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Transgender individuals serving honorably in the military should not be purged.

I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.

“Bug.” lol. 😂

Jasmine Crockett for Speaker of the House. 👏 She speaks for me.

Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district? I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...

This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

And now this: “Jim Jones, the director of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, resigned on Monday, citing what he called “indiscriminate” layoffs that would make it “fruitless for him to continue.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

JUST IN: 900+ former federal prosecutors sign open letter warning that Justice's Public Integrity Section could be eliminated and saluting DOJ lawyers for response to "ethical challenges." Among those signing on: former special counsel Jack Smith. Doc: www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract. ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...

After claiming remote workers are actually golfing, Trump again hits the links in Florida Via @jeffzeleny.bsky.social and Kevin Liptak www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

He almost worked up the courage to criticize Musk a little. Not quite, but maybe he thought about it for a second.

1. One is arguably a threat to free speech, the other a clear threat to free press. 2. They were both put equally with each other in the very 1st Amendment for a reason. 3. JD has spent 90% of his time as VP as a social media troll.

I’m the dairy farmer running to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District. Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

The new monster truck events there are gonna be lit!

NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

American farmers will be hurt severely by shuttering USAID. Each year, more than $2 billion worth of food is purchased by USAID from American farmers, including surplus that would otherwise go to waste. #AmericaLast

So money already appropriated and granted for SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare and Head Start can be cancelled, but not the $137k for new drapes and things for Pete Hegseth’s government-provided house. www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

74% of Americans, including 54% of Republicans and 93% of Democrats, disapprove of Trump's pardons for Jan. 6ers convicted of violent crimes. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.