dinnersaladdays
tiny cog in the big government wheel, just trying to stay in motion|big fan of democracy|Rust Belt denizen|civil servant becoming less civil by the hour
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysThe church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
- This is what happens when you vote with your party Senator. You don't get to be "disappointed" and a scold when the chaos touches your state. www.theintermountain.com/news/local-n...
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- Reposted by dinnersaladdays"America should be run like a business" makes perfect sense—if you don't think about it. Not only does the government provide services and resources that do not easily map to the business world’s profit/loss framework, but it's also designed to be a corrective force to the excesses of business.
- Destroying agencies then hiring contractors. Lower wages and benefits, fewer protections federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysIt seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service Just incredible grift
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysBiggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
- So we are going back to "clean coal" www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysThis piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysCircling back on this…
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysI'm dying
- It was only a matter of time Federal Workforce Freedom Act Would Ban Federal Employee Union Representation www.fedsmith.com/2025/03/17/l...
- Social Security, US Fish and Wildlife, Rural Housing Service, Small Business Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Geological Survey, IRS, Food and Drug Administration... apnews.com/article/doge...
- @democrats.senate.gov we need you to stop caring about who gets the blame for a shutdown. You aren't saving face by pretending to fight. There will be pain for us all either way. #shutdown
- So are we ready for the #Trump/Musk shutdown?
- @fetterman.senate.gov We need you to be the Democrat we elected. Since we will suffer either way the Senate needs to stop handing everything over without a fight.
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- It's March 3rd and the fish doorbell is open! visdeurbel.nl/en/
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysOf course Speaker Mike Johnson is living in the $3.7 million DC home of an election-denying, policy-driving “evangelical pastor who has attacked the separation of church and state as ‘a delusional lie’ and called multinational institutions ‘demonic’”… www.propublica.org/article/mike...
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- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysI hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysA message from #AltGov:
- Reposted by dinnersaladdays🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
- Reposted by dinnersaladdays“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus
- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysOoo this is a good one ☺️
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- Revisiting my worn copy of Brave New World - "This edition must not be introduced into the British Empire or the U S A."
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- "An agency then argues that the proposal is nonnegotiable, but only the FLRA can rule whether a proposal excessively infringes upon management rights." www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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- Reposted by dinnersaladdaysNEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
- The trump voters I know have suddenly become very quiet - wonder what's bothering them exactly
