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AcesBackToBack @acesbacktoback.bsky.social · 3h

Trouble ahead, trouble behind and you know that notion just crossed my mind.

Beautiful graphics, thank you Dr.

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AcesBackToBack @acesbacktoback.bsky.social · 3h

LMAO, Trump can federalize them but can’t use them, like having a screen door in a submarine.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Keep Control of Illinois National Guard but Bars Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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AcesBackToBack @acesbacktoback.bsky.social · 3h

Better watch your speed.

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AcesBackToBack @acesbacktoback.bsky.social · 3h

It just seems so damned obvious. The Russians take over the government, the oligarchs go along and fund it thinking they’re in charge. They should check out the death toll of Russian oligarchs, but doing too well there.

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AcesBackToBack @acesbacktoback.bsky.social · 3h

Scarlet Begonias:

From the other direction she was calling my eye, could be an illusion but I might as well try, might as well try.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 4h

Time for a break, music game fun! 🎶🤘🎶

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AcesBackToBack @acesbacktoback.bsky.social · 3h

Drivin’ that train…

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

My grandfather who stormed Omaha beach would be listed as an enemy of the state by the Regime.

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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 20h

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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 6h

As always, never give YOUR information to websites you don't know and trust.

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BUUUUUT, this would be a great time for Seymour Butz and all of his friends to put themselves into the database (from a library computer, or at least using a VPN, of course.)

TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 11h

Heads-up. Share this everywhere. ICE has created a fake "Stop Ice" app. They're trying to ensnare people to enter their information, so they can go after them.
Do NOT use stopice./org.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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AcesBackToBack @acesbacktoback.bsky.social · 3h

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 4h

Trump thinks firing 4,000 federal employees is owning the libs — when in fact it's just showing how cruel, inhumane, and sadistic he is.

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Paul Arzooman @zoopaul.bsky.social · 7h

This is what comes of hiring mentally unbalanced men and giving them power. It's like the Nazis in the 1920s. Bunch of pissy losers who blame everyone else for the fact that they can't cut it in life.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine that

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20h

Reduction in force (RIF, I.e. firing) email and page 1 of the RIF memo.

CDC, this is absolutely illegal and our union (AFGE) will be suing.

afge2883ga.org

The union is asking that you send your RIF notice to: [email protected] with

Name
CIO/division/branch
FTE status & tenure

Dear [name redacted],

I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a reduction in force (RIF) action. Please find attached a notice memorandum explaining the RIF and next steps. This RIF action does not reflect directly on your service, performance, or conduct. It is being taken solely for the reasons stated in the memorandum.

After you receive this notice, you will be placed on administrative leave and will no longer have building access beginning Friday, October 10, unless directed otherwise by your leadership. Additionally, please save this email and its attachments, or forward them to a personal email address, for your records.

Leadership at HHS appreciates your service.

Sincerely,
Tom Nagy

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is executing this Reduction in Force (RIF) to maximize efficiency and funding priorities. This memorandum constitutes a specific notice of a RIF.

I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a RIF action. This RIF is necessary to reshape the workforce of HHS.

This is your specific notice of the RIF. In accordance with the RIF procedures specified in Chapter 35 of Title 5 of the United States Code and Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 351, and HHS policy, you are being released from your competitive level based on your retention standing. Consequently, you will be separated from the Federal service effective December 8, 2025. In the event you are qualified and have assignment rights to a position that becomes available during the notice period, you will be informed via a specific, subsequent notice. Should the circumstances of the RIF notice change, this notice will be updated.

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Guard The Leaf @guardtheleaf.bsky.social · 7h

Canada's Most Beautiful Places You Never Knew About!

#elbowsup
#boycottusa
#FuckTacoTrump
#canadastrong
#CanadaSky
#never51state
#canadaunited
#political

Showcasing our amazing country Canada

Repost so we get this message out there!

youtu.be/a5CJBduSHW4

Canada's Most Beautiful Places You Never Knew About!

YouTube video by Guard The Leaf

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing

The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer’s killing to justify attacks on critics, experts say Donald Trump and Maga allies have capitalized on the killing of rightwing influencer Charlie Kirk to expand attacks on liberal groups, donors, Democrats, and others by tarring many critics as the “enemy within” and “radical left” in a move that legal scholars and historians call authoritarian and anti-democratic. Kirk’s killing by a lone gunman spurred Trump and top allies to quickly launch conspiratorial charges against a bevy of political foes and an investigation of billionaire liberal donor George Soros. They also threatened legal action against TV network ABC after their late-night star Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension over clumsy comments about Kirk ended. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 7h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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The Defenders of Democracy @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social · 1d

As #DefendersOfDemocracy we refuse to go quietly into night and pledge to fight in order to strengthen and improve the lives of all people, and secure democracy for generations to come.

Here is our Defenders of Democracy team!

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Keith Stewart @xok999.bsky.social · 6h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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Mark Bechtel @markymark757.bsky.social · 6h

I know. I heard. The stock market reacted negatively.
It's hard when President Trump doesn't correctly understand what a tariff is and how it is applied. Americans voted for this incompetent moron thinking he would help them. Now every American is paying a heavy price.

jerake.bsky.social @jerake.bsky.social · 6h

Mark, you seem to get around - Trump just dropped a 100% tariff on China

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