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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 3h

Just 5 seconds of JFK totally worth your time.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

One feature or authoritarian movements: They get more extreme.

"The highly unusual request appears to have originated from a letter sent from 25 Republican members of Congress asking [the EPA] to investigate how mifepristone might be contaminating the water supply."

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The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 6h

And tyrants become increasingly erratic as they consolidate power. Political scientist Betty Glad (2002)

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7h

It seems they also got rid of the organization that monitors how many Americans die, when, and of what. Convenient.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 13h

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

BREAKING: National Guard troops in Illinois can stay in the state, but can't be deployed for now, an appeals court ruled.

Court: National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can’t be deployed for now

National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol for now, an appeals court ruled Saturday.

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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 8h

If this is true and any of this happens, it could give Trump the excuse he wants to send the military into Mexico.

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Violent cartel issues terrifying warning to Americans in Mexico

Extraordinary banners have been erected in Baja California responding to recent raids and weapons seizures conducted by the FBI.

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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 8h

No need for speculation. Read the article. It's all explained.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 11h

Guaranteed that this “ wanted to get it done“ trope is incomplete or a bald lie. A spanking new US attorney who brought a (weak) case against a sitting state AG without coordinating with main justice would get a phone call from the deputy AG firing them within 10 minutes
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Trump’s Favored Prosecutor Is Moving at Full Steam

Lindsey Halligan wasted no time in bringing charges against two of the president’s adversaries.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Do you mean to say LOOK, A RICH JEW! GET HIM! doesn't stand up in court?

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 11h

When Trump team pushed to investigate Soros, it cited a watchdog group report. But the group's own leader says "we actually did not make either of those claims that a prosecutor would need to make.” @fahrenthold.bsky.social @aduehren.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss, the DOGE of news....

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking the law so he can endanger the nation, Russ Vought arches an eyebrow as he strokes a white Persian cat on his lap.

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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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 23h

I mean, one advantage of not being MAGA is that I don't have to pretend to take Kid Rock seriously as a political thinker.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

“Sparking debate”

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 17h

A man famous for public drunkenness who didn't go to college and spends no time on college campuses explaining college culture to people who didn't go to college and spend no time on college campuses.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

Give that man a mirror.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

That's right. Laugh right at these sweaty losers and double down on the peaceful protests against them.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 1d

Started watching that Ed Gein series last night. Don't waste your time.

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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 1d

No Peas Price For You.

Slovene Barbie is making a plea to Russia for the return of kidnapped Ukrainian children while her husband's Sturmabteilung rips thousands of families apart and he murders fishermen on the high seas.

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Dr. Liz: Life In The After Times @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is sitting on a couch wearing a plaid shirt and making a smirk .

ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch wearing a plaid shirt and making a smirk .

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.”

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The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West

The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

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