lhastler.bsky.social
@lhastler.bsky.social
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‼️$880 Billion. ‼️

That's how much Republicans want to cut from Medicaid to fund tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. Economically vulnerable families will feel the brunt of these cuts while the highest earners benefit significantly.

www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
The House Republicans’ plan to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich would slash incomes for the bottom 40%: See impact by state
The clearest legislative priority of the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress is to keep taxes low for the richest households and corporations. Last week, House Republicans submitted a...
www.epi.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Is this a real post by him?
February 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.
February 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Completely on brand for the Trump Regime to have a white supremacist as an immigration prosecutor. Elon Musk will defend him on X in 3......2......
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Will their voters ever wake up to the fact that the GOP isn’t out to help them?
February 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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We have reached out to the company who was awarded this contract and they have confirmed the ceiling was $8 million—NOT billion.

Here is their statement.

The federal government is cooking the books.
February 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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This too 👇
February 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
February 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I’m the dairy farmer running to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District.

Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
February 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history.

The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.

Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Per @taracopp.bsky.social:
“FAA staff fired over the weekend included personnel that worked radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others. Hundreds were fired, just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in DC killed 67.”
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in Washi...
apnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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The sun breaking through the clouds above Upper Butte Creek Falls. Out of 2 hours here the sun gave me a quick 2 minute show before disappearing again. Persistence is key!

#landscape #nature #waterfall #oregon #pnw #hiking #publiclands #photography
February 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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They won’t ever learn will they
February 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Musk’s website, DOGE, leaked classified government information to the entire world. NOFURN [Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals] information on their website about the [intelligence community] headcount has prompted a scramble as people check whether their information has been accessed.
February 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my f*cking firing. I make $50K a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

A federal employee
February 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Sad to report I just lost my job at nuclear, after 40 years of faithful service overseeing the US nuclear arsenal. My job was keeping all the nukes from exploding by pressing the don't explode button every 48 hours.
February 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Musk is working on replacing contract workers in the Department of Education with AI chatbots, aiming to use generative AI to handle student and parent inquiries.
February 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.
February 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM