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NEW — The National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 282 just emailed its ~8,000 employee members strongly advising them NOT to reply to the “What did you do last week?” email from OPM/Musk.

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contracts the group claims credit for were double or triple counted. Another..contained an error that inflated the totals by billions of dollars.In at least one instance,the group claimed an entire contract had been canceled when only part of the work had been halted. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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If this is the mood in a Trump +22 district hoooooo boy

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We are arms dealers to terrorists.

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Wow. This is stupid.

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Back in 2021, @jbf1755.bsky.social & @hcrichardson.bsky.social did an episode about the postal service on their much-missed podcast “Now & Then.” I suggest you have a listen to understand the USPS and the implications of privatization. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

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Thank you, Janet Mills. This is how all our elected officials everywhere should be confronting Trump's authoritarian "we are the law" sentiment. Head on.

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WOW "Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." ⤵️

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ICYMI: Nice deep dive into Georgia's #Medicaid experiment with #WorkRequirements - Pathways to Coverage; TLDR: New red tape was very pricy & few people gained coverage www.propublica.org/article/geor... #healthpolicy

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Yow. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"In a recent hearing, U.S. District Judge John Bates characterized the government’s position as 'we’re not an agency where we don’t want to be an agency, but we are an agency this one instance where we want to be.'”

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Please consider passing on: THE 24 HOUR ECONOMIC BLACKOUT As our first initial act, we turn it off. For one day we show them who really holds the power. FRIDAY 2/28 If needed use cash at local/independent businesses 👇 the email sent to me you can pass on:

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 75. Trump’s approval ratings are sinking already. Here is everything you need to know about that and everything else that happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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www.project2025.observer

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“Launched in 2015, the LLS program was meant to draw top talent to CDC after a series of agency lapses, including the transfer of live anthrax samples to improperly equipped CDC labs and the transfer of Ebola virus samples from a top-level biosafety lab to a lower level one.”

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"The DOGE people are coming in with absolutely no knowledge of what these departments are responsible for." Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association. www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-fi... I think we'll be seeing this problem more and more.

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Lawfare is tracking over 70 cases of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive orders and actions, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them. Check out the tracker here, updated by @annahickey.bsky.social: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

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"MeidasTouch Network (MTN), founded by three brothers (Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas) is an unabashedly pro-democracy news network that has quickly established itself as one of the most viewed and visited news networks in the world." www.thealtmedia.com/p/meidastouc...

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CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library. Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

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“North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about “credible death threats” when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary. Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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“Pasek said he and the panelists organized the teach-in to increase public understanding of the current threats to democracy in the U.S. and empower listeners to respond.”

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Russell Vought, the newly confirmed head of OMB said of Federal employees "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma." #federalworkers

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Understatement of the day. “It’s rhetoric versus reality,” said Marc Goldwein, senior policy director at CRFB". www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Any vets get an email that your gov login had a new sign-in when you didn't sign-in? #federalemployees #veterans #fedworkers #vets

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"On his social media platform X, Musk said he had identified more than $50 billion in alleged waste and fraud, but further inspection of those claims revealed the real number to be closer to $4 billion, said... the Manhattan Institute, a right-leaning think tank." WoPo 2/19

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The Government says: "refusing a basic request to pause an investigation so officials can examine the potential waste of government funds is not an act of heroism — just a failure to follow chain of command". Partisan politics over justice. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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"In December 2017, the New York Times reported, 'Before taking office, Mr. Trump told top aides to think of each presidential day as an episode in a television show in which he vanquishes rivals.'" What avenues are there outside our echo chamber? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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"This was a government contractor trying to buy a phone hacking tool directly from a group of journalists. So, pretty weird. with officials using it constantly to unlock and extract data from seized mobile phones." www.404media.co/why-is-a-gov...

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I wonder what the outcome would have been if it was a straight, white male in need.

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I contacted my Sen/Rep: "I feel for those millions of people that watch and listen to misleading media.Can you work with your colleagues to tell the stories in the media they listen to. Could you contact Rep Greg Casar ask him to be a guest on Joe Rogan Experience.I think he would be a great choice"

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"Straight white men are seen through the MAGA worldview as the default human and thus wouldn’t be suspicious and in need of a review. Any other type of identity is inherently suspect." gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...

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Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

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"Representatives from farm advocacy groups and cooperatives say they are hearing stories from their members, but most are unwilling to speak publicly for fear of retribution. Many large farm organizations backed Trump’s successful presidential campaign." missouriindependent.com/2025/02/17/r...

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Boston President's Day Rally. Kept warm by the thousands of people there.

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"Nearly half of the FDA’s $6.9bn budget comes from fees paid by companies the agency regulates ...which allows the agency to hire extra scientists to swiftly review products. Eliminating those positions will not reduce government spending." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"Resistance is a collective obligation in which we each share the burden. Do not let anyone tell you that any act of resistance is meaningless or futile." -Robert Hubbell, 2/17 newsletter. You can call any member. Email Contact only for your state. www.congress.gov/contact-us

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Rep Greg Casar of Texas 35th Congressional District. Inspiring work. oversight.house.gov/hearing/the-... And ranking member Rep Melanie Stansbury www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuBE... We need to keep fighting on all fronts. I don't see any more hearings on their calendar, though.

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Also keep up the phone calls and contacting your reps on The Hill. I have read that flooding the phones adds to the pressure to move them to action. I have actually gotten email responses from my Senator and Rep.

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