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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

🤷‍♂️

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

-$33 BILLION in military aid over 2 years
-$45 MILLION every day
-$144/month per every 🇮🇱 citizen from 🇺🇸

As 🇮🇱 has free health care, free college, subsidized child care… and we do not.

Study: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/AidToI...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Mike Johnson is now calling #NoKings a "hate America rally"

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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 15h

They're panicking, of that I'm sure.

So they're also escalating.

This country is teetering just over the line of inflection; Benny Johnson and all these little fascist henchmen are pushing it as quickly as they can.

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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 15h

Update to my update! So these inept motherfuckers sent out “NOTICES OF INTENT TO RIF” and are claiming it’s happening! The smoke and mirrors are as powerful as their moms denying an invite to my place. It’s all a fucking scare you shit that ain’t fucking working

AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 15h

Bwahahahahahaha these fuckers always trying to look like big ass alpha males when they got micro peens.

The RIF’s are ppl that were on admin leave from a 9/29 court case involving the CDC, AHRQ and HRSA. So ppl that were in fucking limbo. Not new ppl as of yet but we will see.

AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 16h

The illegal RIF’s have started in HHS!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8h

Typical of a government who gives no shits about its hard working employees.

1. Shut down the government and don’t even bother to try to work with Dems to figure out a compromise.
2. Threaten for a week to fire employees. Enjoy our trauma.
2. Fire us.
At 9 PM
On Friday of a 3 days weekend.

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Creek Bird @creekbird.bsky.social · 6h

We are with you! Deep breaths.

two men in suits and ties are sitting next to each other in front of a window with blinds .

ALT: two men in suits and ties are sitting next to each other in front of a window with blinds .

media.tenor.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 7h

✅Our union is requesting that RIF notices be sent to [email protected] with your name, CIO/division/branch, FTE status and tenure
✅you can join the union here: www.afge2883ga.org
✅See resources from previously fired colleagues: firedbutfighting.org

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 7h

RIFed:

OHR - Office of Human Resources

…. did I get this right?
Like… can you even eliminate the OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES?

🤯

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8h

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed.

💯 you do NOT deserve this.

Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice:
❌ Do not send a read receipt
❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response
✅ Forward notice to your personal email

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 20h

It’s Friday! And we’re here with Bad Bunny talking Super Bowl Halftime Show. Here’s what’s up 🐾. #BadBunny #SuperBowl #HalfTimeShow

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15h

Soybean farmers should dump their beans on Capitol Hill…

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 14h

Attorney Andrew Rossman begins oral arguments that Abrego obtained his order of withholding of removal six years ago **today**.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 12h

🖕🧊🛩️ It’s always the oligarchs

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

😕🇺🇸

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Creek Bird @creekbird.bsky.social · 8h

a man in a purple suit and top hat says the snozzberries taste like snozzberries

ALT: a man in a purple suit and top hat says the snozzberries taste like snozzberries

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 14h

ANY CHICAGOLAND ACTIVISTS interested in observing ICE Air activities around “Operation Midway Blitz” contact me on Signal:

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 20h

📣 CHICAGO: We expect a surge of ICE Air flights to your area in the coming days, to clear out space at the infamous Broadview Detention Center for more captured migrants.

👉 To observe & report on ICE Air activities at Chicago-Gary go to the parking lot at 5701 Industrial Hwy next to the airport 👀

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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