Jen Strauss
@coprogressive.bsky.social
I’m a Mom with an MLIS from Drexel, a staunch progressive and anti-fascist, environmentalist, traveler, reader, and off and on purveyor of antiques at vintageandinvaluable on Etsy.
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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
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A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:
February 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:
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Here’s what we did today
February 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here’s what we did today
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They're waking up.
February 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
They're waking up.
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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Pregnant USAID official files affidavit in lawsuit describing disruption of medical care as a result of agency's dismantling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Pregnant USAID official files affidavit in lawsuit describing disruption of medical care as a result of agency's dismantling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Every single day Democratic leaders need to ask themselves: What can we do to punch Trump in the face today?! And every day they need to plan to deliver a punch that will knock Trump off his game and grab headlines. My article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/democratic...
Democratic leaders must punch Trump in the face—every single day.
This is their job!
deanobeidallah.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Every single day Democratic leaders need to ask themselves: What can we do to punch Trump in the face today?! And every day they need to plan to deliver a punch that will knock Trump off his game and grab headlines. My article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/democratic...
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Representative Zooey Zephyr - My wife - Speaks against an trans sports ban in Montana.
"Bills like this endanger [children] and puts them at risk of real predators causing harm," talks about a soccer coach demanding to see "proof" that 11 year old girls were girls.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsf1...
"Bills like this endanger [children] and puts them at risk of real predators causing harm," talks about a soccer coach demanding to see "proof" that 11 year old girls were girls.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsf1...
Rep Zephyr speaks against anti-trans sports ban in Montana
YouTube video by Erin In The Morning
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Representative Zooey Zephyr - My wife - Speaks against an trans sports ban in Montana.
"Bills like this endanger [children] and puts them at risk of real predators causing harm," talks about a soccer coach demanding to see "proof" that 11 year old girls were girls.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsf1...
"Bills like this endanger [children] and puts them at risk of real predators causing harm," talks about a soccer coach demanding to see "proof" that 11 year old girls were girls.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsf1...
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Two civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s ban on transgender service personnel in the Armed Forces.
Civil Rights Groups File Suit Against Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
“The assertion that transgender service members like myself are inherently untrustworthy or lack honor is an insult,” said said Emily Shilling, a Naval commander with 19 years of service.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Two civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s ban on transgender service personnel in the Armed Forces.
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Republicans have been ordered by their billionaire Puppet Master to end Medicare as we know it.
Democrats have 215 members in the House who can stop this extreme effort.
All we need is three House Republicans to join us.
Democrats have 215 members in the House who can stop this extreme effort.
All we need is three House Republicans to join us.
February 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Republicans have been ordered by their billionaire Puppet Master to end Medicare as we know it.
Democrats have 215 members in the House who can stop this extreme effort.
All we need is three House Republicans to join us.
Democrats have 215 members in the House who can stop this extreme effort.
All we need is three House Republicans to join us.
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Breaking News: The Trump administration is laying off nearly the entire staff of USAID, people with knowledge of the plans said. Follow live updates.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Nearly All USAID Jobs Are Said to Be Cut
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration is laying off nearly the entire staff of USAID, people with knowledge of the plans said. Follow live updates.
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i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
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Clinical studies are frozen, “leaving people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them.”
The admin must reinstate USAID funding immediately—people will die without it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
The admin must reinstate USAID funding immediately—people will die without it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
February 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Clinical studies are frozen, “leaving people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them.”
The admin must reinstate USAID funding immediately—people will die without it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
The admin must reinstate USAID funding immediately—people will die without it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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Trump fired off psychotic posts like this this morning, then turned around and called for unity at a prayer breakfast
February 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump fired off psychotic posts like this this morning, then turned around and called for unity at a prayer breakfast
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Donald Trump has released a new EO to "eradicate anti-Christian bias."
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Donald Trump has released a new EO to "eradicate anti-Christian bias."
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
What is one of the examples of "anti-Christian bias" cited in his order? The recognition by Biden of Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday last year.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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February 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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February 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Please subscribe to The Onion so something we write tomorrow will continue to be better than anything in the actual newspaper 11 years from now:
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It’s not just that the buy-out won’t be honored; it can’t be honored.
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
More Than 40,000 Federal Workers Have Resigned So Far, Short of Target
Uncertainty about whether they will get paid not to work through September is deterring employees who face a Thursday deadline for taking a buyout.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s not just that the buy-out won’t be honored; it can’t be honored.
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
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Never in my life have I more feared the United States could end as a democratic Republic and be replaced by a dictatorship as now. The time for people to be patriots is now. As Timothy Snyder wrote in his book: "If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny."
February 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Never in my life have I more feared the United States could end as a democratic Republic and be replaced by a dictatorship as now. The time for people to be patriots is now. As Timothy Snyder wrote in his book: "If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny."
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The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
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I’ve got the morning shift. This guy is dangerous and unfit to serve and I’m about to explain why. Tune in: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
February 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’ve got the morning shift. This guy is dangerous and unfit to serve and I’m about to explain why. Tune in: www.senate.gov/legislative/...