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On October 18, we rise! Not to defend broken systems, but to defend each other! Because our communities deserve more than fear, silence, and billion-dollar bailouts for the powerful.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

FIND or HOST a 10/18 action at www.FiftyFifty.one

#NoKings #Oct18 #50501Movement

The Unexpected Spy by Tracy Walder is a very illuminating book. I think of her often after seeing how the CIA and FBI has been turned on it's head and how she must feel seeing what is happening to both of those institutions.

I was stationed in Panama for 3 years and was there when President Carter signed the treaty giving them control of the canal. Panamanians were then and are now proud of what they have accomplished with the canal operations. They have no patience for this admins bluster.

Republicans are lying. Social Security is a self-funded program supported by the employee/employer payroll tax, interest earned on the trust fund balance, & taxes on benefits.

Strengthen our nation. Protect this crucial earned benefit.

Introducing the Official 50501 Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/A8WgvjQ

This is a great way to find your local group, or connect with folks across the People’s Movement.

Thanks to one of our CA volunteers for this awesome contribution! 💙

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.

Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

According to SSA if you do not verify by Mar 31 you may not get your April check.

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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My personal favorite: female. This is going to create whole lot of problems on a whole lot of forms. And what do I call myself now? Male is permissible female is not. Yeah...ok.

French Senator Claude Malhuret:

"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.

What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.