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Emmet
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Scientist fighting misinformation. “Every public servant has an ethical obligation to serve the public interest.”
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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · Nov 18
Does your state already celebrate National Science Appreciation Day on March 26? If not, here's how you can make it happen in your state.
(March 26, 1953 was the date that Dr. Jonas Salk revealed the successful development of his polio vaccine.)
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National Science Appreciation Day ScienceSaves
What is it? National Science Appreciation Day (NSAD) is a day celebrating how science has benefited human outcomes, unleashed human potential, and transform ...
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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 13h
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The scam of astrology - Freethought Now
Horoscopes are harmless when regarded only as amusements. But when the scam of astrology is taken seriously, it’s disturbing.
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Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 13h
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The scam of astrology - Freethought Now
Horoscopes are harmless when regarded only as amusements. But when the scam of astrology is taken seriously, it’s disturbing.
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SKEETER Without A Pause @iamgregordeee.blacksky.app · 3d
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David (D.j.m) @deltajulietmike.bsky.social · 3d
Two slip-ups in one week?

Even American Kazundo Gouda is starting to crack.

They might be starting to crack for real.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h
GOP hypocrisy: “bring down the temperature” when it comes to Dems calling out Trump.

Meanwhile, he’s cranking up the heat, falsely painting Democrats as violent radicals with zero evidence in order to justify sending troops into LA, Chicago, DC, and Portland. It’s all part of the Project 2025 plan.
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JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 20h
Wanna know why Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary (unchecked) authority"?

He knew he said the quiet part about the 47 regimes fascist take over out loud.

No POTUS should have absolute power!

In America we have #NoKings!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
The lawyer for Marimar Martinez (the woman shot by CBP on October 3) seems to think the communications that led to Tricia McLaughlin's claims about the shooting might start disappearing -- he's asking for a preservation order.

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MOTION FOR A PRESERVATION ORDER Defendant, Marimar Martinez, by and through her attorneys, Cheronis & Parente LLC, pursuant to the relevant provisions of Rule 2 and 16 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, as well as the Due Process and Effective Assistance of Counsel Clauses of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, respectfully requests that the Court enter a preservation order for the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to preserve and maintain any and all records, emails, text messages, documents, notes and other materials related to the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Ms. Marimar Martinez and the gathering of information for the October 4, 2025, press release from Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued by DHS titled “Vehicles Again Used as Weapon in Attack against DHS Law Enforcement, Officers Forced to Fire Weapon on Armed Woman in Chicago.” In support thereof, Ms. Martinez states as follows:
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 20h
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h
I’m sure the people who were *pissed* that Hunter Biden sold paintings are equally furious about Barron Trump reportedly being tapped for the TikTok board.

Right?

…right?
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h
"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h
Thugs. And we're paying for them.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 22h
In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
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Silver Spring Progressive Action @sspaction1.bsky.social · 20h
Join us on Wed, 10/15 at 6:30pm ET to call CA voters and educate them on and urge them to vote YES on 50! TX’s gerrymandered maps threaten our democracy—CA must lead. Help ID supporters & share info before the 11/4 vote. In partnership w/ CA Dems. Sign up now!
Phonebank to California – Vote YES on Prop 50! · Mobilize
As partisan gerrymandering in states like Texas threatens to undermine democracy, California is stepping up with Proposition 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. It is vital that voters are informed...
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 20h
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20h
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 22h
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19h
Soon it will be show us your papers. This must stop.
A tweet by James Surowiecki replying to David J. Bier. Surowiecki asks, “Where in the Immigration and Nationality Act does it say that US citizens have to prove that they're citizens or else be arrested?” The quoted tweet by Bier reads, “ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog,” accompanied by a photo of a man wearing a face mask and standing near vehicles at night.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 19h
We don’t care if it makes you uncomfortable.
We’re angry — and we’re done apologising for it.
 
Female rage isn’t a weakness. It’s a force: raw, righteous, and long overdue.
 
Be loud. Be brave.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h
"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 19h
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 19h
oh. right.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h
I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 19h
A record 29% — nearly a third! — of all new cars purchased in California during July, August, and September were zero-emission vehicles.

DC may be fine with selling out American innovation to China, but California will keep charging ahead toward cleaner air for our communities.
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MJC - Liberals4Liberty @liberals4liberty.bsky.social · 13h
Yeah. And American middle class taxpayers are unwittingly having to pay for ICE goons in masks & military gear who are terrorizing our cities.
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🗳️🌊🟧Dawn🐸🎶🐾 @faedragon.bsky.social · 18h
No ID should be valid on a covered face.
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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 18h
The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com
Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18h
We should have ended it all when he started openly monetizing the presidency at his DC hotel & sending his kids to represent the 🇺🇸 government at official international events. But he is One Special Boy and we appear to no longer be a serious country interested in the rule of law or the Constitution.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.
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