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Weneedlucretiamott
@weneedlucretiamott.bsky.social
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Pro-Democracy progressive American, very very very very anti-Trump and his army of MAGA goons. Mother of two daughters and scared out of her mind for what's next. Daughter of two retired, long-time Federal employees. Baltimore resident, DC native.
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Arion Xeno @arionxeno.bsky.social · 11h
The Framers of the US Constitution clearly understood this when drafting their constitution.

Whence comets this recusant rebel who besmirches the wise traditions of the Common Law tradition?
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Weneedlucretiamott @weneedlucretiamott.bsky.social · 11h
Trump and Vought embody the anti-will of the American people as do all of the criminals in this regime and the 6 injustices on the Supreme Court who are desecrating OUR Constitution
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
in vought's view, the president is a living embodiment of the "will of the people" and congress has no legitimate power to limit him
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
vought justifies all of this as a vision of "separation of powers" — an idea that i'm more and more convinced doesn't actually exist, at least not in any strong form, in the constitution — but the thing that comes across is his basic contempt for representative government
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
worth reading vought's 2022 essay where he lays this out, focusing on his complaint that congress can shape policy against the wishes of the president americanmind.org/salvo/renewi...
Renewing American Purpose
Statesmanship in a post-Constitutional moment
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 12h
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Weneedlucretiamott @weneedlucretiamott.bsky.social · 11h
But the evil unAmerican Russell Vought, who wrote the anti-American manifesto, Project 2025, hates America and wants to destroy us all.
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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 18h
Every federal department has a RIF plan. And back in February, they were all ordered to update them. RIFs can be legal, if they follow the plan. But based on the President’s comments yesterday, there is good reason to believe that (a) they aren’t, or (b) the plan itself is illegal. My bet is (a).
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 14h
Swear-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva! Release the Epstein files!
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 13h
Admin has played its hand so poorly from the day in march they deported him contrary to orders to today that he actually may see freedom (US promised that would never happen) at least temporarily.

Judge Signals She Is Likely to Order Abrego Garcia’s Release Soon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Judge Signals She Is Likely to Order Abrego Garcia’s Release Soon
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 20h
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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 1d
This is my favorite thing on the internet today.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19h
Federal employees across the government are now receiving layoff notices, a devastating outcome of Trump’s political games. It’s outrageous that he would use people’s livelihoods as pawns to “score political points”.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
“This is not sustainable”
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h
Big Staten Island canvass today, despite the dreary weather.

I’m so grateful for the thousands of volunteers who bring this campaign directly to New Yorkers across the five boroughs every single week.
Group photo of volunteers holding Zohran signs on the steps of Staten Island borough hall.
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Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 13h
I surveyed over 300,000 of my constituents, and most of the respondents said they don’t approve of the National Guard being deployed to Portland. 

As I’ve said: we don’t need this, and we don’t want this.
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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 18h
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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 1d
obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏
Person in frog costume with poster saying 'frogs together strong'
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h
No shit, Sherlock.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15h
The people have the power.

Communities in Portland and across the country are making it clear that troops don’t belong in our streets.
Kristi Noem came to Portland, and people protested with dogs, dancing: Get caught up
As U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Noem made the case for increased security, local officials repeated that the situation was well in hand.
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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 22h
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Weneedlucretiamott @weneedlucretiamott.bsky.social · 11h
The entire Federal Government, TSA employees, and the American people are being held hostage of that wannabe king Trump and his unAmerican sycophants in the American Fascist Party
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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d
TSA workers told Forbes the agency’s increasingly partisan rhetoric makes them feel like they are being “used as props.”
TSA Warns Staff ‘Illegitimate’ Absences During Shutdown ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’ In Partisan Email
TSA workers told Forbes the agency’s increasingly partisan rhetoric makes them feel like they are being “used as props.”
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h
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