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Proud Progressive Public Servant/State of California Dept of Toxic Substances Control. Mom. G-ma. Cal Poly SLO Bio Sci. Swimmer. Cyclist. Dog aficionado. Views are mine.
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To: [email protected] From: Rick Astley RE: What I won't do this week 1.

🚨50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement. Over 50 March 4th events have been added so far, and our team is working hard to get more up as quickly as they are submitted. Find or host a March 4th protest: www.FiftyFifty.one. #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social

A commenter on our YouTube channel sums up Trump’s picks

Living the investor-owned utility dream: From 2019 through 2023, California’s residential electric rates rose by 47%, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Looking forward to more privatization! #sarcasm

Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:

youtu.be/4s5fMiLdBsY?...

Truly Thankful You are BEST of Humanity The BEST of America Representative Kevin Mullin, CA15 Representative Brittany Pettersen CO07

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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.

Apple shareholders reject ban on diversity programs - NBC News Also Costco. Spend accordingly.

Vive la Résistance open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Last Friday, comic @zzdoublezz.bsky.social performed at the Kennedy Center, which had very recently canceled a scheduled performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus. So, Zach invited the chorus on stage to sing during his show instead. They sang "the gayest song we know" (~32:40): youtu.be/DxsK2RTit34?...

Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration’s own data shows.

Over the past month, the Administration, led by unelected billionaire Elon Musk, has made a flurry of dangerous, and often unconstitutional, executive actions while doing nothing to drive down costs for American families (1/2)

Military Brass and JAG purge is very ominous

Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.

After 1,000 National Park Service employees were abruptly fired on February 14, staff banded together to signal “dire distress” by draping an upside-down American flag from the 3,000-foot summit of Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan monolith.

Grifty McGrifters strike again.

WTAF “The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday…” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

Hail the governor of Maine, Janet Mills heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-2...

Brava, Janet Mills, Governor of the great state of Maine. Stay salty! 💪🇺🇸

This makes me indescribably angry. We, as a country, were paying this guy to be go around being awesome and do awesome stuff. THAT is wealth. But now, instead, we’re going to let more money pile up in Elon’s bank account. Just incredible, cruel stupidity.

Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill was recently recognized for outstanding efforts to make learning materials more accessible to students, thanks in part to $1 million in federal funding that I helped secure (1/2)

Do not be bought. apple.news/AqXoRF_BfQqa...

Trump Threatens to Deport Chickens Unless They Lower Price of Eggs www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-thre...

February 19, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

🚨 We are mobilizing for a NEW national day of protest— March 4th Against Monarchy! Find organizing resources and more at linktr.ee/fiftyfiftyon.... @polrev.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social #NoKings #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne

This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10

With respect Senator Grassley, you have more power than you’re claiming. www.radioiowa.com/2025/02/18/a...

the association of american law schools (AALS) issues a statement on executive branch compliance with court orders that concludes with this. www.aals.org/app/uploads/...

#protest #resist #5050movement #protests #fiftyfiftyone #50501