ProTip (AKA alt_localgov)
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I’m not new, I’m just new *here*. You know me, I know you. The sun’ll come out tomorrow.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
One of the humongous lies MAGAts use repeatedly, maybe the biggest one, is false equivalence based on feelings, depriving their audience of context and proportion to harvest rage/greed every single day.
Feel icky about trans people? You need a fascist dictatorship!
Hate taxes? You need tariffs!
Feel icky about trans people? You need a fascist dictatorship!
Hate taxes? You need tariffs!
In fiscal year 2025, tariffs brought in $195 billion (probably rising to a bit under $300 billion next year cause they only started in April this year).
Individual income taxes brought in $2.7 trillion.
Individual income taxes brought in $2.7 trillion.
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One of the humongous lies MAGAts use repeatedly, maybe the biggest one, is false equivalence based on feelings, depriving their audience of context and proportion to harvest rage/greed every single day.
Feel icky about trans people? You need a fascist dictatorship!
Hate taxes? You need tariffs!
Feel icky about trans people? You need a fascist dictatorship!
Hate taxes? You need tariffs!
LOL 🍆🥔 says only stupid people ask questions.
Who sees/hears this and thinks, “Yeah, that’s right, that’s a good point, and that’s how the President should behave”?
He’s like a cartoon, he’s so buffoonish.
Who sees/hears this and thinks, “Yeah, that’s right, that’s a good point, and that’s how the President should behave”?
He’s like a cartoon, he’s so buffoonish.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
LOL 🍆🥔 says only stupid people ask questions.
Who sees/hears this and thinks, “Yeah, that’s right, that’s a good point, and that’s how the President should behave”?
He’s like a cartoon, he’s so buffoonish.
Who sees/hears this and thinks, “Yeah, that’s right, that’s a good point, and that’s how the President should behave”?
He’s like a cartoon, he’s so buffoonish.
🍆🥔 Day 59
He thinks he makes the guest list and he’s running a disco. He’s crazy, and not in a good way
He thinks he makes the guest list and he’s running a disco. He’s crazy, and not in a good way
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🍆🥔 Day 59
He thinks he makes the guest list and he’s running a disco. He’s crazy, and not in a good way
He thinks he makes the guest list and he’s running a disco. He’s crazy, and not in a good way
Citizen is not a title, it’s a job.
I was going to try and stay away from bluesky today, but the incompetent stooges who lied and hated their way to leadership managed to madden me away from bluesky.
The purposefully ignored judge's order was done to show they don't care what the judge's say. They'll do what they want.
The purposefully ignored judge's order was done to show they don't care what the judge's say. They'll do what they want.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Citizen is not a title, it’s a job.
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Since there’s no Alt for the DoE I’ll share this info as someone with multiple higher degrees I wouldn’t be able to afford with these changes in place
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Since there’s no Alt for the DoE I’ll share this info as someone with multiple higher degrees I wouldn’t be able to afford with these changes in place
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My deepest condolences to the friends & family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Va Army National Guard.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My deepest condolences to the friends & family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Va Army National Guard.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
Idgaf what your religion is. That said, these people CLAIM to be about Christianity and yet are ignorant/disdainful of their own tradition: “You shall not oppress a stranger nor torment him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Their assertion of religion is invalid on its face.
Calling people “invaders” on a holiday centered on sharing food with strangers is exactly the kind of upside-down morality MAGA is famous for.
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Idgaf what your religion is. That said, these people CLAIM to be about Christianity and yet are ignorant/disdainful of their own tradition: “You shall not oppress a stranger nor torment him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Their assertion of religion is invalid on its face.
Happy Turkey Day
I’m thankful there are still quite a few of us who community and who haven’t succumbed to the madness.
Hang in there.
I’m thankful there are still quite a few of us who community and who haven’t succumbed to the madness.
Hang in there.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy Turkey Day
I’m thankful there are still quite a few of us who community and who haven’t succumbed to the madness.
Hang in there.
I’m thankful there are still quite a few of us who community and who haven’t succumbed to the madness.
Hang in there.
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see”
Nano Banana Pro also seems to be good at moving the camera when recreating images, which can add a false sense of authenticity to sets of images, for example:
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see”
wtaf
didn’t know you could walk back death
CORRECTION: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey walks back statement that both National Guard members were killed in shooting near White House. (This post corrects a previous post that stated the two members had died.)
