@joaniesperoni.bsky.social
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“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”
March 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”
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As the granddaughter of four Ukrainian refugees who came to the U.S. between 1896-1909 so they could SURVIVE, I'm beyond disgusted by JD Vance's words. This country has prospered on the backs of immigrants and we must not let him forget it.
www.thebulwark.com/p/vance-immi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/vance-immi...
Vance Gets Creepy About Immigrants, Again
Last time he spun a yarn about Haitians eating people’s pets, this time he’s mocking Ukrainian Americans who oppose Putin’s war.
www.thebulwark.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
As the granddaughter of four Ukrainian refugees who came to the U.S. between 1896-1909 so they could SURVIVE, I'm beyond disgusted by JD Vance's words. This country has prospered on the backs of immigrants and we must not let him forget it.
www.thebulwark.com/p/vance-immi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/vance-immi...
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NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.
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A judge has blocked the Department of Education and OPM from sharing personal data with DOGE 👏
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want us to feel powerless. DON’T. When we fight together, we are powerful.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want us to feel powerless. DON’T. When we fight together, we are powerful.
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A judge has blocked the Department of Education and OPM from sharing personal data with DOGE 👏
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want us to feel powerless. DON’T. When we fight together, we are powerful.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want us to feel powerless. DON’T. When we fight together, we are powerful.
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I never want a single media outlet to ever take seriously a single current Republican politician claiming to be serious about national security or the challenge of a rising China ever again.
DoD terminates Minerva grants and State Dept eliminates Title VIII summer language institutes on the same day. Coming on the heels of COVID, there’s going to be gaping holes in international expertise in the US for a generation.
/slow clap
/slow clap
February 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I never want a single media outlet to ever take seriously a single current Republican politician claiming to be serious about national security or the challenge of a rising China ever again.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP:
✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs
✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful
✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change
✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs
✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful
✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs
✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful
✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change
✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs
✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful
✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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It's absolutely insane that Elon Musk and his wrecking crew are saying they're firing entire swaths of our government infrastructure and the press are just like "oh that's sad but what are you gonna do, guess they're fired." It is batshit crazypants, and it's being covered like normal policy choices
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It's absolutely insane that Elon Musk and his wrecking crew are saying they're firing entire swaths of our government infrastructure and the press are just like "oh that's sad but what are you gonna do, guess they're fired." It is batshit crazypants, and it's being covered like normal policy choices
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February 27, 2025
February 27, 2025
Yesterday an unvaccinated child in Texas died of measles as nearly 140 people in Texas and New Mexico have been reported ill with the disease.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
February 27, 2025
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Don't forget — Republicans are still trying to ram through another round of tax cuts for the rich.
They're now reportedly trying to hide its huge cost by using alternative deficit scoring methods.
They can't hide from the truth: it's yet another trickle-down scam.
They're now reportedly trying to hide its huge cost by using alternative deficit scoring methods.
They can't hide from the truth: it's yet another trickle-down scam.
February 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Don't forget — Republicans are still trying to ram through another round of tax cuts for the rich.
They're now reportedly trying to hide its huge cost by using alternative deficit scoring methods.
They can't hide from the truth: it's yet another trickle-down scam.
They're now reportedly trying to hide its huge cost by using alternative deficit scoring methods.
They can't hide from the truth: it's yet another trickle-down scam.
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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.
February 6, 2025 at 9:30 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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The fact they need to put this out is interesting. It shows they realize they can’t act with impunity (so keep it up) but I also wonder if this sets the stage for making Elon the fall guy when he inevitably overstays his welcome (“we had no idea…”)
It gets worse: Trump's Treasury Dept has a new letter spinning Musk's access to payment data as a mere "audit" that expands on work done during Biden admin. It's a sham. The letter simply ignores the biggest questions about this scandal.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Trump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn
As the Treasury Department offers some new spin about Elon Musk’s takeover of payment systems and ousting of a top career official, Senator Ron Wyden tells us why this “reeks of a cover-up.”
