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@pieriskestrel.bsky.social
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An updated note to my constituents:
April 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Our libraries and library professionals are keystones of our communities fostering minds and offering services to individuals regardless of background. We must lift them up, especially this National Library Week, and demand that Trump and DOGE do not gut support for these vital institutions.
April 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Over the course of roughly half a day, Trump vowed to oppose cuts to Medicaid and endorsed a plan to make deep cuts to Medicaid.

Why would he do this? There are a variety of possible answers, but none is especially flattering. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump’s vow to leave Medicaid intact comes with one big catch
Over the course of roughly half a day, the Republican president both vowed to oppose cuts to Medicaid and endorsed a plan to make deep cuts to Medicaid.
www.msnbc.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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An article related to what #Maddow is talking about right now.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin keeps supporting Musk/Trump despite what Musk/Trump are doing to his state and his residents.

What a coward.

GIFT ARTICLE (or at least it should be, the WaPo gift links rarely work)
wapo.st/3EKOzcy
Youngkin promises help for federal workers but defends Trump job cuts
In his first extended remarks on the Trump cuts, Youngkin acknowledges many are anxious but says the process is needed and that state help is coming.
wapo.st
February 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Hey, are you eligible for another four free Covid tests? You might want to order in case the Trump admin tries again to destroy them and take down the site. Thanks to these two WaPo reporters for helping to put some brakes on
The Trump administration planned to shut down a government website that ships free coronavirus tests to households but reversed course after @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Y. Johnson reported it was considering destroying or disposing tens of millions of kits
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. reverses plan to shut down free covid test program
The government had been preparing to shut down the program that ships free coronavirus tests to American households and was considering destroying 160 million tests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Lawrence: Because of Musk and Trump, for the first time Social Security payments are not guaranteed
Lawrence: Because of Musk and Trump, for the first time Social Security payments are not guaranteed
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Elon Musk, whose only mission in government is to cut payments, has gained control over Social Security and put those payments in jeopardy for the first time, p...
www.msnbc.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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“We must sound the alarm on why Elon Musk, a private citizen, wields such access to all our critical data. This is yet another wake-up call that Trump and Musk are rapidly dismantling U.S. institutions—a step ever closer to authoritarian control.”

trumptyrannytracker.substack.com/p/trump-tyra...
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 12
January 31, 2025
trumptyrannytracker.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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This is a national emergency:
February 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:

Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs

federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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BREAKING: Elon Musk and a network of his associates are exerting sweeping control over the inner workings of the U.S. government.

This takeover of multiple government agencies includes the Treasury Department.

There appears to be an attempt to use the federal payments system to enact…
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Aides to Elon Musk have locked government workers out of computer systems at US agency OPM.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
January 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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This is how the Muskification of the U.S. Government is taking place. Lights out, before our very eyes.
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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@wyden.senate.gov

Is there anything being done in the Finance Committee about Elon Musk trying to access Treasury Dept. payment systems?
January 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Recommend making copies of the CDC recommended Vaccinations for Adults for your records. There are also other recommendations by age group on the CDC website.
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz...
@drericding.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social @drkavitapatel.bsky.social
Recommended Vaccinations for Adults
Guide for individuals to ensure they stay up-to-date on recommended vaccines.
www.cdc.gov
December 13, 2024 at 11:42 PM