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#Trump administration is sparing #DOGE and much of the #OfficeofManagementandBudgetOMB amid a #governmentshutdown that has #furloughed tens of thousands of government workers across the country.
A third of #WhiteHouse #staff will be sent home during the shutdown, according to a contingency plan posted online Thursday. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/02/white-house-shutdown-furlough-doge-00592532 #government #politics #maga #project2025 #constitution #democracy #economy #workforce

POLITICO

White House to furlough a third of its staff but DOGE stays on the job

Most of the OMB will remain on the job as hundreds of thousands of government workers are sent home across the country.

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Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · yesterday

ICE sprays directly in the face the lead pastor for First Presbyterian in Chicago. This photo I believe will go down in history.

#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #AlligatorAuschwitz #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClientList #OathToDefendTheConstitution #FreePress #LetsGoTaco

Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · yesterday

ICE sprays directly in the face the lead pastor for First Presbyterian in Chicago. This photo I believe will go down in history.

beSpacific

@bespacific@newsie.social · 2 days ago

POLITICO

White House to furlough a third of its staff but DOGE stays on the job

Most of the OMB will remain on the job as hundreds of thousands of government workers are sent home across the country.

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 2 days ago

Trump and Republicans are war criminals. Just like Putin.

US struck another boat illegally carrying drugs off Venezuela coast, Trump says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/05/trump-drug-boat-strike-venezuela

#WarCrimes #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Donald Trump arrives to speak during a celebration for the 250th anniversary of the US navy in Norfolk, Virginia, on 5 October. Photograph: Steve Helber/AP

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 2 days ago

Lyin' Mike Johnson.

Fact Check: Mike Johnson’s Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fact-check-mike-johnson-health-care-undocumented-immigrants-1235441039/

#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Rolling Stone

Fact Check: Mike Johnson’s Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes the false narrative that Democrats shut down the government to fund health care for undocumented people.

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 2 days ago

According to today's Wall Street Journal (10/05/25), plans are underway to try Donald Trump at the International Criminal Court.

#ICC #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 2 days ago

All Republicans have a date with The Hague.

Trump And Hegseth Just Killed Four More Civilians In The Caribbean
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/10/trump-and-hegseth-just-killed-four-more

#GOPWarCrimes #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Crooks and Liars

Trump And Hegseth Just Killed Four More Civilians In The Caribbean

Trump’s Venezuela killing spree is a march to war which, in turn, would be a handy excuse to legally obliterate civil liberties.

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 3 days ago

Soon, racists will be our biggest import!

Trump Slashes Refugee Cap, Carves Out Exception for White South Africans
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-slashes-refugee-cap-carves-out-exception-for-white-south-africans/

#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Truthout

Trump Slashes Refugee Cap, Carves Out Exception for White South Africans

Experts call Trump’s refugee plan a “dark hour,” leaving over 100,000 vetted refugees stranded worldwide.

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 3 days ago

Distrust AND verify.

Woman shot after allegedly attempting to hit ICE agents with car
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5538972-woman-shot-dhs-ice-chicago-car-rammed/

#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 3 days ago

They're coming. For all of us.

Leaked messages reveal stunning plan to deploy elite military division to Dem city
https://www.rawstory.com/portland-2674155161/

#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Raw Story

Leaked messages reveal stunning plan to deploy elite military division to Dem city

Top Trump administration officials were discussing plans to deploy an elite military division to Portland, Oregon, according to leaked text messages reviewed and reported on by the Minnesota Star Tribune late Friday.“Between you and I, I think [Defense Secretary] Pete [Hegseth] just wants the top co...

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 days ago

"ICE and other policing units–the Border Patrol, the FBI, and the ATF--are now acting as now an army of sorts, stormtrooper outfits, helicopter raids, big guns, and all, as the dystopian attack on an apartment building in Chicago Tuesday showed."

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Trump #ICE #StephenMiller #Chicago #violence #MaskedThugs #fascism #RussellVought #Project2025
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https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/thoughts-on-an-uncivil-war/

Meditations in an Emergency

Thoughts on an Uncivil War

An Army Called ICE Is Already Waging a Domestic War (This is a series of short essay-reports, beginning with the worst – ICE and attacks on immigrants and ending with the best – what we can do and a brief homage to Jane Goodall.) A lot of us have assumed that somehow

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 days ago

"The agents were armed and masked and wearing military-style clothing and gear, including helmets, bulletproof vests, boots, gloves, and were carrying pepper spray and other crowd-control materials. …

This isn’t a slippery slope to fascism. We’re already there."

#Trump #ICE #StephenMiller #Chicago #violence #MaskedThugs #fascism #RussellVought #Project2025
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 days ago

"Many people were held for as long as four and five hours wearing nothing but nightclothes. Several people, including adults and children, were 'detained,' at least initially, while naked. They were made to sit on the ground on the street outside the building.

None of the agents identified themselves."

#Trump #ICE #StephenMiller #Chicago #violence #MaskedThugs #fascism #RussellVought #Project2025
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 days ago

"The federal agents, were said to have been from the U.S. Border Patrol, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Armed agents rappelled from a Blackhawk helicopter as it hovered above the roof of the apartment building during the raid.

Thirty-seven people were arrested. The entire population of the building was 'detained' in plastic handcuffs for hours as the raid took place."

#Trump #ICE #StephenMiller #Chicago #violence #MaskedThugs #fascism #RussellVought #Project2025
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 days ago

Lucian K. Truscott, who's a direct descendant of President Thomas Jefferson, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, writes,

"This is what we must guard against.

Late on Tuesday, in the middle of the night, more than 300 federal agents conducted what appears to have been an immigration raid on a Chicago apartment complex."

#Trump #ICE #StephenMiller #Chicago #violence #MaskedThugs #fascism #RussellVought #Project2025
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