Jasmine is on FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥

"...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like...

...and this ain't it!"

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

FAFO

Here’s a little bit of what we rely on from Canada ⬇️

Let's call our member of Congress every day this week: Congressional Switchboard (202) 224-3121. Ask for your House member or Senator. (Look up name ahead of time) Topics: Tariffs, federal freeze. Here is suggested call script focusing Elon Musk takeover of Treasury's federal payments system.

Let's call our member of Congress every day this week:

Congressional Switchboard (202) 224-3121. Ask for your House member or Senator. Or call a local or state office.

Topics: Tariffs, federal freeze.

Here is suggested call script focusing Elon Musk takeover of Treasury's federal payments system.

Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

Perfectly captured.

'Not a buyout': Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign Unions and attorneys who represent federal employees are telling workers not to take the offer from the Trump administration to resign from their jobs by Feb. 6 and still be paid through September.

If you received Trump’s “Fork in the Road” email urging Federal employees to resign…DON’T DO IT, DON’T RESIGN say unions, attorneys and senators including WA Senator Patty Murray. Read Senator Murray’s email in below thread re why you should NOT resign #Voices4Victory

www.kuow.org/stories/not-...

I feel like the only community minded person in like a 200 mile radius. People are constantly incredulous at how "considerate" i am of others. The staunch individualism shoved down our throats since birth ain't it.

And for what?

1/ Your overwhelm is the goal—it’s not accidental. The chaos, the flood of news, the constant crises? The negativity. It’s a strategic manipulation designed to disorient and exhaust you. Here’s how it works and how you can fight back. 🧵 #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

Musk's team given access to U.S. government payment system, New York Times says A Treasury official tried to stop the move, and has since retired, the Times reported.

#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
I worked with sensitive payment systems when I worked in IT.

These systems have strict "As needed access" where users are only granted access when absolutely necessary to perform their job duties.

DOGE DOESN’T MEET THAT REQUIREMENT

www.reuters.com/world/uk/mus...

Padilla Demands Answers from Trump Administration After Army Corps Orders Central Valley Dams Open to Dangerous Flood Levels - Senator Alex Padilla Administration ordered two dams in Tulare County open without adequate notification to local officials, threatening Central Valley communities WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Ca...

Senator Padilla is demanding answers from Trump re US Army Corp of Engineers’ reckless release of huge amounts of water in Central CA today, with only 1 hour’s notice to those downstream, endangering communities with near flooding #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Good morning, bluesky!!!

Since Canada hooks America up with so much, perhaps America should become Canada's 4th territory.

Healthcare, reproductive rights, legal Marijuana, and French's mustard. Just some of the Canadian perks.

#SheShed #Voices4Victory #wtpBLUE #YamTitsTariffs

Been saying this since the bush administration (junior) it's not just the guy you see on TV. The people behind him are way more insidious and they've organized. We can't rely on the democrats. We have to organize as a people.

The coup rolls on, but we will prevail. February 2, 2025

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Thank you, Canada!

I don't think that would do much at this point. The radical right, including Trimp (lol typo but it looks like 🍤 so ill keep it) has been building up to this since at LEAST the 90s in our country and now that they're replacing everyone in the government with loyalists... hard fix. Trimpy is puppet

Can't sleep so I'm trying to work out whether Elon getting access to the Treasury payment system, the flat tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, the elimination of the under $800 loophole for imports, or the Mavs trading Luka is the most batshit thing from yesterday

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Dead bird at Lake Julian Park tests positive for avian flu - Asheville's 828 News NOW Preliminary tests show a bird at Lake Julian Park had avian influenza H5N1

Nobody is paying attention to things like this because the CDC no longer communicates. The current occupant of the White House broke government. He broke the ability to keep America safe. This is spreading, and this administration plans to pretend it doesn't exist.
828newsnow.com/news/228822-...