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David Drexler

@daviddrexler.bsky.social

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librarian, composer, information technology professional, photographer, trumpet player. He/him.

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David Drexler @daviddrexler.bsky.social · Aug 14

Nica's Dream

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David Drexler @daviddrexler.bsky.social · Feb 22

"William Perry"

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Feb 17

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Feb 8

It's hard to read this as anything other than blatant retaliation

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records

President Trump has fired the nation's top record keeper, Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan.

www.cbsnews.com

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · Feb 8

If you don't know why this is super alarming, you're not paying attention.

Trump administration dismisses national archivist

www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/p...

Trump administration dismisses national archivist | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s administration announced it had dismissed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan in a surprise move Friday evening.

www.cnn.com

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Feb 5

Favorite sign so far

A hand-drawn old school doge meme, it's quite good

Text: fake agency, much illegal, very data breach, such treasury, unelected, very cool, wow

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Feb 4

Maybe we should've kept funding a fully staffed government documents department at all our libraries.

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David Drexler @daviddrexler.bsky.social · Feb 2

Freedom bacon