Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details
Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
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And by putting it on social media, even though they are already on gov websites like https://USAspending.gov, this connects to all
Thoughts ?
Everything they're doing requires speed and confusion. Once that confusion ends, they have to deal with all the legal battles and public outcry that continues to escalate. Anything that stalls and delays them I'd beneficial at the moment.
Obviously haters will scream it is propaganda, but it could serve as a simple and easy way for people to access the facts and context easily vs. digging through Google and the plethora of right-slanted news stories that pop up.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/06/authoritarianism-roots-origin
I think it would be helpful if you use people's handles so some Dems
@AOC.bsky.social etal and maybe bigger account can get their attention more easily!
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Yes, we need to get the jump on him. Every time or immediately following. NO SHELTER for lying wingnuts.
Our "representatives" are supposed to represent US, not their bank accounts.
Thank you, Mark Cuban, for being the least evil billionaire.
Do more things for the people who made you ridiculously wealthy, like costplus drugs. Ty!
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also i'd say it's almost a moral imperative to try to get people off of Meta, X etc. regardless of whether he has a stake or not. the misinfo/disinfo crisis could directly cost us a country here
now go back to X since this is prob the only engagement you'll ever get over here, and i'm already sorry i gave it to you
-The 1st of the United States Constitution
Freedom of speech is the right to express ideas and opinions without fear of censorship, retaliation, or legal sanction. It's also known as freedom of expression.
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I'm so sure none of this effects your life further than a spectator sport.
You are untouched by the tragedy that will befall MILLIONS of us regular American workers.
- decentralization
- own your data
- be freed from corp. algos.
- self Souverenity
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You’re being murdered and brainstorming how to survive next time it happens.
The details don't matter, the messaging does
Dems would still mess this up and the Right would still take advantage
Trump defying court orders and DOJ will back him up? It’s Beyond maga- it’s madness.
He is doing brazen illegal things- and having Elon give power to Big Balls ,19 yr old member of Satanic Nazi Pedo Club? It’s way beyond maga.
End result: Beat Elon at his own game.
But then fight like hell for those programs that help everyday american's lives.
Do you know how many closed-door meetings they've had? You know why the door is closed, right? It's to keep the public from knowing what they're doing and why.
They will never voluntarily show their hand. They will let democracy die first.
Musk is getting to control the narrative for what constitutes waste and corruption — simply because nobody's explaining on the other side what those things actually are, and ways to actually combat it.
They want to pick that fight, set the terms for it. Give people reasons, give people numbers. Push for a third, neutral option for political messaging, like BlueSky.
All of them.
That's what I just learned.
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Musk has declared war on liberal democracy why post on his terms?
X It's What's Happening! Real news brought to you by citizen journalists.
Who, by and large, were not a fan of you, Cuban. They ran you out of the place.
It is better here for you.
I wonder if Bluesky infrastructure is offshore redundant? In other words, if the govt decided to try to shut it down in the US, it would be good if they could pivot to being EU (or elsewhere) based.
it seems far fetched, but it's a form of disaster planning, yes?
They have audiences there but I find that a lot of the follower accounts were abandoned years ago.
INSTEAD, just dig in on the budget & totally REFUSE to 'negotiate', PERIOD -- unless ALL ILLEGAL ACTS committed by & in T[and]EM, to date, are RESCINDED in their entirety.
= No other way to play it, sorry.
"Kumbaya?" (No, NO MORE!)
Also, obstructionists should be fired, as they have caused gridlock repeatedly so that nothing good can be passed in a
BIPARTISAN way to get anything accomplished. (the intended constitutional way)
Yet they get their pay,not to mention all the perks for life if they are in 8 yrs. or more.
Nice try though. Food for thought eh?
ty.
It gets funding from USAID- the same reform that Judge Engelmayer BLOCKED.
Anything can be introduced.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22congressId%3A119+AND+billStatus%3A%5C%22Introduced%5C%22%22%7D&s=1&r=19
Trans kids are going to die. DACA kids are going to Gitmo.
But let's #resit instead of getting organized.
https://bsky.app/profile/generalstrikeus.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org
https://bsky.app/profile/moveon.org
https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social
Strokes cause bootlicking.
Autism causes Nazism.
Dementia causes colonialism.
Idiots cause bootlicking.
Albeism causes Nazism.
Clowns in office cause colonialism.
DEEP sarcasm in the post above.
Many people with ASD that already face stigmas and are FAR from Nazis.
