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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 14m

If someone told you a year ago this would be a headline in 2025, you wouldn't have believed them.

Authoritarianism has taken over our country.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 19h

yeah okay

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 20h

The White House is saying furloughed federal workers may not be entitled to back pay.

Trump will sacrifice Americans' paychecks as a bargaining chip to force Democrats to approve his deadly cuts to healthcare.

A disgusting abuse of power.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 22h

The Trump admin canceled an annual report on hunger & food insecurity in America.

This comes AFTER they made historic cuts to food stamps.

They don’t want the public to know how much worse off American families are because of their policies

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d

Americans will suffer because of the shutdown.

Thousands of federal workers will lose their jobs and even more will go without pay.

But Donald Trump gets to keep building his shiny new ballroom.

Sums up his priorities pretty damn well.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d

"A war from within" ????

The President of the United States is openly talking about waging war against US cities because he doesn't like their mayors and governors.

This is how a dictator talks.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d

Almost a week into the government shutdown and Donald Trump is using it to go after liberal states and Democratic leaders.

Just another example of him prioritizing punishing his perceived political enemies over working on things Americans care about.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is now worth over $500 billion.

That means his net worth has gone up by $100 billion in less than a year.

Tax. The. Damn. Rich.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 2d

Check out the report here: www.citizen.org/article/trum...

Trump's Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power - Public Citizen

www.citizen.org

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: The Trump admin has installed 100+ fossil fuel insiders and corporate lobbyists to roles across federal agencies.

These staffers are enacting a dirty energy agenda and destroying our public lands.

Our new report with Revolving Door Project breaks it all down ⬇️

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 4d

Instead of working to re-open the government, the President is using the shutdown as an excuse to go after American cities.

This is an authoritarian power grab that directly hurts Americans.

Donald Trump has made it clear that his priority has always been himself.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 4d

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 4d

Trump last year vs. Trump in the middle of a government shutdown:

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 5d

Today, a federal court is hearing a case to block ICE from accessing taxpayer data.

If ICE can pierce tax record privacy, millions of families will be at risk, and it won’t stop there.

#StopTrumpsTrackdown

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 5d

Learn more about this new whistleblower report and join the fight: actionnetwork.org/forms/pledge...

Pledge to Defend our Public Services and Workers!

Sign up here to pledge to stand up against this illegal attack on our public services and dedicated federal workers.

actionnetwork.org

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump admin has completely gutted the Office of Fair Housing and fired the federal workers investigating housing discrimination.

A core civil rights protection against discrimination is being dismantled.

Federal workers are sounding the alarm.

Pledge to Defend our Public Services and Workers!

Sign up here to pledge to stand up against this illegal attack on our public services and dedicated federal workers.

actionnetwork.org

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Public Citizen has filed 7 new complaints against the the CDC, DOJ, FDA, HHS, OMB, USDA, and the White House for violating the Hatch Act with their partisan propaganda.

Every agency that participates in this blatantly illegal scheme must be held accountable.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

Americans can't afford healthcare or childcare, but we’re so glad that Trump can have mountains of gold in his office.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

The White House must publish the text of the Pfizer deal, so Americans know what we are getting.

We filed a FOIA request to HHS to release the details of the agreement: www.citizen.org/news/public-...

www.citizen.org

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

Trump announced a secret deal between his administration and Pfizer.

We have very little info to know how this impacts drug prices (Trump’s record on that certainly sucks)..

But we do know that secret deals with Big Pharma is a bad way to make good health policy.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

The Department of Energy has now banned the following words and phrases:

climate change, green, decarbonization, energy transition, clean energy, emissions, sustainability, tax breaks, carbon footprint.

This is dystopian and should terrify anyone paying attention.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI: The Trump admin is now displaying these messages on most federal agency websites.

Public Citizen just filed another complaint against the Small Business Administration for this Hatch Act violation.

We will continue to fight against these partisan and unlawful acts.

Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Public Citizen has filed a complaint against Trump's HUD for its disturbing pop-up message (on the agency's homepage!!) blaming the "Radical Left" for the Republicans’ government shutdown.

Using taxpayer dollars to campaign against Democrats is a clear violation of the Hatch Act.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Public Citizen has filed a complaint against Trump's HUD for its disturbing pop-up message (on the agency's homepage!!) blaming the "Radical Left" for the Republicans’ government shutdown.

Using taxpayer dollars to campaign against Democrats is a clear violation of the Hatch Act.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

MAGA Republicans made their priorities very clear with this shutdown: they don't give a damn about working people.

Public Citizen co-president @lisa-pubcitizen.bsky.social joined Rep. Joe Morelle last night to talk about this dangerous and avoidable mess:

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump admin's latest attack on nonprofits is yet another abuse of power & threat to free speech.

This is a dangerous & unAmerican witch hunt.

We will not be silenced by the President's authoritarian power play.

Read the letter signed by 3000+ nonprofits:

www.newsweek.com/what-is-nspm...

What is NSPM-7? Over 3,000 nonprofits sound alarm on new Trump directive

The directive sparked concerns from law firms and nonprofits, more than 3,000 of have signed onto an open letter rebuking it.

www.newsweek.com

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