Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing would stop them, presumably.
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view profile on Bluesky Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing would stop them, presumably.
AltSSA (@altssa.altgov.info) reposted
I completely and whole heartedly agree. As a federal employee that is in a position where that would mean I would have to continue to work, without pay, until the shutdown ends, I 1000% support this. #releasetheepsteinfiles #shutitdown @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 (@altspaceforce.altgov.info) reposted
🚨 #AltGov Announcement 🚨 The skies are extra blue today with the addition of our newest member. Please welcome @roguenoaa.bsky.social to the Altgov team. Exceptionally well qualified and ready to rain on the fascist parade, RogueNOAA is here to help in the fight for liberty.
RebelFema (@rebelfema.altgov.info) reposted
People! No one is more excited than we here at Rebel FEMA to welcome @roguenoaa.bsky.social to the AltGov Community! Give them A warm welcome and a follow!
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
A note to RFKJ- don’t cross the nurses. They’re tough as nails and get things done. We’re glad to have National Nurses United join the fight against unscientific nonsense.
Molly McKew (@mollymckew.bsky.social) reposted
You know what’s important here, and what you pretty much never see in headlines? That it’s all ILLEGAL I L L E G A L www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
InfoSec (@infosec.skyfleet.blue) reposted
Amazon shuts down watering hole attack attributed to Russia’s APT29 hacking group
AltStateGov (@altstategov.altgov.info) reposted
PLEASE WELCOME THE NEWEST #ALTGOV MEMBER! We're so excited for @roguenoaa.bsky.social to help clear the smog of misinformation and disinformation from the white house 💥💥💥
RebelFema (@rebelfema.altgov.info) reposted
::low key excited about this:: Go give @roguenoaa.bsky.social a welcome and a follow.
Alt-NIHscience4ALL (@alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info) reposted
We love our weather friends!!! Welcome the newest #AltGov member! @roguenoaa.bsky.social You’ll see their verified label a bit later.
Alt-NIHscience4ALL (@alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info) reposted
Scientists: Make your voice heard! There is a request for information on allowable publication costs in NIH grant awards. Provide your feedback by September 15. They have listed a number of options in the notice. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 (@ominousrabbit.com) reposted
GO HAZE THE NEWBIE! With love, y'all. Only with love.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
At least SIX countries use Graphite. “The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are likely customers of spyware developed by Israeli company Paragon Solutions, according to a new report from The Citizen Lab.” thehackernews.com/2025/03/six-...
Alt-NIHscience4ALL (@alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info) reposted
There is a quote outside of Building 1 of the NIH campus: “Without research, there is no hope.” (The Honorable Paul G. Rogers) It is so applicable now.
AltStateGov (@altstategov.altgov.info) reposted
HE DOESNT WANT COMMON GROUND HE DOESNT WANT TO WORK WITH YOU WHEN WILL YOU LEARN THIS?!?! ITS BEEN MONTHS OF AUTHORITARIANISM AND YOU WANT COMMON GROUND?!? STEP ASIDE AND LET PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHATS HAPPENING LEAD THE FIGHT BACK
AltSSA (@altssa.altgov.info) reposted
Finally!!!!! A journalist who will throw their lies in their faces and force them to acknowledge them!!!!! Yessss!!!!! Can we please have more of this??? Like yesterday?????? 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
If it’s under Title 32 authority, the Texas guard remains under state control. That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state. And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Some Italian targets were discovered by Citizen Lab and Whatsapp and warned. “They include a journalist and multiple members of civil society that work in organizations involved in the rescue of refugees and migrants at sea.” citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi...
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Link: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Update your software! Apple patched the zero click vulnerability a few months ago. There are other ways to get infected, but do what you can! “Analysis showed their iPhones were hit in January and early February through a zero-click iMessage exploit that Apple later patched in iOS 18.3.1.”
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Spread it far and wide!!
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Quote: “By essentially taking control of the mobile phone, the user – in this case, Ice – can not only track an individual’s whereabouts, read their messages, look at their photographs, but also open and read information held on encrypted applications, like WhatsApp or Signal.”
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
🚨 ICE can spy on devices 🚨 Everyone please practice online hygiene! Don’t open unknown emails or files. Run a VPN. ICE can see anything they want if you get infected with spyware called Graphite. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It wasn't about politics. It was about military readiness. It didn't make sense to put Space Force headquarters in any state other than Colorado when the only priority should be quick and effective communication in a nuclear crisis and there was already an infrastructure.
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
As the missile travels our way, it's USSPACECOM that quickly gathers data from satellites and radar and space sensors to determine if it's a test or real, a best guess on its trajectory, and its time-to-impact. It feeds that data to other military commands, who assess the situation and advise POTUS.
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
PSA‼️ David Geier, the anti-vaccine conspiracist who practiced medicine without a license, now has a CDC email: be65@CDC.gov (letters and numbers are typical format for cdc addresses) Feel free to send him your questions on his “gold-plated”, ahem sorry, “gold standard science” #SandInTheGeiers
Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) reposted
German authorities warn of Russia recruiting "disposable agents" via social media for espionage and sabotage in Germany. Recruits, offered small payments, commit crimes like arson and drone overflights, targeting military and energy infrastructure. www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 (@altspaceforce.altgov.info) reposted
I think it's wonderful of the Trump administration to show their support for the bravery, heart, & tenacity of Epstein's victims who will be at the US Capitol during the military flyover. Because I'm sure that's why it would be scheduled at the same time. 🙄
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
The stay bothered me a lot. I’m just excited it was found illegal at all, at this point.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
Great news!! Thank you, Judge Breyer.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Boy, she asked for wrong and you went all out 😉😉 I like it.
AltSSA (@altssa.altgov.info) reposted
🚨🚨🚨Heads up, Chicago!!!! The gestapo is headed your way on September 5!!!! Download the @iceblock.app if you haven’t already, start using Waze for your navigation to get and make alerts of ice, and start planning in your communities for active, peaceful resistance!!!!! This is all hands on deck!!!!
AltSSA (@altssa.altgov.info) reposted
@martinomalley.bsky.social is absolutely correct. Internally, we don’t have data to rebut the claims being made by Frankie or to provide to Congress. Our metrics haven’t been updated in months. Trust nothing Frankie or the C suite says. Especially with @chuckborges5.bsky.social departure. 🫠🫠🫠🫠
Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) reposted
Your Labor Day reminder that if the minimum wage increased at the rate of inflation & productivity since 1960 it'd be $28 today—not $7.25. Meaning—billionaires & corps have stolen at least $21/hour from working Americans for 60 years. We don't suffer a lack of resources—but from an excess of greed.
🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 (@indyrefugee.bsky.social) reposted
A comfortable life used to be the American Dream. Not being a financial mogul. Not fighting for the top spot on the food chain. Working to get your share of the pie with the whip cream on top. Grabbing enough food to fill your plate, but leaving plenty on the table for others. Let’s do that again.
Noel Casler Comedy (@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social) reposted
Happy Labor Day MAGA. Don’t let Trump BS you, he is the most anti-Labor Union POTUS in U.S.A. history. This is his constituency and you’ll never catch up. Wake the f*ck up.
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
Your Labor Day good news. $500m new investment in science. Our apologies to @anandwrites.bsky.social
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I love this guy
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Why is Frank so good? I’m good, bro. You good, bro? @altwasonps.bsky.social @alttaxpro.altgov.info @altssa.altgov.info @cognitiveimagry.bsky.social @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social @dataprism.altgov.info
AltStateGov (@altstategov.altgov.info) reposted reply parent
👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @50501chicago.bsky.social
AltUSCustoms (@altuscustoms.altgov.info) reposted
🚨🚨🚨If you live anywhere in the greater Chicago area…ICE will start using Great Lakes Naval Station as a command center for their “enforcement” operations across Chicago on Sept 5. The base isn’t in the city or Cook County. It’s north, in Lake County. Expect raids across entire the metropolitan area.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
#AltCitizen 😍😍 Thank you so much, sir.
Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. (@admiralstav.bsky.social) reposted
General Hertling has it exactly right.
Mark Hayward (@mdhayward.bsky.social) reposted
When the USSR was collapsing, they stopped publishing life tables because life expectancy was rapidly declining between 1974 and 1986. That’s one of the indicators the CIA used to gauge the level of internal rot in the USSR. Makes me wonder whether the US will continue publishing its life tables.
Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) (@thetattooedprof.bsky.social) reposted
🧵🧵. The "intellectual dark web" is just reheated Plotinus chain-of-being stuff, with a strong spritz of fascism
Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) reposted
Germany's military chief reports GPS interference during flights, just hours after EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen's plane was targeted by suspected Russian GPS jamming. p.dw.com/p/4zood
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
Yet, despite these numbers, the Trumpian assholes just won’t GO AWAY. Flee, FFS. Buy an island and GFY.
Wendy Siegelman (@wendysiegelman.bsky.social) reposted
Trump family amasses $6 billion fortune fter World Liberty crypto trading launch - at least on paper The Trump family's inflated crypto assets now surpass the value of their inflated portfolio assets The grift is astronomical www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Brian Goldstone (@brian-goldstone.bsky.social) reposted
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Alt U.S. Department of Labor (@alt-dol.altgov.info) reposted
🚨 Join our next rally on September 5, the 143rd anniversary of Labor Day, to stand up for workers!
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reposted
Watch what Don Jr does with his left hand. This needs to be streaming inside the Capitol, Senate chamber, House chamber, and hologrammed across the White House and Department of Homeland Security.
Alt U.S. Department of Labor (@alt-dol.altgov.info) reposted
Essential Labor Day reading ⬇️
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
And for those wanting data data data - yikes, this is a scarily long laundry list of how Trump has stripped away protections, freedom, and $$$ from American workers.
AltNIOSH (@altniosh.altgov.info) reposted
Wishing all workers a very relaxing and refreshing Labor Day. Your rights are important, and we will always advocate for you. Solidarity. #SaveNIOSH
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Oooooh! Thanks.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) reposted
Suspected Russian GPS jamming reportedly affects European Commission President von der Leyen's aircraft, delaying landing, on August 31 at Plodiv Airport in Bulgaria.-FT
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
Oh man. Yanukovich should be banned from public life (in my fantasy global existence). In case anyone failed to realize he’s a complete Russian stooge, here ya go.
Noel Casler Comedy (@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social) reposted
New ‘Noel’s Notes’ out now, link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
Alt National Endowment for the Humanities (@altnehgov.altgov.info) reposted
We’ve been so appreciative of the hard work our union @nehafge3403.bsky.social has put in on the behalf of NEH staff. ✊
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
I believe that 99% of what RFK Jr. does is motivated by: 1. Protecting his ego and vanity. He must convince people vaccines are bad b/c he can’t be wrong. Endless photos of himself exercising b/c vanity. 2. Creating conditions for his law firm to increase profits from suing various companies.
Jenn Budd (@jennbudd.bsky.social) reposted
8 cops making over $100k each to arrest one man. But your food, water & air are killing you. Your daughter is carrying her rapist’s baby to term & will probably die when it becomes complicated & your veteran son in jail for being unhoused. But at least that Brown guy sitting on a bench is gone.🙄
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
Two for one benefits!
DzBillFulton 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@dzbillfulton.bsky.social) reposted
Going to be in Keene NH come see me on Sunday for my talk on Holistic Agriculture and Generational Sustainability
Jenn Budd (@jennbudd.bsky.social) reposted
Yes, yes. Those with the billions of tax dollars, weapons of mass destruction and the entire US government are the victims. Biggest bunch of cry-baby agents I have ever seen. Today’s Border Patrol agents are some of the most pathetic whiners. Perhaps they should quit if they can’t hack it.
Myron J. Clifton (@deardean22.bsky.social) reposted
Picked up a lot of followers across the apps after recent posts that blew up (2.8m views on TikTok & 500k on instagram) plus thousands of Likes across the apps. I’m more than a hot take machine tho (🫣☺️) I’m also an author of great books, publish a monthly digital magazine, and co-host a podcast.
ML Porter (@mlporter.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump's Biggest, Dumbest Personalist Foreign Policy Flop Yet open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Progress is usually forged in blood. Everyone, think hard about Labor Day and what it means. We are quickly losing what progress we made over the past hundred years — and I beg you — do not let purity politics undermine progress. bsky.app/profile/dear...
LindaYoung (@lindayoung164.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I can remember my Dad in the 60's grabbing his rifle to walk the Strike Line. Yes, as late as the 1960's. The fight has never stopped.
Alt U.S. Department of Labor (@alt-dol.altgov.info) reposted
Generations of workers in America bled and died to win dignity on the job. They stood together against those who refused to recognize their humanity. On Labor Day, as fascism rises again, we honor those who came before us and carry forward their spirit of solidarity & defiance. Fight like hell. ✊
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m so sorry. I have a family member who has a queer son, and she herself (a white woman) was married to a black woman about 15 years ago. Now divorced. She voted for … Orange Tyranny. I am so pissed, I can’t even verbalize it. Religion infected her life a couple years ago and … I can’t.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
🎯 🎯 Everyone please WATCH this. Do not conflate purity with progress!! We have not, and never will, achieve purity — BUT WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS IF WE BAND TOGETHER AND DEMAND IT. Purity politics undermines everyone’s efforts.
