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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 5m

RFK Jr. continues to consolidate power and assimilate the CDC under his personal control with these targeted illegal firings

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 21m

The entire Washington staff and MMWR editors

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 40m

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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Nshrubs @nshrubs.bsky.social · 2m

It's such a strange world we're in where I'm agreeing with the Cato Institute and Bill Kristol...

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 42m

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

www.cato.org

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 6m

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 40m

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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Daniel Harper @danielharper.bsky.social · 41m

The left has stolen the frog meme. This is pretty great.

Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 10h

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27m

If you typed "hey little girl, want some candy?" into Midjourney, this is the exact character it would spew out

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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 26m

NSA and Cyber Command need full-time Presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed leadership.

therecord.media/william-hart...

Acting US Cyber Command, NSA chief won’t be nominated for the job, sources say

Army Lt. Gen. William Hartman, the acting leader of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA, will not be nominated to take the job permanently, sources told Recorded Future News.

therecord.media

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @pewtergod.bsky.social · 24m

I swear, I'm to get kicked off this site.
It's getting harder and harder to not say what I'm thinking.
apnews.com/article/gove...

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

apnews.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23m

Bari WeissBot: "The left says Trump's promise to fire only Democratic federal employees is a form of McCarthyism, but it's actually just an effort to foster greater viewpoint diversity."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 23m

You won’t know the next pandemic is happening until your neighbors or family start getting sick.
the governments goal now is to make the world more Darwinian and dangerous so those seen as weak(read poor and minorities) will die and those they see as strong (read wealthy and white) survive

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 40m

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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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 3h

Now is the time to protect Americans’ access to health care.

We can’t afford to wait.

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WordMan ⚾️🐦📕🎞️🇫🇷📰🇮🇪 @wordman.bsky.social · 21m

The bad news for public health continues to be unrelenting. cc: @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 40m

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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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 2h

Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 4h

So today's Substack about the impact of tariffs concluded:

"in many ways the level of the tariffs is less important than the huge uncertainty Trump’s policies have created. And that uncertainty hasn’t abated at all."

Ya don't say. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...

Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation

Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2h

This rocks.

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KUER @kuer.org · 2h

The IRS is a big part of the Ogden economy, says one restaurant owner. And biz has been slower than usual.

The shutdown is a mixed bag for Ogden IRS workers, but restaurants feel the pinch

Federal workers make up a good portion of customers at downtown restaurants. With furloughed workers spending less, business owners are worried.

www.kuer.org

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 3h

Can he even hear himself ?
mercuryone.org
thenazarenefund.org/about-us/
www.glennbeck.com/content/arti...
www.realestateagentsitrust.com?utm_medium=r...

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 3h

🧵
A nice circumhorizontal arc (informally known as a fire rainbow, which is a misnomer) over West Virginia captured by Christa Harbig!

It is an optical phenomenon belonging to the family of ice halos, so it is neither fire nor a rainbow.

➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap21083...

🔭 🧪 #science

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$The image shows a circumhorizon arc (or circumhorizontal arc), an optical phenomenon resembling a fiery rainbow. It forms in a clear sky with cirrus clouds made of flat, hexagonal ice crystals aligned horizontally. These crystals refract sunlight, creating a colorful arc parallel to the horizon. Vibrant colors shine brightly against the blue sky, captured near North Fork Mountain, West Virginia.$

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Sean Wardwell @wardwellian.bsky.social · 3h

a man with a beard and long hair is wearing a brown jacket .

ALT: a man with a beard and long hair is wearing a brown jacket .

media.tenor.com

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Amber @amberwashere.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile in Portland...

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 3h

Well, I'm sure this is what the people of Utah voted for when they overwhelmingly voted for Trump in 2024.

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 3h

Mines could be visible from the Capitol Reef, Zion, Bryce Canyon and Grand Staircase-Escalante park units.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/10/08/trump-admin-will-allow-coal-mining

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 3h

every. billionaire. is. a. policy. failure.

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 3h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

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

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💙🦋 @tallyannae.bsky.social · 3h

DHS lies.
🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 4h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 3h

businesses love uncertainty

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4h

Here's the reality: On any given day the President might impose an effective embargo on trade with China. This is the second time he's done it *this year*. They may patch it up again, but the pattern has been set, and it will shape expectations for the rest of his term.

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 3h

Everything is too weird,
Globally weird

Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 4h

Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko claimed that massive strikes against Ukraine are "humanitarian" in their nature. He complained about Trump not getting the Nobel Peace Prize & urged Denmark to give him Greenland as a consolation prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AU4...

Igor Korotchenko praises Russia's humanitarian strikes & bemoans Trump being denied the Nobel Prize

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

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