lydabug.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella canceled his speech at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington after what he described as a Nazi salute by a speaker, an apparent reference to Steve Bannon, his National Rally party said reut.rs/3EOPV6c

submitted 1 day ago • 72 comments

More gut-wrenching data that shows what happens when Republicans ban abortion: more women hospitalized for PREVENTABLE conditions, more women miscarrying, more women dead. Republicans want to control women's lives and bodies—no matter the consequences. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.

submitted 2 days ago • 67 comments

Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

submitted 2 days ago • 409 comments

There is zero chance we are going to let Senate Republicans pass the most pro-billionaire and anti-middle-class budget we have EVER seen the easy way. I will not sit by quietly while they try to take food off families' tables so they can put more fuel in private jets.

submitted 3 days ago • 86 comments

Real question: at what point do we try this administration for treason?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

Musk is in a position to get richer off market moving data, stomp out his competitors, & freeze any oversight of his companies. I ask Trump's Secretary of Labor nominee whether it's appropriate for someone with so many conflicts of interest to have this level of access to confidential DOL data.

submitted 4 days ago • 33 comments

I can't imagine this ends well for the rest of us.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Let's be clear: this PR stunt does NOTHING to actually expand access to IVF. Republicans created this mess by overturning Roe and they've blocked legislation MULTIPLE TIMES that WOULD make IVF care more accessible and affordable for families. Give me a break.

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.

submitted 5 days ago • 179 comments

When the very institutions that provided safety, education, and health are under attack, we need to put our love into acts of resistance. There can be no sitting on the sidelines. What will your acts of love look like in public? How will you help return love to the public square?

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.

submitted 8 days ago • 1614 comments

Elon Musk is trying to shut down the CFPB, the agency that has forced big banks and corporations to return more than $21 BILLION to families they cheated.

submitted 12 days ago • 178 comments

They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.

submitted 19 days ago • 104 comments

No Member of Congress should be ceding power to the richest man in the world to decide where your tax dollars are going to go.

submitted 18 days ago • 68 comments