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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 1d

There is no scientific proof for RFK Jr’s musings about autism in Oct 9, 2025 cabinet meeting. RFK Jr.’s claims are reckless, wrong, and harmful. He’s making a mockery of evidence-based medicine. Inaccurate science isn’t “free speech.” It’s public harm.

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sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 23h

Shorten it!! We find out why people get sick and how to cure them.

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 1d

We help people before during and after disasters.

We meet people on what is often the worse day of their life, and walk them through it.
#FedStrong

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 23d

The concluding paragraph of #ScienceUnderSiege
(www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...)

And so we choose to do battle against the forces of darkness,
#ghting back against a malevolent movement that represents all that
is bad in the world— fascism, authoritarianism, racism, misogyny,
and bigotry— a movement that uses antiscienti#c disinformation as
its preferred weapon. We do this not because our success is guaranteed.
Given the forces mobilized against us, we are clearly the underdog.
And no white wizard will come to our rescue. But we have truth
and justice on our side. And the stakes simply couldn’t be greater. We
#ght for a livable planet, for us, our children, and future generations.
Because it’s worth #ghting for.8

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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 1d

The FDA makes sure that ~80% of the things you use daily are fucking safe for you.

Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 1d

We protect Taxpayers and Taxpayer money.

#FedStrong

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 1d

Update, update, update, update! The RIF’s are conning via email and from the one we saw will take effect right before Christmas. Heartless fucking bastards all of them!

AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 1d

Update, update, update! Now being reported RIF’s issued at the IRS and within the HHS. Not sure where or who in the HHS yet. (Developing)

AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 1d

Update update! It looks like DoED (Department of Education) has received actual RIF notices and the union has already submitted a lawsuit

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

When Fox News lies, people die | We explain on PBS Newshour how the antiscience disinformation spread by the Murdoch media empire and especially Fox News, likely lead to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths in the U.S. And that's just COVID-19. Their fossil fuel disinformation is as deadly.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 3d

"Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science" | My #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @wbrangham.bsky.social of the @pbs.org #Newshour:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

www.pbs.org

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 23h

Mr. President. Stop breaking the law.

The shutdown does not give you the right to fire thousands of hard working federal employees.

Instead of giving huge tax breaks to your billionaire friends, show some respect for the struggling working families of our country.

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sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 23h

“Some federal scientists hope the shutdown could have a silver lining: prompting Congress to block White House efforts to claw back funding that agencies were supposed to receive in the recently completed 2025 fiscal year. Democrats have said they want a ban on such so-called rescissions…”

Science Magazine @science.org · 23h

Federal researchers are confronting growing uncertainty about their future, as the 10-day-old shutdown of the U.S. government is now poised to extend into at least next week. https://scim.ag/4n1uy22

As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’

Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began https://theonion.com/ice-boasts-zero-murders-committed-by-5-year-olds-since-child-detainments-began/

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sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 2d

“ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence… In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” They are “cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan”.

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

www.nytimes.com

sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe Comet should welcome this. Let’s go through line by line the Russia investigation of Trump again.

How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies

President Trump has long spoken of seeking vengeance against his political enemies. Here’s a list of whom he is targeting.

www.nytimes.com

sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall on Donald Trump: “I see the same sort of behavior as a male chimpanzee will show when he’s competing for dominance with another.”

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Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 3d

30 miles may not seem like much — until some has a heart attack and needs attention within that ‘golden hour’ after it occurs.

Rural US town outraged as only hospital forced to shut: ‘I would have died without it’

Nearly 28,000 people relied on Glenn Medical center for its services, but now they will have to travel more than 30 miles for care

www.theguardian.com

sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 4d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

www.nytimes.com

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 4d

These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.

Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.

@lizzieohreally.bsky.social

Lizzie O’Leary quote post of a CNN post that pairs the headline “What is the insurrection act?” with an image of an on fire Winchell’s Donuts from the 92 LA riots.

O’Leary: Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsk... • 57m
This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.
CNN:
@cnn.com • 7h
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes
Zachary B. Wolf. cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

Did Dems walk into a shutdown "trap"? Or is Trump using the shutdown to continue doing all the authoritarian s**t he was going to do anyway?

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 4d

Gift link 👇. I said it before and I’ll say it again. They can make policy changes that limit or change who can get benefits and they can say it’s not a cut because it technically isn’t. But it’s semantics. It’s still a cut to benefits. Don’t let them play semantics. Call it what it is. It’s a cut. 🤬

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6d

Donald Trump is plotting to cut Social Security benefits for older Americans — after he promised during the campaign that he wouldn’t touch Social Security.

We must call it out and stop these cuts.

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sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 4d

@altnih4science.bsky.social

Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs

Medications that prevent HIV, shrink tumors and treat seizures were invented with government funding. At research universities, that money is now canceled or in jeopardy.

www.washingtonpost.com

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sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 5d

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 5d

It may have been the ship’s fault.

Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice

www.nytimes.com

sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fired national security prosecutor warns colleagues in note on way out

Michael Ben’Ary says he was fired based on a social media post by a January 6 conspiracy theorist

www.theguardian.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 7d

Federally funded health centers are stuck between a 🪨 and a hard spot. 💰 comes mostly from 2 routes: fed grants and Medicaid reimbursement. Govt shutdown = no grant 💰 but the Big Barfy Bill cuts Medicaid. Ds want Medicaid funded, Rs want more 💰for billionaires.

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Health Centers Face Risks as Government Funding Lapses - KFF Health News

Community health centers are key to delivering care in underserved communities around the country, but their services could be disrupted or scaled back after governments did not renew their funding.

kffhealthnews.org

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 7d

I am #Fucktifa!

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