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The administration began laying off dozens of employees on Friday night, including high-ranking scientists, at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as part of its latest round of federal layoffs during the government shutdown.

‘Bloodbath’: Journalists Report Trump Administration’s Massive CDC Firings Will Be Felt Worldwide

Journalists reported that the Trump administration's massive CDC layoffs would be felt worldwide as "potentially important outbreaks" could go undetected.

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 9h

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CNN found that people impersonating ICE agents are on the rise

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Fox News viewers are being forced to accept the truth about the shutdown — health care costs are increasing, and Republicans won’t do anything about it.

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Trump said he didn’t write the infamous birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that referenced ‘a wonderful secret,’ claiming, ‘It’s not the way I speak.’ Unfortunately for Trump, Jimmy Kimmel Live! brought the receipts.

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‘I don’t see why the government needs to be shut down.’ GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is siding with Democrats in the shutdown fight over health care — because Republicans’ current plan would more than double health insurance costs for the 22 million Americans on ACA plans.

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A judge’s ruling sets new limits on ICE arrests without warrants — expanding constitutional protections and requiring monthly reports on warrantless arrests.

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Will rising coffee prices finally wake the Fox News crowd up to how Trump is wrecking the economy?

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The judge’s order — effective for 14 days across the Northern District of Illinois — prohibits federal agents from using riot-control weapons or physical force, and from dispersing lawful assemblies unless there is an immediate threat to safety.

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In Tennessee, sharing a Trump meme in a local Facebook group could get you charged with a Class E felony for ‘threatening mass violence.’

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‘Costs have not come down.’ GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Trump and Republicans for a lack of focus on lowering prices and raising wages.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 22h

Even MTG says Adelita Grijalva of Arizona deserves to be sworn in — and this hold-up is ridiculous.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 16h

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Oct 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Saturday it would pay troops during the federal government shutdown by tapping unused funds that had been set aside for research and development.

US military will use R&D money to pay troops if shutdown persists

Trump did not identify funding sources or the total amount that would be used for troop salaries.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 23h

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 16h

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 20h

Reacting to a new report that the FBI under Director Kash Patel is shifting a massive amount of manpower to helping the Department of Homeland Security track down undocumented immigrants, two former bureau officials claimed there is now an increased risk of a terrorist attack in the US.

'May end up biting us big time': Ex-FBI official warns about threat of another 9/11

Reacting to a new report that the FBI under Director Kash Patel is shifting a massive amount of manpower to helping the Department of Homeland Security track down undocumented immigrants, two former b...

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 20h

It was then reported that the president’s last known medical screening was in April — just six months ago.

'No one has an annual physical twice': Trump insider baffled by Friday hospital visit

According to Salon’s Brian Karem, there is at least one Donald Trump insider who finds the president’s visit on Friday to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center concerning.Earlier in the week, W...

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 20h

Unless the White House can finagle money around during the government shutdown, Donald Trump would go down in the history books as the first president to deny pay to active-duty military troops.

White House scrambling to keep Trump from stiffing military with paychecks due: report

Unless the White House can finagle money around during the government shutdown, Donald Trump would go down in the history books as the first president to deny pay to active-duty military troops.Accord...

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 20h

On the surface of it, wrote Mystal, U.S. Postal Service v. Konan, argued on Wednesday, isn't really about elections or voting rights at all. Rather, it's about just how much legal liability the U.S. Postal Service has if mail is intentionally withheld from recipients.

'Sneakily crucial': Expert says obscure Supreme Court case will have massive repercussions

The Supreme Court is hearing a number of high-profile cases this term, including one critical to the future of congressional representation. But they're also taking on a much lesser-known case, about ...

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 20h

#Resist #StrongerTogether #ReleaseTheFiles

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On Friday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that a Qatari air force facility would soon be built in Idaho.

Laura Loomer Reaches Her Final Straw With Trump: ‘I Don’t Think I’ll Be Voting in 2026’

Laura Loomer, the conspiracy theorist and longtime Trump loyalist, has hit her final straw with the president over a Qatari air base being built in Idaho.

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 1d

Masked Border Patrol agents on Friday arrested a TV producer for WGN News in Chicago, threw her into an unmarked van, and rammed into another vehicle as they drove away.

Border Patrol Agents Arrest Chicago News Producer and Ram Vehicle in Hasty Getaway

Masked Border Patrol agents arrested a TV producer for WGN News in Chicago, threw her into an unmarked van, and rammed into another vehicle as they drove away.

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 1d

#Resist #StrongerTogether #ReleaseTheFiles

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