michelle
@michpendergrass.bsky.social
Freelance witch, artist, photographer, foodie, author, editor.
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown.
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This part can’t be repeated enough. Does anyone actually think this was a coincidence?
July 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This part can’t be repeated enough. Does anyone actually think this was a coincidence?
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Mother Gaia to celebrate Pride Month tonight after sunset
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mother Gaia to celebrate Pride Month tonight after sunset
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Honestly? The $400M plane from Qatar is quaint compared to his crypto scam, memecoin con, insider trading, and tariff shakedowns.
May 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Honestly? The $400M plane from Qatar is quaint compared to his crypto scam, memecoin con, insider trading, and tariff shakedowns.
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It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
May 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
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The plan is to break the parks, claim they must be privatized, take them from the American people and give them to their friends.
Update: the Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Park System by $900 million, about one third of its budget.
Please read/share if you love your national parks!
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.
They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.
They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...
May 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The plan is to break the parks, claim they must be privatized, take them from the American people and give them to their friends.
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Important narrative advice.
April 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Important narrative advice.
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NEW: Trump on Wednesday quietly pardoned Paul Walczak, a healthcare executive sentenced just 2 weeks ago for tax crimes.
His mother & sister had played a role in an unrelated scheme to publicize Ashley Biden’s stolen diary ahead of the 2020 election.
His mother & sister had played a role in an unrelated scheme to publicize Ashley Biden’s stolen diary ahead of the 2020 election.
Trump Pardons Paul Walczak, Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden’s Diary
The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: Trump on Wednesday quietly pardoned Paul Walczak, a healthcare executive sentenced just 2 weeks ago for tax crimes.
His mother & sister had played a role in an unrelated scheme to publicize Ashley Biden’s stolen diary ahead of the 2020 election.
His mother & sister had played a role in an unrelated scheme to publicize Ashley Biden’s stolen diary ahead of the 2020 election.
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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🦬 Hearing reports that the U.S. Forest Service is verbally delegating authority to fire probationary employees.
Employees in other agencies received a termination letter outside their chain of command.
DOI is up next. We have yet to see how our termination notices will arrive, but...
Employees in other agencies received a termination letter outside their chain of command.
DOI is up next. We have yet to see how our termination notices will arrive, but...
It is 👏🏼 ILLEGAL 👏🏼 to fire a probationary employee during their first year for partisan political reasons.
If you are a SUPERVISOR being asked by YOUR SUPERVISOR to fire your employees, YOU ARE COMMITTING A CRIME. 🚨
Delay. Resist. Say firmly, “I will not carry out this illegal order.”
If you are a SUPERVISOR being asked by YOUR SUPERVISOR to fire your employees, YOU ARE COMMITTING A CRIME. 🚨
Delay. Resist. Say firmly, “I will not carry out this illegal order.”
February 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🦬 Hearing reports that the U.S. Forest Service is verbally delegating authority to fire probationary employees.
Employees in other agencies received a termination letter outside their chain of command.
DOI is up next. We have yet to see how our termination notices will arrive, but...
Employees in other agencies received a termination letter outside their chain of command.
DOI is up next. We have yet to see how our termination notices will arrive, but...
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When Trump took office, the National Labor Relations Board had 24 investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights. But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases. See how this works?
February 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
When Trump took office, the National Labor Relations Board had 24 investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights. But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases. See how this works?
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Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
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these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
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🦬 Excuse us if we're feeling more like uncivil servants today. #DOIResists
February 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🦬 Excuse us if we're feeling more like uncivil servants today. #DOIResists
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🦬 We have always believed none of us are free until all of us are free. Happy to join this fight and continue protecting the Nation's lands and its people. ✊🏽
🚨 #AltGov Alert 🚨
From deep within America's gorgeous landscape, we have @altdoi.bsky.social
Please give them a warm welcome.
Thank you for joining the fight!
From deep within America's gorgeous landscape, we have @altdoi.bsky.social
Please give them a warm welcome.
Thank you for joining the fight!
February 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🦬 We have always believed none of us are free until all of us are free. Happy to join this fight and continue protecting the Nation's lands and its people. ✊🏽
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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
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Okay, pardon us, but F this. America, you’ve got to stand up.
February 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Okay, pardon us, but F this. America, you’ve got to stand up.
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Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”
February 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”
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An important historical note — that USAID helped end Apartheid — sheds new light on Elon’s relentless and soulless attack on USAID. During Apartheid, Black South Africans were robbed of human rights and political power. 1/2 www.thealtmedia.com/p/musks-sout...
Musk’s South African White Male Fragility
Why does Elon want USAID to ‘die?’ Probably because it helped end Apartheid.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
An important historical note — that USAID helped end Apartheid — sheds new light on Elon’s relentless and soulless attack on USAID. During Apartheid, Black South Africans were robbed of human rights and political power. 1/2 www.thealtmedia.com/p/musks-sout...
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Exactly. No is a complete sentence
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Exactly. No is a complete sentence
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Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link: