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@jgbeck.bsky.social

created January 20, 2025

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Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump transparency is not on my bingo card.

23/7/2025, 3:52:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

đŸ˜±

23/7/2025, 2:06:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

1. Happy Prime Day! (It's a scam) (Follow this thread for details) đŸ§”

8/7/2025, 2:09:24 PM | 928 445 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

Sad day.

24/6/2025, 12:35:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

Showed up in #urbana Illinois.

15/6/2025, 2:58:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

This is not trump’s style. Who wrote it for him?

30/5/2025, 2:49:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s really disturbing!

20/5/2025, 2:55:38 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

12/5/2025, 1:34:18 PM | 11986 3746 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

This post calls for a “dislike” button on Bluesky!

8/5/2025, 6:33:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

No. It is a complete sentence.

2/5/2025, 10:08:35 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

What if you’re bad on purpose? Huck Finn style?

28/4/2025, 1:21:27 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

Geez, even I knew to make my Venmo contacts private.

27/3/2025, 2:49:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

President Trump needs to write an email about five things he's done in the last week to lower prices. Hosting an infomercial for Tesla does not count.

12/3/2025, 12:34:27 AM | 1625 263 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s what I thought. When has chaos ever been efficient?

2/3/2025, 2:16:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted

Elon Musk’s musings at a 2023 dinner party about how he would gut the federal bureaucracy evolved into an operation that's given him a singular position of influence over the government. This is the inside story of the origins of DOGE. nyti.ms/3QElxOE

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28/2/2025, 5:19:30 PM | 300 103 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jgbeck.bsky.social (@jgbeck.bsky.social) reply parent

Wanna be in on it!

25/2/2025, 1:10:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

February 21, 2025

22/2/2025, 6:23:44 AM | 2329 576 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Occupy Democrats (@occupydemocrats.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: Senator Mitch McConnell announces that he will not seek reelection in 2026 — bringing an end to one of the single most destructive political careers in American history. He will be remembered for his cruelty and greed and for helping pave the wave for MAGA fascism. Good. Riddance.

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20/2/2025, 5:54:32 PM | 2235 479 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

February 19, 2025

20/2/2025, 6:54:30 AM | 2692 728 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted

Glad Trump had the chance to waste millions of taxpayer dollars to fly over the Daytona 500 and then ride The Beast on the track as parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee are underwater. Priorities.

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16/2/2025, 7:52:38 PM | 13297 4225 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977 “He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025

15/2/2025, 9:57:51 PM | 2011 500 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social) reposted

You realize how effed-up this is, right?

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15/2/2025, 10:00:11 PM | 2704 344 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

13/2/2025, 4:05:05 PM | 21591 14971 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted

Donald Trump’s press conference today was one of the most disgraceful moments in U.S. history, signaling a complete surrender to Vladimir Putin.

12/2/2025, 11:41:01 PM | 10825 3503 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

When Trump took office, the NLRB had 24 separate investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights. But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases. See how this works?

12/2/2025, 11:00:07 PM | 4365 1755 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

Musk Watch launched three weeks ago and our reporting was just cited in a second federal lawsuit filed against the Trump administration. This lawsuit was filed by a coalition of labor unions and alleges DOGE is violating the Privacy Act. Musk Watch is cited six times. muskwatch.com/subscribe

76. The access instructions specified that DOGE representatives should have “admin user” access that allowed them to “code read and write permissions,” in essence allowing these officials to “make updates to anything that they want.”65 77. Defendants OPM and Acting Director Ezell provided DOGE representatives, including a recent high school graduate, with access to these sensitive systems and databases, including USAJOBS, the Enterprise Human Resources Integration Data Warehouse (“EHRI DW”), USA Staffing, USA Performance, and the Health Insurance Data Warehouse (“HIDW”), and the personally identifiable information contained within.66 63 Caleb Ecarma & Judd Legum, Musk Associates Given Unfettered Access to Private Data of Government Employees, Popular Info. (Feb. 3, 2025), https://popular.info/p/musk-associates-given-unfettered. 64 Isaac Stanley-Becker et al., Musk’s DOGE Agents Access Sensitive Personnel Data, Alarming Security Officials, Wash. Post (Feb. 6, 2025), https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-accesspersonnel-data-opm-security. 65 Ecarma & Legum, supra note 63. 66 Id.
11/2/2025, 12:23:46 AM | 2522 500 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

1. EXCLUSIVE Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information. The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work

10/2/2025, 2:15:36 PM | 12909 6409 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

February 7, 2025

8/2/2025, 5:04:40 AM | 3128 711 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

Free speech absolutist Elon Musk calls for the firing of a journalist who revealed that one of the people Musk hired for DOGE bragged about being racist on social media

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7/2/2025, 2:49:41 PM | 4650 1179 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia. Looks like Jeff Bezos' investment in Trump is paying off.

6/2/2025, 10:30:00 PM | 2347 812 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

President Trump is imposing tariffs while his company creates a "Made in America" ETF President Trump is deregulating the energy industry while his company creates a "Energy Independence" ETF President Trump is promoting the crypto currency industry while his company creates a "Bitcoin" ETF

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6/2/2025, 1:54:05 PM | 613 271 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

muskwatch.com/subscribe

6/2/2025, 12:29:19 AM | 124 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Politics In The Wild (@politicsinthewild.bsky.social) reposted

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

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5/2/2025, 5:23:31 PM | 32865 10761 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

Thou shalt impeach the motherfucker.

5/2/2025, 9:46:40 PM | 47051 7156 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

To America’s 2.3 million federal employees: Don’t accept a buyout. Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer. And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it? Sincerely, Robert Reich Former U.S.Secretary of Labor

5/2/2025, 8:09:10 PM | 12378 3778 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

"The soaring price of eggs has forced Waffle House to add a temporary surcharge on customers’ orders. The Georgia-based chain is adding a 50-cent charge per egg because of the 'nationwide rise in cost of eggs,' according to signs posted at its restaurants."

4/2/2025, 4:18:55 PM | 1421 360 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jen Rubin (@jenrubin.bsky.social) reposted

Fighting the Putsch .. from @normeisen.bsky.social : open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

4/2/2025, 7:29:59 PM | 276 59 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) reposted

If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize. Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, money, country, and future, tell your elected officials that you wanted something else. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

4/2/2025, 2:37:00 PM | 3088 1068 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

1. Let's be clear A central premise of the Trump admin is there is pervasive discrimination against hard-working white men, who are being replaced by less-qualified women and minorities So over the last 2 weeks Trump has implemented an aggressive affirmative action program for white men

4/2/2025, 2:21:29 PM | 2623 844 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted

Last night, I wrote in my newsletter, Civil Discourse, about Trump's new coup. I base my analysis on the facts and the law, not hyperbole. We are at a serious tipping point. I hope you'll subscribe if you feel the same way, or if you just want to learn more. joycevance.substack.com

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3/2/2025, 10:43:59 PM | 5511 1494 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted

Remember when Trump called for "termination" of the Constitution in 2022? The New York Times played it on Page 13. Now that Trump's "termination" is happening, I wonder if the Times' editors have any regrets for years of normalization and "both sides" framing that comforted the would-be dictator.

3/2/2025, 11:03:57 PM | 1631 338 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Trump and the GOP are trying to repeal a Biden admin rule that requires lead water pipes to be replaced. Tens of millions of people, including children, would continue to have contaminated drinking water if the rules are revoked. So the GOP is the party of lead poisoning now?

3/2/2025, 11:51:51 PM | 5841 2131 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ryan Wiggins (@ryan-n-wiggins.bsky.social) reposted

Y'all, the tariffs are a big deal. But hear me out, they are a distraction from what is really happening right now in our government. đŸ§”

4/2/2025, 12:11:48 AM | 1316 218 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted

1. BREAKING Several of Elon Musk’s associates installed at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — including two recent high school graduates — have received unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for millions of federal employees.

3/2/2025, 1:28:41 PM | 5962 2889 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

2/2/2025, 9:27:55 PM | 51000 17871 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

February 1, 2025

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