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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 15h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

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

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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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13m

You know it's going great when you have to repeatedly remind the interviewer you're the Vice President of the United States mid-tantrum.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 55m

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. Galich’s death also came as the crypto market began to see heightened volatility.. triggered after President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 100% tariff on Chinese imports ..”

#crypto
www.foxbusiness.com/markets/cryp...

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 13m

Unemployment in Virginia has gone up every month this year.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

BREAM: Federal workers in Virginia lost jobs bc of DOGE. Your opponent points out unemployment is up under Youngkin/Sears

EARLE-SEARS: Actually unemployment is down

B: She points to numbers from BLS showing unemployment is up. Do you quibble w/data?

S: I don't know where she's getting stats from

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

Live performance of "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield in 1967. The song was written in 1966 in response to the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles. It became an anthem for generational conflict, civil unrest, and later anti-war movements.

"The lyrics are still so relevant."

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Janice Hough @leftcoastbabe.bsky.social · 25m

Kristi Noem's video at airports blaming Democrats for the shutdown doesn't just violate the Hatch Act.

Have to wonder, with federal employees working without a paycheck, who used our tax dollars to pay for the ad?

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BlueDream @58bugeye.bsky.social · 24m

Biden was sworn as president on January 20, 2021.

Who is president on January 6, 2021?

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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 24m

Wow! I haven’t seen measles live since the 1950’s!

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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 1h

I'm loving this Pope.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 41m

The economy is increasingly reliant on the wealthiest 10%.

(via MS) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

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IMPEACH! @thetd.bsky.social · 13h

It feels like we are being run, not by a single president, but by little factions inside the Whitehouse making independent decisions that fulfill their own agendas.

This was a decision by one faction, that wasn’t supported by others- and Trump has no idea what is going on around him.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 14h

They "unfired" the CDC employees when they figured out what a gigantic mistake that idiot Russell Vought had made. The Trump Administration is one idiot show after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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

www.nytimes.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 23h

“Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say ***
Bolton would be the third critic of the president to face federal charges. New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey were recently indicted.” 10/10/20

Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say

Bolton would be the third critic of the president to face federal charges. New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey were recently indicted.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 4h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 43m

Kamala Harris: "I think he has a vengeance campaign, which is really exposing the petty nature of who he is and his deep level of insecurity."

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 40m

The Trump administration is attempting to undermine elections. Efforts have included rewriting election rules to burden voters, threatening to prosecute election officials, and supporting election deniers. Keep track and learn more with our new interactive timeline: bit.ly/3IZMSdG

Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections

Together, these actions form a concerted strategy to interfere with elections.

www.brennancenter.org

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1h

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Captive @graceomalley.bsky.social · 13h

Awful op-ed but some very astute comments from the NYT readers.

Why isn’t Trump open to making deals on domestic policies with Democrats? I can think of a few reasons: (1) the GOP has demonized democrats so thoroughly over the past 20 or so years that to make a deal with democrats is to literally make a deal with the devil for many in Trump’s base; (2) Stephen Miller seems to control what domestic information Trump sees (he seems to only absorb information via television) and thus Miller pulls the strings on many domestic actions like ICE and sending troops to Portland (e.g., Trump being surprised when Oregon’s governor informed him that no, in fact, Portland is not on fire); and (3) GOP house and senate members have voluntarily rendered themselves utterly ineffective and so no pressure is put on Trump from anyone, anywhere to make a deal across the aisle. In other words, the broadly accepted goal of the GOP now is to punish Democrats. And Trump’s personal goal is for his family to make as much money as possible while President. I don’t think it’s any more complicated than that.

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 1h

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1h

I’m not sure there ever been an investigation more robustly proven valid than the first Trump impeachment. Did he use presidential power for his personal gain? Uh, yeah! I think he probably did!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2h

On top of the endless performative public lying (bsky.app/profile/donm...), this is more of the endlessly offensive/inane “government jobs are not real jobs, except when they’re cops & soldiers” nonsense that every right-wing politician from Ronald Reagan to Scott Walker has been selling for years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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