Yet ANOTHER stupid GOP distraction based on something totally irrelevant.
Do these Looney Tunes themselves believe they're running a country or are they just winging it until someone actually calls their bluff?
Those accounts that have 1 post 37 days ago that is just a photo from some bikini model's Instagram.
"As long as it doesn't involve a Chick Filet press conference . . ."
For example, the Treasury Department: https://home.treasury.gov/about/budget-financial-reporting-planning-and-performance/budget-requestannual-performance-plan-and-reports/budget-in-brief/fy-2024-budget-in-brief
and the boasting from Elon
Stop trying to destroy our peace
We can get info when we want
Caller:Dems R all lip service What r u doing?!
Lieu:Mobiliztn&litigation We hv 55 lawsuits now &judicial branch can stop trump I suppose if u want entertainment & performative things-But only courts can stop this We already passed laws. WE NEED U TO GET 3 repubs 2vote wDems CALL!
Comment on on other people’s posts that you like (especially original ones) and they will be more likely to follow back
https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no
Keep USA spending, post simple summaries to federated publication SM - can include bsky, mastodon, others capable of reading, include links back to url to try to train referencing
It’s exhausting. A mother shouldn’t dread visiting her kids.
I love creative approaches. If we want results that we haven't been seeing, we need to start doing things we haven't been doing.
You have all the money.
Act already.
And starting a profitable company that makes genetics doesn’t count.
2. AI is being used to analyze the data and transaction layer of the US government.
3. Information is power; transparency is paramount in serving the public's interest.
4. Decentralized networks are the best tools for supporting transparency.
This seems like it would have been perfect for a normal administration.
But it increasingly seems the current administration does not intend to play by any rules.
You seem very confident that they will fail, and I'm not sure what information supports that confidence.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @robertgarcia.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
those are my first thoughts
2. President has to sign a bill into law. Elomp is president.
3. MAGA/Project 2025ers control federal agencies and courts. Even if such a law were to pass, who would enforce it?
There is no accountability.
Musk mocking corrupt Schumer who has done nothing for New York.
Trump & Elon r BREAKING THE FUCKING LAW & wiping thr a$$e$ w/ th CONSTITUTION--FEDERAL JUDGE AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE HAS CONFIRMED IT.
https://bsky.app/profile/generalstrikeus.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org
https://bsky.app/profile/moveon.org
https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social
Recent .gov site takedowns demonstrate that all the disclosures should be easily duplicated and authenticated.
We’ve got to try leading the narrative as you say
But are lacking a leading narrator
We DON'T need a review on everything that's the job of a congress. The budget has ALREADY been passed, and funds have ALREADY been allocated.
This is #LAVAJATO all over again!
This has become part of “America First” and equates to “American Or Anti-American?”
i.e. Should we provide Sesame Street in [insert any Country not USA]? Yes? Uh… that’s not… correct.
ANY instance where it looks like the latter is blown completely out of proportion as “proof of poor spending”.
https://resist.bot/petitions/PQPHQE
The one problem with people self reporting is that they are forbidden by executive order to communicate publicly and would be fired if they did so.
(I love Blueksy, to be clear.)
One sought to train teachers to “help students understand / interrogate the complex histories involved in oppression, and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual and collective basis
I would feel the same way if it were transparent and even if my own party were doing it.
They have a few with them but not enough to move the needle
You have to fight fire with fire or you’re gonna get trampled.
So our first action as we’ve been screaming on blue sky class action suit.
Time to start digging in and doing some research into the loopholes that the criminals are manipulating for this coup.
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
You know, since you have all that money. Maybe buy up the media. Anything but bitching about democrats would be helpful.
I'm totally off Twitter, deactivated, so I hope you and your followers are too as we want to see it crash and burn in hell.
Try reaching more non-Dems in swing districts, e.g. interviews on Fox and podcasts. The CR will need at least three Rs.
Nix a “bill” telling agencies which platform to use. It’s foolish plays to the choir but no one else.
You don't win by being defensive. You win by attacking.
Musk isn't trying to find inefficiencies. Reject the premise. He's breaking agencies. End of story.
https://usafacts.org/
The idea behind grabbing payment databases as an "audit" is sound. But letting Musk's goons doing so is dangerous.
Also yes radical transparency takes away from the nonsense narrative he is pushing of fraud waste and abuse. That happens anywhere, not unique to government.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/sorting-out-the-facts-on-waste-and-abuse-at-usaid/
Don't look at democrats to start a government microblog site.
It won't happen.
And his deputy; Barney Trump, would put it on “Truth” social.
Behind a pay wall.
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That is flippin fantastic.
But I like the idea 💡
@sanders.senate.gov
@repjasmine.bsky.social
He disappears. O and if you see him in person you punch him in the face.
But the real reason it is down 100 points in just a week is that no one is buying Swastikars.
And Elon is a Traitor. Who is destroying America.
I would never drive a Swasticar.
You can pre-bunk here all you like, it doesn't matter to folks who aren't here.
a) guess the next lie they're going to tell
b) refute it in a way that is easy to understand
c) distribute your refutation so the people who wouldn't believe the debunk will see and accept the pre-bunk
Much more difficult to accomplish.
What might work would be starting a grey party that appeals to the poor and middle class MAGAs with a demagogue or two they can identify with. Grey policies would help them and pass with Democrats support.
They only watch and listen to Fox, Newsmax and OANN. They NEVER hear the truth because they don't vary where their info comes from
Is that too much to ask?
Idk which one he chooses. I doubt he could win an R nomination. I’d likely still vote D but he would be the first R in my lifetime who is unlikely to hurt us.
And if he wins the D nod of course I’d support him.
They win because both parties are for sale. But it cannot be a 3rd party. New DNC chair not a Pelosi pick- a start
We have Ralph Nader and Jill stein to thank for Nazi victories.
and we have to
pre-empt; you're absolutely correct!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP_rldQ4fAg
ANONYMOUS SPEAKS! LISTEN!
https://x.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1887945825676091613
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-treasury-statement/summary-of-receipts-outlays-and-the-deficit-surplus-of-the-u-s-government
They’ve got money from corporations… Money from lobbyist… They don’t really have to listen to us anymore ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDw2rlLAs0&t=52s
the one and ONLY thing the Dems can do next 4 years REFUSE to RAISE THE DEBT CEILING
Dems cannot even use it to negotiate
because any promise will never be kept
even if written into law
#tyrant and #PresidentMusk don't obey federal courts and will just pardon later
$3 Billion in Subsidies and Tax breaks? Wow!
https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/?company_op=starts&company=Tesla
FElon is a gluttonous, dim, thin-skinned, grifting fraud. Oh, also - an “illegal”. Prison can’t come soon enough.
Look at the accounting of subsidies Elon Musk is getting from U.S. taxpayers. Maybe this is where he should be looking for waste and fraud.
@warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov
@pressley.house.gov
@maxwellfrost.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
@smith.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@budget.senate.gov
@senatepress.bsky.social @senatefinance.bsky.social @majoritypac.bsky.social @commerce.senate.gov
Why is that not yet available?
When's the next CVS loot?
Now we need the rest.
Don't patronize me
Anything public should not be controlled by a private company
The government should start its own Fediverse instances for each department
"How many schools can you build for one blown up starship?"
It’s also nice culture here, it’s good that we scream at centrists for not being woke enough. People love that 🥰
Taking their little ball away from them in their petty little game .
And why did we pay between 4-22million to get trump to the SuperBowl? And why have the SS been paying well above market-rates to stay at Mar-a-lago?
That goes for attorneys too afa class action lawsuits.
Maybe you guys should get together and discuss some things - please! Steve's a great guy.
Maybe it will educate the public with facts and not the white house lies.
Once he achieves full fascism, he will probably send our money overseas to buy free condoms for strangers
1. putting your hand in the air, or
2. using the government to force vaccines on babies, and forcing your taxpayers to buy condoms for the middle east?
I’m curious what you value more: hand gestures or policy.
Blue sky is miniscule
X is getting all the releases
Yet mark here..is going to imply that's because they don't put it here...it's not available for all
@kenmartin.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDw2rlLAs0&t=52s
Revisit & review, revamp (& SHORTEN!), but it's true, that grassroots movement is still alive, bc WHY???
https://youtu.be/F9gCyRkpPe8?feature=shared
Then again:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/13/fact-check-was-elon-musks-starlink-used-to-rig-the-us-election
But what pissed me off is not one democratic challenge to any of this. Not one! They just surrender without a fight. Why, they're more interested in money than the people.
If @hcrichardson.bsky.social can write US political history as it happens, surely some pro or prof could see this effort as a terrific career pathway.
Propose a law. Let’s get transparency for the American public. Bring light to this darkness.
bro you live in 2015