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Today OMBpublished the presidents management agenda. It’s not pretty. I haven’t read all of it but there are so many parts that should give Americans pause. Read the whole thing here, www.performance.gov/pma/

Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.

JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election. As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.

Catch me on the radio, talking about @makenakelly.bsky.social and my story debunking the myth that DOGE is dead: www.wired.com/story/what-i...

Today is World AIDS Day. We honor and recognize the hard-fought struggles and loss of all affected. “AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“ www.neh.gov/article/aids...

So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy. Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.

...and no wonder Congressional Veterans reminded armed forces members to uphold their oath, by defying illegal orders...

Please amplify, friends, and raise your voices. The world lost an entire generation to AIDS. Heads up @oneaid.bsky.social @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social

Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut. Instead of cutting our benefits, we can afford to INCREASE Social Security if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!

REMOVE THE REGIME rally in DC just now. Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.” This is the energy. #Resist

Live look at MTG’s transition out of political life.

There it is. And as expected, overruled by OLC’s “Murder Memo.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

To our USPHS colleagues deployed to ICE: These missions are hard. We see you. Keep providing the most compassionate care possible 💚 And if you see harm or neglect - SPEAK UP Report it through the channels. If they ignore you, leak it. (DM us; we can help) Your duty is to protect human lives 💚

While everyone is still digesting how it feels to not see a Sept jobs report until late November, remember this feeling the next time folks complain about monthly revisions and suggest publishing data with a 2 or 3 month lag.

With ICE activity ramping up across the country, it is helpful to include as much info as possible when sharing within your community. S.A.L.U.T.E. ​Size/Strength ​Actions/Activity ​Location & Direction ​Uniform/Clothes ​Time & Date of Observation ​Equipment & Weapons #SALUTEICE 🖕

Just a PSA to my friends who live in coastal communities: The U.S. Tsunami warning system is slated to go offline Nov 30 thanks to the trump induced slashed funding. The NOAA withdrew funding for nine crucial seismic stations in Alaska that serve as an early warning system for tsunamis threatening

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Thursday the Civil Servants Coalition released this press release in response to the passing of the continuing resolution (CR) that failed to meaningfully restrain the Trump Administration's lawlessness. We invite you to read it & share it with your community & online. #resistance #StandUp 1/4

Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...

In no specific order, here are all the issues with this requirement that come to mind in like 2 minutes before my break ends: 1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out 1/?

🚨🚨 🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed 🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨 Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism CDC Library is a national treasure #SaveCDCLibrary

Platkin: They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could eat. They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could afford their health care. But they sure as hell made sure they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars on our backs based on some bogus theory of how they were harmed.

CHILDREN CANNOT CONSENT (louder for the back)

The newly released Epstein files can be found here. You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.

The house just passed the Senate bill with no amendments, meaning there will be no ACA subsidies and at 8 GOP members will get at least half a million dollars of our money. Truly some robbing the poor to feed the rich type shit going on here.

Below I provide the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call these 8 Senate democrats who folded to Trump, & demand they reverse course and side with the American people. 81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens. www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Because the cruelty is the point and it was never about deporting criminals, it was about deporting non-white immigrants. And maybe some non-white citizens but they haven’t figured out a way to do that yet that isn’t completely illegal (spoiler alert: because there isn’t one). 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Even if ACA credits do pass, which they won’t, It won’t help in January when open enrollment is already over. Those who can’t afford the currently INSANE premiums will be going without for the entire year, even if this did pass, which of course, it won’t with GOP control. SO ANGRY.🤬

Good job Senate Dems. This is who you helped.

There is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving. Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:

There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were: Black Baptist Churches A Mosque A small Appalachian church

1/2 ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.” Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬

The Trump administration has spent the last several days begging court after court not to force them to feed hungry families and children! Who are these people???

The felon has 4 years to damage NASA & NOAA but it will take decades to rebuild them after the havoc.

So many juicy nuggets in here. Things those currently around in the government have been sounding the alarm on for months! www.huffpost.com/ent... 1/10

The tacky irony of Congress on weeklong(!) recess for observance of a holiday honoring veterans, whilst screwing over said veterans on SNAP, or who are now civilian Feds going without pay, or in vocational or job transition training that’s currently closed… Way to honor our veterans, Congress!

It would be nice to have Bureau of Labor Statistics information and reports rn. But even tho Rs are effectively blocking BLS from reporting on reality, America will still see and feel it. It still matters. And none of it will be good for 🍆🥔 and his caucus of fluffers.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

This violent attack on lawful residents and children is their response to getting their asses kicked at the ballot box. It won’t stop until they’re removed/prosecuted. When will police do their gd jobs? I can’t explain my absolute embarrassment at the indefensible cowardice of my former colleagues.

Collection of my resistance art, deposited together for the first time. Provided for all, free use Creative Commons license. Make art, resist. 🖼️ ✊🏻

Reposting. Https://www.nffe-fsc.org/shutdown #bettertogether #holdtheline #nffestrong

This must be what Noem is talking about when she says they’re risking their lives. I mean, they are, but not bc their jobs require or benefit from it, just bc they’re stoopid reckless m’f’k’rs with fascist leaders, unrestrained violent tendencies, and no oversight.

Exactly. The caucasity of them to assume we'll have elections in even two years is just astounding. We must take action now.

DHS says they “don’t arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement.” But at least 170 Americans they’ve detained know that’s not true. Don’t ignore their stories. If Trump can detain citizens—including combat Veterans—for days without cause, no one is safe from his whims.