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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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seaturtle34.bsky.social @seaturtle34.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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LetsGetIntoIt2025 on Substack
Please pay attention to this. Things are almost always not quite what they seem when it comes to Trump.
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AltTaxPro @alttaxpro.altgov.info · 03/04/2025
You can call it tariffs. You can call it spicy pickles. You can call it purple monkeys. You can call it not tariffs. A tax is a tax is a tax is a tax.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 02/04/2025
Don’t want people to know what’s going on? Fire everyone in the FOIA offices. Not at all a suspicious thing to do.
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Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
New: The entire CDC team focused on infertility & other assisted repro technology was laid off today as part of the larger CDC cuts. The small but highly specialized group consists of infertility researchers & experts responsible for tracking IVF cycles & creating data.
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AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info · 02/04/2025
This is some fucking bullshit. I encourage all 30K+ of my followers to contact their reps in Congress and object to this kind of abuse. This was a young kid, and *even if* he was a shitty employee, THIS is NOT how you tell them that. This is pure abuse and must not be tolerated.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
inbox: BILL CASSIDY and BERNIE SANDERS are jointly asking RFK Jr to testify on today’s health department cuts
Chair Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders Invite Sec. Kennedy to Future Hearing on HHS Reorganization

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), ranking member of the HELP Committee, sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., inviting him to participate in a HELP Committee hearing on the reorganization of HHS.We write to invite you to testify on April 10, 2025, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at a hearing titled “An Update on the Restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services.” The hearing will discuss your proposed reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services. The hearing will begin at 10:00AM EDT in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

 

