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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 2d

ALT TEXT: Poster Graphic of Russell Vought in red and white against a dark blue blurry background. A yellow X is marked over him. Title text reads: Get Out the Vought!

Poster Graphic of Russell Vought in red and white against a dark blue blurry background. A yellow X is marked over him. Title text reads: Get Out the Vought!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 1d

Get to know us!: Colette Delawalla is the founder and executive director of Stand Up for Science. She is a Clinical Psychology PhD candidate at Emory University's Behavior Genetics of Addiction Lab, and a fighter for science!

Join our fight! ✊ zurl.co/5EvBh

Graphic that reads: Colette, Founder and Executive Director. A photo of a woman in a black blazer and black frame glasses looking resolutely into the distance. Arrows around her figure read: HBIC, "as seen on C-SPAN", and "rallier of the troops." Second image is a graphic quote: I fight because science is the DNA of America and the same freedom that underlies a thriving scientific ecosystem underlies a thriving democracy. - Colette Delawalla, Founder and Executive Director.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

Some DHHS employees who were fired by reduction-in-force notices on Friday are being rehired.

HHS rehiring some people fired through reduction-in-force efforts

A Trump administration legal document said HHS initially targeted 1,000 to 1,200 employees for dismissal, and people speaking with POLITICO say the firings focused on the CDC.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 5d

FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️

📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l

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Indivisible Mid•Pensinsula @indimidpen.bsky.social · 6d

Canvassers needed in Menlo Park for Prop 50 Oct 11, 12, 26 and Nov 2. www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...

Canvass for Prop 50 in Menlo Park · California Democratic Party

As partisan gerrymandering in states like Texas threatens to undermine democracy, California is stepping up with Proposition 50. It is vital that voters are informed and turn out to vote YES ON 50 by ...

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Indivisible Mid•Pensinsula @indimidpen.bsky.social · 6d

If you live or work around the Mid-Peninsula Bay Area (Belmont, RWC, San Carlos) please join us for our general meeting on the 22nd at 7pm. You'll meet great people and hear about ways to get involved. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Indivisible Mid-Peninsula October General Meeting · Indivisible

With the Special Election falling just 13 days after this month’s meeting, this will be a “working meeting,” similar to last month’s Action Fair, focused on Prop 50. We will introduce and train on t...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 13h

#SouthCarolina_MeaslesRising

Antivax rhetoric and misinformation by RFK Jr is resulting in resurgence of diseases that can cause serious harm to our children.

The danger of #measles is less if most everyibe in a population get vaccinated. - "herd immunity"

#FireRFKJr

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 2d

From NBC News:
153 measles infected kids are in quarantine in South Carolina.

118 kids in Minneapolis.

If this continues, We will likely lose our official measles elimination status.

This is the outcome of antivax rhetoric.

🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/u...

A grim milestone: U.S. is on the cusp of losing its official measles elimination status

We have had the ability to prevent nearly all cases of measles for more than 60 years. Yet the number of cases keeps growing.

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Kim G @greenplanet2026.bsky.social · 12h

This was a totally avoidable outbreak. This is all RFK, JR.

NPR @npr.org · 12h

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Kim G @greenplanet2026.bsky.social · 1d

Keep the energy. Feel the collective determination and resolve. #peacefulproteests #Indivisiblestrong #LoveAmericaRally youtu.be/MRC8jvSmWPU?...

Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Kim G @greenplanet2026.bsky.social · 3d

RFK Jr continues to be absolutely clueless.

Nur Shahir, PhD @gigiomics.bsky.social · 3d

That's....not...how.... science.... works

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Kim G @greenplanet2026.bsky.social · 3d

#ProfileinCourage

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 3d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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sddca.bsky.social @sddca.bsky.social · 5d

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ICEBlock warned users about local ICE raids. Apple removed it after DOJ pressure. Tell Apple: reinstate it now. Sign here.

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Kim G @greenplanet2026.bsky.social · 5d

Yes. I would agree that this is a strategy. Intimidation is the plan at the polling places.

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

"The broader goal is the militarization of major cities before 2026 elections... Next year, I fear that what they're gonna do is deploy these folks to polling places & say they're protecting the vote. Trump knows without these breaches of the Constitution, he's gonna lose Congress." - Gov. Pritzker

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 12d

If the govt shuts down, I could lose work.

If it stays open at the cost of gender-affirming care, I could lose my child.

I can replace lost income. I can't replace my daughter.

@gallego.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, don't sacrifice trans people on the altar of political convenience.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13d

1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.

Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.

Here is your shutdown guide.

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Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House

Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.

www.erininthemorning.com

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truthbrigadeil.bsky.social @truthbrigadeil.bsky.social · 12d

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek said she told the Trump administration that her state doesn't need or want American troops deployed in the city of Portland.

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💙Mads Wulff💛 @madswulff.dk · 7d

@sanders.senate.gov. The US must demand the immediate release of ALL the peaceful activists.

#dkpol #GSF #globalsumudflotilla

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mcamillec.bsky.social @mcamillec.bsky.social · 7d

And all other detainees including Greta Thunberg.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 7d

Children are starving in Gaza because of Israeli government policies. Hundreds of people from around the world organized a civilian flotilla to try to deliver food. Israel arrested them.

The United States must demand the immediate release of all detained Americans.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...