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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred)

@dataprism.altgov.info

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Retired Fed. I survived 45. Honored to have served the people. #Resist with compassion #ClimateChange is here #Tribal #Sovereignty is #Treaty Law #LGBTQ+ #WeSeeYou It takes #AllOfUs Legit #altGov accounts don’t sell merch or ask for $$. Beware the grift.

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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · Feb 9

I’ve given it a lot of thought and I feel it’s necessary to publicly acknowledge and thank Sarah @skarabara.bsky.social for exposing my true identity as Farmer Fred. For transparency, I’ve revised my profile name accordingly. I trust all of you will keep my secret safe.
#DyslexicsUntie
#resist

AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · Feb 8

Congrats Sarha, ewe half successfully unscrambled my secret identity. #dyslexicsuntie

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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · 20h

a man with a beard is smiling and the word yes is on his face

ALT: a man with a beard is smiling and the word yes is on his face

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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · 1d

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 · 1d

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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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 3d

Special education.
Targeting the most vulnerable children and families in our society for the lulz.
Tell me again how very Christian this is.
The cruelty here is unfathomable.

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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katgw.bsky.social @katgw.bsky.social · 4d

That's so fantastic. I love it. Here's mine #KilroyWasHere

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 3d

The brown people aren't stealing your jobs.
The orange man is stealing your future.

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 8d

DO NOT CONGRATULATE

But thank goodness they’re turning down the rw echo chamber.

Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 8d

'I voted for none of this': Trump-friendly podcasters now walking away from him...

www.alternet.org/trump-podcas...

'I voted for none of this': Trump-friendly podcasters now walking away from him

Several prominent internet personalities who helped boost President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign are now publicly distancing themselves from his administration, nine months into his secon...

www.alternet.org

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 8d

On 6 Oct 2025 a soldier who I proudly called friend punched his own ticket.
It happens far too frequently.
If you find yourself in those dark places, please reach out for help. Don't make a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Until Valhalla, my friend. Rest easy. We've got the watch.

Veterans Crisis Line

24/7, confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones. Contact the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988 then Press 1, chat online, or text 838255.

www.veteranscrisisline.net

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 9d

I don’t have a lot of time so quick thread on exactly WHY what I posted about today is so bad. TLDR: it’s like the most convoluted fucked up incestuous polycule I’ve ever heard of. 🥴🥴🥴

First who is everybody? Scott Bessent is the Secretary of the Treasury so cabinet member from hedge fund land.

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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · 11d

We’re all on edge these days

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 13d

Yo Pentagon City!! I spy some Anti
#KilroyWasHere

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12d

Hey furloughed fed friends,

Stop feeling GUILTY. It’s not your fault the work isn’t getting done. You didn’t ask to be at home or warming an office chair. This colossal waste is not your fault. Don’t feel bad for someone else’s mistakes.

Unplug if you can. Rest. Take care of yourselves 💚🫂

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 12d

Both so vitally important to Americans. You may not know that if you’ve never needed FEMA, but if you ever do you want them there.

Livka 🇺🇸🌟🇺🇸 @livkalearns.bsky.social · 12d

72% of registered voters want to expand NOAA or leave it the same size, and 73% want to expand FEMA, or leave it alone.

mainebeacon.com/how-trumps-c...

Trump’s climate actions are hurting him with voters, polling reveals - Maine Beacon

Pres. Donald Trump’s lack of interest in environmental stewardship is well documented. He once said that rising sea levels might create more oceanfront property (this was a good thing, as far as he wa...

mainebeacon.com

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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · 12d

Have you seen the website? New splash landing about how dems are to blame for the #shutdown
#GOPshutdown
#TrumpShutdown

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 12d

You guys give RogueNOAA some love.

RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.bsky.social · 12d

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 12d

I'm sorry, Ms. Noem, but there's no evidence of this being true.

1. You've repeatedly chosen President over Constitution
2. Party over Country
3. Denied US citizens liberty
4. Denied justice for legal immigrants

Official DHS communication with an American flag that reads
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Mt. Rainier 🏔(təqʷuʔmaʔ) @altmtrainier.com · 14d

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 14d

FedGov public servants to America:

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 14d

Welp, it's that time of year when the GOP decides governing like adults just isn't the vibe they're feeling, and they close up shop for a while.

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NPR @npr.org · 14d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 16d

This video makes me happy.

I want to frame that skateboard.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 16d

Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17d

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown

Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit

www.usatoday.com

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AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info · 18d

Underlining was historically used in typesetting to indicate italic fonts. We have italics now. Right there in the word processing program.

AI will underline things tho, so my guess is the dweebs used AI, proving their jobs can be replaced with . . . AI.

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Dr. Tracy @tracyrenee70.bsky.social · 19d

Rest well Assata Shakur.

'Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has evergotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense ofthe people who were oppressing them." Assata Shakur

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 18d

The gazpacho is coming!
The gazpacho is coming!

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18d

Part of ICE’s efforts will be setting up random traffic stops and checkpoints throughout the city and making educated guesses about who to detain and who not to detain. These 'Guess Stops' will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or 'Guess-Stop-O for short.

ICE’s Training Manual for Determining Who to Terrorize

“The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in t...

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larry.earth (he/him) @larry.earth · 18d

So maybe Trump wants the shutdown because he’s always wanted martial law.

Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 18d

🔥ACCORDING TO CONGRESSMAN GLEN IVEY (as heard at the Congressional Black Caucus) PETE HEGSETH'S meeting with the generals is to inform them that if the Government SHUTS DOWN, MARTIAL LAW will be DECLARED.

LISTEN TO BELOW & SHARE EVERYWHERE. IF TRUE THERE ARE NO MORE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IN AMERICA!🔥

🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 18d

Well, this is concerning.

My logical brain says, “the courts would step in…congress would…” and then I’m yoinked back into today’s reality. Who’s going to stop him?

These are not normal times.

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