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#AltGov State Government Worker (not state dept) Covering all the ways the actions of the Regime are impacting the work of state governments. DMs open to reporting impacts you're seeing relating to program funding cuts. Be an #AltCitizen.

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · Apr 11

🧵Hi! I'm AltStateGov and yes I am a current state worker.

Why am I here? Because at my level of work, I interact regularly with amazing federal workers who care deeply about what they do just as I do. We work together to ensure federal rules are applied and followed at the state and local level.

a man in a white shirt is standing in front of a brick house with the words hi there above him .

Alt: a man in a white shirt Napoleon Dynamite is standing in front of a brick house with the words hi there above him .

media.tenor.com

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 5h

DYK... 99% of people swept up by Homeland Security in Chicago have no criminal record.

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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alt-dea @alt-dea.altgov.info · 5h

Just a reminder for the #NoKings protests.
Kidnapping/abduction laws by state. Be safe.
www.findlaw.com/state/crimin...

State Kidnapping Laws - FindLaw

Kidnapping is one of the more notorious crimes, and unfortunately, abductions and kidnappings remain a serious problem in current times. Please choose a

www.findlaw.com

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 7h

It’s actually 7. California, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Vermont are slated to begin their window shopping period tomorrow and learn what their ACA premiums will be for 2026.

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 7h

Tomorrow, six more states will be able to view their 2026 health care costs.

On average, they'll find their premiums have doubled.

It's not complicated: Washington Republicans spiked health care premiums for 22 million Americans.

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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · 15h

Farmer Fred says if we need to prop up our farm economy, policy should support growing crops for food aid. When we feed ourselves & the world, we reduce crime in our streets, improve global security, reduce migration from famine & wars zones and we allow our fellow humans to live with dignity.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 7h

For those who are NOT Feds, make sure you check on your Fed friends. Either we are working for nothing or we are struggling with being on a forced vacation. While there may be advantages, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

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AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info · 5h

Birds are migrating! If you see sick or dead animals, contact your State’s Department of Natural Resources ASAP! USDA is shut down. My own city neighborhood suffered a mass casualty event of a dozen geese, ducks and swans that hung out at the park ponds suddenly die of H5N1 & your pets are at risk!

Julia Dzikiewicz @juliadzikiewicz.bsky.social · 9h

"Bird flu," encaustic with postcards on linen.
From Your Local Epidemiologist
"USDA has seen an uptick in H5N1 detections in backyard flocks, commercial flocks, and wild birds. More than 4.4 million birds have been sick in the past month."
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

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alt-dea @alt-dea.altgov.info · 5h

www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbies-...

ICE Barbie’s Goons Allegedly Threatened to Shoot Ambulance Driver

Medics say federal agents blocked a hospital run as an officer screamed, “I will shoot you.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6h

At about 0:55, a couple in a nearby car gets out and hurries away with an infant in a carseat to try and escape the tear gas:

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 8h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

Tomorrow is a critical day for democracy in court. Compare how the Washington Post framed it vs Democracy Docket.

Right now, fearless, pro-democracy media is more important than legacy media platitudes. Sign up now to say informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 6h

Lol this is fda at baseline

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

Patel wanted him to investigate the “burn bags” of Russia documents he claims to have seen. A totally normal thing.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 8h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 6h

Old enough to remember when scenes like this would have been unthinkable in America. (It was 9 months ago)

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 6h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

ICE GOONS are violently targeting brown people in Chicago.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Mad Houser/AltHUD @madhouser.altgov.info · 7h

If CPD grants was 1st, 2nd at HUD to receive the boot was the Office of Environment and Energy. I know you’re all super surprised based on the name right? But this office was doing some pretty incredible work guiding HUD policy around floodplain management, energy codes & building technology.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
@StateDept
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 11h

#FEMA folks are organizing a rally. It’s a ways off but let’s save the date. Share this shamelessly & let everyone know whether it’s your fellow FEMA employees or allies in the DMV area.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h

Marine's parents kidnapped at camp
Pendleton

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Ankle Biter @holymysteriousdog.bsky.social · 14h

Father wearing ‘Proud dad of a U.S. Marine’ shirt detained by ICE agents at base

Steve Rios says his father Esteban and mother Luisa were visiting Camp Pendelton in California in late September when they were unexpectedly detained

www.independent.co.uk

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h

The woman who has secured a restraining order is *different* than the woman who called the cops on Mills back in February and accused him of physical abuse before recanting.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 8h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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