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Chris Cowen

@lkwdchris.bsky.social

Partially retired OT, hiker, traveller, lover of old little dogs, gardener, friend, Democrat, coffee and tea lover, reader and good neighbor.

75 Followers  |  61 Following  |  16 Posts  |  Joined: 13.11.2024  |  1.8151

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This Friday, March 14, marks 30 days since Trump’s unlawful mass firing of federal workers beganβ€”and the last day for many to appeal to MSPB. Democracy Forward is fighting back to protect our workforce. Resources + appeal guide: civilservicestrong.org. #CivilServiceStrong

10.03.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Fight to save OUR parks and public lands

10.03.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tax season is here; now is a great time to beat the rush and bring your W-2's & other income forms to the Division of Tax (12805 Detroit), and we'll file your local return for you.

You can also e-file your return online. Visit www.lakewoodoh.gov/municipal-in... for all things income tax.

07.03.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You are a traitor.

07.03.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are a traitor.

07.03.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am a VA employee and I certainly never voted for Trump.

06.03.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck that.

04.03.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great piece.

10.02.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8065    πŸ” 2257    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 79

Posted at 2:16 a.m. Federal judge issued emergency order prohibiting Musk’s DOGE from accessing personal & financial data on millions of Americans at the Treasury Department, noting the possibility for irreparable harm. Also ordered β€œimmediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded…”

08.02.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1488    πŸ” 288    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 24
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Project 2025 tracker

Remember Project 2025? Folks are tracking every promise they made and it's current implementation status. They are _well_ on their way to accomplishing their goal within 100 days.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

06.02.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 891    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 48
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How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else He and his goons must be stopped

How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

03.02.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join Indivisible & Demand Sen. Bernie Moreno Fight Back Against the Trump-Musk Funding Freeze Β· Indivisible We are facing a crisis and we need all Members of Congress to fight back. Join your friends and neighbors in telling Senator Bernie Moreno that we demand they use every tool at their disposal to fight...

Cleveland peeps - meet tomorrow at Sen. Moreno's office to say No to Vought. The vote is Thursday and there is no way to speak to anyone or leave a message on the phone right now (full). See Link below to sign up. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

03.02.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The only way we can defend our parks at this point is to protest.

Take to the streets and protest like your lives and loved ones depend on it.
Because they do

02.02.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1589    πŸ” 505    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 15

5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to β€œNaima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card

02.02.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 16384    πŸ” 3416    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 102
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What you can do Ten ways to resist Trump II

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

02.02.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lakewood Ohio, fight back

Lakewood Ohio, fight back

Lakewood Ohio, fight back
@surjneo.bsky.social

31.01.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some advice to federal workers From a former secretary of labor

robertreich.substack.com/p/some-free-...

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WHO Newsletters Stay up-to-date with upcoming events, news, blogs, publications and much more. Select from our newsletters and subscribe below

The orange fecal smear has removed the U.S. from the World Health Organization, if you'd like to sign up for their newsletters to keep yourself aware, here ya go:

www.who.int/news-room/ne...

26.01.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 739    πŸ” 225    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 14
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More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze About two-thirds of Veterans Affairs jobs will be excluded from a White House order blocking new hiring.

Pushback made a difference here.

In the face of loud "concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze" the new admin scaled back its initial assault on the V.A....

cc @rieckhoff.bsky.social

www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

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This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky

22.01.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 26044    πŸ” 5824    πŸ’¬ 1439    πŸ“Œ 529
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Introducing myself and my artwork to this new platform. Shop update 1.29.25. www.ginadesantisceramics.com

21.01.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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See 6 Planets Align on January 21 Alignments of five or more planets are rareβ€”there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.

www.wired.com/story/see-6-...

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The way I look at it my friends are not posting racist conservative shit. I don’t really see that now and I don’t think I’ll see an increase in it.

19.01.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m still active on both but I see you on Bluesky!

19.01.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And it’s back on.

19.01.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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