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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Aug 16

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Don't want to know the answer, huh?

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After months of postponing, OPM opts to fully cancel 2025 FEVS

The cancellation comes after OPM indefinitely delayed FEVS earlier this year, due to the Trump administration’s “urgent” changes for federal employees.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's a start.

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Heritage Foundation founder Edwin Feulner dies at 83

Edwin Feulner, a Chicago-born political scientist, founded the Heritage Foundation in 1973 and became its president in 1977.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Aug 2

Republicans across the country are pushing beyond the limits of the freedoms and rights that we have as citizens. This is just some utopian bullshit going on.

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Oklahoma to Roll Out 'America First' Test for New Teachers

The state's Superintendent, Ryan Walters, says the test will ensure teachers arriving in Oklahoma align with its values.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jul 15

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Huh, veterans are not a priority for #Krasnov and Republicans.

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VA shrinks IT workforce by 12%, redirects tech funding to other priorities

Nearly 1,200 VA Office of Information and Technology employees took the deferred resignation offer or were approved for voluntary early retirement.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jul 3

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

How can they look their constituents in the eye.

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Live updates: House passes Trump's signature bill, sending it to the president's desk

House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s signature bill, bringing $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and spending cuts, money for deportations and Medicaid cuts.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jul 3

What bullshit

ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jun 26

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Tariffs are just a weapon for #Krasnov it's not about trade at all.

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Trump Threatens to Double Tariffs on Spain Over NATO Spending

President Donald Trump assailed Spain for refusing to agree to new defense spending targets adopted by NATO and suggested the country could be penalized by facing tariffs twice as high from the US.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

#Krasnov appointed RFK Jr's anti-vax agenda almost caused the loss of this child. And, the parents should be relieved of the responsibility of raiding kids.

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Who needs science anyway?

This was entirely preventable — an unnecessary episode of torture for this poor child, Albert Wu, M.D., Johns Hopkins In 2017, a six-year-old boy cut his forehead while playing on his family’s farm in...

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jun 16

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Turns out #Krasnov's January 30th executive order slipped in language that would allow care providers to refuse services to people they don't agree ideologically with. Republicans do not give a damn about you.

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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans

Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jun 16

Nothing to see here: just cops on horseback, bicycles, foot, and vehicles harassing a small group of peaceful protesters in a Charleston, South Carolina neighborhood.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jun 8

Peaceful protesters should hand over to the police anyone who instigates violence. People who are there to escalate the situation are probably not on the side of the protesters.

ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jun 8

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Does #Krasnov and Republicans even attend history classes? Kent State, May 4th, 1970.

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Johnson: Trump did 'exactly what he needed to do' in sending National Guard to LA

Speaker Johnson said he's “not concerned at all” over President Trump's order to send 2,000 National Guard troops to respond to immigration protests in LA.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · Jun 5

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Just another #Krasnov attempt to erase the balance of power documented in the constitution. Impeach this man. He is not upholding his oath.

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White House directs DOT to ignore GAO ruling on EV funding pause

The letter from the Office of Management and Budget's general counsel called the congressional watchdog’s ruling “wrong and legally indefensible.”

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 31

Watch what they do, not what they say. Murkowski needs to vote the same way she speaks.

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‘A historic betrayal’: Murkowski slams Trump administration revoking protections for Afghan immigrants

A joint letter from Lisa Murkowski and Jeanne Shaheen urged the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the protections immediately.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 31

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

The real story is, why are ICE agents so often unidentified, and masked, while detaining people? It honestly looks like criminal abduction. #KrasnovGestapo

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An SF Journalist Took Photos of ICE Officers. Then He Was Asked to Blur Their Faces | KQED

After a San Francisco Standard story about ICE arrests was published, a spokesperson for the agency asked to alter the images “out of a concern for the safety of our personnel.”

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 27

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

From what scientific recommendation was this decision based on? #Krasnov s administration makes baseless decisions that affect all of us.

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RFK Jr. says COVID shots no longer recommended for kids, pregnant women

Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. announced that CDC recommendations for COVID vaccines will no longer include healthy pregnant women and healthy children.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 25

Seems like I remember that when companies and govts are the only ones allowed to report on environmental impacts is when things aren't as they should be, and are being covered up. #WhatAreTheyHiding

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Louisiana stifles community air monitoring with threat of million-dollar fines, federal lawsuit says

A coalition of Louisiana environmental groups is suing the state over a law they say violates their free speech rights by restricting them from sharing information about air quality.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 23

If you've ever ready "The Every" this should scare the hell out of you.

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Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users' Lives

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is teaming up with a famous Apple designer to make wearables that can see your whole life.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 23

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

#Krasnov s kronies are soon to cash in on another govt program gone to privatization. Who do you think will profit from this?

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Trump ‘giving very serious consideration’ to spinning off mortgage giants Fannie and Freddie | CNN Business

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he soon planned to decide whether to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored entities that help provide stability and affordability to A...

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 23

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

If they publish what #Krasnov actually says his decline becomes irrefutable. However, I'm confident that it's not just #Krasnov s words that go unpublished, his whole admin don't want to be held accountable.

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The curious case of Trump’s disappearing media transcripts | CNN Business

The Trump White House, which touts itself as “the most transparent” administration in history, has removed a database of official transcripts documenting the president’s announcements and appearances.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 23

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

I'm sure FEMA will handle disasters as well as the last #Krasnov administration did.

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DHS inserts staffers at FEMA in major shakeup before hurricane season | CNN Politics

The homeland security officials will replace several longtime FEMA leaders, marking an inflection point in the Trump administration’s takeover of the disaster relief agency.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 22

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Republicans are morally bankrupt. #TheyDontCareAboutYou

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House passes Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill and sends it to Senate

Measure would tighten eligibility for health and food programs for the poor and could add $3.8tn to US debt

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 17

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

So #Krasnov is a great businessman? He's telling Walmart to lose profits because he doesn't want people to realize his tariffs are hurting US. No business is going to lose profit margin.

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Trump threatens Walmart, demands it "eat the tariffs"

The country's largest retailer said this week it could no longer hold the line on prices.

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ItsNotSoFunnyAnymore @althodr.bsky.social · May 17

Are you getting what you wanted from your president?

Who's weaponizing the government? #Krasnov can't stand it when things don't line up to his demands.

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Trump administration cuts another $450 million in grants to Harvard, on top of $2.2 billion already frozen | CNN

The Trump administration is cutting another $450 million in federal grants to Harvard University – on top of $2.2 billion already slashed – tightening even further its ideological pressure on America’...

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