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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

This shutdown is about many things but to first order: Republicans want to let poor people and folks in rural areas especially to struggle to live.

They want to leave people to die.

Call your Senators and insist they do not vote for any funding bill that does not restore the Medicaid cuts.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18h

🧵 regarding the shutdown:

The Democrats aren’t being clear enough about this but we can be: this shutdown is about saving lives.

If we don’t reverse the Medicaid cuts (and the ACA subsidies on insurance bought through the exchanges) that Republicans made this year, people will die.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18h

More than 1,000 staff members at the CDC were laid off Friday, affecting units that respond to infectious-disease outbreaks, analyze science and health data to develop policy, and monitor the safety of employees.

Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 20h

Noooooooooooo!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 20h

Oh noooooooooooooooooo!

RIP, Diane Keaton.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20h

I just screamed NOOOOOOO at my phone. Didn’t realize I felt so strongly about this lady.

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 21h

I feel like this theory also explains why the “Trump is weird” approach that Walz hit on last year was so effective and why everything fell apart once the consultants got involved and told him to act normal.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 20h

Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org TONIGHT @ 7 pm at Telegraph Hill Books to celebrate the release of HAIR ON FIRE. This collection of 5 female Afghan poets is a blazing tribute and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...

Litquake: Hair on Fire event in San Francisco

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

my point is they are attacking in waves, we are already very far up shit creek. a dangerous place to be. states will need to continue to fill what gaps they can and flex their legal authorities

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Her three arms/hands are the big tell in this case...

Screenshot from a TikTok video with red circles around the person's three hands and arms

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

It is difficult for me to express how disastrous this is.

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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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

Today CFA sued CalState over disclosure of Cal State LA faculty personal information to Trump administration. www.calfac.org/cfa-sues-csu...

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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
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Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 1d

China put Trump in a corner. Every way out hurts. www.barrons.com/articles/chi...

China's latest threat to clamp down on exports of rare earths appears to have blindsided President Donald Trump. The Chinese plan "came out of nowhere," Trump said Friday in a social media post.
"Nobody has ever seen anything like this."
Beijing's escalation of the trade fight has put the Trump administration on the backfoot at a moment of weakness. China's actions show that the U.S. is vulnerable to economic pressure, and China has forced the administration to choose between further escalation or a humiliating climbdown.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 1d

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St. Augustine’s survivor hopes for closure after evidence of 81 unmarked graves released

50 years after the residential “school” closed, shíshálh Nation uncovers evidence of many burial sites. A Tla’amin Elder wonders how many more children died

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 1d

Tesla crashes and reports of reckless autonomous driving have triggered a fresh inquiry in the US, piling pressure on Musk’s robotaxi push.

US watchdog probes self-driving Tesla cars in blow to Elon Musk

Tesla crashes and reports of reckless autonomous driving have triggered a fresh inquiry in the US, piling pressure on Musk’s robotaxi push.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

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African visitors to the U.S. to pay $15,000 visa bonds - Mshale

Citizens of seven African nations will need to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply for a U.S. visitors visa in a new pilot program that runs through Aug. 2026.

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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 1d

So sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences, Celeste.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Layoffs of federal employees have started in response to the government shutdown, OMB chief Russell Vought says.

White House Says Government Layoffs Have Begun

OMB chief Russell Vought made the announcement on social media as the shutdown continued.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Jeanette Harrison @jmgh.bsky.social · 1d

For the 5th time in 2hrs - WTF

Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 1d

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Hegseth announces new Qatar Air Force base in Idaho - National Zero

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced that he’s “proud that today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.”

nationalzero.com

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