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The fact they need to put this out is interesting. It shows they realize they can’t act with impunity (so keep it up) but I also wonder if this sets the stage for making Elon the fall guy when he inevitably overstays his welcome (“we had no idea…”)
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Letitia James of New York, along with 11 other state attorneys general, announced plans to sue over a cost-cutting initiative that gave young aides to Elon Musk extensive access to critical federal computer systems.
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Letitia James of New York, along with 11 other state attorneys general, announced plans to sue over a cost-cutting initiative that gave young aides to Elon Musk extensive access to critical federal computer systems.
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Russell Vought, Trump's Office of Management and Budget nominee, has made it his life’s mission to destroy programs and benefits that American families use every day. His fingerprints are all over last week’s OMB disaster.
There is still time for the Senate to vote against him. Call your Senators.
There is still time for the Senate to vote against him. Call your Senators.
February 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Russell Vought, Trump's Office of Management and Budget nominee, has made it his life’s mission to destroy programs and benefits that American families use every day. His fingerprints are all over last week’s OMB disaster.
There is still time for the Senate to vote against him. Call your Senators.
There is still time for the Senate to vote against him. Call your Senators.
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"Representatives from Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’s programs and spending, according to two people with knowledge of the DOGE team’s actions." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
U.S. DOGE Service workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia.
Looks like Jeff Bezos' investment in Trump is paying off.
Looks like Jeff Bezos' investment in Trump is paying off.
Amazon's Whole Foods cites Trump's NLRB purge as grounds for rejecting union win
Last month, workers at a Whole Foods store in Philadelphia voted in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
www.cnbc.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Marko Elez, an Elon Musk staffer with access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive payments system, has quit after racist and pro-eugenics posts surfaced, including one stating, ‘Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.’
February 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Marko Elez, an Elon Musk staffer with access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive payments system, has quit after racist and pro-eugenics posts surfaced, including one stating, ‘Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.’
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Thank you! A federal judge blocked U.S. DOGE employees from altering any records of payments at the Treasury Department while she weighs a request by public interest groups for a broader injunction against their activity. Thank you, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s! 🙏
February 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thank you! A federal judge blocked U.S. DOGE employees from altering any records of payments at the Treasury Department while she weighs a request by public interest groups for a broader injunction against their activity. Thank you, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s! 🙏
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Blumenthal: "It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial business person -- highly successful -- looking at ways to make our govt more efficient and save money. That's not what's happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab & information heist, the biggest in American history"
February 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Blumenthal: "It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial business person -- highly successful -- looking at ways to make our govt more efficient and save money. That's not what's happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab & information heist, the biggest in American history"
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The Trump administration plans to reduce the USAID workforce from over 10,000 to around 290 positions. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s staffers are now at FEMA, accessing information on its grant programs.
February 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The Trump administration plans to reduce the USAID workforce from over 10,000 to around 290 positions. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s staffers are now at FEMA, accessing information on its grant programs.
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Now more than ever people need to read Trouble in Censorville - The Far Right’s Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who Are Fighting Back. -It tells my story & the stories of many other brave teachers & librarians. #TLSky #EduSky #censorship #bookbanning
February 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Now more than ever people need to read Trouble in Censorville - The Far Right’s Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who Are Fighting Back. -It tells my story & the stories of many other brave teachers & librarians. #TLSky #EduSky #censorship #bookbanning
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Just watched NBC News to see if they would cover this. NOPE. Not a word about the Treasury takeover, just the tariffs. We are the ones who have to spread the news about Musk's coup.
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just watched NBC News to see if they would cover this. NOPE. Not a word about the Treasury takeover, just the tariffs. We are the ones who have to spread the news about Musk's coup.
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This letter from Heather Cox Richardson may be one of the most important one of all. The Republican party is in self-destruct mode and the hint that they know this is how their proposed way forward is to divide the country and hurt as many of us as possible.
January 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This letter from Heather Cox Richardson may be one of the most important one of all. The Republican party is in self-destruct mode and the hint that they know this is how their proposed way forward is to divide the country and hurt as many of us as possible.
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hes talking about rape allegations here
"Regarding his personal conduct, Mr Hegseth has admitted to falling short, as we all do from time to time," Wicker said.
January 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
hes talking about rape allegations here
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how did none of this break through the public consciousness
January 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
how did none of this break through the public consciousness