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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 8h

I am also excited for other olds to finally learn who role model is simply because we are both from the same small town in Maine. I’ve been trying to tell people this fun fact for like a year and none of my friends (uncultured!!) know who he is!

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 8h

No one asked for my opinion on this but I think Mamdani should be Role Model’s Sally on SNL tonight.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 12h

To any of my colleagues who still think that the administration will not gut NOAA, NASA and NSF programs, I respectfully ask you to read this thread about what they just did to our federal health sciences.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 13h

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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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 10h

Abbott’s directing the Texas National Guard to take the Ted Cruz approach to disaster response, I see.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14h

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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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 16h

No faith in me?!

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 16h

I don't think any school can afford not to...

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 16h

Me trying to figure out the exact window of time to fly out of Logan in the next few days without being impacted by the nor'easter, federal shutdown, and major runway construction project.

a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .

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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 18h

This piece made possible by the detailed data and analysis in CDC's MMWR reports, the staff of which was reportedly laid off in last night's purge...

Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 18h

Last year's flu season was brutal-280 kids died. That came amid a drop in flu vax rates among vulnerable groups. Convincing people to get the flu shot has always been hard-under RFK, doctors' job got much tougher. Anyway: it's October, get your flu shot! My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):

This Flu Season Doesn’t Have to Be as Deadly as the Last

Last year’s flu season was long, brutal, and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100...

www.bloomberg.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

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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Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 1d

Would have made the first words in this post “In a New Netflix film,” but I’m built different

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

Don't mess with librarians.

Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county

Terri Lesley, a former library director, said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to bow to county officials’ demands for censorship.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 20h

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 20h

According to reporting: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Trump’s Shutdown Layoffs Hit Homeland’s Cybersecurity Agency (1)

The Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency is terminating employees as part of President Donald Trump’s broader workforce cuts during the ongoing government shutdown.

news.bgov.com

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 21h

It seems like CISA was the big DHS target, but has anyone seen if there were FEMA layoffs?

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 21h

Damn. Never thought I'd see the day.

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 1d

It’s FEMA’s first ever Rally! If you are in the DMV area. Come on out and show your support to FEMA and send the message “Hands off FEMA”. ✊✊✊

#FEMA #FederalWorkers #ProtectTheMission #WeServeThePeople #PublicServiceStrong #Solidarity #StandUpTogether #October17 #FEMARally #WeShowUp

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 21h

This is very very bad.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 1d

I still can’t understand why there isn’t a livestream on CNN, etc of Portland 24/7 and then split screened when he says this…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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 th...

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 1d

This is so frustrating. I have so much respect for Mills and how she is protecting Maine from the Trump administration but don’t people want to retire? You’ve earned it! Rest! Have fun! I can’t wait to retire!!!

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 1d

The Democratic Party is out of their minds.

I generally like Janet but when you have excitement around another candidate already, this is nuts.

apnews.com/article/main...

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

apnews.com

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