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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 10h

If you feel safe *enough* doing so, do stuff like this. It helps.

Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 19h

1/ Small acts of defiance…✊

Yesterday, my husband and I went out to dinner with our BFFs to a local diner. It was still early bird special time so you know it was filled with old white people.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 10h

REMEMBER that this happened!

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 13h

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

GOP leaders are seeking to keep pressure on Democrats to reopen the whole government.

www.politico.com

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13h

So uh this is straight up appropriations clause violation, yes?

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 13h

www.politico.com/live-updates...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 18h

You need to understand: this administration is not merely destroying access to treatments, but the possibility that they might exist at all.

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 11h

She's not wrong!

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 12h

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 12h

Feels like.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Cartoon by John Deering.

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 12h

900%

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 15h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 12h

Wish it was mine. I THINK I posted it on my timeline. Definitely I should try to find the OP.

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 12h

The Mariners are doing well, so it must be the end times for real.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

They’re still offering new ICE recruits a $50,000 signing bonus, yet active duty military were seen today lining up at food banks.

Defend your country and you can’t afford to eat.

Terrorize your country and you become rich.

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 18h

Oooooooooo

pund @steinsland.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history we have a Nobel peace prize loser.

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 19h

Meme.

Fox News ticker, at bottom of image, in black font with white background reads: GIRLFRIEND OF ANTIFA FOUNDER SPEAKS OUT

Image shows a white male Fox News propagandist on the left. He has interviewed the obviously same, poorly-disguised man several times. Each time, that person is alleged to be a different "member or former member of antifa".

Image shows that same poorly-disguised man on the right. This time, however, poorly-photoshopped red-haired wig with bangs has been added to the man's disguise.

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 20h

Alt text please, if and when you can. (Disabled people are constituents, it's a lovely way to show everyday respect.)

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 20h

Just remember that it's okay to NOT come out, too - for whatever reason.

NPR @npr.org · 20h

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones. n.pr/4nTT7PK

Being your authentic self: NPR's LGBTQ+ readers share their coming out stories

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.

n.pr

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 20h

No thank you. What this means is that our power bills will go up and the rich techbros get richer.

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 20h

This, THIS, T H I S

They're PROPAGANDISTS.

Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 20h

Call them propagandists, not provocateurs: @gregsargent.bsky.social on the difference between "plucky showmanship" and "industrial-strength" MAGA agitprop meant to help Trump invent emergencies so he can expand presidential power. Starring Noem and Miller, of course. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Patrick Dorsey @fenianb.bsky.social · 21h

Social media post from zozo.fit

They say history's being rewritten--no, their mythology is finally being exposed.

The original myth was theirs: that America was peacefully 'settled,' nobly 'founded,' and rightfully 'owned' by white
people.

As historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz put it: 'The myth of the white settler nation is the foundation of American exceptionalism."

It's the lie that erases Indigenous genocide, downplays slavery, ignores immigrant labor, and calls it all "freedom."

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Patrick Dorsey @fenianb.bsky.social · 22h

Either they have no clue what they're actually saying, or they know exactly what they are saying.

Social media post from PragerU

Young people are enamored with "anti-racist" rhetoric because they think they are fighting racist systems in America. The TRUTH is they are fighting America itself and the very values the country was founded on.

Comment from Austin Kocher. PhD

Oops. I think you accidentally said the thing out loud,

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 22h

This.

To decry vaccines for others while ensuring you and your own get them is purely evil hypocrisy.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

Trump got his COVID19 vaccine today.

He will always have access to everything he needs to maintain his health while denying others the same.

White House memo that says MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2025
TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.
Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.
In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.
SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from undermining military readiness with the destruction of the CDC, national security is also threatened by a sick population.

Yes, to me the inhumanity of The Regime and the harm to the average person is most important.

But to many, the only thing they care about is national security.

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the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah. Health issues hit everyone, regardless of a patient's political leaning.

Or, you know.

Age.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

Public health is not partisan. It is health for the public.

That means all of us.

Defend Public Health.

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 1d

Literally a vindictive act.

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 1d

Right on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

the Cherissa Prime @mscherissa.bsky.social · 1d

I'm still mad about The Apprentice being canceled. Will be for years.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 1d