Greg Efurd
@southknoxvol.bsky.social
Dad, Presbyterian, Reader, Gamer (mainly D&D)
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Holy shit. AP reports that the Trump admin. provided deportation officials with personal data and immigration status on millions of Medicaid enrollees. Data includes "addresses, names, social security numbers and claims data for enrollees" in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington DC.
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.
apnews.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Holy shit. AP reports that the Trump admin. provided deportation officials with personal data and immigration status on millions of Medicaid enrollees. Data includes "addresses, names, social security numbers and claims data for enrollees" in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington DC.
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this is a crime.
Holy shit. AP reports that the Trump admin. provided deportation officials with personal data and immigration status on millions of Medicaid enrollees. Data includes "addresses, names, social security numbers and claims data for enrollees" in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington DC.
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.
apnews.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
this is a crime.
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Call your senators, demand they shut the Senate down.
June 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Call your senators, demand they shut the Senate down.
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So either the Secret Service is wholly incompetent or just lying?
Cool cool cool.
Cool cool cool.
June 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
So either the Secret Service is wholly incompetent or just lying?
Cool cool cool.
Cool cool cool.
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An MSNBC anchor just definitively claimed Padilla didn't identify himself when video clearly shows he did. So fucking irresponsible. This is how lies spread.
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
An MSNBC anchor just definitively claimed Padilla didn't identify himself when video clearly shows he did. So fucking irresponsible. This is how lies spread.
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House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Right is engaging in textbook authoritarian abuse. They have created a completely imaginary scenario and threat that they have to "react" to and, in doing so, are inflicting unbelievable and indefensible abuse on everyone else.
You can't reform this. You can't bargain with this.
You can't reform this. You can't bargain with this.
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Right is engaging in textbook authoritarian abuse. They have created a completely imaginary scenario and threat that they have to "react" to and, in doing so, are inflicting unbelievable and indefensible abuse on everyone else.
You can't reform this. You can't bargain with this.
You can't reform this. You can't bargain with this.
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The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
June 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
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The Trump administration's position on police brutality is that they're for it.
NEW: A source tells me that the Department of Justice will announce shortly that they are dismissing the Minneapolis and Louisville consent decrees and retracting the findings letters/closing investigations in the open cases that don't yet have decrees.
May 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Trump administration's position on police brutality is that they're for it.
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Exactly this, Aaron! Stop falling for the distractions folks.
They’re stripping away our rights
They’re stripping away healthcare
They’re stripping away protections to clean air and water
They’re stripping away education from our children
They’re kidnapping people off the streets
Focus 🙏🏼
They’re stripping away our rights
They’re stripping away healthcare
They’re stripping away protections to clean air and water
They’re stripping away education from our children
They’re kidnapping people off the streets
Focus 🙏🏼
so to be clear about what happened here, the Trump White House released audio meant to make Joe Biden look bad to Axios hours after the US's credit rating was downgraded.
Trump wanted a distraction and the usual suspects in the press are happy to oblige.
Trump wanted a distraction and the usual suspects in the press are happy to oblige.
May 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Exactly this, Aaron! Stop falling for the distractions folks.
They’re stripping away our rights
They’re stripping away healthcare
They’re stripping away protections to clean air and water
They’re stripping away education from our children
They’re kidnapping people off the streets
Focus 🙏🏼
They’re stripping away our rights
They’re stripping away healthcare
They’re stripping away protections to clean air and water
They’re stripping away education from our children
They’re kidnapping people off the streets
Focus 🙏🏼
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The best way to stop this slide into authoritarianism is to protest in huge numbers. Find a No Kings March near you here: bsky.app/profile/indi...
June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The best way to stop this slide into authoritarianism is to protest in huge numbers. Find a No Kings March near you here: bsky.app/profile/indi...
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The administration is misrepresenting documents that are publicly available. They are relying on people not bothering to read them, or purposely misreading them, and this is the media aiding in that cynical and anti-democratic task.
April 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The administration is misrepresenting documents that are publicly available. They are relying on people not bothering to read them, or purposely misreading them, and this is the media aiding in that cynical and anti-democratic task.
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🚨URGENT—Despite the Supreme Court declaring that it would be illegal to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act without giving them a meaningful chance to seek judicial review, the Trump admin is reportedly about to send a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas to El Salvador in a matter of hours!
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
🚨URGENT—Despite the Supreme Court declaring that it would be illegal to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act without giving them a meaningful chance to seek judicial review, the Trump admin is reportedly about to send a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas to El Salvador in a matter of hours!
