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Liz G @lizzieworldgirl.bsky.social · 2h

Yep…

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The NFL's Racist 'Race Norming' Is an Afterlife of Slavery

A statistical manipulation that underpaid Black players in concussion settlements exemplifies American football’s immersion in the legacy of slavery

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 1h

We desperately need more medical research to address this problem.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11h

1 in 6 bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO - rising to 1 in 3 in SE Asia on.ft.com/46Zv7Dq

One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO

Levels of antimicrobial resistance highest in south-east Asia and eastern Mediterranean

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 2h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 2h

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials:

As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president’s power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 2h

South Carolina likely to pass the Death Penalty for having an abortion. The state is too dangerous for women to visit.

HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 1d

The USA
Gets more evil
By the day

WOMEN TO BE EXECUTED FOR THE CRIME OF HAVING AN ABORTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA

An all male committee of South Carolina lawmakers will decide this week if the state’s women will face the death penalty for getting an abortion & doctors will risk 30 years in jail for performing one

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 2h

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRxQ...

Veterans protest Guard

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

Judge Nachmanoff has adopted Jim Comey's preferred protective order over the one the loaner AUSAs proposed (which would have required Comey have babysitters to access his own discovery).

He also included this footnote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

Not even bothering to hide it anymore

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

👇👇

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 7h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Fox Propaganda is desperately spinning the "No Kings" events in fearful anticipation of their success.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

Solidarity is the only way

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 165 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and others convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 7h

The Bari Weiss Hit Squad at work.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 23h

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

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Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 7h

Immigration crackdown sets off alarms in hospitals
www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

Trump's immigration crackdown sparks fear and alarm at hospitals

Health systems have been seeking legal advice about what's permissible in public and private spaces.

www.axios.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 17h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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