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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 14h

I’d love to see how Yarvin does in Russia. I’d give him a year. But given that list of countries and his failure to change the US with the tech bros, he probably sold out long ago and knows that we will discover he is a traitor.

All I’d say to him: don’t let the door slam your a$$ on the way out.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19h

Yesterday, in 1st off the record briefing, we discussed Curtis Yarvin - anti-American “Dark Enlightenment” guru credited as “the philosopher behind Vance. We talked about Peter Thiel’s 4 secret lectures, and where diplomats see conflicts to occur next

It’s available on replay - link in my profile

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h

RESULT: New Orleans has a new mayor. Helena Moreno, a Democrat known as a progressive member of the city council, easily won today’s mayoral race and cleared the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. She’ll replace the retiring Democratic Mayor, Cantrell.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 10h

Case in point: staff of Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, #CDC's critical information tool. Most MMWR staff were informed Friday they'd been RIF'd, leaving it unclear what the future of the publication would be. It appears these firings have been rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication reversed hours later

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication have been reversed hours later.

www.statnews.com

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Emtcub @cumpigcub.bsky.social · 9h

TheTruth

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Tide 🗣️💙 🇺🇲 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦📎🌮💩👖 @nicktide.bsky.social · 9h

Keith Olbermann is right: Turn the Press on Its Head

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Magats need to be called out directly in front of facilities that are closing on seniors. Get with it Dems.

Keith Olbermann is right: Turn the Press on Its Head

Glasgow, Kentucky, just lost its elder care center because of Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill’ as outlined in this Daily Kos article: www.dailykos.com/…. Seventy-six percent of the county voted for...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12h

⚡️Over 75% of Americans support additional sanctions on Russia, poll finds.

Over 75% of Americans support additional sanctions on Russia, poll finds

More Republican voters than Democrats supported the additional sanctions with 86% of Republican in favor of the new measures, while 71% of Democratic voters agreeing that the U.S. should impose the me...

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Uncle B @keyoke420.bsky.social · 9h

Jfc

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

This is as much a legacy of the War on Drugs than anything else. He has a controlled substance conviction separate and apart from the exonerated murder conviction.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 11h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

This is as much a legacy of the War on Drugs than anything else. He has a controlled substance conviction separate and apart from the exonerated murder conviction.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 11h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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A Real American Patriot @lisastar85.bsky.social · 9h

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 12h

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Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 9h

Hope this helps.🤣

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 9h

More context in this thread:

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 14h

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 9h

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 10h

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 9h

Kristi Noem is a psychopath!

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 9h

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

One day in the old times when we could still talk with other creatures, while some children were playing

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is rattlesnake and pronounced oojhanahtee

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 9h

⚡️Pro-Ukrainian partisans sabotage railway infrastructure in Russia's Rostov Oblast, group claims.

The Atesh partisan group sabotaged railway infrastructure in Russia's Rostov Oblast, disrupting Russian logistics, the group claimed in a Telegram post on Oct. 12.

Pro-Ukrainian partisans sabotage railway infrastructure in Russia's Rostov Oblast, group claims

The Atesh partisan group sabotaged railway infrastructure in Russia's Rostov Oblast, disrupting Russian logistics, the group claimed in a Telegram post on Oct. 12.

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 10h

Unite, don't waste time

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely NO LIES TOLD....

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 10h

Flame, symbol of hope,equality,the enduring fight for justice,stands not just as a tribute to one man, but as a reminder of the ideals he dedicated his life to.To see it desecrated is a painful reminder that the work of justice/ equality is never finished,that hate /ignorance still leave their mark

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site vandalized

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 10h

Trump golfing today during the government shutdown

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10h

👇🎯 Congrats again to Chief Keyser Söze, whose greatest trick was convincing the world that actual John Roberts doesn't exist

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 10h

California Gov. Newsom sues Fox News for $787M, alleges defamation about Trump call

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/n...

California Gov. Newsom sues Fox News for $787M, alleges defamation about Trump call

Fox News' corporate parent paid nearly the same amount to Dominion Voting Systems for a defamation lawsuit related to 2020 presidential election coverage.

www.cnbc.com

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Fight for right @bluewind55.bsky.social · 10h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Jackson TN” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... who lives nearby must attend! ITS OUR RIGHT...ITS OUR FIGHT....LETS DO THIS

NO KINGS Jackson TN · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Christopher Mootham @chrismootham.bsky.social · 10h

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More frogs (and other creatures) join in the Portland ICE protests: "New characters have been unlocked"

"This is exactly how we defeat them."

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Sharon Carbine @sharoncarbine.bsky.social · 10h

There are way too many deeply disturbed, controlling MAGAts in our country!

They're lucky we, the majority, are not demanding that they be locked up for being a "danger to others" & cuckoo!

DeepStateOps💙🇺🇦🏳‍🌈 @dreaderpool.bsky.social · 10h

Senior officials at the E.P.A. directed scientists over the summer to assess whether the government could develop methods 4 detecting traces of abortion pills in wastewater a practice sought by anti-abortion activists seeking to restrict the medication.

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

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

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Didus Richard @bayohunter.bsky.social · 10h

☢️🇪🇺 NATO Warns Russia with Two-Week Nuclear Deterrence Drills.
NATO's Steadfast Noon exercise begins on October 13, 2025, hosted by the Netherlands, featuring 71 aircraft from 14 nations. This two-week drill simulates nuclear deterrence scenarios to ensure alliance readiness.
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Terror Alarm on X: "☢️🇪🇺 NATO Warns Russia with Two-Week Nuclear Deterrence Drills. NATO's Steadfast Noon exercise begins on October 13, 2025, hosted by the Netherlands, featuring 71 aircraft from 14 nations. This two-week drill simulates nuclear deterrence scenarios to ensure alliance readiness. https://t.co/JXEH2Xvcp4" / X

☢️🇪🇺 NATO Warns Russia with Two-Week Nuclear Deterrence Drills. NATO's Steadfast Noon exercise begins on October 13, 2025, hosted by the Netherlands, featuring 71 aircraft from 14 nations. This two-week drill simulates nuclear deterrence scenarios to ensure alliance readiness. https://t.co/JXEH2Xvcp4

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