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More Trump “savings” that are really reductions in services

And they lie about it too.

@cbsnews.com is reporting elon's DOGE spent $135 billion to save $160 billion, netting a less than impressive $25 billion in 'savings'. And we still don't really know what he is saving us from.

— Jason Dogwood šŸ’™ šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ šŸŒ± (@jasondogwood.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T23:28:37.042Z

DOGEā€™s so-called ā€œsavingsā€ are smoke and mirrors. Half the receipts donā€™t exist, math errors are everywhere, and many ā€œcutsā€ were never real. The numbers donā€™t add up ā€” and weā€™re all paying the price.

— Mike Levin (@mikelevin.org) 2025-04-26T22:39:39.549Z

šŸ§µ1The Trump admin torched $600M in grants that trained new teachersā€”just when schools are desperate for help. Why? Because the programs supported diversity and equity.Theyā€™re not just gutting fundingā€”theyā€™re gutting the future of public education. This is deliberate sabotage.@aft.org

— Jennifer āœØGet In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) 2025-04-28T17:20:39.650Z

RFK Jr laid out a plan ā€œto tackle the nationā€™s devastating fentanyl & overdose crisis, proposing camps or farms where people with addiction would be sent to recover.ā€RFK Jr, himself once an opioid addict, needs to SAVE people first before (sigh) farming them out.This is CRUEL and unnecessary. šŸ˜”

— Lisa Reyna Loe (@lisaloe.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T00:10:44.438Z

NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Instituteā€™s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

— Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T03:00:46.099Z

'One of our most critical programs': National victims group rebukes DOJ grant funding cuts http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/…

— Jonathan Lemire (@jonlemire.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T00:25:11.843Z

Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and morewww.cbsnews.com/news/federal…

— Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T22:48:01.486Z

The Trump administration cut about $1 billion in aid to anti-hunger groups, according to Feeding America. It's put more pressure on organizations that distribute food to hold up their corner of the U.S. safety net, dipping into reserves and scrounging for donations to replace the food they had lost.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-28T19:04:50.218Z

Musk has fired 100+ specialized fed employees, installed DOGE overseers, devastated programs on idealogical grounds, handicapped soc sec, & pissed off šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø voters."He's taken [US gov] down to the foundations in lots of places." – The damage will FAR outlast his presence.www.cnn.com/2025/04/26/p…

— Bren (@kindofnerdy.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T21:18:35.385Z

Imagine dismantling the only federal agency dedicated to uplifting minority businessesā€”Thatā€™s exactly what Trump did.The MBDA went from nearly 100 employees to just a few.You donā€™t gut an agency like that unless youā€™re trying to kill its mission.

— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@repjasmine.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T22:10:20.953Z

My new piece in @rollingstone.com : ā€œOur democracy is made up of reciprocal ties between and among all of us, and AmeriCorps strengthens these ties. We will all feel the loss of AmeriCorps…and our democracy will pay the price.ā€ http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol…

— Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) (@fisherdanar.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T13:58:40.852Z

Thatā€™s $2.3 billion less to research potential treatments and cures to cancer, diabetes, Alzheimerā€™s, and more. These cuts will hurt all of us for generations to come. http://www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t…

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T02:57:17.597Z

Schumer’s pathetic letter

Schumer sent a tough letter to the White House. That’s pointless and ineffective. I doubt they will even respond to it. Schumer must go as Minority Leader.

CHUCK SCHUMER: We sent him [Trump] a very strong letter just the other day. DANA BASH: You'll let us know if you get a response to that letter.

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T16:43:56.357Z

Climate posts on BlueSky

Pope Francis spoke often about the importance of environmental stewardship in a way none of his predecessors had, connecting climate change to social inequities: cnn.it/4jnHRbX

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-04-27T15:40:35.315Z

#ResistanceEarth#BlueEarthUsually, when NOAA releases its annual report on CO2 levels, it publishes a web page with detailed analysis. Not this time. NOAA quietly put the data on social media without even mentioning the fact that CO2 levels jumped dramatically.www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/c…

— Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T23:39:12.304Z

The Trump administration is rolling back landmark environmental protections that date to the early 1970s. Among the changes, Trump signed an order requiring the EPA and other agencies to eliminate, or ā€œsunset,ā€ an array of environmental rules. @hayleysmith.bsky.social http://www.latimes.com/environment/…

— Ian James (@ianjames.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T00:12:56.448Z

Climate change poses major security threat and armies must adapt, experts warnground.news/article/how-…

— LaResistance47 (@laresistance47.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T23:38:43.954Z

These actions also carry a heavy economic cost. Extreme weather events caused by climate change cost us over $180B in 2024 alone. And it drives up home insurance rates for Americans across the country.earth.org/costliest-cl…

— Congressman Don Beyer (@beyer.house.gov) 2025-04-22T23:08:19.521Z

Tens of thousands of homes in the New York City area could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, a new report warns.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-12T04:03:14.436Z

This is outrageous: Trumpā€™s EPA plans to stop tracking greenhouse gas emissions from major polluters. Itā€™s like ripping out the monitors on a critically ill patientā€”reckless, dangerous, and a direct threat to our future.

— Mike Levin (@mikelevin.org) 2025-04-11T22:42:30.601Z

Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time…"www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c…

— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) 2025-04-11T20:02:29.078Z

Trump’s poll rating is declining

Breaking News: A majority of voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a New York Times/Siena College poll found.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-25T19:32:34.111Z

AP-NORC and NYT polls out today just brutal for Trump. Negative on every issue. 60%+ say his first 100 days have been chaotic and scary. Net immigration opinion underwater by 25 points with independents, plurality saying he has "gone too far" with deportations… Not a popular POTUS

— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) 2025-04-25T20:43:07.289Z

Reuters poll: Trump approval37% approve57% disapproveU.S. adults

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T21:35:38.086Z

Trump's job approval is 11 points underwater (44% approve, 55% disapprove)Ā in a new Fox poll.On the issues: -15 on taxes (38% approve, 53% disapprove)-18 on the economy (38% to 56%)-25 on tariffs (33% to 58%)-26 on inflation (33% to 59%)

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T20:40:33.524Z

Last place. Loser.

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-04-23T22:28:00.878Z

New CNN Poll: Trump's 41% approval rating is the lowest for any newly elected president at 100 days dating back at least to Eisenhower

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-04-27T12:16:26.648Z

New poll shows what voters think of Trumpā€™s first 100 days in office

New polling on Trump's handling of inflation:Ā 35% approve, 64% disapprove (CNN)38% approve, 62% disapprove (CBS)

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-04-28T14:15:08.376Z

Trump's approval rating hits a low of 39% in a new poll. That's down 6 points from a similar survey released mid-February.The lowest approval rating for any president at their 100-day mark going back to F.D. Roosevelt's 3rd. term.#MomSky#Voices4Victorywww.usatoday.com/story/news/p…

— Liz (or Lizzie) Kim ź¹€ķ˜œģ„± šŸ’« (@zen4ever2us.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T19:44:43.001Z