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@rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social
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Knitter, doom-scroller, dog-owner, and trouble-maker. I believe that intellect and romance must triumph over brute force and cynicism.

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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We need to make sure we add Trump's name to every failure of his presidency. Trump foodborne illnesses, Trump measles outbreaks, Trump's endless war with Iran, Trump's market collapse, Trump's oil shortages, you get the picture.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Shouldn't Trump be more concerned about protecting the American people than building a ballroom to only project himself?
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Dumb Industries @dumb-industries.com · 14/08/2026
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The vandal who damaged the reflecting pool is the same as the rigged 2020 election. They only exist to protect Trump's ego, because he can never be wrong and he can never lose. It's pathetic.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" was supposed to be a warning, not a "how-to." www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
npr.org
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It's so nice to be on Bluesky and Reddit without feeling like I'm doom scrolling. Happy day!
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Chef Finney @cheffinney.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
www.arcdigital.media/p/ezra-klein...
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Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump
The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
violent rhetoric from the right starts all the way from the president at the top, and goes all the way down to the fringe randos. violent rhetoric from the left is confined to the fringe randos. can you spot the difference
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
In response to the question, "How are things at the SSA field offices?" www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
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PickleMinion's comment on "How bad are things in SSA field offices?"
Explore this conversation and more from the fednews community
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
apnews.com/article/supr...
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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump's plans to downsize the federal workforce
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
This is happening across the whole government. People with vital experience are being removed and agencies are being redirected from their core missions to work on politically motivated missions.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Trump and his people probably failed history AND math.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Years from now, when historians are looking for the causes of failure of the once great United States of America, they may want to read this article. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
lawfaremedia.org
The WITAOD Chronicles
One woman’s maddening search for the head of a non-existent federal agency.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I did a Google search to see if any Republicans denounced Joni Ernst's statement that "...we are all going to die." Guess what? No comment from her fellow Republicans. This is the party promoting death, disease, poverty, pollution, and war.
Political cartoon: The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse see a fifth hooded horseman scrolling on a cell phone while catching up to them. Death says, "And you are...?" "Misinformation" he responds.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Hey guys. I haven't posted in 24 days. It's okay. I'm back. We can cancel the "bluesky is dying" rumors. Actually, does anyone think it was started intentionally? 🤔
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I have a radical idea. Since billionaires don't pay taxes, let's pay the lower 90% more money so they can buy more things and pay more taxes to be invested in services for people. That way, the government AND economy will see money be circulated instead of all of it being funneled in one direction.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If nothing else, at the the United States will be an example to other countries if what happens when you elect someone like Trump and let him run rampant. At least in his first term there were adults who slow-rolled him.
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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"18F worked just how Musk and his team pretend that they want government to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it." — @waldo.net
reuters.com
100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency
At the Social Security Administration, lawyers, statisticians and other high-ranking agency officials are being sent from the Baltimore headquarters to regional offices to replace veteran claims processors who have been fired or taken buyouts from the Trump administration.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Ladies! Ladies! Ladies! Alert! This affects you and all women! Call Congress and the White House and raise HELL about these cuts and demand they reinstate funding for this study! Call Congress: 202-224-3121. This is about OUR health! So little has been studied about women! Call Trump: 202-456-1414
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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"The people who were laid off aren’t gone — they’re watching."
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We came in believing. We left in silence.
DOD's first-ever customer experience officer shares his thoughts on government service amid massive reductions of the federal workforce.
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Julie @julie3500.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
"They want to rob it": Former Social Security head says Musk, Trump are "wrecking" agency to raid it
salon.com
"They want to rob it": Former Social Security head says Musk, Trump are "wrecking" agency to raid it
The former steward of the benefits program says DOGE's cuts put Americans' benefits in jeopardy
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Choco Harvey Milk @chocoharveymilk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This is the current administration. We are here to fight democracy. I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of you to Resist.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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dianecheyanne.bsky.social @dianecheyanne.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
@democrats.senate.gov bsky.app/profile/mmas...
