Chuck Borges
            
            @chuckborges.bsky.social
          
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          Father | Combat Veteran | Former PIF | Defender of the Public's Data
It's never wrong to be morally and ethically right with yourself.
      
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      Courage is contagious.
Sounds too simple, but is true.
Same for cowardice.
        Sounds too simple, but is true.
Same for cowardice.
      Remember as well what I said about this the other day: Every time Pritzker, Newsome or whoever does this successfully, it creates an incentive to do it again. Criticism is a self-reinforcing cycle.
    
  
      one of the reasons voters believe the caricatures of the democratic party pushed by republicans is because the democratic party itself believes in the caricatures of the democratic party pushed by republicans
    
        
      Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
    
  
      Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
        Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
      The fact that the US is so focused on AI instead of renewables is going to set our economy back years, if not decades.
    
        
      October 26, 2025
    
  
      Resharing because this is such a great, comprehensive list of resources that is continually being added to as we learn about more resources Feds can access while we are working without pay 👇👇👇
    
        
      The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊
    
  
      Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller, pivotal figures who fought for justice and inspired change across the world, will be unveiled on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol.
    
      
          Rosa Parks and Helen Keller statues will be unveiled at the Alabama Capitol
          The monuments honoring the two famed native Alabamians will be the first statues of women on the lawn of the Alabama Capitol.
        
          
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      There are no circumstances where human beings should be without food. There are no qualifications that make someone undeserving of access to food. If you are a human being, you should get food. I don’t care about ability, job status, legal status, or anything else. If people are hungry, feed them.
    
  
      15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
        Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
      New lawsuit alleging the Trump Admin used sensitive Social Security data “in secret, without the notice required by law and comment from the public or Congress, and without assessing the privacy implications or risks of error posed by repurposing the data in this way."
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
      
          www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data
          A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violate privacy laws and the Constitution.
        
          
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