This is the point where they move from cracking down on "illegal immigrants" to creating more "illegal immigrants" so they can continue kicking people who aren't the right (white) kind of residents out of the country. apnews.com/article/immi...

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