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Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE​


By BRIAN SLODYSKO and BYRON TAU

Updated 3:48 PM EST, February 25, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. “However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”

The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government under President Donald Trump’s administration were political ideologues who did not have the necessary skills or experience for the task ahead of them.

The mass resignation of engineers, data scientists, designers and product managers is a temporary setback for Musk and the Republican president’s tech-driven purge of the federal workforce. It comes amid a flurry of court challenges that have sought to stall, stop or unwind their efforts to fire or coerce thousands of government workers out of jobs.

In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was dismissive of the mass resignation.

“Anyone who thinks protests, lawsuits, and lawfare will deter President Trump must have been sleeping under a rock for the past several years,” Leavitt said. “President Trump will not be deterred from delivering on the promises he made to make our federal government more efficient and more accountable to the hardworking American taxpayers.”

Musk posted on his social media site X that the story was “fake news” and suggested that the staffers were “Dem political holdovers” who “would have been fired had they not resigned.”

The staffers who resigned had worked for the United States Digital Service, but said their duties were being integrated into DOGE. Their former office, the USDS, was established under President Barack Obama after the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov, the web portal that millions of Americans use to sign up for insurance plans through the Democrat’s signature health care law.

All previously held senior roles at such tech companies as Google and Amazon and wrote in their resignation letter that they joined the government out of a sense of duty to public service.

Trump’s empowerment of Musk upended that. The day after Trump’s inauguration, the staffers wrote, they were called into a series of interviews that foreshadowed the secretive and disruptive work of Musk’s’ Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

According to the staffers, people wearing White House visitors’ badges, some of whom would not give their names, grilled the nonpartisan employees about their qualifications and politics. Some made statements that indicated they had a limited technical understanding. Many were young and seemed guided by ideology and fandom of Musk — not improving government technology.

“Several of these interviewers refused to identify themselves, asked questions about political loyalty, attempted to pit colleagues against each other, and demonstrated limited technical ability,” the staffers wrote in their letter. “This process created significant security risks.”

Earlier this month, about 40 staffers in the office were laid off. The firings dealt a devastating blow to the government’s ability to administer and safeguard its own technological footprint, they wrote.

“These highly skilled civil servants were working to modernize Social Security, veterans’ services, tax filing, health care, disaster relief, student aid, and other critical services,” the resignation letter states. “Their removal endangers millions of Americans who rely on these services every day. The sudden loss of their technology expertise makes critical systems and American’s data less safe.”

Roughly one-third of the 65 staffers who remained at USDS quit on Tuesday rather than take on new duties under DOGE.

“We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services,” they wrote. “We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE’s actions.”

The slash-and-burn effort Musk is leading diverges from what was initially outlined by Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign. DOGE, a nod to Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency meme coin, was initially presented as a blue-ribbon commission that would exist outside government.

After the election, however, Musk hinted there was more to come, posting to his social media site, X, “Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!” He has leaned aggressively into the role since.

Last week he stood on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference gathering outside Washington, where he boasted of his exploits and hoisted a blinged-out, Chinese-made chainsaw above his head that was gifted by Argentinian President Javier Milei.

“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy,” Musk bellowed from the stage.

Still, Musk has tried to keep technical talent in place, with the bulk of the layoffs in the Digital Service office focused on people in roles like designers, product managers, human resources and contracting staff, according to interviews with current and former staff.

Of the 40 people let go earlier this month, only one was an engineer — an outspoken and politically active staffer name Jonathan Kamens, who said in an interview with the AP that he believes he was fired for publicly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, on his personal blog and being critical of Musk in chats with colleagues.

“I believe that Elon Musk is up to no good. And I believe that any data that he gains access to is going to be used for purposes that are inappropriate and harmful to Americans,” Kamens said.

U.S. Digital Service veterans, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal, recalled experiencing a similar sort of shock about how government processes worked that Musk and his team are discovering. Over time, many developed an appreciation for why certain things in government had to be treated with more care than in the private sector.

“‘Move fast and break things’ may be acceptable to someone who owns a business and owns the risk. And if things don’t go well, the damage is compartmentalized. But when you break things in government, you’re breaking things that belong to people who didn’t sign up for that,” said Cordell Schachter, who until last month was the chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

USDS was established over a decade ago to do things like improving services for veterans, and it helped create a free government-run portal so tax filers did not have to go through third parties like TurboTax. It also devised systems to improve the way the federal government purchased technology.

