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@reggaesoul.bsky.social
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.

Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law

Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Canada’s new Rural Community Immigration Pilot offers permanent residence to skilled workers who want to work and settle in rural and more remote communities.

14 pilot communities will approve certain employers to hire for jobs that they can’t fill with local workers.

More info here:
Rural Community Immigration Pilot - Canada.ca
How to apply for the Rural community immigration pilot as a candidate.
www.canada.ca
February 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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This is the second Sunday in a row the Kansas City Chiefs won’t be playing football.
February 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Money talks
We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”

Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
February 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC.

Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices.
@rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Health Department Layoffs Expand to Medicare, FDA
The Department of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: "The question is can you work with Republicans in the middle of a constitutional crisis when democracy is on the line? And right now, I think that this crisis is serious and deepening in its seriousness, that our job #1, #2, and #3 is to save our democracy."
February 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM