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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

No Kings,
For the love of America.

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Cynthia K Wallace MD, MSPH, etc @patientdoc.bsky.social · 1h

This is terrible - the entire DC staff of the MMWR…

🎁 article @fangferric.bsky.social #IDSky

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1h

“Not even Alexander Hamilton could have envisioned one state's militia to be used against another state's residents because the president wants to punish those with views other than his own.”

Think you know who said it? Test your knowledge with the Tribune's Quotes of the Week quiz.

The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Oct. 11

Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop culture this week? Take our quiz to test yourself.

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 2h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15h

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

“Both judges stated that the government offered no reason for their detention and that keeping them detained violated their rights to due process.” elpasomatters.org/2025/10/02/e... #HomeIsHere

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1h

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1h

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 3h

I actually gasped. As a former public health reporter the MMWR is a big deal

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 3h

“Our hospitals are ready.”

Was never a good plan.

Prevent COVID-19.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sev...

Severe COVID may carry higher risk of long-term conditions requiring hospitalization through 6 months

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4h

Russ Vought wasn't lying when he said he wanted to inflict "trauma" on our public servants.

This is what he is doing...with RFK Jr.'s permission at HHS. Last night, they destroyed our nation's ability to track and report emerging diseases/potential pandemics, among other things.

This cannot stand.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 3d

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Been a few NY Times opinion pieces that are like "maybe fascism is good, actually." But this stuff is especially dumb. Is Marc Rowan inviting English professors to run his companies? Would the Times support having Trump officials take over the paper? Professional expertise and values matter.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3h

Trump has been spotted with swollen ankles and a persistent bruise on his right hand, which at times appears to have been covered with makeup

Trump’s Doctor Says Health ‘Exceptional’ After Walter Reed Visit

President Donald Trump underwent what his physician described as a “scheduled, follow-up evaluation” at Walter Reed Medical Center, amid fresh questions about the 79-year-old leader’s health.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 16h

Elevating today’s ICE arrest of a journalist and American citizen in Chicago

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3h

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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KM Apothecary @apothcarysees.bsky.social · 11h

The fist MM Weekly I read was about an increase in Kaposi’s sarcoma in gay men, which later turned out to be HIV related. HIV had not been discovered yet. Without MMWR it there would have been no notification of what was to come. It’s beyond important.

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 5h

Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle

A new movie is being filmed in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this weekend about the famous battle.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

Standing up to fascism is always the right choice.

Rejecting censorship is always the right choice.

Fighting for marginalized and vulnerable communities is always the right choice.

A Wyoming librarian refused to purge books with LGBTQ+ content and was fired for it.

She won a $700,000 settlement

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14h

Federal employees at ANY agency, I’m curious to hear from you about RIFs and whatever else is happening these days, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Is it good if your boss asks you to let them know if you get fired?

My latest from inside NOAA, EPA, elsewhere. Please sign up and subscribe to the new very reasonable paid tiers.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

www.gravityisgone.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18h

That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 14h

Jesus.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 19h

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

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