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Posts by Colleen McLaughlin Kontros

Utopia “For the Love of Money”?

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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!

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Hegseth Fires Navy’s Top Officer Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet.

Reposting this from February.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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an executive order is not a law
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an executive order is not a law
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an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law

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every person involved in this needs to be in prison

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Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15.
bsky.app/profile/fbih...

1 year ago 4365 1536 62 53

"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say

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USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

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Here are the GOP members of the Senate Finance Committee--consider going to their LOCAL office this week and exhorting them to figure out why DOGE is in your financial records.

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As a software engineer I can tell you: Musk's coders are _not_ improving systems at various govt agencies. Any such claims are lies to hide the real intent.

The best engineers take weeks even to understand complex systems; months to plan how to upgrade them; and years to do so without disruption.

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Remember those technologists I hired using an authority designed to bring private sector tech talent to gov, legally? They were looking into big tech.

Trump just fired them. All of them.

consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/…

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This is like if the mob got to fire every federal agent investigating organized crime bsky.app/profile/make...

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POGO and Partners: The Senate Must Demand Answers on IGs POGO is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing.

Government watchdog organizations are calling on the Senate to demand answers about Trump's firing of 18 inspectors general.

"The removal of multiple IGs at once raises significant concerns about maintaining the integrity and continuity of oversight."

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WTF Is DOGE Doing in Department in Charge of Nuclear Weapons? The Department of Energy tried to clarify why DOGE staffers suddenly got some I.T. access to a department that oversees the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

The Department of Energy on Friday tried to clarify why one of Elon Musk’s DOGE underlings was granted access to the department’s I.T. systems despite opposition from its general counsel and cybersecurity offices.

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Let me emphasize: Elon Musk has not been confirmed by Congress. His “department” was never actually enacted. No one other than Trump has given him any authority.

Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness.

Call your rep now (202) 224-3121

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I am begging every Democratic committee, PAC, and candidate to get control of your damn email program right now and stop sending tone deaf fundraising emails that have nothing to do with what's happening. Stop listening to focus groups from a month ago. Stop the 2 approved talking points.

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'What is happening here is illegal': Dem senator confronts security at USAID headquarters Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) held a news conference outside the United States Agency for International Development headquarters and confirmed that security guards had been told not to let employees in the bui...

"I certainly hope Congress takes action because what is happening here is illegal."

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Trump suspends foreign aid: Millions of SA lives threatened Millions of lives are at risk after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend foreign aid for 90 days.

Millions of lives are at risk after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend foreign aid for 90 days.

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Transgender Service Members File Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Trans Military Ban The lawsuit alleges that the ban violates the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.

The lawsuit alleges that the ban violates the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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Newly, released a statement by Rep. Raskin and a fact sheet after the Trump Administration announced a broad scope freeze on all federal funding, "a brazen attack on millions of American families and a blatant episode of executive trespass on Congressional powers."

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Fork in the Road
Below is the email that was sent to federal employees on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer. If you did not respond to that email and wish to accept the deferred resignation offer, you may do so by following these steps.


1)	Send an email to hr@opm.gov from your government account. Only an email from your .gov or .mil account will be accepted.
2)	Type the word "Resign" into the "Subject" line of the email. Hit "Send".

Fork in the Road Below is the email that was sent to federal employees on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer. If you did not respond to that email and wish to accept the deferred resignation offer, you may do so by following these steps. 1) Send an email to hr@opm.gov from your government account. Only an email from your .gov or .mil account will be accepted. 2) Type the word "Resign" into the "Subject" line of the email. Hit "Send".

One thing I can promise is that if you are a federal employee who takes a bootleg "deferred resignation" offer written by some grimy little Elon Musk wannabe that is purportedly effective upon putting the magic word RESIGN in the subject of an email, you will never see a dime of that money

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Donald Trump

▶️ Had 14 failed businesses
▶️ Operated one business on
Fraud.
▶️ 6 bankruptcies
▶️ Bankrupted a casino 3 times
▶️ Lied over 30k times in 4 year

He is running America like he did his businesses . We know how this will end 😢😡

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Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) speech about Trump Admin. "buyout" idea for federal workers

"He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"

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I’m a lawyer and I’m terrified. What is going on here. I’ve known for many many years that he’s a terrible person but this goes far beyond that. They are dismantling the government. Why stop health and science research? Why stop the FDIC? He’s not that powerful. He shouldn’t be this powerful.

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Guy tried to overthrow the government, committed a bunch of crimes, we didn’t do anything about it, he became president again, and suddenly everyone is shocked how he’s just flagrantly tearing down our basic institutions? He literally tried to overthrow the government!

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Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision (Gift Article) A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.

Remember when you thought SCOTUS wouldn't overturn Roe v Wade?

Well, now Idaho is asking SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell, the case that makes same-sex marriage legal

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

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Thanks

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Donate - Whistleblower Aid We Rely On Your Donations To hold our government and corporations accountable, our country needs patriotic whistleblowers. To support whistleblowers, we need you. Whistleblower Aid is a pioneering, no...

#Trump is fulfilling his promises by nominating those who have publicly decried #RuleOfLaw & promised to literally jail political enemies. We fully expect many federal employees to become #whistleblowers & we will protect them pro bono.

But we need your help to do so:

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