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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 5h

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Ashley @ashleysays.bsky.social · 1h

Immmmmmmmmm sorry. What

Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 3h

We are so cooked.

Fortune headline:

Lay’s drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn’t know their chips were made out of potatoes

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🐋 Hanfdampf @hanfdampf.bsky.social · 3h

13 % mehr Krankheit als vor der Pandemie

#Corona #Covid

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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Colin @amsterdamcolin.bsky.social · 1h

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 22h

Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling out her Republican colleagues for their refusal to lower health care costs and reopen the government.

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Colin @amsterdamcolin.bsky.social · 1h

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 4h

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1h

Dude, take a look at the fucking state of yourself

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 3d

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3d

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1h

You’ll never guess how much empathetic outrage Benny Johnson expressed when someone broke into Nancy Pelosi’s house with the intent to kill her, fracturing her husband’s skull in the process.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2h

There’s lot of disturbing language in the letter mailed to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson, but will be curious to see if a jury sees this language as an actual threat.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

DOJ charges man with sending threatening letter to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the charges at a news conference in which Johnson argued that violence had been "mainstreamed by the Democrat Party."

www.nbcnews.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Advocacy Arena with Dee @desia.bsky.social · 23h

The blast in Hickman County is both a human disaster and a warning sign — of what happens when democracy dies piece by piece and communities lose control over their own lives.
#Project2025 #Deregulation
open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...

Tennessee’s Gag Order on Democracy

The Explosive Cost of Silencing Communities

open.substack.com

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 22h

Heartbreaking 💔

For the folks saying politics doesn’t affect you— this is proof that it does.
It impacts everyone.

Prayers up for the love ones, the community and first responders having to deal with this tragedy.

Advocacy Arena with Dee @desia.bsky.social · 23h

The blast in Hickman County is both a human disaster and a warning sign — of what happens when democracy dies piece by piece and communities lose control over their own lives.
#Project2025 #Deregulation
open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...

Tennessee’s Gag Order on Democracy

The Explosive Cost of Silencing Communities

open.substack.com

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 2h

The guy who illegally accrued over $5 billion this year by abusing his power is prosecuting a black woman for getting a $50 a month discount on a loan.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

www.nbcnews.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

153 kids are in quarantine in South Carolina.

118 kids in Minneapolis.

This is what happens when we ignore the science.

When we stop vaccinating, long eradicated diseases come back.

The kids deserve better than this. Measles can disable. It can kill. And it’s completely preventable.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 22h

Instant karma for Home 🏠 owners association Karen 😂😂💙

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

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.

www.kare11.com

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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 1d

This is all exactly as bad as we said it would be btw

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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BeetToAPulp @beet2020.bsky.social · 2h

We have ducks

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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