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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 15d

This is a great #AltCitizen activity heading into elections!

Pam🫘🧶💙🏳️‍🌈 #NoKings🚫👑 @pmmcdaniel.bsky.social · 15d

I'm writing #PostcardsToVoters in #Pennsylvania right now.

The 2025 Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court retention election — the most important election of 2025 — has officially begun as mail-in ballots for the upcoming election begin arriving in mailboxes for PA voters.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 14d

So top Portland cops wrote & *testified* that fed agents have been "instigating and causing" conflict.

They said agents were firing pepper balls unprovoked and "without any apparent warning"

When a Portland chief called a federal agent w/ Qs, the agent hung up.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

“It makes it extremely difficult for us to deal with, as the folks that are on the other side of this fence have been, night after night, actually instigating and causing some of the ruckus that’s occurring down there,” Dobson said.

“Okay. So it’s your testimony ICE is creating the problem?” Rask asked.

“I’m saying that they’re not following best practice,” Dobson replied.

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Alt VA Comrades @alt-va-comrades.altgov.info · 17d

🚨 A group of brave freedom fighting VA employees stood up to raise the alarm about the current state of affairs at the #VA.

PLEASE stand up and sign whether you are a VA employee, federal employee, #Vet, or individual who believes the truth must be heard. 🚨

actionnetwork.org/petitions/li...

The Lincoln Declaration: a Statement of Alarm about the Future of Veterans' Healthcare

America's veterans deserve a VA that keeps Abraham Lincoln's promise: to care for all who have served our nation, their families, caregivers, and survivors. For most of the last century, the Veterans’...

actionnetwork.org

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 19d

The GOP: you people aren’t mourning hard enough. You’re disgusting. How dare you make jokes about this man’s death.

Also the GOP:

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Homeland Security on X: "Gotta Catch ‘Em All. https://t.co/qCvflkJGmB" / X

Gotta Catch ‘Em All. https://t.co/qCvflkJGmB

x.com

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 19d

👋👽

Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by BlondieVEVO

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 20d

Donald Trump -> Lord Dampnut
This is canon now. Please update your files accordingly.
#LordDampnut 🍊🤡

Colin Mochrie is shown posting:
Anyone point out that a Donald Trump anagram is Lord Dampnut?

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 20d

#KilroyWasHere

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 22d

I wish people knew what FEMA employees endure on deployment. We are away from our families months/ years. And we face hostility EVERYWHERE. Usually we are encouraged not to wear our shirts or anything that identifies us as FEMA employees. We get death threats. It’s not real pretty Or glamorous.

Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 24d

NEW: More than 500 pages of #FOIA docs @zhirji.bsky.social @davey.bsky.social & I obtained from FEMA detail previously unreported threats against personnel in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene & Milton, including the swatting of then-FEMA Director Deanne Criswell
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This document details extraordinary steps taken to protect Deanne Criswell, the head of FEMA during hurricanes Helene and Milton. Criswell was a subject of a swatting incident

The document says: Secretary Mayorkas determined that there was a clear and present danger to Deanne Criswell, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and that home-to-work transportation was essential for the performance of the duties of the FEMA Administrator. Because of recent serious threats to Administrator Criswell, he authorized her use of a government vehicle for home-to-work transportation ineluding use of an appropriate security detail provided FEMA and the Transportation Security Administration at FEMA's request."

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

Genius 🤣

AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 22d

🎶 You gotta bend the knee
To have a friend in me
When the road looks, rough ahead
& your stocks are going into the red
Just remember what your ol pal said
You gotta bend the knee 🎶

Dave Lee @davelee.me · 23d

Dutch late night TV has its take

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

Just goes to show you that even a brain-eating parasite can’t stand to be in there.

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

MAGA: “work till you die!”

AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 22d

So they are thinking about raising the age for retirement or raising the tax on everybody. Literally anything but raising the cap for the super wealthy.

“Bisignano said generations that will collect Social Security in the future "will probably have a different set of rules."

