Ha! Did anyone else just hear @ntorres35.bsky.social just say on @pbsnewshour.bsky.social that "America is the p^ssy" [that Trump is now grabbing]?

Hi @repgaramendi.bsky.social! I'm helping coordinate the RPCV rally outside Peace Corps tomorrow. Can we connect?

Heads up @maddow.msnbc.com and team: more regular people will be standing up to DOGE at Peace Corps headquarters this weekend.

"Soft power takes years, maybe decades to build, but days to destroy." (Redditor) #PeaceCorps Anyone in DC?

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Redditor on Peace Corps: "The Musk/Trump admin doesn't understand 'soft power'...The Marshall Plan, Peace Corps, NASA all have a roll in advancing America's interest abroad. Dollar-for-dollar these programs grew the US brand more than it's military or diplomacy ever could on its own." bit.ly/43Hn4Ls

F*CKING YES. Who else could go and keep DOGE from entering tomorrow morning? #peacecorps

OMG YES FOR REAL. I'm not close otherwise I would go with you. Should we organize for people to keep them out of the building tomorrow morning?

@slotkin.senate.gov Michigan resident here and former Peace Corps volunteer (Honduras '09-'11)! Please raise hell about DOGE and PC! All for $430 million -- literally 0.007% of the budget and a national treasure.

I calculate that the Peace Corps budget is 0.007% of the Federal budget... can you confirm?

RPCV here. I'm going to lose my mind.

U.S. Peace Corps says Musk's DOGE has arrived at its HQ Members of Elon Musk's cost-cutting team arrived at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, the agency told Reuters, a signal it could become the latest U.S. government agency to face job cuts.

I'm going to lose my f**king mind if they touch the Peace Corps. Cuts will put volunteer safety at risk and a USAID-style dismantling would be a middle finger to the ideas of peace and intnt'l cooperation. All for 0.007% of the US budget. $430M/year. #RPCV #Honduras www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

I meant it would be great to see how my *state* taxes are spent, not federal.

What do conservatives in the US think about this?? How is this okay?

Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media The order comes as President Trump expands deportation efforts, including of students who have spoken out in support of Palestinians during Israel’s war in Gaza.

What a fantastic use of their time and our tax dollars... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

Just discovered @nationalpriorities.bsky.social tax receipts. Shows the spending breakdown of MY federal taxes... pretty crazy. ~$4k of my own money was spent on defense 😳 (including breakdowns for Lockheed Martin & SpaceX) and $2.5k on debt interest. Eye-opening. Would love to see this by State!

Curious, how do you make a living?

TF @peters.senate.gov ?!

YES Sen. @peters.senate.gov, thank you! And @slotkin.senate.gov ?

I think @slotkin.senate.gov's post is misleading... she will surely vote "no" on the CR, but *if she votes for cloture* then it doesn't matter. Dems are needed to get cloture (closure of debate), after which, no Dems are even needed to pass the CR. Voting for cloture WILL result in the CR passing.

Please, Senator Peters, #NoCloture!! (Michigander here)

What about voting on #cloture? #NoCloture!

Credit to the @indivisible.org team for helping me understand: www.instagram.com/reel/DHKXuyn...

Michigan resident urging @slotkin.senate.gov and @peters.senate.gov NOT to vote for cloture! A “no” vote on the bill afterward would be a cop-out (now that I understand how this procedure actually works 😂)

Confused... isn't this message a day late?

Typo: "go" should be "to" before "Google".

DC has been trying to be a state for ages though… I do like the idea of a blue-state health care system though!

What a fucking tool.

Into the economic blackout, but I feel like we could do it for more than one day, no?

Yes!! @slotkin.senate.gov what do you think?

Why was a $165k grant for KC urban farming canceled? DEI, says Trump administration The Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council was set to receive $165,000 over three years to help expand a farmers market and promote urban farming.

The Trump administration is openly racist and in flagrant violation of the law and the Constitution.

And that means farmers don't get paid to grow good food for children.