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New in PN: MAGA's Orwellian notion of "free speech"
"What MAGA celebrates as 'free speech' is typically rightwing propaganda. While this alienates America from our allies, it perfectly aligns the administration with autocratic regimes in places like Russia."
"What MAGA celebrates as 'free speech' is typically rightwing propaganda. While this alienates America from our allies, it perfectly aligns the administration with autocratic regimes in places like Russia."
MAGA's Orwellian notion of "free speech"
They only value it insofar as it advances authoritarianism.
www.publicnotice.co
February 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New in PN: MAGA's Orwellian notion of "free speech"
"What MAGA celebrates as 'free speech' is typically rightwing propaganda. While this alienates America from our allies, it perfectly aligns the administration with autocratic regimes in places like Russia."
"What MAGA celebrates as 'free speech' is typically rightwing propaganda. While this alienates America from our allies, it perfectly aligns the administration with autocratic regimes in places like Russia."
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The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
February 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
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1/ So everyone remembers this line of demeaning horse plop from Texas Rep. Ima Dingus, right? It was yesterday. Like many other Republicans right now, he's basically pulling the racist, Reagan-era "welfare queens" nonsense and giving it another run.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
Rep. Fallon on cutting food stamps: "We have a message for those kind of folks: If you're able-bodied and you want to milk the taxpayer, those days are over. Get off the couch, stop eating the Cheetos, stop buying the medical marijuana and watching television. You're actually gonna contribute now."
February 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
1/ So everyone remembers this line of demeaning horse plop from Texas Rep. Ima Dingus, right? It was yesterday. Like many other Republicans right now, he's basically pulling the racist, Reagan-era "welfare queens" nonsense and giving it another run.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
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Every Wisconsin Republican representative in Congress voted last night to potentially gut federal programs like Medicaid that kids, families, and seniors across our state depend on every day to help pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires down the road.
Breathtaking.
Breathtaking.
1 in 3 children in rural Wisconsin rely on BadgerCare.
Today we’re being asked to vote to force devastating cuts to the program.
Now is the time to honor our constituents and protect their children.
CC: @RepBryanSteil, @RepVanOrden, @RepFitzgerald, @RepTiffany, @RepTonyWied
Today we’re being asked to vote to force devastating cuts to the program.
Now is the time to honor our constituents and protect their children.
CC: @RepBryanSteil, @RepVanOrden, @RepFitzgerald, @RepTiffany, @RepTonyWied
February 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Every Wisconsin Republican representative in Congress voted last night to potentially gut federal programs like Medicaid that kids, families, and seniors across our state depend on every day to help pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires down the road.
Breathtaking.
Breathtaking.
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NEW: A blockbuster ruling in Wisconsin hands vote suppressors a big loss. A victory for voting rights!
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court Issues Major Voting Victory
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: A blockbuster ruling in Wisconsin hands vote suppressors a big loss. A victory for voting rights!
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
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If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—And It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid
Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African-born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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Sen. Baldwin brought up the lawsuit accusing Linda McMahon of involvement in a WWE sex abuse scandal. Here's that clip.
February 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sen. Baldwin brought up the lawsuit accusing Linda McMahon of involvement in a WWE sex abuse scandal. Here's that clip.
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Just sent this email to all my officeholders! Relentless🗣️ Messaging is NEEDED NOW!
February 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just sent this email to all my officeholders! Relentless🗣️ Messaging is NEEDED NOW!
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Remember they want you scared. They are desperately trying to terrify us into submission.
Federal employees? Yep.
Opposition? Yep.
Their own Congress? Yep.
Figure out what you stand for and stand the fuck up for it.
Federal employees? Yep.
Opposition? Yep.
Their own Congress? Yep.
Figure out what you stand for and stand the fuck up for it.
January 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Remember they want you scared. They are desperately trying to terrify us into submission.
Federal employees? Yep.
Opposition? Yep.
Their own Congress? Yep.
Figure out what you stand for and stand the fuck up for it.
Federal employees? Yep.
Opposition? Yep.
Their own Congress? Yep.
Figure out what you stand for and stand the fuck up for it.
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NEW: Unions and federal workers respond to the latest pedantic "Fork FAQ" that denigrates public service as "low productivity." My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/fork-you-e...
Fork You, Elon.
A follow-up "Fork in the Road" email was sent out to federal workers in an attempt to entice them into "deferred resignation." No one is buying it.
www.muellershewrote.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NEW: Unions and federal workers respond to the latest pedantic "Fork FAQ" that denigrates public service as "low productivity." My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/fork-you-e...
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If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
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The oath I took as a federal employee never expires, and neither does my support for the federal workforce.
January 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The oath I took as a federal employee never expires, and neither does my support for the federal workforce.
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CNN's Jim Acosta signing off:
"I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too."
I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too.
Pass it on.
"I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too."
I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too.
Pass it on.