Love that for us. 🤬🤬🤬

Social Security retirement age could rise under Trump

Along with potentially raising the retirement age, Commissioner Frank Bisignano suggested other measures to address the funding challenge.

www.newsweek.com

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

Amazing 🤣🤣🤣

Dave Lee @davelee.me · 23d

Dutch late night TV has its take

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

Slacker ass worm.

👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 22d

I'd just like to take a moment to wish RFK Jr's brain worm a hearty "Fuck you for not being more committed to eating the whole brain."

👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 22d

Just tested positive for Rona.

You can now call me Quentin Quarantino.

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Jun 8

If you want to prepare for a spicy summer

3M mask with extra filters. Ideally a full face respirator.

Soft body armor of some kind for impact munitions. Doesn't have to be ballistic.

Helmet. Can be ballistic. Can be bump. Even a bicycle helmet can save your life from a grenade.

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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · Jun 7

Learn about how to treat exposure to tear gas and other aerosols. Journalists: get good chemical masks and--if it's like Portland was in 2020--vests.

Crowdsource. Find ACLU and other legal observers. If you can, get medical teams in place.

These things can stay small or metastasize in an instant

Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · Jun 7

I want to be clear I am adamantly against all violence, and I do not support vandalism

Protests in Los Angeles have taken a turn as activists have been surrounding the building where ICE is detaining the people they apprehended today

Feds are responding with what appears to be tear gas

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

Iconic.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 22d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 22d

This is not normal.

👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 22d

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Escalation and we might be crossing into 1968 levels of international political violence any minute.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23d

WTF! ICE agents are cosplaying as snipers now?

Protesters are clashing with ICE outside the immigration processing facility in west suburban Broadview. Agents dragged two protesters, including one pulled inside the building. A chemical agent was reportedly sprayed.

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 22d

🧵

I'm going to invite you all to take a stroll down memory lane with me, to a time when you could actually believe what you saw and read in the news. My hope is that by the end of this thread you will see how it ties into what is going on today.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairnes...

Fairness doctrine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 23d

This part!!!

Alt US Digital Service @altusds.altgov.info · 23d

I don't have all the answers here. I wish I had more. But please please remember, a free country doesn't censor media, comedians, and federal workers.

A free country doesn't come for people who are trans, people who don't look like the majority.

This is not normal. Pay fucking attention.

8/8

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Alt US Digital Service @altusds.altgov.info · 23d

Don't comply in advance.

We are watching people in fear trying to avoid pain by censoring themselves and changing their behavior before being compelled to.

Following rules of a group is pro-social behavior that is dangerous now. How can you resist this urge as a law-abiding citizen? A quick 🧵

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 23d

LOVE this idea.

RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 23d

#tyrannythursday #tyrannytuesday

@altusds.altgov.info grabbing a chapter of on tyranny carrying forward @rogueva.altgov.info and onesies forward. I think I’m going to repost all our posts in a thread, for a reminder. Every month.

Alt US Digital Service @altusds.altgov.info · 23d

Don't comply in advance.

We are watching people in fear trying to avoid pain by censoring themselves and changing their behavior before being compelled to.

Following rules of a group is pro-social behavior that is dangerous now. How can you resist this urge as a law-abiding citizen? A quick 🧵

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 23d

Letterman on Kimmel and Colbert 🔥

"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 23d

Thank you for your service!!

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23d

Took leave this afternoon to deliver a letter from nearly 900 (and growing) current and former Feds asking Congress to pass a continuing resolution that ends executive overreach and protects the American people.

Join us! Feds and fed allies welcomed to sign. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 23d

For questions on the Civil Servants Declaration that was released today, we’ve got answers.

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 23d

Today a coalition of federal workers has released the Civil Servants’ Declaration.

We have frequently asked questions here.

“Why this letter? Because the Trump administration is engaged in an assault on the Constitution…” Please read!

Frequently Asked Questions: Civil Servants’ Declaration

Demanding an End to Executive Overreach

scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com

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RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info · 23d

Love this!!

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