Not Your Negress (@notyournegro.blacksky.app) reposted
You can’t continue to hide behind the “I couldn’t vote for her because of genocide” thing when people are now being snatched off the street and disappeared or placed in concentration camps built IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY. Find a new talking point. This one just proves you’re a god damn idiot.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. 😡 yes. Very much. Exactly. Ok, I’ll stop now. :: stomps off ::
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
This thread begins to assess certain publicly available stuff. A starting point. bsky.app/profile/adam...
AltStateGov (@altstategov.altgov.info) reposted reply parent
We, each single person, can make a huge difference in the daily lives of those around us. Show up, be happy, be positive, and stand up and stand by those in need of our helping hands and kind voices. Lifting up those around us, even with small positive actions is resistance in the face of fascism
AltStateGov (@altstategov.altgov.info) reposted
"These people want us to give in to despair. They want us to give up. They want us to look at their scoreboard of victories and determine that the game is unwinnable. So I’m playing a different game, one that is not about winning or losing, but helping or not helping." #AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 (@altspaceforce.altgov.info) reposted
"Election laws are set by state legislatures and are then governed by a combination of the governor, the attorney general, the chief election official, and the state board of elections. The Constitution does not give the president the power to regulate elections." EOs 👏 Are 👏 Not 👏 Laws 👏
RebelFema (@rebelfema.altgov.info) reposted
The further we go the harder to make the U-Turn. He’s right. It’s not looking good
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
🎶 “have you ever been to Spain” 🎵 Oops. So cute!! And 10/10 placement.
AltSSA (@altssa.altgov.info) reposted
Let’s all toast the incredible Judge Sparkle Sooknannon and her clerks for being up since 2:30 in the goddamned morning to ensure this absolute dumpster fire of an administration didn’t deport 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children. On a Sunday. On a holiday weekend. My god. #AltCitizen for real 👏👏👏👏
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
:: joins in ::
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
I won’t commit to “heart attack” but yes, seriously, something is amiss and it’s being kept secret and I’m pissed. MSM could prattle for days about Biden being “frail” but we have someone with OBVIOUS serious health issues occupying the WH and no one beats the drum.
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Here. bsky.app/profile/anna...
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity. Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) reply parent
Must be the children. Judge ordered them not to take off. Ensign (DOJ) said one might have taken off but returned right away. I’ll see if Anna Bower has the hearing info.
Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
Small Acts of #Noncompliance Every little action you take to oppose autocracy is important. “It might be that all we can do right now is to make sure the trans kid is invited to the birthday party, and cheer for them … when they get a hit in the game.” www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
🚨 Bullshit Alert 🚨 Ensign is bold-faced lying.
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This whole scenario feels like it's straight outta the government's Alien Enemies Act/J.G.G. playbook. In J.G.G., Boasberg entered TRO barring removal of named plaintiffs and set weekend emergency hearing on certification of class. But DHS started removing people just before/during hearing...
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 (@altspaceforce.altgov.info) reposted
Bullshit & you know it, Kristi. More than half had a tenure of over 5 years. Jesus doesn't like it when you lie, Madam Secretary... and on a Sunday no less. Tsk tsk
Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social)
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Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) reposted
In private discussions leaked to Iran International, senior Iranian officials in the Foreign Ministry said that the United States has ignored Iran's requests for negotiations. One senior Iranian official said that Iran has sent 15 messages, all ignored by the Trump administration.
AltStateGov (@altstategov.altgov.info) reposted
The things said to my face from people close to me about Biden were far beyond what I've seen so far about 🍊💩 And the damn smiles and laughter while saying it were the worst part. During Dubya, they always said never make fun of the president. That changed simply because Obama wasn't white.
Rogue SSA (@alt-ssa.altgov.info) reposted
@chuckborges5.bsky.social risked his livelihood to make us all aware of how our personal data is being unlawfully exposed by the current administration. It was a truly brave act. SSA is unquestionably worse without him.
Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister (@malcolmnance.bsky.social) reposted
YAY FUN! Hanging out with the Veterans at the rememberyouroath.org at Union Station. Reminding Guardsmen to Remember They swore an oath to the Constitution. PS the Navy Baby Goat Binky is for WATB Louisiana National Guard who say they can’t share sidewalks with old Veterans. Boo hoo!