January 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
CNN's Jim Acosta signing off:
"I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too."
I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too.
Pass it on.
"I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too."
I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too.
Pass it on.
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Question for OPM: about 30% of federal workers at the VA are Veterans. They were given a preference for hiring because they're Veterans. Disabled Veterans got a higher preference.
They are DEIA hires.
Are you going to fire them all? Are you going to end Veterans preference?
They are DEIA hires.
Are you going to fire them all? Are you going to end Veterans preference?
January 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Question for OPM: about 30% of federal workers at the VA are Veterans. They were given a preference for hiring because they're Veterans. Disabled Veterans got a higher preference.
They are DEIA hires.
Are you going to fire them all? Are you going to end Veterans preference?
They are DEIA hires.
Are you going to fire them all? Are you going to end Veterans preference?
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🧪Here's the script for your congresspeople. Mine is tailored to my district of WI-2. For those of you here in Madison, that's Mark Pocan pocan.house.gov/contact.
For data on how your district benefits from NIH funding, here's the map where you can look: reporter.nih.gov/search/-IzgA...
For data on how your district benefits from NIH funding, here's the map where you can look: reporter.nih.gov/search/-IzgA...
![Dear Congressman [your Congressperson],
I am calling due to grave concerns with the freezing of communications at Federal agencies. Specifically, I am calling regarding HHS and the National Institutes of Health, including the indefinite suspension of council review meetings, review section, and travel. Currently, our congressional district in [insert your Congressional District here] benefits from over $500 million [for WI-2; insert other here if needed] in biomedical research funding from the NIH with a significant portion of that going to support jobs, innovation, and education at [insert local Universities or institutes here if applicable]. As a concerned local [citizen/resident/scientist/researcher/educator], I urge you to make sure that the money that has already been allocated for NIH extramural funding, including all training and workforce development grants, remain committed. Having this funding removed would be disastrous for our local economy, important university biomedical research, and would lead to the loss of thousands of research training positions at the staff, postdoctoral, and graduate student level. NIH has always benefited from Congressional support across political ideologies, and continuing to commit to its funding and extramural projects ensures our country remains at the forefront of biomedical research efforts and innovations.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pj7rqr7fzl2qf4v7l7ygej6w/bafkreibtbswhvici3wmkkh664gxer5isbogzh6zymvdlmhfeh5puhfdbyy@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
🧪Here's the script for your congresspeople. Mine is tailored to my district of WI-2. For those of you here in Madison, that's Mark Pocan pocan.house.gov/contact.
For data on how your district benefits from NIH funding, here's the map where you can look: reporter.nih.gov/search/-IzgA...
For data on how your district benefits from NIH funding, here's the map where you can look: reporter.nih.gov/search/-IzgA...
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🧪Here's the script for your senators. If you're in WI, like I am, that's Johnson www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/office_locat... and Baldwin www.baldwin.senate.gov
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
![I am calling due to grave concerns with the freezing of communications at Federal agencies. Specifically, I am calling regarding HHS and the National Institutes of Health, including the indefinite suspension of council review meetings, review section, and travel. Currently, our state of [insert state here] benefits from over $654 million [WI data; insert data from your state here] in biomedical research funding from the NIH with a significant portion of that going to support jobs, innovation, and education, translating to $1.64 Billion in economic activity [WI data; insert data from your state here]. As a concerned local [citizen/resident/scientist/researcher/educator], I urge you to make sure that the money that has already been allocated for NIH extramural funding, including all training and workforce development grants remain committed. Having this funding removed would be disastrous for our local economy, important university biomedical research, and would lead to the loss of thousands of research training positions at the staff, postdoctoral, and graduate student level. NIH has always benefited from Congressional support across political ideologies, and continuing to commit to its funding and extramural projects ensures our country remains at the forefront of biomedical research efforts and innovations.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pj7rqr7fzl2qf4v7l7ygej6w/bafkreif2irkeiikyvwoqan3aksfsatisbkobnupftulco2gjy6reu2lfoa@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
🧪Here's the script for your senators. If you're in WI, like I am, that's Johnson www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/office_locat... and Baldwin www.baldwin.senate.gov
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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All those people who said 'lol politics does not affect me' are about to get a great big involuntary and inescapable civics lesson. So are the rest of us.
Personally, I wish they had just paid attention during Schoolhouse Rock, but we are where we are.
Personally, I wish they had just paid attention during Schoolhouse Rock, but we are where we are.
the trump administration has effectively crippled the entire federal government. in three days.
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
All those people who said 'lol politics does not affect me' are about to get a great big involuntary and inescapable civics lesson. So are the rest of us.
Personally, I wish they had just paid attention during Schoolhouse Rock, but we are where we are.
Personally, I wish they had just paid attention during Schoolhouse Rock, but we are where we are.
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Your Homework - fieldwork will follow:
October 21, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Your Homework - fieldwork will follow: