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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I will be there on October 18th, and I hope you will be too.
#NoKings
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No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

It’s bonkers. Like say what you will about Andrew Carnegie but after getting wealthy beyond compare he built libraries. Thiel and Musk and Ellison have been like “what if we restored the third reich? what if I became Big Brother? what if we ushered in an age of superstition, wouldn’t that be neat”

John Castiglione @johncastiglione.bsky.social · 2d

I want 10,000 words longform on how these drug-addled creeps have all openly embraced literal villainy. Like, the most clownish form of "I want to look evil." This feels different than a lot of their historical predecessors!

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1h

It's amazing how public officials who willingly go on TV to talk about these issues can claim ignorance about the very things they've come on to talk about, and it's treated like a legitimate answer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 29m

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1h

Vought is at war with large swaths of the population, with the very idea of a society defined by democratic pluralism. If you have correctly identified that this guy is now in a really powerful position, that people like him are in control of the government, how is that not the main story?

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2h

Power, Vought claims, now lies with a “permanent ruling class” of leftist elites who control all major institutions and especially the “woke and weaponized” agencies of the state. In order to defeat them, conservatives must become “radical constitutionalists” - and take radical action.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

They cannot talk about the shutdown without lying.

There is no connection between troop payments and federal employee layoffs. Zero.

They are paying the troops with multiyear R&D allocations within DOD. This is also illegal by the way! But completely disconnected to the layoffs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 37m

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

According to the victim's attorney, the body camera captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good”
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

Hamas gathering forces and working to reassert control sure doesn’t look like Hamas disarming and accepting an international security force in charge of Gaza.

Weren’t we told to gush with praise for the brilliant diplomacy that solved the big problems? Could’ve sworn that, it was just this week.

Gaza: Hamas mobilises fighters as fears of internal violence mount

Clashes have already taken place between the group and an armed clan in Gaza City.

www.bbc.com

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 12h

The process is tightly controlled and subject to congressional oversight to ensure funds are used for their congressionally approved purpose.

www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 12h

Transferring funds between Department of Defense (DoD) accounts requires strict adherence to federal law and financial regulations, primarily outlined in the DoD Financial Management Regulation (FMR).

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 12h

UNDERSTANDING ACQUISITION: THE COLORS OF MONEY

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 16h

It’s important to understand that the demonization of ‘Antifa’ isn’t just about kneecapping the enemies of MAGA. It’s about creating an opportunity to bring down the law-enforcement apparatus on anyone who dares dissent.

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 12h

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The right wing is coming for Wikipedia

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Echoes of a very dark past.

From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 22h

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13h

I used to have very good impressions when I hear the words “Silicon Valley”. That’s all gone now.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 21h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 20h

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12h

Vaccinate your kids. Christ almighty.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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