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The most daming claim in this statement IMO:
Within 15 minutes of DOGE accounts being created…
Attackers in Russia tried logging in using those new creds.
Correct usernames and passwords.
2 options here. The DOGE device was hacked. And I don't think I need to explain the 2nd.
Within 15 minutes of DOGE accounts being created…
Attackers in Russia tried logging in using those new creds.
Correct usernames and passwords.
2 options here. The DOGE device was hacked. And I don't think I need to explain the 2nd.
April 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The most daming claim in this statement IMO:
Within 15 minutes of DOGE accounts being created…
Attackers in Russia tried logging in using those new creds.
Correct usernames and passwords.
2 options here. The DOGE device was hacked. And I don't think I need to explain the 2nd.
Within 15 minutes of DOGE accounts being created…
Attackers in Russia tried logging in using those new creds.
Correct usernames and passwords.
2 options here. The DOGE device was hacked. And I don't think I need to explain the 2nd.
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Just got word from my college roommate - who is the state archivist for the state of South Dakota - that due to the DOGE shutdowns of IMLS, they can no longer fund InterLibrary Loan in SD.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
April 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just got word from my college roommate - who is the state archivist for the state of South Dakota - that due to the DOGE shutdowns of IMLS, they can no longer fund InterLibrary Loan in SD.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
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Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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Mike Johnson looked America in the eye and swore MAGA wouldn’t touch Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. A lie so bold it deserves an award. Then Gov. JB Pritzker stepped up with a blowtorch: Congress just passed a budget slashing $880 BILLION from Medicaid. Don’t get mad—get LOUD.
Mike Johnson looked America in the eye and swore MAGA wouldn’t touch Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. A lie so bold it deserves an award. Then Gov. JB Pritzker stepped up with a blowtorch: Congress just passed a budget slashing $880 BILLION from Medicaid. Don’t get mad—get LOUD.
April 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
1.
Mike Johnson looked America in the eye and swore MAGA wouldn’t touch Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. A lie so bold it deserves an award. Then Gov. JB Pritzker stepped up with a blowtorch: Congress just passed a budget slashing $880 BILLION from Medicaid. Don’t get mad—get LOUD.
Mike Johnson looked America in the eye and swore MAGA wouldn’t touch Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. A lie so bold it deserves an award. Then Gov. JB Pritzker stepped up with a blowtorch: Congress just passed a budget slashing $880 BILLION from Medicaid. Don’t get mad—get LOUD.
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This Tufts student was grabbed off the street, cuffed and taken out of state solely because she co-wrote a completely respectful oped in the student paper.
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
wapo.st
April 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This Tufts student was grabbed off the street, cuffed and taken out of state solely because she co-wrote a completely respectful oped in the student paper.
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
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They can't afford for him to tell his story.
Don't overlook this: Trump is leaving Abrego Garcia to rot in a foreign gulag even though the admin can always bring him back and *retry him for deportation in a lawful way.* That they won't do this shows their case against him is nonsense.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1939...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1939...
Trump’s Horrifying Removal of Man in “Error” Takes an Even Darker Turn
The Trump administration could allow Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into the U.S. and try to deport him through proper channels. So why won’t it even do that?
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
They can't afford for him to tell his story.
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
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💯 Dems should also commit to a specific position: Trump has not honored the promises and agreements of his predecessors and we will not honor his. If you're gullible enough to trust an assurance from Trump, understand that it is gone the moment he is.
I'm not kidding that any Dem who wants to run in 2028 should get out ahead of this and loudly say if El Salvador puts American citizens in Trump's gulag we'll fucking invade.
"Over the weekend, Trump endorsed sending U.S. citizens to El Salvador prisons." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
April 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
💯 Dems should also commit to a specific position: Trump has not honored the promises and agreements of his predecessors and we will not honor his. If you're gullible enough to trust an assurance from Trump, understand that it is gone the moment he is.
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If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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It's not true that the four U.S. soldiers who recently died in Lithuania weren't honored by a sitting president. The problem is that it wasn't the U.S. president. It was the President of Lithuania. Trump couldn't be bothered with it.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
Trump Picks Golf Over Dead American Soldiers
Because of course he did.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's not true that the four U.S. soldiers who recently died in Lithuania weren't honored by a sitting president. The problem is that it wasn't the U.S. president. It was the President of Lithuania. Trump couldn't be bothered with it.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...