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Just a girl. An old one. Wondering how she got that way. Philly Philly, Nova girl, Nerd mom

Joined January 2017
I'm old enough to remember when Trump and Elon cut children's cancer research funding (last week) and Republicans were silent.
if you’re not clapping for a kid with brain cancer, you have serious mental issues.
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McGovern: Democrats offered an amendment to protect Medicaid. Every Republican voted no.  Democrats offered an amendment to extend tax cuts for people making under $400,000 while ensuring that corporations and billionaires pay their fair share. Every Republican voted no.  Democrats offered an amendment preventing tax giveaways for people earning over $1 million a year. Every Republican voted no.  We asked them to vote against tax breaks for people earning over $100 million per year. Every Republican voted no.  We offered an amendment preventing tax cuts for people with a net worth of over, get this $1 billion. Every Republican voted no.  They betrayed their constituents. They voted to steal from the American people in order to protect tax breaks for billionaires
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We DID NOT take an oath to a king or wannabe dictator, we swore to defend the United States Constitution. We served our nation, not one man!
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Can’t wait for the all of the MAGA Black folks at the White House yesterday to comment on how Donald Trump fired a Black 4-star general as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and has named less qualified white man. I’ll wait.
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This is Nazism this is nazism this is nazism this is nazism this is nazism this is nazism. We have to believe our eyes.
First musk. Now Steve Bannon. America. You have a nazi problem. I say this with no exaggeration.
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It’s 4am - still debating the Republicans’ billionaire tax giveaway. We offered an amendment to say no tax cut for those making over $10m. Every Republican voted no. So we tried $100m. Every Republican voted no. So we tried $500m! Every Republican a no. See what’s going on?
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Read/copy/repost if you can From an anonymous OPM employee on Reddit. submitted 3 hours ago by Throwaway918284: "I'm a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I’m posting this because people need to know what’s going on at OPM. I’ve been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I’ve never witnessed anything even remotely close to what’s happening right now. In short, there's a hostile takeover of the federal civil service. Let me say this in no uncertain terms — OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President's henchmen. The current Acting Director, Charles (Chuck) Ezell is a low-level branch chief. He's the friendliest “yes man” you'll ever meet. He never says no. It’s clear they pushed aside all the high-level non political civil servants who refused to do Donald Trump's bidding, until they found Chuck. Under his name, they’ve sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn’t even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security. Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency. Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It's been the one sending those various “test” message you've all seen. We think they're building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road. The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we've filed. Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We're just as helpless to stop this as the rest of our fellow public servants. Hopefully someone out there can help us, but it’s looking pretty grim."
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The Commander in Chief is politicizing the deaths of not only 67 lives, but three Servicemembers. His hatred for those who serve knows no bounds. His disdain for women knows no limits. His empathy for those left behind is nonexistent. Absolutely DISGRACEFUL.
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A womanizing, raging alcoholic day drunk who has never so much as lead a Girl Scout troop armed with Thin Mints to the front of a fucking Walmart is going to run our Defense Department. This is fine. We’re fine. Everything is fine. substack.com/home/post/p-155…
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Trump just pardoned these people. Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” ever again.
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There’s a teenage boy who turned his father into the FBI for being involved with January 6th. Now that Trump has pardoned his dad, he is going into hiding and terrified he’s going to find and kill him.
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There are over 50,000 illegal Irish immigrants in the US. You will never hear about this, bc they're the right color. The majority of undocumented immigrants are ppl who overstay their visas. *Trump's the only POTUS to hire illegal immigrants at his properties to avoid paying US workers a living wage in 2 different centuries. #Inauguration2025
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Create a fake problem. Solve the fake problem. Look like a hero. And people are going to fall for it so fast too
btw if trump actually does get tiktok back when he’s in office, i better not see y’all cheering for him bc he’s the one the original signed the ban and now he wants younger people to like him
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Rest in peace to Submariner LT James Earl Carter Jr, USN (Ret). Carter, the only U.S. President to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, leaves a legacy of service. The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine, carries his name in honor of his dedication to our nation.
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Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100. What a life. What a legacy. Thank you, Mr. President.
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They wanna give Luigi Mangione the death penalty. Thats the only reason they making him face federal charges. They literally wanna kill him for daring to threaten capitalism and corporate greed. They don’t even do this to school shooters.
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6 MAGA extremists have intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about SC H5357, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it. Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back: qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina…
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Libra CAN take a joke. They CAN’T take disrespect disguised as a joke. There’s a difference.
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Replying to @FmrRepMTG @RepMTG
.@RepMTG Ah, Marjorie’s at it again, yelling about a “bloated, mismanaged” Postal Service like she’s caught it napping on the job. Let’s unpack this nonsense, shall we? First, that $9.5 billion "loss"? Sounds scary until you realize it’s mostly smoke and mirrors, stuff like retiree pensions Congress made USPS prepay decades in advance, a rule no private business has to follow. USPS is congressionally mandated not to make a profit; fees must match expenses. The USPS is required to provide universal service, including to rural areas, which can be costly. And taxpayer money? Please. USPS doesn’t take a dime of it. They run on stamps, shipping fees, and sweat, unlike certain billionaire-run companies that get cozy government subsidies while dodging taxes. She also conveniently skips over recent fixes. Like the 2022 Postal Service Reform Act, which cut that ridiculous prefunding requirement, or the billions saved by streamlining operations. Is USPS perfect? No. But calling it "bloated" ignores that they’ve been trimming fat while still delivering mail to every corner of the country, something no private business would touch without charging you triple. So let’s be honest here: the “government efficiency” Marjorie’s peddling isn’t about making the Postal Service better. It’s about gutting it, selling off the pieces to the highest bidder, and leaving rural communities, seniors, and small businesses in the lurch. That’s not reform, that’s robbery with a shiny coat of buzzwords.
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