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#wiunion fan, poll worker, casual #mnleg observer, <3 democracy. Central MN Formerly @DebJSchwartz on 🐦
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New, from me: DOGE's mass firings of probationary employees are a masterclass in how not to manage public organizations. They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...

submitted 6 days ago • 94 comments

Brilliant skit from @sarahcpr.bsky.social youtu.be/9cJ1IZsp750?...

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submitted 10 days ago • 76 comments

It's almost impossible to describe the corruption of Elon Musk But we must.

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

If only experts existed who could warn Americans repeatedly that foreign aid is money spent to pay Americans and buy things from Americans but no one's ever said it out loud so who can blame people for not understanding

submitted 16 days ago • 203 comments

Buckle up everyone this is going to be a LONG thread but if you are a current Fed you are going to want to bookmark it because it’s the roadmap for what’s coming. #SaveUSAID #SaveAmerica 1/

submitted 15 days ago • 49 comments

- racist DOGE guy (redundant) canned - federal judge upholds birthright citizenship - another judge blocks voluntary resignation - NY state going to court over treasury business - patel put on ice for at least a week

submitted 16 days ago • 112 comments

Sen. Klobuchar calls out Kash Patel's bullsh*t: "It is his own words, it is not some conspiracy. It is what Mr. Patel actually said himself. Facts matter."

submitted 23 days ago • 133 comments

Y'all a friend got placed on administrative leave and escorted out of her K12 school this week for distributing Spanish-language "Know Your Rights" flyers. When i asked how she was doing, she said "I'm okay. This was my line in the sand." Know where your lines are and stand by them.

submitted 23 days ago • 36 comments

To: Acting Director of Trump agency who issues stuff 1. Maybe brush up on Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. It gives the people’s reps the power to look out for people. They actually put Congress before YOU in the Constitution! 😎 2. Are you stopping NIH cancer trials?

submitted 25 days ago • 91 comments

What OMB is doing violates the constitution itself. The ICA fills in the details of how congress and the executive interact over the spending power, but finding the ICA unconstitutional and ratifying OMB’s action here would mean overthrowing the most fundamental constitutional design.

submitted 25 days ago • 35 comments

The Supremes have ruled. Hopefully this ends the BS at #mnleg

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

"In times like these, there is a duty to persuade. Not by silencing ourselves to validate false and pernicious grievances, but by directly and respectfully telling people they are wrong. That they are being lied to. And that these lies will make their own lives harder."

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments