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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 Do ICE have MRE provisions? Oh, no. That’s a damn shame. All that income and no place to buy a meal. Hey, I know what they can eat… 1/2

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 10h

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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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Lynn Gazis-Sax @empressnorton.bsky.social · 10h

Just as an ordinary layperson, I've relied on MMWR for decades. I used it when I was writing a Usenet FAQ on vaccines; I've read it to keep up with public health information. RIFing the staff and editors of MMWR is an inexcusable public health hatchet job.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 10h

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

James said the charges against her were “baseless” and added, “The president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.”

‘President’s Desperate Weaponization Of…Justice System: Letitia James On Her Indictment

James said the charges against her were “baseless” and added, “The president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.”

www.forbes.com

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tm @catturd2.bsky.social · 10h

uh shutting down MMWR is, in no uncertain terms, crisis level damage for dissemination of accurate info throughout the medical profession

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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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elm-nyc.bsky.social @elm-nyc.bsky.social · 12h

Trump wants to use our cities as training grounds for the military.
Mikie Sherrill will stand up for New Jersey!
🗳️ Register by October 14.
🗳️ Early voting: October 26 – November 3
🗳️Election Day: November 5
Democracy doesn’t defend itself.
We do.
@MikieSherrill @vote.org @whenweallvote @jojo.fromjerz

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine dressing like a Temu Richard Petty and criticizing anyone’s appearance

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 17h

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Palmer Report @palmerreport.com · 17h

Pam Bondi is leaking to the media that she wasn’t even aware the DOJ had indicted Letitia James until it happened. Bondi is clearly trying to insulate herself from the criminal liability involved in false prosecution. But she’s also admitting she has no control over her own DOJ.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h

Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.

Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

www.propublica.org

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ExactlySorta @exactlysorta.bsky.social · 18h

Lack of recognition is an act of permission

ExactlySorta @exactlysorta.bsky.social · 18h

Lack of recognition is an act of permission

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 18h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

It’s happening…

Thousands more federal workers are getting pink slips. This is 100% Trump’s pressure play to make Democrats cave and give up the fight for our healthcare.

Reminder: Military members got their last paycheck today, and many federal workers only got a partial paycheck.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18h

Soybean farmers should dump their beans on Capitol Hill…

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 18h

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys formally notify the judge about the remarks of Ghana's foreign minister, rejecting any notion of sending Abrego there.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 18h

my genuine theory is that dems know once they admit to a little of the fascism they have to admit to all of it and they are trying to avoid that at all costs

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 18h

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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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 19h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Another day of House Republicans refusing to show up for work to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. 3 weeks paid vacation and counting.

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 19h

NOW: Unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers have asked a judge to immediately halt mass layoffs that the White House announced on Friday amid the government shutdown. Seeking emergency action ahead of Oct. 16 hearing
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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