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Lil A 🐴💙 @lilatheofficial.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
'Devastating': Trump admin marks thousands legally 'dead' to stop them from making money Approximately 6,000 immigrants who are legally in the United States will now no longer be able to do anything that requires a Social Security number. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Another good DOGE piece from @stphnfwlr.com
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, the people will say, "We did it ourselves." -Lao Tzu
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
If this is true, someone else should make a 2nd pin to go with it - an image of Putin's butt cheeks that Trump is clearly kissing
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
How is this getting rid of fraud?
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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
open.substack.com/pub/messageb... Good messaging outline and good research. Please share!
open.substack.com
Make No Mistake: Trump and Musk are Going After Social Security
Breaking the agency is an effort to till ground for future cuts to Social Security
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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
open.substack.com/pub/justingl... GA!! Heads up. Info for all red states.
open.substack.com
DOGE is coming for your voter information
Places like Georgia, where Republicans are passing a new election denial bill, will welcome DOGE's infiltration of voter registration data.
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Tony Negron @tnite02.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
As usual Salon does a good job of describing the climate of fear that is paralyzing our institutions. It’s now up to us the people to be the last line of defense against the growing authoritarianism.
salon.com
Our system has completely broken down — yet Americans carry on
America has hit the MAGA tipping point
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Leland Dudek, Acting Putz In Charge at Social Security, admits that the rushed cutbacks will, alas, create “opportunities for scammers,” and there will be more “victims of fraud” …via @emilypeck.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/03/24/s...
Driving the news: Acting commissioner Leland Dudek said the changes in question would usually take two years to implement, but will be made in two weeks instead, the two sources said on condition of anonymity due to fears of retaliation.

Dudek also said the changes, happening so fast and with little public understanding, will create opportunities for scammers, one of the sources said.
There will be individuals who will be victims of fraud as a result of the changes, Dudek said, according to one attendee. He said in the past Social Security had been too "thoughtful" in considering beneficiaries before making changes.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
archive.is/2025.03.21-0...
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is good. We'll see what happens next: apnews.com/article/soci...
apnews.com
Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Social Security personal information for now
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security Administration systems that hold personally identifiable data on millions of Americans.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I wonder if requiring people to go to an SSA field office to establish their identity is because they were worried about all these data breaches. SSA broke it, but millions of people will have a here time accessing their benefits as a result. time.com/7268032/doge...
time.com
Cybersecurity Experts Are Sounding the Alarm on DOGE
Cybersecurity experts warn that Elon Musk's DOGE is posing risks to both individual citizens and national security.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Welcome to the bizarro USA: The DOJ is Trump's vendetta machine. The EPA is now pro-pollution. HHS is pro-infecious diseases. (Wouldn't buying fresh, local food from farms for school lunches fit perfectly with RFK's expressed ideals?)
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
So tRump, previously was against all government action to encourage EV sales, is now buying a Tesla to help out his buddy. Maybe he could reinstate the funding for EV chargers and keep the $7500 tax credit instead of his typically empty and pointless gesture. apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com
What's next for EVs as Trump moves to revoke Biden-era incentives?
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order promising to eliminate what he incorrectly labels “the electric vehicle mandate” imposed under former President Joe Biden.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/p...
cnn.com
‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse | CNN Politics
Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization that the acting commissione...
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I’ve had it with these fragile snowflakes who are threatened by anyone who isn’t a white Christian Nationalist!
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Not all heros wear capes. wapo.st/3FjdEeP
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Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building
The U.S. African Development Foundation denied several DOGE employees access to its offices Wednesday.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
They have installed the wealthiest man in the world to dismantle the country for himself and his fellow oligarchs. They plan to burn the country down to pay rock-bottom prices for the ashes. A fire sale. jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...
jesspiper.substack.com
I Know Exactly What They Are Doing
Rural foresight
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The SSA HQ buildings are going up for sale among many others in Maryland. I wonder if Musk already has a buyer lined up so taxpayers can start paying for leases. More grift from the grifter-in-chief. www.wbaltv.com/article/fede...
wbaltv.com
83 federally owned properties in Maryland slated for sale
There are 83 federally owned properties in Maryland that are going to be sold, 11 News Investigates has learned.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Trump should save a step and just declare Russian to be the official language of the US.
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rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social @rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
@altssa.bsky.social www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
ssa.gov
Press Release | Press Office | SSA
2025 Press Releases
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