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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

And I can attest that a large portion were comms staff (like me and every single one of my colleagues in our now-obliterated comms office) and FOIA officers. Oh, and legal and acquisitions. So, no communications, no transparency, no legal checks, and no supplies for research.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 31/07/2025

148,937 civil servants gone. Programs gutted. Services stalled. Trump’s war on government isn’t rhetoric—it’s reality. The @publicservice tracker shows the damage, month by month, agency by agency. This is what dismantling democracy looks like.

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Federal Harms Tracker -Cost to Your Government

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Heartbreaking but important read.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Take you pick. We've got lots of options.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Don't you think he looks tired?

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 10/05/2025

I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign. We are sick of it. He must go!

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

To all my fellow feds, whether similarly fired or still holding the line, it's your right to mourn what is happening to us. We did nothing wrong and we are bearing the brunt of a cruelty that should never have been allowed.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Thank you. My institute was amazing and our researchers were doing great work for a better world. You want to see how America was already great? Look to our researchers. They're amazing and don't deserve the punishment this regime is forcing on them.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Same, my friend. I'm pushing myself every day to keep moving forward and keep fighting and keep trying to find new work and keep myself stitched together. The threads are definitely straining though.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I love both. The red give it a sense of urgency and danger that Kate Kane would love.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

"Despair is not an option."

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Thank you. I loved my job and my colleagues. All the wonderful research they were doing made me feel like I was part of a greater good that would ultimately help so many people. Now, I feel like I'm in mourning every day, for myself, for my colleagues, and for everything this regime is killing.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It's honestly heartbreaking. They fired my entire office on April 1 and removed our institute director in the middle of the night like she was a criminal. What they're doing to all of HHS is the actual crime and the American people are the ones who will pay the price.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I have a friend who's from Rockford and I felt like such a dork over how excited I got when I learned that about her, LOL.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Fair point, LOL. I'm actually shockingly disinterested in sports as a pastime. But I played softball all through high school. So, my heart will always belong to the Rockford Peaches.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Got terminated on Valentine's Day for being a probationary employee. Reinstated by judges only to be put immediately on indefinite administrative leave. Was just RIFed this morning. Worst April Fools ever.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I guess it's some small comfort that it made as little sense to those inside the Sinema circus as it did to those of us watching from the outside. Because that was batshittery of confounding proportions. He seems to have set off down this path from his first steps into Congress.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I've read some people ask similar questions about possible post-stroke cognitive changes. However, I've also read some posts about how he was duplicitous as Braddock mayor and people who worked with him knew not to trust him. He's turned into another Sinema, which I never expected.

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Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Today is International Women's Day. I want to urge everyone to celebrate and examine the impact that women have in society and our power to effect positive change. A shoutout from me to the great women fighting the good fight - Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum, US Senators Elissa Slotkin...

A photo of Janeway holding her coffee mug with the words "I am up to do two things, drink coffee and kick ass...and I just ran out of coffee."

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I think every weather app should, for a whole week, load a warning window that informs all users that the information they use to run the app comes from NOAA. Because I'm seeing way too many people who think we don't need NOAA because "i gET mY weATheR frOm mA aPp."

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a white cat is sitting on a box with the words `` make it make sense '' written above it .

Alt: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words `` make it make sense '' written above it .

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We'll never see him IRL. He hides behind a ton of security like the coward he is. Why do you think he carries that little boy around with him on his shoulders? He's literally using one of his own children as a human shield.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

It's Friday, which means more fed terminations. Unions are working, but this isn't an easy fight. Nothing worth it ever is. If you're a fellow fed, I know you're scared. I know you're exhausted. I wish I could protect you from what already hit me. I'm still holding the line. Please don't give up.

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Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods

The unions allege that OPM acted unlawfully by directing federal agencies to use a standardized termination notice, falsely claiming performance issues.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Thank you. Not giving up on the fight or the work. Just need to find a new place to do it 🤷‍♀️

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

My biggest fear at the moment is they're going to replace NIH directors with loyalists, which is the rumored next phase. Those directors are vetted and skilled scientists who lead staff and research that improves and sometimes even saves lives. The U.S. people cannot afford to lose them.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I can attest that this aligns with what I went through...until they terminated me on Friday.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

To those who didn't survive the Valentine's Day slaughter, please read this. Get all your records before you open your termination letter. Please. Documents will help you fight. We will fight.

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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Black History Month... James Baldwin 1924-1987

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Good morning! Shout-out to @asheville.bsky.social as a great follow here on Bluesky. Updates on post-Helene rebuild and efforts to push back against the current regime. Good people posting about doing good, honorable things. We have to support our blue family, especially those surrounded by red.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I don't even know anymore. The end of January felt a thousand years long.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

One of my favorite beer glasses. Suitable for drinking beers from one of my favorite breweries, the aptly named Burial Beer in Asheville, NC.

Bottle of beer and a GEEKI TIKI glass in the shape of Ghost Face, the killer from Scream.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US. Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪 We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

That looks amazing. Would totally love to join you!

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

It is heartbreaking. My former life as a contractor afforded me the honor of working on PEPFAR projects as well. We are causing irreparable harm to people who should not suffer this level of punishment because of this country's stupidity.

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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

We all already know this. What we don't know is who is going to step up and do something about it. Or what about stopping President Musk from what he and his minions are doing at OPM, Treasury, and GSA? Seriously, are any of you going to do anything?!

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