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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 7h

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 9h

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 17h

To everyone rightfully upset about the dire situation in #Marineland - please understand that all animal parks/zoos/aquariums/attractions are susceptible to this same fate.

Please, if you ❤️ animals, RESPECT THEM enough to not $upport their commodification & enslavement.
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Relocating Marineland whales an urgent matter as it's running out of food, Niagara Falls, Ont., mayor says | CBC News

Mayor Jim Diodati says Marineland representatives told him they’ve restructured and borrowed funds to continue to buy food for the remaining belugas, dolphins, sea lions, seals, deer and bears that re...

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The David Pakman Show @thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social · 23h

Kristi Noem prayed over federal agents who were about to go snatch people off the streets. When a government official acting in her official capacity as the Secretary of Homeland Security leads a prayer before a federal operation you run right into the First Amendment's Establishment Clause

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 4h

The US Anthem gets a rough reception in Perth at the WWE event... The US has definitely had better times 💀

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

"The courts have no job to do here other than read the plain language of the Constitution." And so far, with the exception of one very big, important court, they're doing it.

Courts Keep Smacking Down Trump’s Lawless Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship

But he keeps plugging away—believing his allies on the Supreme Court will ultimately side with him.

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🫥😵‍💫😶🫡🫣 @cricket31415.bsky.social · 3h

This - is highly confusing to me

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European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

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Curtis Wakandian "Not Going Anywhere " if its F me its FU"😈 @curtischarris.bsky.social · 23h

"White men fight back"
Who the fuck is your oppressor ?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Michele Vasquez @alaskaboomer.bsky.social · 15h

If they have not broken the law, why hide? Oh, because they DID break the law. #Alaska #AlaskaSky #WorstGovernorEver
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Alaska Supreme Court orders Dunleavy backers to comply with subpoenas in campaign finance case

Alaska’s highest court on Friday affirmed a lower court decision related to the 3-year-old complaint.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4h

⚡️7 killed, 23 injured, including children, in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day.

7 killed, 23 injured, including children, in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day

Ukrainian forces downed 103 out of the 118 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones and decoys, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. A missile and 15 drones struck 10 different loc...

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🫥😵‍💫😶🫡🫣 @cricket31415.bsky.social · 7h

That was agreement with additional possibility suggested, not a rebuttal.

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Justice Putnam @justiceputnam.bsky.social · 19h

So the First Lady of the United States has been secretly working with a hostile foreign power but ICE is not arresting her illegal alien ass.

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 23h

The same people who said that remote work wasn’t really work won’t show up to do their jobs.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 7h

Over 70% of ICE detention is for-profit

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🫥😵‍💫😶🫡🫣 @cricket31415.bsky.social · 7h

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/n...

New IRS CEO is also head of the Social Security Administration. Here's why that dual role worries some experts

The new IRS CEO, Frank Bisignano, is also Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Here's why the dual role worries policy experts, consumer advocates.

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🫥😵‍💫😶🫡🫣 @cricket31415.bsky.social · 7h

Huh - THAT must be why we now have a CEO for IRS who moonlights as head of social security 😏🤯😵‍💫

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 7h

When do we transition from “rapidly moving towards authoritarianism” to “definitely arrived”? I think it depends on who you are. The immigrant deported w/o due process? The prof terminated for speech? The workers fired by DOGE w/o regard to their contracts? They’re mired in the ick of lawlessness.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 17h

#AlexAlott was charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer with an umbrella. Yesterday, she was exonerated because VIDEO disproved the accusation. But Daniel, who attended the trial to support her, was detained the same day that the trial finished.

THIS IS FASCISM. FILM EVERYTHING.

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 14h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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🫥😵‍💫😶🫡🫣 @cricket31415.bsky.social · 7h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

The ease with which a handful of MAGA influencers can get another loyal MAGA person in the doghouse is one of those funny/scary things. @willsommer.bsky.social on Todd Blanche's MAGA blues: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-turns...

MAGA Turns on Trump’s Top Lawyer

Todd Blanche discovers that your place is never totally secure in the modern conservative movement.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 7h

Incredible. Exonerated after 43 years of being falsely imprisoned, rather than releasing him to his awaiting family, the police released him to ICE, beginning deportation proceedings.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.

Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.

Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.

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Justin Gill @justin-gill.bsky.social · 10h

@meidastouch.com is reaching people because they elevate voices that may be hidden in established media circles. On healthcare, they embraced frontline nursing & medical voices from the start. Congrats on your success this far! @meiselasb.bsky.social @bmeiselas.bsky.social @meidasjordy.bsky.social

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🫥😵‍💫😶🫡🫣 @cricket31415.bsky.social · 8h

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