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@rebeccafarmer.bsky.social

1982 vintage. Effervescent, sprinkled with hutzpah, topped with panache. Sunshined for spiciness. she/her/hers

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1/2: As someone who worked for years fighting domestic & sexual violence (yes, a trans woman worked in a shelter & the world didn't explode), this hits all my buttons.

Returning after deportation may be illegal, but you don't enforce it here for the same reason you don't arrest a raped sex worker.

31.03.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.

11,000 people showed up.

Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

21.03.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 129103    πŸ” 26053    πŸ’¬ 3738    πŸ“Œ 1758

I am shooketh from the season finale. A-maze-in-sane good. Thank you for bringing this art to life!

22.03.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ever since law school, I've always thought the actual case or controversy requirement of federal litigation was extremely stupid. We can't challenge zombie laws that are unconstitutional until someone actually decides to abuse it and by then it's too late.

I'm talking about the Allen Enemies Act.

16.03.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1109    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 2

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. β€œA TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”

WOW. Planes in air must turn around.

A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.

15.03.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 47001    πŸ” 11200    πŸ’¬ 1046    πŸ“Œ 588

Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security.

That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.

15.03.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11767    πŸ” 5012    πŸ’¬ 414    πŸ“Œ 505
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πŸ”₯ Gov Tim Walz in red districts dropping truth bombs πŸ’£

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHOl0mL...

15.03.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12765    πŸ” 3653    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 165

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

15.03.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 69893    πŸ” 12127    πŸ’¬ 2063    πŸ“Œ 711
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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.

No one knows why he was detained.

15.03.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 30846    πŸ” 12634    πŸ’¬ 1999    πŸ“Œ 1546

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

14.03.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 59362    πŸ” 19920    πŸ’¬ 4055    πŸ“Œ 2303
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Smoke and mirrors in Cuba They are all lying but they got the pictures and that's what matters

I’m amazed how little coverage this story has gotten. They’ve burned well over $16 million to briefly hold 290 immigrants and several photo ops to GITMO. Just a total train wreck and they didn’t even mention it officially. Check out my latest.
open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

15.03.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 18321    πŸ” 8140    πŸ’¬ 677    πŸ“Œ 427

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.

14.03.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 129972    πŸ” 25387    πŸ’¬ 5737    πŸ“Œ 1541
This is fine meme, but with dog saying β€œSo I have a book coming out”

This is fine meme, but with dog saying β€œSo I have a book coming out”

Chuck Schumer right now:

14.03.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 23367    πŸ” 3493    πŸ’¬ 363    πŸ“Œ 174

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

14.03.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 40745    πŸ” 6061    πŸ’¬ 705    πŸ“Œ 261
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Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."

04.03.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 37522    πŸ” 9562    πŸ’¬ 916    πŸ“Œ 439
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Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division β€” a disabled veteran.

Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:

25.02.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9948    πŸ” 3368    πŸ’¬ 283    πŸ“Œ 193
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Trump administration from implementing OMB funding pause. "The public’s interest
in not having trillions of dollars arbitrarily frozen cannot be overstated." A big victory for @democracyforward.org.

Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

25.02.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12539    πŸ” 3291    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 118
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This hits hard…

β€œThen she was fired by a Fox News weekend host.”

You know what else hits hard? The fact that voters thought it was a good idea to hire a reality show host/bankrupt businessman as President of the United States.

25.02.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 47221    πŸ” 13915    πŸ’¬ 1451    πŸ“Œ 722

Is the legacy media going to do anything? Or is this it?

26.02.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 22156    πŸ” 5779    πŸ’¬ 1629    πŸ“Œ 334
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Setmayer: Being a police officer doesn’t make him qualified to run a 38k person $11 billion budget agency

Jennings: You know what does? He enjoys the confidence of the president.

Setmayer: Whose judgment is god awful

25.02.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 15986    πŸ” 2932    πŸ’¬ 824    πŸ“Œ 180
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All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

25.02.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 38301    πŸ” 12357    πŸ’¬ 2697    πŸ“Œ 1822
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NEW LAWSUIT: An employee of the VA since 2006, who took law classes at night to get a promotion to the general counsel's office in 2024, was fired as a "probationary" employee because of her recent job change.

She is asking a court for her job back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

25.02.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 14794    πŸ” 3810    πŸ’¬ 226    πŸ“Œ 130
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HHS warns employees that responses to Elon Musk's request may 'be read by malign foreign actors' The Department of Health and Human Services message comes after emails from the Office of Personnel Management and a tweet by Musk caused widespread confusion.

The Department of Health and Human Services sent agency employees an email Monday afternoon warning them that any responses to Elon Musk's demand that they share their accomplishments from the past week might "be read by malign foreign actors."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

25.02.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 526    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 22

The government claims it doesn’t know who runs DOGE.

24.02.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4772    πŸ” 1368    πŸ’¬ 317    πŸ“Œ 74
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LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge "They’re not asking people, β€˜Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, β€˜Who is participating in DEI?'"

β€œIn the US Department of Agriculture, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

24.02.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 54
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

24.02.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 37243    πŸ” 16603    πŸ’¬ 5020    πŸ“Œ 2663
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As predicted these clowns are planing to fire sale the nations public lands.

My bet is they transfer most of whatever they gain to themselves.

Call your reps and raise hell.
202 224 3121

PS
Our standing policy is we don't show his ugly mug on our page.

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

24.02.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1552    πŸ” 576    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 67
A screenshot of a tweet from Elon Musk (@elonmusk) stating, "Time to impeach judges who violate the law." Below, a retweeted post from Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) reads: "I just formally introduced articles of impeachment against RADICAL LGBTQ ACTIVIST U.S. District Judge John Bates. His attempt to block President Trump’s order to remove webpages containing resources for 'gender-affirming care' from government sites is appalling." The tweet includes four images showing excerpts from a resolution document titled "H. RES." The document contains line-numbered text detailing the impeachment of Judge John Bates for "high crimes and misdemeanors," citing his alleged obstruction of a presidential order related to gender-affirming care information on government websites. The text is partially visible across four sections, outlining the basis for impeachment and resolution statements. The screenshot shows engagement metrics, including "523.4K views" and a timestamp of "2:14 PM - Feb 24, 2025."

A screenshot of a tweet from Elon Musk (@elonmusk) stating, "Time to impeach judges who violate the law." Below, a retweeted post from Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) reads: "I just formally introduced articles of impeachment against RADICAL LGBTQ ACTIVIST U.S. District Judge John Bates. His attempt to block President Trump’s order to remove webpages containing resources for 'gender-affirming care' from government sites is appalling." The tweet includes four images showing excerpts from a resolution document titled "H. RES." The document contains line-numbered text detailing the impeachment of Judge John Bates for "high crimes and misdemeanors," citing his alleged obstruction of a presidential order related to gender-affirming care information on government websites. The text is partially visible across four sections, outlining the basis for impeachment and resolution statements. The screenshot shows engagement metrics, including "523.4K views" and a timestamp of "2:14 PM - Feb 24, 2025."

Elon wants to impeach judges for stopping him. This rep. called the judge a predator.

They're spinning up the stochastic terror machine to threaten the judge into submission.

24.02.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1824    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 26
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Just cut federal cancer research & food for starving children.

24.02.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13855    πŸ” 4272    πŸ’¬ 724    πŸ“Œ 226

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