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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h

“their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice. Not only did up to 88% of the vaccinated mice remain tumor-free (depending on the cancer), but the vaccine reduced—and in some cases completely prevented—the cancer’s spread.”

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 16h

If you’re hearing news about a cancer break-through and wonder what’s hype and what’s not, here’s a good explainer of the actual findings in animal studies.

This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.

www.umass.edu/news/article...

UMass Amherst Researchers Create Nanoparticle Vaccine That Prevents Cancer in Mice | UMass Amherst

The vaccine also proves highly effective at preventing cancer’s deadly spread.

www.umass.edu

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 4h

Letter: Unchecked buildup of ICE force paves way to martial law

www.sltrib.com

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Katie Porter’s White Board @ohdangitevie.bsky.social · 2d

MoW update! Today was kitchen day and I’m still not feeling 100% so I was kinda slow. Though we were also shorthanded, so I am sure nobody noticed that it was me specifically. Lunch was Italian hamburger steak and we sent out 770 hot meals, 178 special meals, and 592 frozen meals today!

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Nobody from the Trump admin will answer this simple question no matter how many times you ask it. For some reason. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal.

Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000

Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 10h

Then they have an opportunity to hire new police people who are color blind. This is what it’s about

jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 10h

15 year olds are now fair game for ICE. When ICE demands to see their ID all they have is their school ID. WTF They can’t even drive. www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Raids/...

From the ICE_Raids community on Reddit: ICE AGENTS STOP TEENAGE BOYS ON BIKES AND DEMAND THEY PROVE THEY'RE CITIZENS

Explore this post and more from the ICE_Raids community

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kiwigav88nz.bsky.social @kiwigav88nz.bsky.social · 18h

When the hell are
People going to wake up and realize that Trump is a hollow Two faced LIER,🤥 all of his campaign promises were just hollow lies ,
He said there was going to be Pain inflicted on the nation
This is what happens when you don't Vote
And voted for a two faced hollow lier🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Feb 14

“They’re doing Project 2025, just like we said they would.”
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social

Project 2025 meme quote pic:

THE TRUMP AGENDA IS PROJECT 2025

PROJECT 2025
Deploy active-duty troops to the Southern border
Make the federal government declare there are only two genders
Enforce the death penalty wherever possible
Withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization
Withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords
Increase oil and gas drilling in Alaska
Eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion from the federal government

TRUMP
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Deploy active-duty troops to the Southern border
Make the federal government declare there are only two genders
Enforce the death penalty wherever possible
Withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization
Withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords
Increase oil and gas drilling in Alaska
Eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion from the federal government

“[Mump Regime of Musk Trump Vance and Vought via executive orders are] doing Project 2025, just like we said they would.” Molly Jong Fast

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 16h

Treason

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kiwigav88nz.bsky.social @kiwigav88nz.bsky.social · 18h

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 16h

Who hasn’t gotten Trump’s message? My way or jail-no matter what you look like open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Sunday thought: the big Reveal

Friends,

open.substack.com

jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 16h

Who doesn’t see what Trump and his people are doing? Who hasn’t? Are you afraid now or do you need ICE in your neighborhood to get it? DO NOT BE AFRAID! open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Sunday thought: the big Reveal

Friends,

open.substack.com

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 17h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 17h

Why would his purchase of $20BILLION of Argentinian Pesos without Congressional approval be included in this indictment?

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 17h

Stop calling for resignations and start calling for arrests.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

He was 19 at the time, he probably was pressured into pleading guilty. But that doesn’t really matter for the question at issue; why is ICE detaining him?

And if you want even more frustration; at the time he pled guilty (1980), the law which made his offense an aggravated felony didn’t even exist!

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 17h

Really? And you don't think he might have been pressured to plead guilty? I raise the question because the government has already shown in his case that it cannot be trusted. Yet, you are trusting...the government's story. Do better, please.

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 17h

The chances of the FBI, or IRS, investigating Homan’s $50K is 0. Keeping a list to use at a later date is more helpful. You could with CREW www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade

www.nytimes.com

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 4d

Full order here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 3d

Bronston was a 1973 SCOTUS case charging "perjury," which may be a little more persnickety than the "false statement" or "obstruction" statutes, but, still, that could be a weighty motion.
supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

Bronston v. United States, 409 U.S. 352 (1973)

Bronston v. United States: There is no liability for perjury if a person gives truthful information in responses to questions made under oath, even if the information was intended to mislead the quest...

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 3d

One thing that got a little smushed yesterday at the Comey arraignment is that, in his 2d round motions, he may make a "Bronston literal truth" motion to dismiss. After learning more about the accusation, he'd argue that his answers, when compared to what govt claims, were true as a matter of law.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 3d

Tomorrow at 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Loren Voss, @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @ericcolumbus.bsky.social will discuss the legal challenges to the National Guard deployments in Portland and Chicago, the effort to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and more.

Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 10

YouTube video by Lawfare

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James
Molly Roberts
Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:59 AM
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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2d

To avoid swearing in a duly elected Democratic House member who will force a vote to release the Epstein files, the House is in recess indefinitely

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 2d

ICE will be there instigating arrests Of course they will all be Antifa protesters

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