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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 20h

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 23h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 1d

Monica's back! 😀
And still on the good side!
🔥🔥🔥🔥

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

he is made of ageless chicken nuggets and there is no way he is healthy as i am. Maybe that “65 year old“ is a corpse?

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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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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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

Uhhhhh, he’s got friends with tattoo/piercing work and yes, blue hair.
he’s mad they don’t like his sad long smellbads.

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

They really shouldn’t because it’s not a legal real thing. The shut down is holding the nation hostage for no good reason.

erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

Dysfunctopian

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

I know he is out there,

a cartoon character is looking out of a window with a straw

Alt: Aqua teen hunger force milkshake haz books

media.tenor.com

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

Years later and he’s still milkshook, beauty.

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn’t appear the keg knows this, he was the sound. Still don’t trust the development.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Hegseth sucks. The Qataris suck. But we aren’t giving Qatar an airbase in Idaho. It’s building dorms etc. at an existing base to train them on F-15s we sold them, just like Singapore already has there. Common arrangement we have with lots of countries. This one was already being planned under Biden.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 1d

DHS 2025 is insecure and stokes Violence.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting to think that “no kings“ is somehow hating America, I guess only if you don’t know American history and so forth.

a cup of tea is being poured from a teapot into a saucer with the caption tea time

Alt: a cup of tea is being poured from a teapot into a saucer with the caption tea time

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll remind everyone that Turning point funded actual insurrectionist buses to the attack the capitol in DC on January 6.

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 2d

Those southern Idaho white potatoes won’t like this brown base. Also dangerously close to nuclear stockpiles in Washington.
Dumbass beef brain traitors.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson, one of the great cowards in American history, has cancelled votes again.

A reminder that by law a budget was supposed to have been passed and in place on September 30. There is no Republican budget; no process to create one; and Johnson is preventing Congress from working on one.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social · 2d

I am shocked that any American officer would be cool with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."