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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 29m

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Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left Draws from Decades of Counterterrorism Policy

Trump's NSPM-7 is a pivotal policy endangering free expression in the United States.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 49m

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'Just Kill Them': Why Brian Kilmeade’s Words Endanger Unhoused Lives

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s remark that mentally ill unhoused people should just be killed shows how dangerous words can incite violence.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 52m

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US reut.rs/4q6RLlQ

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

When Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was 12 minutes late for his shift at Tom & Jerry's Gyros, a diner on Chicago's northwest side, his manager knew something was wrong. The short order cook always let someone know if he was running late, even by just 5 minutes.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 52m

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Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools

Under the guise of championing “school choice,” the new school voucher program will likely divert millions in taxpayer dollars to private equity firms.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 53m

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Silicon Valley’s 383% APR Side Hustle

Big Tech’s new “earned-wage access” apps are ensnaring workers in borrowing cycles with absurdly high interest rates.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 54m

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Big Pharma’s Middlemen Are Writing Their Own Rulebook

Pharmacy benefit managers are reportedly concocting a list of voluntary self-reforms amid bipartisan scrutiny over skyrocketing drug prices.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 55m

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The AI Bubble That Could Burst The Economy

From speculative investments to zero returns, the AI industry is looking a lot like the dot-com bubble.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 3h

A longish op-ed by former Surgeons General Jerome Adams (Trump), Richard Carmona (GW Bush), Joycelyn Elders (Clinton), Vivek Murthy (Obama & Biden), Antonia Novello (GHW Bush) & David Satcher (Clinton).

A few quotes:

🔹️"we are compelled to speak with...

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 57m

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The “Trump Taj Mahal” And The War On Shareholder Democracy

Decades after he bucked investors in a precedent-setting civil suit, Trump’s financial regulators just made it harder for shareholders to levy lawsuits against public companies.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 1h

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California Renters Won’t Have to Buy Their Own Fridge Under New Law

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 7h

masks in healthcare settings makes so much sense, no matter rates of transmission for ANYTHING. you should not be able to catch something at a place you go for your health.

Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 10h

Mask mandates return to health care facilities in parts of California.

The mandate goes from Nov. 1 to March 31, 2026. Someone tell Covid it needs to be over by then

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Mask mandate returns to parts of California

The order in Sonoma County is designed to protect the "most vulnerable populations" in health care facilities during fall and winter.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 1h

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California Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts to Federal Homeless Housing Funds

Thousands of Californians could return to homelessness as the federal government reportedly plans to disinvest from permanent housing.

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 2h

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How U.S. States are Tackling Algorithmic Pricing: 2025 Bill Tracker and Analysis - Innovation at Consumer Reports

CR explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the consumer marketplace through a state-level tracker of algorithmic pricing legislation considered in 2025

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andreaschulz.bsky.social @andreaschulz.bsky.social · 5h

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Trump Called Digital Equity Act ‘Racist.’ Now Internet Money for Rural Americans Is Gone. - KFF Health News

President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist, and illegal. Then the $2.75 billion program for rural and underserved communities to gain internet access disappeared.

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 10h

This kind of kidnapping, whether it's otherwise law-abiding undocumented workers, or 🇺🇸 citizens, ICE thugs act like they get a bounty per head (they already get a $50K signing bonus), these goons would have been slave catchers back in the day.

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Bynum Demands End to ICE Raids After U.S. Citizen Allegedly Abducted by Masked Agents
Bynum compares ICE’s conduct to U.S. Marshals hunting down Black Americans under the Fugitive Slave Act.
By Anthony Effinger
October 09, 2025 3:34PM PDT

One of the ICE agents who apprehended Frank Miranda, a U.S. citizen, on Oct. 2, 2025 (courtesy of Frank Miranda). (Frank Miranda)

U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Ore.) called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop abducting her constituents, a week after ICE agents apprehended a Milwaukie man born in California on his way to work and detained him for part of the day.

“These ICE raids are reminiscent of the Fugitive Slave Act, when the U.S. Marshals would hunt down and kidnap Black Americans,” Bynum said in a statement. “That was a dark and shameful time in our nation’s history—we must not allow that to repeat. Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans.”

https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/10/09/bynum-demands-end-to-ice-raids-after-us-citizen-allegedly-abducted-by-masked-agents/

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 5h

October 10, 2025
Weekly Measles Cases, 2025. Updated 10/7/2025
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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 9h

A federal judge has extended a consent decree (the Castañon Nava consent decree) that limits ICE’s ability to arrest people without warrants or probable cause.

The decree remains in force until February 2, 2026.👇

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The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 9h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod