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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This is how you tell your constients you care about them. Gut SS, Medicare, the ACA, Medicaid, & anything we've paid into for a personally difficult time or life altering event. Thanks GQP. So make America weak. wapo.st/4bM5d89
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Acting Social Security head consults with Justice Dept. on threat to close agency
Leland Dudek argues that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Mr Dudek was a lower ranking officer at the SSA when he was suspended by the Director earlier this year for sharing data with DOGE without authorization. Then Trump fired the director and installed him.
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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Every American should be able to have 3 square a day This is depriving Americans who are down on their luck of the chance to do better
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FreeSpirit 📢 (DMs aka Block)🚫 @aftertherain141.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
US stocks plunged, bitcoin stumbled. 3 major indexes open sharply in the red. US stocks slid throughout the day and, despite a brief afternoon rally, closed in the red. The Dow closed lower by 890 points, or 2.08%. S&P 500 dropped by 2.7%, Nasdaq Composite plummeted 4%. www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/i...
cnn.com
Dow falls by almost 900 points in market rout after Trump says he won’t rule out a recession | CNN Business
US stocks plunged, bitcoin stumbled and Wall Street’s fear gauge hit its highest level this year as concerns about President Donald Trump’s economic policy led to a widespread market selloff on Monday...
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/03/2025
The Golden Age? Sadly, all we are seeing is red.
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Mark @markmba.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Ben Meiselas- Trump is dodging the media as the stock market tanks. His cronies in the House and Senate keep saying all is going well as the market keeps going lower and lower. Pres Biden left Trump a great Economy with 3% inflation and 3% GDP growth! Trump is pushing the US into a recession!
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
As @sharonk.bsky.social noticed the ICE officer arresting Khalil appears to be the special agent Trump invited to the SOTU in 2019 and honored by Trump apnews.com/united-state...
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Agent honored by Trump worked on major trafficking case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal anti-trafficking agent invited to the State of the Union address by President Donald Trump helped take down brutal operations that smuggled women from Mexico into the U.S...
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
They're moving from OF COURSE we won't cut Social Security to OF COURSE it would be good to cut Social Security
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Congresswoman Sarah McBride @mcbride.house.gov · 10/03/2025
Weird thing to say when this administration was supposedly going to lower costs on day one. 🤔.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent says the American dream is not about "access to cheap goods"
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Representative Val Hoyle @repvalhoyle.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The 1st Amendment guarantees a right to free speech, not just speech you agree with. Mahmoud Khalil is a legal resident and deporting him because the admin doesn’t like what he said without any due process, is a blatant shredding of our Constitution. This is a dangerous precedent.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/03/2025
“If everything goes right, none of you will be able to afford food, housing, or retirement ever again.” theonion.com/trump-says-r...
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/03/2025
“This is like presidential campaign rallies, isn’t it? But I’m not running for president, and this is not a campaign,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told The Associated Press. “You gotta do what you gotta do. The country’s in trouble and I want to play my role.”
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Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders emerges as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance
At 83 years old, Sanders is not running for president again. But the stooped and silver-haired democratic socialist has emerged as a leader of the resistance to Donald Trump's second presidency.
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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/03/2025
Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025
Breaking News: The Justice Department’s pardon attorney said she was fired one day after refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson’s gun rights be restored.
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Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is really remarkable. A pardon attorney was told that Gibson was a personal friend of the President and she should recommend he be given his access to guns back. She didn't and was immediately fired. They will fire lawyers who won't bless their cronyism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
nytimes.com
Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is true 👇
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
He's being crystal clear, folks. Elon says it's time to cut your Social Security. www.ajc.com/news/nation-...
ajc.com
Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk pushed debunked theories about Social Security on Monday while describing federal benefit programs as rife with fraud, suggesting they will be a primary target in his crusa...
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Jessica Riedl @jessicabriedl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Wild seeing Trump cabinet officials and allied-lawmakers trying to tell voters that: -Recessions actually aren't all bad, -Collapsing stocks are a buying opportunity, -Price hikes are part of making American great, and -High egg prices mean we should all raise chickens.
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Yodamonkey @yodamonkey2.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hey friends, I came across this in someones timeline. Never a truer word spoken about Mr Dicktator!!! Please share so those that voted for this nightmare can feel publicly shamed!Everyone deserves peace and morality in their lives. Well except the MAGATS that voted for this shit show. Repost, Linda💞
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 28/02/2025
It's can't be all doom and gloom. There is Resistance and that Resistance is working Tesla stock is down 30% in this last month. The economic boycotts have begun news.yahoo.com/economic-bla...
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Economic Blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference?
A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group's founder sees as the malign influence of billionaire...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
From free, accurate forecasts to severe weather alerts to emergency information – Americans depend on NOAA every single day. And now Trump is purging thousands of scientists, experts, and career civil servants. I'll keep fighting back in every possible way to stop this betrayal.
latimes.com
Mass firings across National Weather Service, NOAA ignite fury among scientists worldwide
Scientists worry there will be immediate harm from the Trump administration's latest federal workforce cuts, which hit NOAA and the National Weather Service.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 28/02/2025
Trump and Elon are destroying the Social Security Administration, and without staff & offices, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period. I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of Social Security will mean for YOU. Please share it far and wide.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist. He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/02/2025
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/02/2025
A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office for President Trump’s sit-down with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.
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A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business
A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
European leaders are stepping forward to tonight to show their support for President Zelensky 👏
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Lindafla 🇨🇦🇺🇸📎 @lindafla.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A handy chart for those “that’s not what he meant” folks.
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Alan "no bending the knee, no kissing the ring" J @n5iln.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
"The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." ~ George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
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susanbern.bsky.social @susanbern.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Every autocracy needs informers! Breaking horizontal bonds of trust by denouncing co-workers is key to making institutions political tools. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Escalates D.E.I. Crackdown in Latest Threat to Federal Workers
The warning came one day after the administration ordered that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the government be shut down by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
3 ways Hegseth can harm the US military: lucid.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Pete Hegseth and the Autocratic Strategy of Engineered Incompetence
Three Ways that Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense Could Harm the U.S. Military
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
All the people who were shrugging and equivocating over Elon and whether he was aligning with Nazi, far-right forces should be launched into the sun. May they never be taken seriously again.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/01/2025
Immigrant labor is integral to the staffing and running of restaurants in the U.S. As the food-service industry braces itself for President Trump's promised crackdown on unauthorized workers, owners, chefs and workers are preparing for the worst.
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As Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Looms, Restaurants’ Undocumented Workers Fear the Worst
In Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington and other cities, chefs and owners are worried for their workers and their businesses.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The US is halting foreign aid around the world, but says weapons aid to Israel and Egypt will continue. And the White House has told the Pentagon to send a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that Biden had stopped. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 23/01/2025
Make no mistake: this is not enough! We need a FULL exemption for all VA positions, so they can hire the people they need NOW. And we won’t rest till they get it. 1/4 www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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VA Declares 300,000 Health Care Jobs Exempt from Ordered Freeze on Federal Hiring | Military.com
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