We are following up on the commitment you made during the confirmation process that as Secretary you would come before the HELP Committee on a quarterly basis, upon request of the Chair. Please submit a written statement of any length prior to the hearing for inclusion in the hearing record. Committee rules require witnesses to submit testimony at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing. At the hearing, you will be given five minutes to summarize your written testimony. Each Senator will then have five minutes to ask questions.
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earl-i-lark.bsky.social @earl-i-lark.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
With a 60 thousand dollar Rolex on her bony wrist. A ghoul dressed in finery earned with blood and terror
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Santiago Tena @santinate.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes
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Larry_in_WI @larry1504.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
These two images should be inseparable!
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Appeals court upholds TRO on Alien Enemies Act deportations, writing, “an invasion is a military affair, not one of migration.” I’ll discuss at 11:30 pm ET on MSNBC.
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Appeals court upholds temporary block on Alien Enemies Act deportations
The Trump administration asked an appeals court to overturn Judge James E. Boasberg’s temporary restraining order blocking the deportations.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
They have a personal phone, and a government issued phone. The latter is secured by NSA. It cannot have third party apps on it. If they're using a personal phone for government business, they're already breaking the law regardless of what app they're using.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I’m old enough to remember when Secretary Hegseth tried to publicly mock Judge Reyes—suggesting that she didn’t know what she was doing when it comes to protecting our national security. It was … two days ago.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Italy has suspended the Starlink $1.6 billion purchase negotiations with SpaceX amid Musk being a Nazi and a Trump / Russia collaborator. Italy cites security concerns about the reliability of the US.
A small, starlink dish sits on uneven stones, with a power cord attached, on a wet, gravel surface. Green moss peeks through gaps.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Democratic House Rep. Ro Khanna on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: “I don’t have faith in Schumer saving democracy.” Same.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Trump claims he didn’t sign the proclamation used to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — but his signature is right there in the Federal Register. So… who is signing these things? And is that even legal? And did he sign any of these executive orders either?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Elon is upset that the public is staying informed. So many threats from him lately. We are public servants, not Elon servants.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Americans are going hungry under Trump. Food banks across the country — already strained by deep cuts to locally grown food programs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting aid as demand continues to grow.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Trump is targeting law firms that defend federal employees, expanding his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he opposes. A new memorandum threatens to use government power to punish any firm that, in his view, unfairly challenges his administration.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Requesting any lawyers or state attorneys general who can help intervene or take legal action to please do.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The Trump administration has already replaced the top IRS lawyer who resisted such cooperation—a shift toward using confidential tax data for immigration enforcement purposes, in direct conflict with existing federal law.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Urgent: Illegal Activity Underway Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/03/2025
Here we come
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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 19/03/2025
Folks, times are extreme, and extremely stressful. We're all soft creatures sometimes. Please call the hotlines if you're feeling The Bad.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 17/03/2025
A federal judge DENIED the Trump admin's bid to vacate a 5 p.m. hearing probing whether they violated his order to turn back the flights to El Salvador. Trump DOJ's top ranks claimed no hearing was necessary because they denied a violation.
 MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that Defendants' 24 Motion to Vacate is DENIED. The hearing will proceed as scheduled. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/17/2025. (lcjeb1)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Yep. 🇺🇸
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 17/03/2025
Defying courts
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
You chose this. You chose him. For the third time, you had a chance to reject his vitriol, condemn his criminality, prevent his lawlessness, denounce his bigotry—and you flat-out refused. More than that, you celebrated it. That’s not something I can abide. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
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To The People I Know Who Voted for Him,
To the people I know who voted for him,
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The Trump administration violated *another* court order by deporting a professor despite her valid visa and a judge’s order halting her removal
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Brown University Professor Deported Despite Valid Visa And Judge's Order
A representative for Customs and Border Protection told HuffPost, "Arriving aliens bear the burden of establishing admissibility to the United States."
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A judge can use civil contempt to indefinitely detain someone until they comply with a court order (e.g., return migrants from El Salvador). Since civil contempt is not a crime, it is not subject to presidential pardon.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The easiest political ad ever is that the richest man in the world is killing the poorest people in the world just so he can get richer. If you can't inspire a movement with that, get the fuck out of the game.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 16/03/2025
Remember, the very serious people said it’s not a Constitutional crisis until they defy the court. No moving the goalposts. We’re there, and have been. It’s long past time to toss him out on his ass.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/03/2025
We are in a Constitutional crisis: Dr. Rasha Alawieh is a transplant surgeon from Lebanon, a Professor at Brown, trained in USA, here on a valid H1-B, zero criminal record, & Trump regime arrested her anyway. A judge ordered a block to her deportation. Trump deported her anyway. These are fascists.
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garyg @gjgold.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
If Bondi ordered the US Marshals not to enforce a contempt order, could she be held in contempt?
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Well, looks like we’re already here. The Trump administration willfully defied a court order. Hopefully the court will hold the government in contempt. What happens next is going to tell us exactly what direction we are headed
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
📌I hope I never hear the word "bipartisan" out of the mouth of any Democrat again. You don't deal with fascists, you smash them.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The Trump admin just admitted it ignored the court order blocking deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/03/2025
BREAKING: The Trump regime has blatantly defied the court order. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court order
Their arrival comes less than 24 hours after a federal judge blocked a law Trump planned to use for the deportations.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I feel like we need to form a League of Relatively Normal People, and our agenda should be things like: --Canada's cool, leave them be --Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus --We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it --Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice
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seaturtle34.bsky.social @seaturtle34.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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A Dark Day for Our Country
I'm not going to sugarcoat it. Today was a bad day for our country – and for the Democratic Party.
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trans people are experiencing genocide in the US and UK @oh-that-amy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@durbin.senate.gov I want to let you know that because of your vote today I will be donating to and volunteering for your primary opponent. I think I will have company. you have been in the Senate a long time and you have lost touch with the people of Illinois. prepare for the fight of your life.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If you’re pissed about Sen. Chuck Schumer caving to Trump and Elon Musk, take the pledge to boycott contributions to all Senate Democrats until they replace him as leader: chng.it/mZgjGv9rS9
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This campaign needs you now
Boycott Contributions to Senate Democrats Until Chuck Schumer Steps Down
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
When the Senate Minority Leader sells you out, the only option is to take back the party & country with grassroots activists in blue and red disricts to stand up for the Constitution and our democracy.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
absolutely massive fuck you to DC from at least nine senate democrats. madness.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It’s awesome that Senate Democrats are voting to pass Trump’s budget while he’s at the DOJ calling them a bunch of criminals and saying newspapers and MSNBC should be illegal. That’s great, good job guys.
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seaturtle34.bsky.social @seaturtle34.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Cowards. Every single one of you.
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seaturtle34.bsky.social @seaturtle34.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Shame on every democratic senator who voted yes. Cowards every last one of you. When this country falls it will be because of you and your spineless cowardliness. @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social
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