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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11h

Rest in peace Diane x

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11h

They are pulling moms out of carpool lanes www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUNR594/

A blood-curdling scream erupted as ICE agents pulled a woman from her car in a school pickup line, shocking parents and onlookers at the scene.

TikTok video by New York Post | News

www.tiktok.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 9h

They "unfired" the CDC employees when they figured out what a gigantic mistake that idiot Russell Vought had made. The Trump Administration is one idiot show after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8h

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 8h

What a way to run a country.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h

Utterly evil

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Reese Witherspoon on Diane Keaton hiring her as a fresh-faced girl from Nashville. #RIP

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Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 9h

The dumbest possible people are making decisions that are causing incredible reputational harm to the US, and actual harm to its citizens.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 11h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 8h

This is the most incompetent administration in my lifetime. I can't think of another that is even remotely close.

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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 8h

What is wrong with these ICE agents? This depraved behavior..

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 17h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 17h

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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 13h

Quite an article...

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

gift link 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 13h

Or walk in the No Kings protest. We need everyone.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14h

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79.
https://to.pbs.org/490XOlZ

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

People Magazine reported Saturday that Keaton died in California with loved ones, citing a family spokesperson. The unexpected news was met with shock around the world.

www.pbs.org

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U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen @pettersen.house.gov · 20h

Attention Lakewood! If you’ve been impacted by the shutdown, our office is here to support you.

Join us for a Federal Worker Resource Fair for resources, information, and support for federal employees in CO-7. RSVP here. https://bit.ly/4742wNk

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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 14h

Hard workers, those House Rs!

jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 14h

And, in the middle of a measles outbreak, he just RIF'd the CDC expert in charge of the response. The Trump administration can't be trusted with America's health.

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 20h

Please attend your local event!

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

trib.al

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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 18h

This is strange. I absolutely support returning kidnapped Ukrainian children, but is an "open channel" between Putin and the First Lady a good idea?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 19h

Hmm...well, this means House members will be free to join their constituents in the No Kings protests in their home districts.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! Canada is a stunningly beautiful country

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