It has been embroiled in its fair share of bureaucracy fights and agency turf wars with chief information officers across government who resented interlopers treading in their agency’s systems. USDS’ power across government stemmed from the imprimatur of acting on behalf of the White House and its founding mission of improving service for the American people.

Leavitt, the White House press secretary, is one of three administration officials who face a lawsuit from The Associated Press on first- and fifth-amendment grounds. The AP says the three are punishing the news agency for editorial decisions they oppose. The White House says the AP is not following an executive order to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
 

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Alan Smithee DGA



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‪Every Republican Accusation is a Confession‬ ‪@thebluethug.bsky.social‬

And when they try to tell you the Democrats founded the KKK, remind them history tells us it was decommissioned confederate soldiers, the same confederate soldiers carrying the same confederate flags Republicans are flying at their rallies and off the back of their dented pick up trucks.

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‪𝘽𝘾𝙏1‬ ‪@el-clyde.bsky.social‬

And if those KKK founders were around today do you think they would be Democrats or Republicans?

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‪Every Republican Accusation is a Confession‬ ‪@thebluethug.bsky.social‬

Republicans.

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‪𝘽𝘾𝙏1‬ ‪@el-clyde.bsky.social‬

We have a winner.

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‪Jen‬ ‪@goodbyewig.bsky.social‬

I cleaned it up a little, in case anyone wants to grab it. It's a really good point!

I tried to just clean up the original but it pixilated the photo too much.

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‪Peggy Madden‬ ‪@peggysue71.bsky.social‬

He and his despicable minions!

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‪Lori Patrick Explores 🌎‬ ‪@loripatrick.bsky.social‬

WOW

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‪humanity1‬ ‪@humanity1.bsky.social‬



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‪Walt 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘‬ ‪@jagsman.bsky.social‬



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‪Nualaatpeace‬ ‪@ros14.bsky.social‬

Absolutely 💯

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‪Sabientje‬ ‪@blueskygazer65.bsky.social‬

True original owners / inhabitants of this land!

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‪Nualaatpeace‬ ‪@ros14.bsky.social‬

I truly love all the original inhabitants of America, Australia and all lands we have destroyed in our pursuit of greed. They lived with the land instead of destroying it.
We could have learnt so much from all indigenous people.

We also decided to indoctrinate them, why?😡
We're still doing it.

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‪Sabientje‬ ‪@blueskygazer65.bsky.social‬

Thank you for raising awareness to this important topic of discussion

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‪E Pluribus Unum curmudgeon56‬ ‪@yukonjack.bsky.social‬

Fascism is rooted in Christian Nationalism.

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‪Bad Atheist‬ ‪@badatheist.bsky.social‬

And Christian Nationalism is rooted in Fascism.

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‪Fern‬ ‪@fern107.bsky.social‬

Nationalism yes. But they have nothing to do with Christ. They represent everything Jesus condemned. They steal his name to add themselves respectability.

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‪Bad Atheist‬ ‪@badatheist.bsky.social‬

Christianity isn’t a good ideology.

Via the Trinity, Jesus is the same genocidal sociopath that drowned everyone.

He said he brought a sword.

Jesus is fiction. Didn’t come back from the dead.

Telling children “a virgin gave birth” is sexual grooming.

It’s a mental extortion racket.

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‪Fern‬ ‪@fern107.bsky.social‬

You look at it from an ideological point of view. If you read the Gospels as fiction and analysed the main character described there, you would see it very clearly that the character of Jesus has nothing to do with trumpism or wider nationalism. I'm not talking about faith, I'm talking facts.

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‪Bad Atheist‬ ‪@badatheist.bsky.social‬

Jesus is the linchpin of the mental extortion scam.

Believe or burn in hell.

It sells authoritarianism to an all powerful being…

He isn’t a good guy.

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‪Bad Atheist‬ ‪@badatheist.bsky.social‬

Religion, racism/nationalism and capitalism are the top tools humans use to manipulate each other.

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‪Bad Atheist‬ ‪@badatheist.bsky.social‬

It goes on to say how it would pit family members against each other.

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‪Fern‬ ‪@fern107.bsky.social‬

That's just not how we analyse someone's message, whether they are historical or literary characters. In the same way you could argue that Harry Potter is a cookbook because there are recipes there.

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‪Bad Atheist‬ ‪@badatheist.bsky.social‬

What are you talking about?

