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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 35m

And all the baseball fans say “Thank you! And good night!”

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 38m

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOODHHDIJSJ73/$? *85HDJ7/#8

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Reuters @reuters.com · 47m

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports reut.rs/4mVmDDb

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports

The Trump administration has laid of dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its latest round of layoffs, including "disease detectives," high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

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11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 54m

"Great comedians speak truth to power, they don't tiptoe around power for a tip."

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social and @oliverdarcy.bsky.social join @stephruhle.bsky.social to talk about the Riyadh Comedy Festival on the #Nightcap.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

my only question is why do we have to wait for the 15th inning to implement this

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1h

After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 10h

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 1h

'He knows he's not going to win, he just wants to bankrupt his foes.'

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social weighs in on why Trump is pushing the Justice Department to target his perceived enemies.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1h

Ok well we got to 1700 comments and had to start over in the 14th lol we are in here now. Come join us for sicko baseball: open.substack.com/chat/posts/5...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h

Combined RISP for the two teams: 2 for 18

Combined left on base: 19

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 56m

Ok that game lasted 7 hours and 20 minutes. (WS game 3 2018).

This game is only 4 hours and 42 minutes old.

The power of the pitch clock!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 57m

As someone who sat through a seven hour, 18 inning playoff game, let me tell u that everyone in that stadium is both freezing and starving lol

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 57m

As someone who sat through a seven hour, 18 inning playoff game, let me tell u that everyone in that stadium is both freezing and starving lol

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 6h

Among other updates, ICE/DHS were told -- again, this time by a judge -- to remove the fence around ICE Broadview. It was still up when I left at noon. And as this story reports, today IL Sens Duckworth & Durbin were denied entry, as other local officials have been for weeks.

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 8h

Protesters gathered Friday outside the Broadview ICE facility, as they have for weeks in resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. blockclubchi.co/48oEVt5

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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 1h

Literally just said the same thing.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

*reading rule book* "if game reaches the 15th inning with no resolution the cleveland guardians advance to the next round to face the toronto bluejays"

wait that can't be right can it

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

"how can we keep this game going"
"how about every body bunt"
"LFG"

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

maybe some of these guys just *like* extra innings

it is just an observation if i loved doing something i would also not want it to end

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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 1h

And here I am in the DC metro thinking midnight is bad.

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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 2h

“Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

The head of a conservative watchdog organization acknowledged that its report did not find evidence that the network of liberal billionaire George Soros had broken the law”

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Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

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Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe it's because I'm a parent, but avoidable harm to kids really gets to me. My kids can be difficult when they don't get an afternoon snack at the usual time. I'm sure various parents and teachers can say the same. Watching a kid starve to death? And the US govt did it on purpose?
Unconscionable.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 8h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 3h

BREAKING: The Las Vegas Aces win the WNBA Finals, sweeping the Phoenix Mercury and cementing a dynasty with their third title in four years.

Las Vegas Aces win WNBA Finals with 97-86 win over Phoenix Mercury

It is the team's third WNBA championship in four years

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