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@artstudio322.bsky.social

No surprise trump welcomes the murderer Saudi crown Prince. Trump is a murderer too. He is responsible for murdering 85 innocent men in boats, 6 died the insurrection, 260,000 ppl of 1M who died from Covid bc of trumps lies. This year 600,000 (2/3 children) have died bc he cut off USAID.

November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM

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Pete Buttigieg

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Thousands of you shared heartbreaking and maddening stories with me about rising health care costs. But the fight is far from over.

If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...

October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM

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Katie Harbath

@katieharbath.bsky.social

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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Auldbert Langsyneko

@albertburneko.bsky.social

when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying

She has no real way of explaining the danger of their situation to her son, who is 17 years old but cognitively closer to a toddler. And as a single mother too weak to forage, she has no real way of ensuring their survival. She also is too old to benefit from a recent policy change the Thai government made in a bid to prevent mass starvation, granting work rights to some of the 107,000 Myanmar refugees who, like her, live in Thailand’s border camps.

Her son never learned to speak, and needs her help with everything from getting dressed to using the toilet. Since the funding cuts, their survival has hinged on the charity of her Christian church, whose members occasionally give her handfuls of their rice.

She suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and begins to sweat and grow dizzy when her hunger is at its fiercest. Some days, she eats nothing.

October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM

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Sherrilyn Ifill

@sifill.bsky.social

Repost and share.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Sep 30

I don't often quote the president, but here goes:

"If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."

- Donald Trump

September 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."

August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?

The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….

June 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

May 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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Melanie D’Arrigo

@darrigomelanie.bsky.social

If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.

April 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM

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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran.com

“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”

— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize

Seth Rogen presenting the Breakthrough Prize for physics (Getty)

April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM

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Sherrilyn Ifill

@sifill.bsky.social

Amplify this.

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · Mar 10

Historian here:

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM

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Dare Obasanjo

@carnage4life.bsky.social

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.

American voters:

a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .

ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .

media.tenor.com

March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever

@altusaid.altgov.info

"I know a child in New Hampshire is just as important as a child in Nepal. But that money cut from USAID is not going to be given to New Hampshire children. They are also cutting Education, Medicaid . . ."
time.com/7263808/usai...

Her Business Helps Disabled Kids. Now It's Struggling to Survive

USAID cuts mean Inclusive Development Partners is trying to stave off bankruptcy

time.com

March 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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Drew Harwell

@drewharwell.com

Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.

USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.

www.washingtonpost.com

February 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM

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Sherrilyn Ifill

@sifill.bsky.social

Heads up folks. We can watch live on C-Span. www.c-span.org/event/house-...
Thank you Rep. @jasmineforus.bsky.social.

February 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM

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TBFighters

@tbfighters.org

US foreign aid is frozen so people aren't getting crucial medication! Keep up the fight against these actions by contacting Congress. If you're in DC or one of the 22 states in the lawsuit, also contact your Attorney General. For instructions, go to: tbfighter.link/contact-congress

Three frozen medicine bottles. "US foreign aid is frozen, and people aren't getting their medicine"

February 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM

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Ezra Levin ❌👑

@ezralevin.bsky.social

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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Rebecca Solnit

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.

Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness.

Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move.

Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast.

There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.)

In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.)

The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal."

Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e…

So what can we do?

It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity.

At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us:

1) Urge media to cover this story properly

This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here.

It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it.

It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup.

2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal

If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined.

3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward

These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down.

Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela.

Warmly,

- Choose Democracy

January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...