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Mostly reposting important news, especially what flew under the radar. Plus stuff that makes me laugh. Really into Democracy, Animals, Playing Guitar 🎸.
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From Guardian to Wired & multiple points in between, #AltGov team members are routinely contacted by members of the press. For that & so many other reasons, we have added a legit press liason to further assist us with on & offline comms. Please welcome @altpresssec.bsky.social to #AltGov.

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China has suspended exports of rare earth minerals and magnets crucial to the world’s automakers, aerospace manufacturers and military contractors. The crackdown is part of the country’s retaliation for President Trump’s sharp increase in tariffs.

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In Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, public outrage erupted after a local hospital director ordered the closure of the neurology department and laid off staff. In response, furious residents staged a protest — and threw the official who signed the order into a dumpster. #3E

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When you elect a bunch of people who hate and fear government to run your government, you get a government of hate and fear. This is true no matter how many times you're dumb enough to run the experiment.

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If people come here illegally, use drugs, and form gangs that rob from our nation’s coffers, then of course they deserve to be sent to El Salvador by Elon Musk

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*Stopped by police while boarding flight to Dublin* "Why are you traveling?" "I'm being interviewed." "Looking for work?" "No, on TV. I wrote a book. It's called Free: My Search for Meaning." "What's it about?" "Reintegrating into society after prison." "And what did you do to end up prison?" /🧵

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You should not be afraid of someone who has a library and reads many books; you should fear someone who has only one book; and he considers it sacred, but he has never read it. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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WATCH: @tnsenatedems.bsky.social cite scripture and appeal to Republicans’ Christian morality as Bo Watson’s bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools passes the senate 19-13 (He had shockingly few answers about what it means for kids who are homeless, trafficked, etc.)

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www.latintimes.com/anti-vaxx-da... And today’s update from the “Apparently I don’t know the definition of “dead”?” department: Anti-Vaxx Dad Whose Daughter Died of Measles Says Vaccinated Relatives Got Disease 'Way Worse' Than His Kids

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Breaking news: A Louisiana immigration judge ruled that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is eligible for deportation, his legal team said.

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This was officially confirmed yesterday in our meeting. Both the offices that handled press and public relations have been dissolved entirely, and all public announcements will be done on Musk's site from now on.

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🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...

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"Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market" www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/m...

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We used to mock and deride other countries for this kind of shit.

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UPDATE: ICE has awarded a new contract worth up to $3.8 billion for the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss — its largest contract yet. It's the first time ICE is moving ahead with plans to detain thousands of people arrested on U.S. military bases in tents before deportation.

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Uh, the same person simultaneously serving as Sec. of the Army and head of a federal police agency seems problematic. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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OK, as long as an activity isn’t in some way illegal or harmful to the agency, can the NIH dictate what employees do on their own time? I mean, WTAF!

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Talk about sanewashing! This WSJ oped asserts there is an intellectual basis to Trump's tariffs, to reduce US consumption. Wtaf? It asserts Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid drive excess consumption. Social Security, you know, keeps 27% of seniors out of. . www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

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Now where have I heard the " following orders" defense before..

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"𝙤𝙉𝙀 𝙗𝙞𝙇𝙇𝙞𝙊𝙣 𝙥𝙀𝙧𝙘𝙀𝙣𝙏 𝙘𝙃𝙞𝙉𝙖 𝙩𝘼𝙧𝙛𝙁𝙁" - Trump in 5.. 4.. 3.. 🤡 🤣 😂 💸

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