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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 22h

Many of them are the same goons who threw a beer party in what was then the Rose Garden when The House voted to abolish Obamacare in 2018. I wish the American people understood that what matters to us doesn’t matter to them at all.

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 23h

This insanity must be stopped.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

ICE officers reportedly shot a 25-year-old named Carlos Jimenez.

He was shot after getting out of his car to tell the agents, who had pulled over a vehicle, that children would soon be gathering in that spot for the school bus.

Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids

According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 1d

“The government said Monday that state agencies will have to recode their eligibility systems to adjust for the reduced benefits (…) It warned that in some states, these system changes “will take anywhere from a few weeks to up to several months.”

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SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed — NPR

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of th...

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 1d

Half of them are riding the craven sycophancy train all the way to the last stop. You’d think all these guys with Ivy League educations would know that toadies are usually targeted in a regime’s early purges.

kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 1d

Totally normal

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Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases — The Atlantic

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · Sep 28

Listen and re-post, ad infinitum.

RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · Sep 28

A message and a Lesson from Norway 🇳🇴 💙💙

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 3d

No, Mr. President.

You do not have the right to take away student debt forgiveness from teachers, nurses, veterans and other public servants if they do not show loyalty to your right-wing political agenda.

This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Rescind this illegal rule.

Trump moves to block public servants from loan forgiveness based on ideology

Those who work with undocumented immigrants, provide gender transition care for minors or publicly protest could be blocked from student loan forgiveness under a new rule.

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 2d

The GOP’s flawless concept of a healthcare plan in three easy steps once you meet the prerequisites.
1. Be famous and publicly simp for the regime
2. Publicly beg for mercy
3. Soft-hearted billionaires and cabinet members will “talk to” your insurance

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Dilbert Creator asks Trump to do what Kaiser can’t — The San Francisco Standard

As millions of Americans fear losing their health insurance, oligarchs coalesce to save Scott Adams’ life

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Susan @joeyotis.bsky.social · 2d

Johnson needs to be replaced!

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 3d

Where’s a whistleblower or leaker when we need one?

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 3d

They were careless people, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

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Trump Gathers MAGA Pals for Tone-Deaf ‘Gatsby’ Theme Party

Hours before more than 40 million Americans were due to lose their SNAP benefits, the president and his court of cronies banqueted in style.

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Citizen Jane @rivergoat.bsky.social · 9d

How my “How it started. How it’s going.” series is going sums it. Maybe I should add the bunker.

How it started
How it's going...

MLK giving I have a dream speech
I have a dream.

F47 doing Nazi salute to empty mall
I am a
nightmare.

EPSTEI
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN EPSTEIN

Trump and Melania coming down elevator.
2015*
*When women had reproductive rights in all 50 states, and First Ladies had an office.

East Wing demolished.
*2025
*When they didn't.

How it started. How it's going.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe we should call it No Czars.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9d

Break the law, face the consequences. That goes for ICE agents who commit illegal acts outside of their official functions.

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 10d

Eating shouldn’t be a privilege

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SNAP recipients told to buy shelf-stable food or go to food banks as funding deadline looms — NBC News

People who rely on the federal food assistance program might not receive their benefits for the month of November because of the ongoing government shutdown.

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 11d

Enjoy Jesse Wells’ ode to 🧊
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12d

The East Wing was built in 1902 & rebuilt in 1942, long after asbestos was used as a fire retardant. So, I’m sure the White House took steps to prevent a known carcinogen from entering the air during the current willy-nilly demolition.

Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 13d

The regime seems to think anything is ok if they slap the words, “necessary to achieve our legislative goals” on it. No need for pretense, MAGA. Just say, “might makes right,” or “I like money.” The GOP Congress and SCOTUS will rubber stamp it.
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Pete Hegseth cracks down on Pentagon staff speaking to Congress — NBC News

A new memo on communications with Capitol Hill, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his deputy, follows restrictions on reporting out of the Pentagon.

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kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 15d

Let them eat cake part II

kate @kmargeson.bsky.social · 15d

Seizing power and cruelty are side quests for this regime. When the dust settles, it’s always, always about the money.
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