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
wtaf
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We have said consistently that the Guard should not be here. It is unsafe for both members of the Guard and communities.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We have said consistently that the Guard should not be here. It is unsafe for both members of the Guard and communities.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
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There have been 62 murders in DC in the past six months, including two dozen since Trump seized control of the city's policing. I found the names of 21 of the victims, killed since Trump's takeover, he ignores when he tells this lie: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There have been 62 murders in DC in the past six months, including two dozen since Trump seized control of the city's policing. I found the names of 21 of the victims, killed since Trump's takeover, he ignores when he tells this lie: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Thirsty af
BREAKING: The FBI requests interviews with Democratic lawmakers over video urging troops to refuse illegal orders.
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thirsty af
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ATTENTION! All of USA's government is under a gag order. No one with gov is allowed to commemorate and or promoting World AIDS Day, Dec 1.
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
ATTENTION! All of USA's government is under a gag order. No one with gov is allowed to commemorate and or promoting World AIDS Day, Dec 1.
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
$2/Gal … +/- $3/Gal
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
$2/Gal … +/- $3/Gal
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Please amplify, friends, and raise your voices. The world lost an entire generation to AIDS. Heads up @oneaid.bsky.social @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Please amplify, friends, and raise your voices. The world lost an entire generation to AIDS. Heads up @oneaid.bsky.social @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
Dear America,
You know how I know you don’t know how to run the whole government and you need experts to do most of it for you? I can’t even get a handful of people in the entire country to *read their municipal budget.* And that’s fine, until we let morons carve up your government.
❤️,
LocalGov
You know how I know you don’t know how to run the whole government and you need experts to do most of it for you? I can’t even get a handful of people in the entire country to *read their municipal budget.* And that’s fine, until we let morons carve up your government.
❤️,
LocalGov
Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Dear America,
You know how I know you don’t know how to run the whole government and you need experts to do most of it for you? I can’t even get a handful of people in the entire country to *read their municipal budget.* And that’s fine, until we let morons carve up your government.
❤️,
LocalGov
You know how I know you don’t know how to run the whole government and you need experts to do most of it for you? I can’t even get a handful of people in the entire country to *read their municipal budget.* And that’s fine, until we let morons carve up your government.
❤️,
LocalGov
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Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
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Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
🍆🥔 Day 56
The Founding Fathers required Senate confirmation for key appointments for a reason. Donald Trump doesn’t like that reason. It’s to ensure high ranking government officials are loyal to the country not just the president. That’s not what Trump wants. joycevance.substack.com/p/explanatio...
Explanation: The Comey and James Prosecutions, Dismissed Without Prejudice
Preet's and my conversation and more
joycevance.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🍆🥔 Day 56
Bc Halligan is a hooligan, and not even a proper one.
The Comey thing will never see a jury.
They might try to revive the James case bc they’re really and truly that stoopid but if there was a time to walk tf away, this is that time.
The Comey thing will never see a jury.
They might try to revive the James case bc they’re really and truly that stoopid but if there was a time to walk tf away, this is that time.
BREAKING: DOJ CASES AGAINST JAMES COMEY AND LETICIA JAMES DISMISSED
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bc Halligan is a hooligan, and not even a proper one.
The Comey thing will never see a jury.
They might try to revive the James case bc they’re really and truly that stoopid but if there was a time to walk tf away, this is that time.
The Comey thing will never see a jury.
They might try to revive the James case bc they’re really and truly that stoopid but if there was a time to walk tf away, this is that time.
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SNL doing Weekend Update on a Monday
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
SNL doing Weekend Update on a Monday
There is so much wrong with the statement from the department formerly known as Defense it’s hard to know where to begin. The biggest, imho, problem is the suggestion individual servicemembers cannot honor their *individual legal obligation* to refuse illegal orders.
The Trump administration is abusing the military justice system to target its political opponents. A despicable new low for a group that strives everyday to find the moral bottom.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There is so much wrong with the statement from the department formerly known as Defense it’s hard to know where to begin. The biggest, imho, problem is the suggestion individual servicemembers cannot honor their *individual legal obligation* to refuse illegal orders.
LFG
After 7 months of delay while the gov’t appealed, Judge Boasberg in DC resumes his inquiry into whether gov’t official were in contempt of court when they flew migrants to El Salvador, sending them into custody in the brutal CECOT prison. Here’s a refresher: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The Week Ahead
November 23, 2025
joycevance.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
LFG