This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Russell Vought continues his attempts to traumatize federal workers -- this time by ignoring a bipartisan law signed by Trump that guarantees federal workers back pay following a shutdown. This is illegal and an intimidation tactic. It is also unpopular. Vought can follow through at his own peril.

"Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now. In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself"

Reporting by @motherjones.com

The “enemy from within” is Trump. The “violent extremists” are Trump lackeys who have turned ICE into fascistic shock troops. In response to Trump’s brutal, racist, and unconstitutional campaign of terror the country must mobilize collectively.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

For those of you who speak German - here is a good piece on what is happening at NIH, prominently featuring @nihvigils.bsky.social around minute 8.

www.3sat.de/wissen/nano/...

I am just so fucking proud of her.

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Yes we do.

Russell Vought tells Trump we need MORE COWBELL -- with cowbell meaning everything on the Project 2025 agenda! When Vought tells Trump to do something, he delivers. Who is really running the government?

Made with apologies to Saturday Night Live.

#dontfearthereaper

If Trump cared about government services, he would have retained the thousands of federal workers who make our systems work properly.

He wouldn't needlessly force civil servants to do menial tasks that aren't aligned with our mission.

The government is already shut down. By Trump & Russell Vought.

This is something I have never seen in my entire federal service. Blatant politicization of the civil service, blaming a shutdown on Democrats.

If the Trump administration cared about keeping the government open, they wouldn't expend so much effort each day deliberately making it ineffective.

if the Trump Hegseth address had been an email www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...

The individuals most knowledgeable & most forthright about what Democrats should do in the face of a shutdown are the federal workers living through it. On Monday, 30,000 federal workers told Democratic leaders they’d rather miss out on their paychecks than see Trump further erode federal programs ❤️‍🔥

"The Trump administration will launch a program to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients...

"It will affect patients in AZ, OH, OK, NJ, TX, and WA starting January 1..."

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The idea of a unitary executive -- all power consolidated around a single king-like President -- is terrifying, esp when it's a psychopath like Donald Trump.

SCOTUS is all about it though. They're fully bought & paid for by the Project 2025 folks.

Congress must fight back before it's too late!

POTUS should be careful sending troops into Portland. These people are *prepared!!!*

#portland

Imagine the hubris required to burst into the largest socio-technical system on earth and just start yanking out wires, thinking you are genius. Mass-emailing insulting messages and thinking people will welcome your help. Destroying careers, killing kids in Africa, and thinking you're the hero.

The federal government regulates things you've never imagined before. It provides lifesaving services to people you never knew existed. It protects resources that you rely on every day without ever giving a moment's thought to.

Or, it used to.

"No planning, no consideration, no nothing. It’s not anything that I’ve ever seen in my life before."

It's been 7 mos since my coworkers and I were interrogated, insulted, and ultimately fired by DOGE. But I still can't quite believe how senseless it was.

300,000 people have left the government

It’s like every day, Trump does something that warrants impeachment and removal from office.