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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 21h

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.”

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

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

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 23h

“I never really thought about him as being the one who did it,” she said. “But now I’ve really got something to think about, huh?” Trump’s war on solar hurts his own voters. Great @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reporting in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...

In Georgia, Trump’s Cuts to Solar Projects Hit Some of His Voters

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 21h

If President Trump wanted to help Portland, “there are many ways he could do so with the $10 million that was the estimated cost of his deployment of the Oregon National Guard,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes. nyti.ms/3IRtdwH

Opinion | Our Beautiful Portland Hellscape

With the millions being used to deploy troops to Portland, Trump could help with treatment for substance use, with emergency housing, with education.

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donald @boringstein.bsky.social · 21h

Episode 4 is up! This one is very meaningful to me. Very proud to work for someone so unfailingly committed to protecting everyone in this city.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22h

HUD’s ability to enforce fair housing laws was further gutted by the administration’s actions yesterday.

This is on top of the agency’s firing of 70% of its fair housing attorneys since January.

This will allow discrimination by race, sex, and disabilities to become more common—and go unpunished.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 22h

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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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

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 ...

www.nokings.org

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 22h

thank you for writing this

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve seen some accuse those who protested for a ceasefire as being disingenuous by not celebrating this one so for @forward.com I wrote about the difference between relief and joy and what the ceasefire can’t do

forward.com/opinion/7754...

I know exactly why leftists aren't celebrating this ceasefire

Why not celebrate the ceasefire? Because, while it's a relief, it won't undo all the suffering and death of the past two years.

forward.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

Same day that the US announced a $20 billion bailout of Argentina that will benefit Trump's political allies and donors.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

CNN reporting that 4,000 federal employees were fired on Friday, in HHS, Education, Energy, HUD, Homeland Security, Patent and Trademark Office, EPA.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

www.cnn.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings protests, and anti-regime protests in general, serve two main positive functions:

1) Reminding participants and observers that they’re very far from alone, countering regime efforts to divide and isolate

2) Showing the absurdity of regime lies about the peaceful, pro-democracy opposition

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

Funny they can't say the name of protests because saying "No Kings" makes it soooo clear it's the opposite of a "hate America rally"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

I guest authored one of my favorite newsletters this week. Check out my article on RSVPing for protests in FWIW. open.substack.com/pub/fwiwnews...

Should You RSVP to a Protest?

Weighing the pros and quantifying the risks

open.substack.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Not only is this rude, inappropriate, partisan, costly, and illegal, it reveals the fundamentally anti-American idiocy of this administration’s policy of handing over to China the most important economic sector of the 21st century.

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 10d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts on Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl and why it matters

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 1d

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1d

Outrageous -- and apparently in blatant violation of yesterday's ruling protecting protesters and journalists from this kind of shit. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 1d

Unconscionable.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

The Republican talking point today—and they really are reading from one script all of a sudden—is that next week's No Kings rallies on October 18 are dangerous, anti-American, "pro-Hamas and Antifa."

This smear is despicable—and dangerous in light of Trump classifying Antifa as a terrorist threat.

Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Reality: I interviewed 5 volunteer No Kings organizers in the LA area, 4 with Indivisible chapters, one with 50501. Everyone stressed non-violence. A few quotes: www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...

“It’s shaping up to be even larger than the one we had in June, which was huge,” said Heather Rodriguez, with Lakewood Indivisible. “The resistance just keeps growing, and the more the Trump administration tips their hand towards fascism, the more obvious it is that this isn’t something you can just kick down the road till later,” she said. “It’s something that we need to oppose as strongly and peacefully as we can right now.”

“We’ve seen continuing authoritarianism, continuing breaking of the law and unconstitutionality, especially in like bigger cities like LA where we have masked, armed, masked men who don’t identify themselves and are kidnapping our neighbors off the streets,” said Kenny Johnson with Indivisible South Bay. “People are not okay with this.”

“What citizens have is their numbers and their voice. Those are our tools. So you’ve gotta employ those numbers and that voice,” said Melanie Jones with San Pedro Indivisible. “Courage begets courage, and we need a lot of courage right now. People need to push back. It’s essential.”

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

And my last piece of work for the week:

For my @xtramagazine.com monthly column, I wrote about Bari Weiss' new job at CBS News and how its emblematic of the media industry's decade long disintegration: xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Bari Weiss’s hiring at CBS signals a much bigger problem | Xtra Magazine

CBS is crumbling under the weight of a billionaire and his favourite news lackey. This is emblematic of the larger issues facing U.S. media

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 1d

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

"Wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus" might be the most astounding seven words any NYC mayoral candidate has ever spoken.

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 1d

new picks out! a reminder that unlike...a lot of newsletters, we offer free content weekly. as a result, i think we have fewer paid subs - but it's important to both of us that our work can be read. could certainly use your support though! www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...

Put A Record On: Upbeat Songs for Downbeat Times

Welcome back to Don’t Rock the Inbox. Here’s this week’s music recommendation post and playlist, which are for paying subscribers only. If you’re interested in paid content but not able to afford it, ...

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