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Jan_M_ac

@stayinalive2.bsky.social

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Follow govt.-politics 35+ yrs. Science over snake oil every damn time. Vote for qualified people with integrity and experience. We are the oversight and must demand to be heard. (Retired nurse married to an educator) I use Typo Font. Twitter @Jan_M_ac

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Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · Apr 29

Senators/Representatives take note when they hear from voters by the hundreds or thousands. It only takes a few minutes. We need to flood their email/office phone # with our opinions, and do so daily/weekly. Find them here: www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

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Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 14m

5 boats blown up, 27 people killed. Not one person identified by name, identified as belonging to a specific drug cartel. No listing of what type and amount of drugs being on board. Trump's legal rationale: The U.S. is at "WAR" with narco-terrorists.
Only Congress can declare war, they have not.

Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 6h

It's unfortunate because gerrymandering hurts ALL voters/citizens. Republicans have now made it battle for survival of a multi-party system. If we lose that, we have lost election freedom and our free Republic. States should BAN gerrymandering.

Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 6h

Trump is defending 'blue' states which are home to many Republican voters. He insinuates the Fed govt is firing mostly Democrat citizens from their govt jobs.
One of the reason's I think Trump is an unfit, corrupt POTUS. Snippet from: www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

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Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 10h

This is a horrendous story of scammers and Crypto. Worse, Fed and State legislators are bowing to crypto lobbyists to remove wording from bills that would help protect the public from these scams. www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

www.cnn.com

Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 21h

Kash Patel even clarified that agents were called in after the Capitol breached to assist police...thought he bitched about FBI helping.

Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 21h

DOGE were hired in at top of the pau scale for their jobs. They were made excepted employees, will not be laid off, will get paid.
All DOGE has done is make one F#$%ing error after another that needed to be fixed, endangered our personal data.
IG's are better and are experienced.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

You know they’re worried about this weekend’s turnout at the No Kings rally when they’re already making comments about it. Who’s ready for Saturday?

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Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 21h

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Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 21h

It's hard to deny the similarities between the current Trump administration and Fascist regimes.

Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 1d

Gerrymandering, PAC's, limitless campaign coffers, destroy the individual voter. The former allows candidates to choose their voters, the latter 2 amplify voices of rich donors/special interest groups.
Degradation of elections is the biggest danger to our our free Republic.

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 4d

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 3d

Despite the GOP talking points, WE can stay peaceful

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Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 1d

I would have agreed in 2024 that U.S. soldiers would not arrest people on our streets. But this is 2025, Hegseth is thinning the military leadership, so I no longer have faith the Constitution will come before trump's political agenda.

Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 2d

One of the MANY reasons I have lost ALL trust in the current Executive branch, GOP led Congress. Totally incompetent, making zero decisions with any discernment.
It's a flaming puppet show. Trump is the lead puppet, Russell Vought and Stephen Miller pull the strings.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/h...

More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated | CNN

Hundreds of staff fired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.

www.cnn.com

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

This.💯

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Jan_M_ac @stayinalive2.bsky.social · 3d

Not legal. Legislature bill requires all furloughed get back pay.
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 signed by trump no less, guarantees workers get paid. Russell Vought is trying to redefine it, IRS now backtracked on promise to pay their workers.