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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2h

Pediatricians are facing an ethical dilemma: drop unvaccinated families to protect other patients or keep them and hope they change their minds. If we’re talking about free will, that goes both ways, doctors have the right and duty to protect their patients. Drop the families.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 21h

Right-wingers are leaving tons of comments encouraging the agency to make it harder for Americans to register to vote, so we need you to tell the EAC you're AGAINST implementing even more restrictions.

👇 Leave a comment here:
www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...

Regulations.gov

www.regulations.gov

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 21h

🚨We need your help!🚨

The Election Assistance Commission might implement the same barriers to the ballot box the SAVE Act would impose.

These potential voter registration rule changes could impact 69 MILLION married women who have changed their last name. 🧵

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA.

More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket.

45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2h

You may see some alarmist posts of big hurricanes in the Caribbean.
So I want to address the elephant in the room before disinformation kicks in.
It’s still a decent way off, but the model signal is strong for development in the Caribbean starting in about 7-10 days. 1/

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 18h

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DaylightCounter @daylightcounter.bsky.social · 16h

Daylight Saving Time ends in 19 days.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

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Morganne MacDonald @macmorganne.bsky.social · 13h

We can send $20B to Argentina but can't help our own citizens with a $20M grant so they don't get wiped out by flooding. This isn't just about letting Americans' villages get decimated, it's about only caring when POTUS gains personally from spending our tax money.

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 16h

Republicans are destroying Native Alaskan villages and destroying Alaska’s way of life with their policies. I believe ultimately it is to steal mostly Indigenous and public lands for extraction. #akleg #akgov

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Paul Scarpelli @paulscarpelli.bsky.social · 2h

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Lindsay Wiley @lindsaywiley.bsky.social · 13h

“Rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the ICE raids and money for legal aid and other services are among the provisions in the declaration.”

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 8h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Dix Broussard @mamacocodrie.bsky.social · 3h

You know what I find strange about some parents, a large number of them, when you meet their child (5 or 6 yrs) and you say oh my god you’re adorable & then the mom says thank you? It’s weird.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 19h

I've never understood some men's obsession with having children (especially male children) as a form of leaving a legacy. Especially since those same men rarely want to help raise those kids. An individual person isn't a monument to your DNA. You didn't actually accomplish anything but reproduce.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

“Cease” fire

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 4h

Daniel Kurtzer was booed out of the American University of Cairo after a 3 hour sit in by student organizations 😬😬😬😬
And the chants were pretty straightforward for today's Egypt!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Frost: Trump knows that when they passed the big, ugly bill that rips away healthcare from 17 million people, you usually don’t win elections when you do something like that…

So instead of undoing that, he’s pressuring states to give him more seats.

What California is doing is responding to that

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Dix Broussard @mamacocodrie.bsky.social · 8h

My cats loves watching movies and for some odd reason likes parsley & celery?
Favorite is canned tuna.

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House Our Neighbors @houseourneighbors.bsky.social · 20h

The Seattle Social Housing Developer is hiring for two positions. Please share with your networks.

www.socialhousingseattle.org/careers

Careers | SSH-Site2025

www.socialhousingseattle.org

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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