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Tell your Senators to NOT vote for the CR! While usually the priority is avoid a government shutdown, the current CR allows money for the Trump/Musk dismantling that is DOGE. Takes two minutes - I timed it. Debating whether it's worth being disappointed at Golden today. #CR #Budget #Senate

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First, thank you to Senate Democrats who held the floor over 20 hours to protest Vought’s nomination. But we need ALL Democrats showing up. Missing important votes like this one to subpoena Elon is not acceptable. Reps. Ro Khanna and Kweisi Mfume were no shows. We lost the vote 20-19. Call them!

submitted 67 days ago • 60 comments

ICE raid happening now! Plan accordingly, stay safe! Whispering Pines Apartments 7755 E Quincy Ave Denver CO 80237

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

THIS! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

submitted 69 days ago • 1225 comments

Remember when a single senator, Tommy Tuberville, held up ALL military promotions for months and months, despite sustained opposition even from some of his Republican colleagues? We need EVERY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR doing EVERYTHING THEY CAN to slow down and stop this administration.

submitted 69 days ago • 67 comments

Dems are introducing legislation to prevent unlawful access to the Dept. of Treasury and 20 lawsuits have already been filed challenging 11 executive orders. LFG!

submitted 69 days ago • 99 comments

🚨 Senator Murphy: “This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is. We are weaker today than we were yesterday. China sees that, Russia sees that.” ‼️ We must all raise our voices! If you’re typing away here & not calling your Sens. & Reps., then what r u waiting for?

submitted 69 days ago • 53 comments

Doing my semi-daily call to my people — do not forget to bring up concerns about the prison outsourcing and definitely mention how their power as rep/senator/what have you is being undermined.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

A couple of (actually serious) thought-experiment questions on where we are and where we’re going: If a bunch of sociopaths are destroying the federal government from within, why should we pay federal taxes? And if they succeed, who’s going to make us pay those taxes?

submitted 69 days ago • 1816 comments

You were looking for ideas @schumer.senate.gov thehill.com/homenews/sen...

submitted 69 days ago • 24 comments

Good online security tips here! werd.io/2025/i-want-...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

We have heard from multiple sources that HHS and CDC websites will be fully offline at 5:00pm ET tonight. Bird flu, TB, measles and whooping cough outbreaks continue.

submitted 73 days ago • 35 comments

This is just the beginning. N.Y. doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills to Louisiana girl www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 73 days ago • 22 comments

Fellow attorneys I believe we MUST speak out against the outrages occurring under the Trump administration Like the attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship PLEASE-make your voices heard Sign onto this letter from Lawyers for Good Government www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/constitution...

submitted 74 days ago • 47 comments

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

submitted 73 days ago • 176 comments

I think we have to explore whether states can sue on behalf of their constituents, or even file criminal charges.

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

Despicable President #Trump #fy #fyp #aviation #disaster #memes #fafo #fdt

submitted 73 days ago • 6 comments

Federal employees, don’t take Trump’s bait. Legal experts question whether his buyout scheme is even legal, and as Sen. Tim Kaine warns, he’ll likely stiff you. Trump isn’t doing you a favor—it’s a ploy to gut the federal workforce and replace professionals with loyalists who’ll do his bidding. 🤬

submitted 73 days ago • 8 comments

New — The National Treasury Employees Union just sent out an urgent email to all members re: OPM guidance on deferred resignation. “Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”

submitted 73 days ago • 76 comments

BREAKING: Donald Trump admits tariffs will cause disruptions, the Administration has begun scrubbing government website of references to Trans Americans, and the DIA will no longer observe Black History Month. News is coming fast. I break it all down. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

submitted 73 days ago • 76 comments

2/3rds of Trump³⁴'s executive mandates are straight outta #Project2025 Of. Course. He lied about not knowing anything about the extremist agenda His OMB Dir was chief P2025 architect He got convicted of 34 felonies and liable for fraud & defamation because he LIES! www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/p...

submitted 73 days ago • 58 comments

This is the number of the switchboard for Congress. I have it on speed dial and will be wearing it out until they are worn out. Phone: 202-224-3121

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Boycott Tesla #Swasticars

submitted 76 days ago • 16 comments

Oh. The LA Times is editing out negative parts of an article about RFK Jr. that say he's unfit for Secretary of Health and Human Services. If you haven't canceled your subscription already, you should.

submitted 73 days ago • 636 comments

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

submitted 73 days ago • 3584 comments

Hey...hackers...this might be your moment?

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

This is a 50 alarm fire. Like the maximum alarm fire times ten. Probably no government employees should be using government systems to say anything to each other outside of extremely dry official business. Signal for everything else.

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

🚨 The CDC website is purging resources on LGBTQ+ health, diversity, equity, and health disparities. This is not just a bureaucratic change. It’s a dangerous decision with profound negative public health consequences. Let’s break down the harm this will cause. 🧵⬇️

submitted 73 days ago • 21 comments

I think we have to get out in the streets now. And I do mean NOW. At the very least we sit in our state capitols until they fucking listen. Anyone in favor?

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...

submitted 73 days ago • 164 comments

If you are a government worker DO NOT TAKE THE RESIGNATION OFFER! Congress has NOT appropriated the money to do that, and that asshole is a GDMF LIAR! Keep your job, make them fire you, and then fight like hell.

submitted 73 days ago • 147 comments

Big reminder that literally no one voted for Elon and that DOGE is technically NOT a department of the federal government (that would require action from other branches). Act with that in mind.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

I keep remembering all the people who asked how they were supposed to explain queer people to their kids have now put me into a position where I have to explain a whole bunch of crazy shit to my kids.

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Our coalition has grown to 30,000 federal employees. Details regarding new guidance will be distributed. For those not in our coalition, here is a public message: hide any online content that is public, document everything you witness or experience, and keep daily notes at home with dates and times.

submitted 73 days ago • 283 comments

Durbin isn't holding back. He's crushing Patel for his past remarks that the FBI planned January 6th. Call your Senators. Tell them to vote NO on this abomination. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

submitted 73 days ago • 32 comments

❗️URGENT❗️Russell Vought is Trump’s hatchet man, ready to gut Medicaid, veterans’ aid, and life-saving health research—just a glimpse of what’s on the chopping block. Trump backed down once—next time, he won’t. Tell your senators to block Vought’s confirmation as head of the OMB. Link is below.

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

Okay, that got me to feel less depressed today. Going to double-check what I need to call about right now and do it. Maybe add a few things about how little a representative's or senator's power might might matter if they let him run roughshod.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

A heartfelt FU to every 🟠 voter & American citizen who couldn’t be bothered to show up election day. Our economy led the world-Now tomorrow 🟠 tariffs begin. Not only are we going to be paying substantially more for groceries, we are at risk of losing our trade partners. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 73 days ago • 145 comments

Governor JB Pritzker signs order banning January 6 convicts from State Government Employment.

submitted 73 days ago • 614 comments

You would think Republican senators would be smart enough to recognize they’re surrendering their own power and risking their own freedom, if they confirm Patel. As if he won’t go after them, too. Once Patel and Bondi are confirmed, it won’t be long after that martial law will be declared.

submitted 73 days ago • 81 comments

Can someone who is NOT AOC or Bernie or a brand new official (you guys are doing great but you're not majority) stop acting like fucking Neville Chamberlin? Also pick up your damn phones already. #dems #house #senate

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments