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Jane Doe @waywoke.bsky.social · 4h

See the pattern

sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 2h

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MEHDI HASAN & TEAM ZETEO

‘Science Under Siege’: 2 Experts Sound Alarm on Trump’s War on Science

"Trump admin escalates assault on public health & climate, renowned scientists are sounding alarm in a book about the “dual threat to humankind.."

‘Science Under Siege’: Two Experts Sound the Alarm on Trump’s War on Science

Acclaimed scientists Michael E. Mann and Peter Hotez on how the MAGA antiscience movement threatens the entire planet, from the climate to pandemics, and how we fight back.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 4h

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 6h

Wow.

Even Fox and Politico are framing it properly:

Fox News
House GOP blocks Dems' military pay bill as government shutdown threatens checks
16 hours ago
By Elizabeth Elkind
Politico
Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown
18 hours ago
By Nicholas Wu

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 3h

WaPo reported members of admin have not engaged with Dems at all to negotiate an end to the shutdown..admin has begun another round of firings to put more pressure on the Dems, although legal analysts say such layoffs are illegal. Trump told reporters they're laying off “people the Democrats want”

sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 3h

"Josh Dawsey reported in the Wall Street Journal today admin officials joke about ruling Congress with an “iron fist” and Trump ally Steve Bannon has compared Congress to Russia’s largely ceremonial Duma"

Not a funny joke
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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 3h

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"Putin said the committee’s “credibility has largely been lost,” prompting Trump to thank him on social media.

That Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin rather than democracy is clearer every day"

Trump's selfish greed is that perverted
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October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 13h

anybody who's good at history want to tell me if it's good or not to starve your troops

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13h

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

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 23h

They don’t want you to realize that the House has been on a weeks-long paid vacation because they’re scared of a vote to release the Epstein Files.

What are they trying to hide?

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 14h

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Julia Harte

MIT refuses to accept WH terms for funding, other schools still mulling

MIT president: research funds should be for 'scientific merit'

Trump wants universities to protect conservative ideas

White House targets foreign students, diverse hiring policies

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 15h

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Sharon Lerner, ProPublica

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is putting Argentina first and America last.

In week 2 of the shutdown:
💰 He gave $20 MILLION to Argentina
💸 Announced new tariffs that’ll raise prices even more
🚫 Started firing furloughed workers
💃 Is building a White House ballroom

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 22h

Scientists Think Climate Change Is Causing Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Damage in Dolphins

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Scientists Think Climate Change Is Causing Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Damage in Dolphins

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 17h

“Russia, Russia, Russia! That’s all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax...And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected”

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 15h

(My personal view) Melania is Putin's plant.. potted plant complete with eavesdropping equipment, pics, and direct line

sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 16h

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Aaron Parnas

Trump admin treating US neighborhoods like war zones

Trump admin initiated fed layoffs—Homeland Sec, Educ, Energy, HHS

Spkr Johnson keeping Cong out of work to 10/20

UPS disposing some US-bound packages stuck in customs amid Trump admin import rules

Urgent Evening News Update

ICE ramps up military-style raids in Chicago, violently detaining American citizens, Abbott orders removal of rainbow sidewalks, Johnson sends House home through October 20th, and more

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 18h

ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van www.commondreams.org/news/ice-chi...
Brad Reed, Common Dreams

ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

WGN producer Debbie Brockman forcefully arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Video shows aggressive tactics used in the arrest.

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Saint Michael @soccernut43.bsky.social · 23h

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 22h

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Dan Mangan, Emily Wilkins

Trump administration begins layoffs of federal workers amid government shutdown

The Trump administration and Republicans have sought to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, and any negative fallout from it.

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 1d

This is fascism.

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 23h

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NYTimes Editorial Board

Trump has rejected the all-of-the-above approach in this term. He's waging a war on solar & wind power.. Rather than trying to put oil companies out of business,Trump is going after clean energy & Americans face higher bills as a result

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 23h

"For the magazine, I surveyed 50 people in D.C. legal establishment—former top officials in the Justice Dept & WH Counsel’s Office & retired judges. I heard a lot of freaking out about how much of a threat Trump’s 2nd term is to the rule of law..

sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social · 23h

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Emily Bazelon, David French

"So far, the Supreme Court has done little to stop him. Very little. Precious little"
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Opinion | Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court?

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