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I've been told sarcasm is part of my charm. Animal lover, wrangler of yarn. #AltFam #TheResistance

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · Jun 16

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In light of recent events, I want to make it clear that I now have a zero tolerance policy for anyone responding to my posts with anything that can possibly be construed as advocating or implying violence is the answer to anything that is going on in this country. I've been disturbed lately by

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RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.bsky.social · 39m

“NOAA is taxpayer-funded, so it is a public good—its services provide safety and security for everyone, not just those who can pay for it.”

www.wired.com/story/noaas-...

For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess

Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of risk...

www.wired.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 14h

It’s been…. a night.

#CDCFridayNightMassacre

I’m exhausted - physically, emotionally.
To those divisions and branches that were RIFed and that we didn’t yet highlight here, apologies. We need to take a break for the night.

All of your - all of our - work matters.
We are in this together.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h

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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RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.bsky.social · 49m

“The Trump administration has made clear it wishes to gut NOAA’s research enterprise, which is at the center of climate research globally.”

www.wired.com/story/how-th...

Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels

The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.

www.wired.com

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AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info · 34m

Context on the ribbit ribbit 🐸

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 23h

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 10m

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16h

First, you can’t fire altCDC and our #altgovs so we gonna be here. Pissing you all off by sharing the tea, giving real info and supporting our government employees.

The government is only as strong as its employees.
And you’ve pissed off a lot of super smart and super skilled employees.

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 11m

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1h

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 20m

Lynn's been busy!!

Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 54m

Can't take credit for the awesome Amphifa logo, but the one I designed is free to use!

Here's a png with no background. You can buy sticker paper everywhere and use a normal printer to print them out!

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 15h

People. CDC is Literally being decimated right now. Our hearts are breaking for our colleagues at @altcdc.altgov.info.

You can check out their page to see the growing list of departments affected. They don’t deserve this and America doesn’t deserve this.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

Your creativity is needed for the resistance! 🐸🐸🐸

#PDXFrog #FrogsOnTheFrontlines #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement

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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 19h

Look at these fucking numbers.

#RIF #VoughtDidThis #PresidentMiller

315 Dept of Commerce
466 DoE
187 Dept. of Energy. You know, the agency that has the NUKES.
Between 1100 and 1200 at Dept HHS
442 at HUD
176 DHS which... they have to be UNDESIRABLES
1446 and Dept. of Treasury

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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 1h

Oct. 11:

black history is not a month it 's a lifetime written on a yellow background

Alt: “Black history is not a month it's a lifetime,” written on a yellow background

media.tenor.com

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AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info · 31m

📢 Wide and far

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17h

I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.

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NPR @npr.org · 30m

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected. n.pr/48scGty

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.

n.pr

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Letitia James
Indictment
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 25m

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AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info · 1h

Federal Friends— anyone furloughed but received a RIF notice?

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1h

Trump’s rationale for sending the military into American cities keeps shifting. But the purpose remains constant: intimidation. The Supreme Court and Congress must push back. bit.ly/3IWUMED

There Is No Insurrection

Troops are for national defense, not displays of presidential power.

www.brennancenter.org

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31m

There’s a March for Health and Science being organized in DC for Wednesday, November 5.

MARCH FOR HEALTH & SCIENCE
Washington DC, November 5@4PM

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 5h

Before you hit the streets- join the know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training on 10/15/25 at 7 PM ET.

Together, let’s send a clear message: the people will not be silenced. act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org

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Salon.com @salon.com · 28m

According to the Office of Management and Budget, “substantial” layoffs are underway across at least seven federal departments, including Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The federal workforce purge begins - Salon.com

OMB confirms sweeping layoffs across major agencies as unions sue and the shutdown grinds on

www.salon.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h

The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation, and protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. That is why my law firm is litigating 63 voting cases — to preserve our basic civil and political rights, Marc Elias writes.
https://bit.ly/3W0PxqE

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

UPDATE — PERRY COUNTY: The man arrested for sharing Trump’s words “we have to get over it” in a group about a Charlie Kirk vigil has a bond hearing in December www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...

original bond: $2 MILLION

His family says his 1A rights are being trampled.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 2h

JFC!!! I thought ICE was claiming to be the victims of other people ramming their vehicles.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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