Lynne Stebbins
@lynnefs.bsky.social
Mom. Wife. Ally. Left of center attorney retired from estate and tax planning who plays oboe and sings in a choir.
Ao our millions of voices in protest have been heard, and SSA has thrown out DOGE. Customer service is to be restored. It would be more of a relief if DOGE never been able to access and copied all the personal info of every beneficiary. Surely that couldn’t have been the objective all along…
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Ao our millions of voices in protest have been heard, and SSA has thrown out DOGE. Customer service is to be restored. It would be more of a relief if DOGE never been able to access and copied all the personal info of every beneficiary. Surely that couldn’t have been the objective all along…
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Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭
February 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭
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February 12, 2025
February 12, 2025
Yesterday afternoon, in a bizarre performance, President Donald Trump hosted reporters in the Oval Office, the formal working space of the President of the United States.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
February 12, 2025
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Dear Governor Kathy Hochul:
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
February 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Dear Governor Kathy Hochul:
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
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Here are a few more of the Great Blue Heron from earlier today. It was not fussed by me moving around it. There was also a Snowy Egret, and I'll post some of those tomorrow. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #BirdPhotography
February 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Here are a few more of the Great Blue Heron from earlier today. It was not fussed by me moving around it. There was also a Snowy Egret, and I'll post some of those tomorrow. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #BirdPhotography
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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
February 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Here’s a playbook I can get behind.
February 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here’s a playbook I can get behind.
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America led the world on public health. MAGA is destroying it. And those going along will have blood on their hands. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip
The war on science is turning deadly
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
America led the world on public health. MAGA is destroying it. And those going along will have blood on their hands. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
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Musk’s band of boys has “sweeping authority to install and modify software on government-supplied equipment and, according to two OPM officials, to alter internal documentation of their own activities.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive personnel data, alarming security officials
Elon Musk’s DOGE team has accessed highly restricted data maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, including personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Musk’s band of boys has “sweeping authority to install and modify software on government-supplied equipment and, according to two OPM officials, to alter internal documentation of their own activities.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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February 5, 2025:
February 5, 2025
Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
February 5, 2025:
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the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
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An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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This is a national emergency:
February 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is a national emergency:
Anyone else concerned about Elon Musk and his tech team now having access to the payments system of the US Dept of Treasury giving him control of payments as well as access to all Americans personal information. Call and write your representative and senators. Outrageous.
February 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Anyone else concerned about Elon Musk and his tech team now having access to the payments system of the US Dept of Treasury giving him control of payments as well as access to all Americans personal information. Call and write your representative and senators. Outrageous.