I was in the fukking Jesus cult… I know what the stupid book says.

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‪Life and Liberty‬ ‪@libertyandlife.bsky.social‬

Trump knew the slogan had a "bigoted and pro-Nazi" history and used it anyways. Co-President Musk did two Nazi salutes at the inauguration. This is deeply concerning. The Ugly Origins of Trump’s “America First” Policy - FPIF

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‪Steve‬ ‪@estabon-vadesi.bsky.social‬

I love when the cult says "Oh, from the Dems that started the KKK?"
I always respond w/: "Go to a Klan rally. Call them 'libs, libtards, and dems'. Report back w/ your findings. I'll wait."

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‪Chris Barks‬ ‪@chllsp.bsky.social‬

You'll wait a long time. Those crosses burn all night.

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yes they do!

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Marjorie Taylor Greene States That Federal Employees 'Do Not Deserve' Their Paychecks in Defense of DOGE Cuts​




Greene continued to accuse her Democratic colleagues of "complaining" and "pitching tantrums" about actions taken by billionaire Elon Musk and DOGE​


Maryam Khanum /Published Feb 25 2025, 5:07 PM EST

Marjorie Taylor Greene


Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stated in a house committee meeting that federal employees do not deserve their employment or compensation, leaving fellow representatives shocked.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met on Tuesday to discuss recent developments occuring within the government, including the Trump administration's decision to terminate thousands of federal employees and cut funding from various federal departments in an effort largely spearheaded by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi brought up the administration's stated goals of privatizing the United States Postal Service, citing a report from the Washington Post stating that they aimed to dissolve USPS's leadership. He noted how this could "potentially throw trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil."

"These reports are beyond troubling and I respectfully request that you have a hearing again on the USPS," he continued. "No private sector entity provides universal service across the nation, and without these letter carriers and others, more than 51.5 million households and businesses especially in rural communities would have no guaranteed delivery."

Rep. Greene then responded to Rep. Krishnamoorthi's concerns.

"You can protest all you want outside of departments of this government, you can protest all you want, but the American people disagree with you. You're protecting the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is not a business. Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. By the way, they're consuming taxpayer dollars," she said.

"Those jobs are paid for by the American people who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes and then pay these federal employees. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck, and these are jobs that can be fired at will," she continued.



Greene continued to accuse her Democratic colleagues of "complaining" and "pitching tantrums" about actions taken by billionaire Elon Musk and DOGE. Last week, the Musk-led department sent out an email to federal employees across departments demanding for them to justify their jobs by detailing their productivity. Earlier this year, the department offered millions of federal employees deferred resignation if they chose to voluntarily leave their positions of employment.
 

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so Republican leadership told them to start ducking their constituents…..
 

88m3

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so Republican leadership told them to start ducking their constituents…..

no real surprise, mine hasn't held a town hall in god knows how long within range of regular people

they're honestly all fukking monsters and deserve whatever happens to them
 
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Kara Swisher

I heart Tina Smith.

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‪Wissensfan‬ ‪@wissensfan.bsky.social‬

Don’t confuse FoxNews with information.
Nor their personal with journalists!

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‪wingnit.bsky.social‬ ‪@wingnit.bsky.social‬

Registered with FCC as entertainment

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‪mlungu.bsky.social‬ ‪@mlungu.bsky.social‬

Only 28 women in the senate?! Are you guys stuck in the 1950’s or something?

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‪Therese Ekström‬ ‪@therese-ekstrom.bsky.social‬

The US is in the same position as countries like Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Iraq, and Guinea. Mexico has 50% female members in parliament. Sweden has 46%. Denmark has 44%.

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‪mlungu.bsky.social‬ ‪@mlungu.bsky.social‬

It’s 46% women in the South African Parliament, which is in a country with a 30y/o democracy with strong patriarchal social relations. USA really is the land that time forgot. This is ironic, because many of these movements actually start there.

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‪Jennie Weber‬ ‪@jennieweber.bsky.social‬

Tammy Baldwin from WI.

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‪thomasludge.bsky.social‬ ‪@thomasludge.bsky.social‬

Not the first time.

