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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 22

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.

Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Jun 10

“The distance between what is said, and what is known to be true, has become an abyss…The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands - we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · May 10

A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the administration.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 10

Your Mother’s Day weekend reminder that the so-called “party of family values” has historically blocked:

-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Expanded Child Tax Credit
-Programs to support reproductive health

Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.

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therescuetable.bsky.social @therescuetable.bsky.social · May 10

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 27

The potential loss of the world’s greatest climate forecasting tool has ramifications for long-term safety and security.

NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats.

By @abrahm.bsky.social

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

www.propublica.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Apr 26

This is how terrified they are of people in government telling the truth to the American people about what they are doing behind the scenes. Cockroaches hate sunlight.

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Save Civil Service @savecivilservice.bsky.social · Apr 27

Good Evening, Team

TRAGIC BUT UNSURPRISING news that only 100 days in #maga #congress is already plotting to cut EARNED and promised federal pensions > to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
#DrainTheDOGE #DOGE

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House GOP Drafts Cuts to Federal Employee Pension System

(Bloomberg) -- Federal employee pension benefits are set to be pared back in Republicans’ giant tax and spending package working its way through the US House, another slap at a workforce roiled by Elo...

finance.yahoo.com

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · Apr 24

Federal workers are our neighbors, friends, and family who want to serve their communities. Elon Musk and his DOGE are completely upending their lives and gutting the essential services that federal workers bring to life and others rely on every day.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 24

See the problem here?

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Reuters @reuters.com · Apr 22

US Justice Department reassigns about a dozen civil rights attorneys amid shakeup, say sources reut.rs/42YboD6

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 22

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 23

“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes @adriennelaf.bsky.social. If you wait to speak out against autocrats, you have already lost:

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom

It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

bit.ly

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 17

This is how to respond to the Abrego Garcia issue! Thank you, Mayor Pete!

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Apr 17

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Apr 15

Tax the rich, pass it on. #TaxDay

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 13

Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.

NPR @npr.org · Apr 13

Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts

Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

www.npr.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 13

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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willyglen.bsky.social @willyglen.bsky.social · Apr 13

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Apr 14

How much you wanna bet that soon we’ll find out it’ll cost $100 billion or some such amount to fix everything he broke?

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · Apr 13

Elon Musk said he’d cut the federal budget by $2 trillion

Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion

Now he’s down to $150 billion

And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion

So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services

This clown will cut $58 billion

Maybe

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thatmillennialmom.bsky.social @thatmillennialmom.bsky.social · Apr 11

It was a good run. 😢

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 11

Most of the damage caused by Trump's tariff plan will not be undone by its pause, Rogé Karma writes. "The world has seen things it cannot unsee":

The Tariff Damage That Can’t Be Undone

Nothing here has ended well. In fact, it hasn’t even ended.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 10

After massive public backlash, the Social Security Administration is rolling back its disastrous cuts to phone services.

This is a huge victory for the public against DOGE's rampage.

Keep up the fight.

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thatmillennialmom.bsky.social @thatmillennialmom.bsky.social · Apr 10

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Apr 10

Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.

Neither Neurodivergence Nor Mental Illness Made Them Bigots—They're Just Awful People

It's hard to admit your heroes are jerks, but the mentally ill and neurodivergent shouldn't be collateral damage.

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

thatmillennialmom.bsky.social @thatmillennialmom.bsky.social · Apr 10

Furthermore, how does that affect our National Security in the future? We will have a drought of scientists, engineers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and other vital functions because we aren’t nurturing them now. #shortsighted #nationalsecurity #teachers #DOE #trump

thatmillennialmom.bsky.social @thatmillennialmom.bsky.social · Apr 10

When I became a parent, I only wanted 1 thing, for my children to have a better future than I had (& I had a good childhood). Right now we are on course to bring back child labor & dismantling public education, who does that benefit? Certainly not my children. #education #childlabor #mom #parenting

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Apr 10

Donald Trump is trying to gut the Department of Education — the agency that makes sure that students with special needs are supported in our public schools.

So I asked: How has the Department of Education supported a student with special needs in your life?

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