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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 6h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 1h

Science!

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 17d

Researchers in Spain have developed a new intranasal COVID-19 vaccine that eliminates the virus in mice.

One dose gave 60% protection, but two intranasal doses achieved 100% protection with no detectable virus in nasal or lung tissue, suggesting sterilizing immunity.

www.csic.es/es/actualida...

Press Release

Madrid, Tuesday, 23 September 2025

An experimental intranasal vaccine eliminates the COVID-19 virus in mice

Preclinical trials with rodents show 100% protection with the second dose.

This work advances the development of new-generation vaccines against COVID-19.

(Image caption: SARS-CoV-2 virus exiting infected cells / Team of Luis Enjuanes, PNAS)

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 1h

The eternal grift.

David Noll @david.noll.org · 2h

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 2h

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 7h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 6h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 17h

OMG 😱 this is so blatantly AI generated. I wish I had 3 arms. Think how much more I could accomplish! 😂😂😂

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

This is AI.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 18h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 17h

WTAF?

Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 1d

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 1d

📣The Freedom Frogs are multiplying‼️

This is the way Portland 🫡❤️🐸
Video @oregonian.com

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 19h

Surely there are examples of TikTok content that are far worse than this!

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 19h

Do we think this argument will fly?

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

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

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 19h

It’s heartbreaking to see people of color engaging in this gross behavior. Has to be economics driving it.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 21h

Ugh! These people are willing to look past a lot of ugly if it means lining their pockets.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 23h

I love this image.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 21h

How are you using Bluesky for your crowdfunding campaign? Asking for a friend. (Not snark at all). I am about to launch into my own campaign.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 1d

I looked at my Rx plan today and it’s going to double next year. I can’t get enough of all this winning.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 1d

So I guess “free” isn’t enough? We get ponies and rainbows too?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

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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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, America - the president is telling you you’ll be paid to take your meds.

FFS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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