Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

The resignation of a federal employee must be voluntary. I highly doubt failure to respond to this email---sent on a Saturday---would be understood by any court to be a voluntary resignation.

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Well… today I have my first DOGE subcommittee hearing along with a Judiciary hearing, all while DC is snowed in!

If I had normal coworkers & the country wasn’t going to hell lead by DOGE Douchebags, I’d say, “nothing to see here,” but something tells me, today is going to be pure insanity…

With you all the way, Congresswoman!

But now I know, and it can come across very harshly. In the past few years I’ve finally discovered the triplet of curiosity, compassion, and humor. Your tip fits this nicely!

Glad to see you here. 🥳 Favorite takeaway is asking “Why not?” A little background: I was in IT in the 90s. My first day my boss’s boss told me, “We’ve never had a woman in IT before so we don’t know how this’ll work out.” Sadly, my family had taught me how to be bullied, not how to push back.

Since Democrats need help, and Republicans suggested we simply ask you to testify voluntarily—Elon, are you hiding? Come on, Elon—let’s testify. Consider this your formal invitation.

AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.

Basically traps AI crawlers and sends them down an "infinite maze" of static files with no exit links, where they get stuck and thrash around for months. Once trapped, the crawlers can be fed gibberish data, aka Markov babble, which is designed to poison AI models arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Best quote I’ve heard about this coup is from @aoc.bsky.social : “You can take the boy out of apartheid, but you can’t take apartheid out of the boy.”

NEW: DoJ employees asked for guarantees in writing for the deferred resignation Fork in the Road plan. They were sent this. It strips the signer of the right to sue, and also says if you commit a felony, you’re not eligible for federal employment. Oh, the irony.

New resignation emails have been sent out with added fine print and stricter terms. Some contracts now require employees to work through February 28 before being placed on paid leave by March 1, contradicting earlier claims that no work would be required.

Same! I could finally relax

Here’s the tri pawed emotional support kitty that’s been on back order.

Emotional support kitty cat with rbf

Here’s that emotional support kitty you ordered.

Sorry we ran out of the non-judgmental ones 😬😬😬

#cat #catsofbluesky #rbf

@aoc.bsky.social ‘s stream helped me fall asleep, oddly. @hcrichardson.bsky.social ‘s newsletter helped me through the reign of 45 and lockdown

Tell us about the pigeons! Heard a podcast on them and they like our cities because they evolved to live on cliffs. Our buildings remind them of their homeland. When I see a pigeon now, knowing that makes me smile

Huge protest outside the USAID building today against Trump and Musk's illegal shutdown.

It is our honor to serve you. America, you broke through— the media is finally picking up on what’s happening. We love you!! 🦬 💚 🇺🇸

A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.

YouTube video by MSNBC Full interview: Rachel Maddow talks with the bishop who asked Trump directly to show mercy

Rachel Maddow talks with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington about speaking from the pulpit directly to Donald Trump about showing mercy for the vulnerable people targeted by his policies.

Watch: youtu.be/XsKZA0bBNu8