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‪PorcelainTeacup04‬ ‪@porcelainteacup04.bsky.social‬

"All people who aren't straight white men look the same" --Faux

Bluesky Bluesky

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‪Trisha @plabg.bsky.social‬ ‪@plabg.bsky.social‬

well said Tina

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‪thinking73.bsky.social‬ ‪@thinking73.bsky.social‬

Not sure they could even keep track of their own broadcasters

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‪Sasha‬ ‪@beschi101.bsky.social‬

Jesus 😱. So homogeneously boring 🥱!

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‪rr‬ ‪@ryanremias.bsky.social‬

What's funny is that all of you are pathetic broke losers and started abusing musk 10 years ago because he wouldn't give all of you broke pathetic abusive losers free money to spend on drugs and delivery food.

and now you're failing to stop him

like actually a hearty laugh funny.
I'll keep watch.

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‪oskar‬ ‪@tyr4nt.beyhive.social‬

keep licking his butt, he won’t give you anything either, you are closer to being homeless than you would ever be to be as rich as him

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‪rr‬ ‪@ryanremias.bsky.social‬

Or am I shytting into yours?

me: points out how much your side has failed to stop your enemy beforehand or after. Knowing I could do a lot more to help you.

you: Fallacious, not understanding me at all. Not realizing who you're talking to.

Center is too high for you on the bottom of left slope.

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‪oskar‬ ‪@tyr4nt.beyhive.social‬

and who am I talking to? lmao

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‪Super Zero‬ ‪@super-zero.bsky.social‬

Word-salad spinner with delusions of grandeur.

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‪Kodaker‬ ‪@collodion101.bsky.social‬

Read that as "Hate" at first.

Got me all

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‪~D@rKfL0w~‬ ‪@thecentralvoid.bsky.social‬

This is what I see when he grins ...

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‪dpp0.bsky.social‬ ‪@dpp0.bsky.social‬

The greatest part is that Tammy Baldwin is doing the “bytch please” gesture in the photo 🤣

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‪piebrain.bsky.social‬ ‪@piebrain.bsky.social‬

Elon Has Erectile Dysfunction he makes test tube babies the root cause of his cruelty and being a sociopath is his limp pool noodle that sinks to the bottom

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‪weneedtotalk.bsky.social‬ ‪@weneedtotalk.bsky.social‬

12? Kids all by artificial insemination. Isn’t that peculiar? Maybe he is a virgin.

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‪FORMERREPUB.bsky.social‬ ‪@formerrepub.bsky.social‬

First two were by intercourse last eleven are IVF

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‪piebrain.bsky.social‬ ‪@piebrain.bsky.social‬

LMAO , I needed that

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‪AllMyKidsHavePaws‬ ‪@allmykidshavepaws.bsky.social‬

FOX News (@foxnewscorporation.bsky.social) can't tell women or black people apart. We all look the same to them.

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‪PorcelainTeacup04‬ ‪@porcelainteacup04.bsky.social‬

Damn I never heard of misogyny that strong before

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‪splainlucy.bsky.social‬ ‪@splainlucy.bsky.social‬

So far it has been the women that are speaker out!

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‪Rich Wagenknecht‬ ‪@richwag.bsky.social‬

It’s always the women. Civilization would fall apart without women.

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‪c-j-007.bsky.social‬ ‪@c-j-007.bsky.social‬

Thank you for the acknowledgement, I think there are so many groups who need to feel this support, especially from white men right now.

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‪acquiesce808.bsky.social‬ ‪@acquiesce808.bsky.social‬

I heart Tammy Baldwin. And Tina Smith.

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‪Miems‬ ‪@auntmiems.bsky.social‬

A woman with 0 f*cks left to give.

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‪Janis Apophis‬ ‪@sofiaapophis.bsky.social‬

Straight up

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‪Rynomitch‬ ‪@rynomitch.bsky.social‬

Hell elon can't even grow a beard,not enough testosterone, what a ugly fukk

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‪PorcelainTeacup04‬ ‪@porcelainteacup04.bsky.social‬

1. Sell your Tesla
2. Donate to grassroots organizations, independent news media, and charities for the environment or the poor
3. If step 2 is genuinely impossible, get a licence plate that shames Musk

Screenshot and print this out, spread flyers.

Bluesky

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‪Greta Crow‬ ‪@gretacrow.bsky.social‬

She has no more fukks to give since she announced she isn’t running again.

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‪lowanda6182.bsky.social‬ ‪@lowanda6182.bsky.social‬

Tina’s my senator!!!! I love her. It’s amazing how free you can be when you are not running again!!!!!

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