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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 8

This man is a danger to us all.

Health Experts Speak Out After RFK Jr. Eliminates $500 Million In mRNA Vaccine Contracts

He is a danger to us all.

www.comicsands.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 25

Ghislaine Maxwell was granted limited IMMUNITY to speak to Trump's private attorney and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The cover-up here is astounding.

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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · Jun 16

The fascist voice of Stephen Miller is heard again.

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · May 30

This marks the 30th anniversary of the unprecedented genetic experiment that saved the #Florida panther from extinction and boosted the population from 20 in 1995 to about 200 today. youtube.com/shorts/XbQX3...

30-year Anniversary of Florida Panther Genetic Restoration #floridapanthers #endangeredspecies

YouTube video by FWC Research

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · May 24

Brilliant.

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · May 24

Russell Vought is the evil vizier you’re looking for. Vought and Miller are the Himmler and Goering of the Trump Administration.

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · May 24

This is an essential point most frequently ignored by the fortunate who placidly dwell in a tech-fired cocoon.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Apr 10

“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Mar 30

Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page Project 2025. Nature examines science-related policies from Project 2025 that have already come to pass, and which ones might be on the horizon. 🧪

How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science

Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page blueprint. Nature read it so you don’t have to.

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · Mar 22

The F-47 Bonespur

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · Mar 18

We lost an American original today. RIP Jesse Colin Young, 83.

Jesse was a pioneer of folk rock. With his great voice and a band modestly named after him, he recorded wonderful tunes from the folk repertoire in smart arrangements, immortalizing Dino Valenti’s “Get Together,”anthem of the 60s.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · Mar 17

Oh, nothing big, just J.D. Vance on Friday, spewing common explicitly Christian nationalist, white supremacist talking points to Laura Ingraham. I don't think people appreciate how much to the right even of Trump Vance is. Trump breezily embraces this garbage; Vance meditates on it.

screenshot: “The entire idea of Christian civilisation that led to the founding of the United States of America was formed in Europe. The cultural bonds, the religious bonds – these things are going to last beyond political disagreements,” Vance said.

“But I think that Europe, and frankly, I would have said this about America a year ago, is at risk, I think, of engaging in civilizational suicide.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 16

Murphy: "The president is continuing to act unconstitutionally. He shut down some of our most important programs that protect us abroad, like Radio Free Europe, that were funded & authorized in that spending bill. So it doesn't seem like we have restrained any of the president's lawlessness."

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · Mar 16

Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.

By @arthurallen202.bsky.social

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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News

Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

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Paige ExGOP 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @itwasacoup.bsky.social · Mar 9

"FAA officials told me that many jobs with critical safety functions are indeed being sacrificed, with any possible replacements uncertain because of the government-wide hiring freeze" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know

The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.

www.theatlantic.com

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · Mar 7

True. And disastrously.

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · Mar 5

The most blatant Presidential corruption I have ever seen—and I was born when Truman was President.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Mar 4

Business leaders can secure a one-on-one meeting with the president at Mar-a-Lago for $5 million, according to sources with direct knowledge of the meetings.

At a so-called candlelight dinner held recently, prospective Mar-a-Lago guests were asked to spend $1 million to reserve a seat

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · Mar 1

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · Mar 1

The good Judge Alsup was not bamboozled by makeweight arguments from OPM. A correct result.

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · Mar 1

Stand with your backs turned when he speaks. An eloquent and dignified silent protest.

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Law Dork @lawdorknews.bsky.social · Feb 28

This afternoon, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social got to do a little history report, and that always makes him happy.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Feb 28

NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy.

A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...

RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy

The Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · Feb 28

“It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see that these cast aside federal workers with a wealth of institutional knowledge represent staggeringly attractive targets to the intelligence services of our competitors and adversaries,” a third source told CNN.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics

Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...

www.cnn.com

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