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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

If someone merely acknowledging the humanity of your enemies enrages you, you’re the baddies.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 12h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

Let’s not forget that every single Republican who stands by and enables Donald Trump could stop this recklessness today, tomorrow or any damn day of the week. Their failure—their refusal—to do so makes them complicit in his crimes and the crimes of his corrupt, lawless regime.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 9h

I looked these up in light of the gutting of our ability to respond to Ebola and every other possible outbreak, but it struck me that THIS is the guy who wants to criminalize criticism of the president and his leadership?

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
There is a good possibility that a person who treated patients in West Africa and who FLEW into New York has Ebola. Touched many, bedlam!
Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump
A single Ebola carrier infects 2 others at a minimum.
STOP THE FLIGHTS! NO VISAS FROM EBOLA STRICKEN COUNTRIES!
Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump
Tremendous pressure on President Obama to institute a travel ban on Ebola stricken West Africa. At some point this stubborn dope will fold!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Obama just appointed an Ebola Czar with zero experience in the medical area and zero experience in infectious disease control. A TOTAL JOKE!
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
If there is one more Ebola case in the U.S., a full travel ban will be instituted. This common sense move should have been done long ago!

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I don't know if President Obama isn't stopping the flights from Ebola torn West Africa because he is stubborn, stupid, or just doesn't care!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
With all that is happening with Ebola, including the doctor who so easily came back to New York, Obama still refuses to stop the flights!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
There is ZERO margin for error on Ebola. Are we confident in Obama when he can't even make a website for $5 Billion?
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Here we go - A healthcare worker who treated Thomas Duncan, the man who flew into the U.S. from West Africa infected with Ebola, caught it!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
All the governors are already backing off of the Ebola quarantines. Bad decision that will lead to more mayhem.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 9h

Another one

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 11h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 9h

Perhaps if rich pedophiles contracted it Congress might become interested in protecting America from this malpractice.

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Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting
The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 p.m. EDT

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9h

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10h

If you work in the Office of Special Education for the Department of Education and have been RIF'ed or if you work in a school that has been notified about it, please message me. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I'll protect your identity.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Cake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 10h

I want to live in a time when this shit is not controversial like motherfuckers can we focus on cancer and shit and just leave everyone alone and help people who need it?

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Witty Librarian Resistance @paulwartenberg.bsky.social · 9h

LITERAL CHILD KIDNAPPERS. In a sane world none of us would tolerate this shit. Every single ICE agent out of that office needs to be in jail for child endangerment, kidnapping, and general assholery.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 15h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 10h

When you think back to Trump’s unhinged Ebola freak out during Obama’s presidency this seems extra insane.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10h

Lots of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers ("disease detectives") gone.
In-country staff in Africa (including those helping to manage the current Ebola outbreak) are fired.

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Witty Librarian Resistance @paulwartenberg.bsky.social · 10h

Tron Ares is okay. The plot is threadbare but serviceable. NIN was loud and intense as it needs to be. The SFX was stunning: That Recognizer looked REAL. Most of the actors gave good performances... except for Jared Leto, who played it too robotic IMHO. Jodie Turner-Smith by comparison was intense.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15h

1. This is illegal as it makes enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 effectively impossible.

2. Congress appropriates more than $300M each year for enforcement because housing discrimination has one of the ugliest legacies in American history after slavery and Native American genocide.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 16h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 15h

They’re actively working to resegregate housing, and our “allies” refuse to name racism while they’re doing so...

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 16h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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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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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 15h

That dawg don’t hunt in Louisiana or America Mikey.

Pawpaw and Memaw don’t hate America. 🇺🇸

They know Americans fought a war to get away from Kings. And, they believe in ballot boxes not bullets or riots as a peaceful transfer of power. Something your party should have learned a lesson from by now

Older gentlemen with a fishing hat on in a lawn chair lounging peacefully with a handmade sign that says: No Kings! in America. Woman behind him with a sign that says: “no Kings! democracy for AMERICA.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15h

Taps the “this administration is full of eugenicists so yes, they do want people to die” sign so hard it snaps and shards go scattering everywhere.

And yes, we saw it coming.

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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 1d

Kamala Harris is doing more for my Gubernatorial race & 2026 than some elected officials are since there’s a split donation fundraising email out for Sherrill & KDH For The People. Her email list is helpful.

Exhibit A: She did this for Jon Ossoff recently & he just raised $12 million in 3 months.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Reconstructed exPat @panarmstrong.bsky.social · 16h

The agents had a map of the building, marked doorways with stickers, and even knew in advance which units had firearms.

Let's talk about that last part.

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

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Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is proud stating that he fired people who do things that Democrats care about.

Why do Republicans love lung disease, Measles and pandemics?

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 17h

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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