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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · Aug 4

Messaging Guidance:

Want to help Trump and fascist MAGA implement their latest policy to dehumanize disabled people? Call what they want to do “institutionalization”

Want to increase opposition to this attack on basic human freedom? Call it “incarceration” (formal, professional) or
“locking up”

Chart alt text:

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Voters Are Most Opposed to "Locking Up" and "Incarcerating" Homeless Americans — Not "Institutionalizing" Them.
Description: Policymakers are considering a new policy to address homelessness and public disorder. The policy would allow authorities to [SPLIT: institutionalize / incarcerate / lock up] people who are homeless and considered unable to care for themselves, even if they do not have a severe mental illness. Do you support or oppose this proposal?
<strong>"Lock up"</strong> <em>(N=415)</em> — Support: 27%, Oppose: 70%
<strong>"Incarcerate"</strong> <em>(N=418)</em> — Support: 31%, Oppose: 64%
<strong>"Institutionalize"</strong> <em>(N=394)</em> — Support: 41%, Oppose: 53%

August 1–3, 2025 survey of 1,227 U.S. likely voters. Respondents were randomly split into three groups. Each group received one of the three framings.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Button @boombutton.bsky.social · 10h

My mom puts ketchup on hash browns sometimes

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

boy the tiktok ban has really turned out to be one of the most singularly stupid things ever passed, huh? as if these people needed more help controlling the entire information environment

what a shitshow

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Button @boombutton.bsky.social · 1d

It's not AI. Watch the piece of debris from the crash that the ICE guy steps in front of for a while. When he steps away it's still there.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

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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RiderToast, fumbler of the First Bag @ridertoast.bsky.social · 1d

We are literally waiting on the cdc to tell us what bugs some patients have and now they just won’t. So some people in hospitals are gonna die cause of this. That’s all there is to it.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.

Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 2d

It’s impt enough to be explicitly required by law: The Secretary of Health and Human Services “shall publish weekly reports of health conditions in the United States…and other pertinent health information for the use of persons and institutions concerned with health services.” (42 U.S.C. §242o(b)

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Lish Boo @lishy.bsky.social · 3d

Sure looks that way.

Non-Binary Passport Designations:
Passports issued with "X" or other non-binary markers will be rejected by
CBP systems, requiring resubmission with valid documentation showing
"M" or "F" designation.

Passport Updates: Travelers experiencing documentation inconsistencies may wish to consult with the relevant passport issuing authority about available options for updating travel documents.

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 2d

Once fixtures of neighborhood corners, many street vendors are disappearing in silence — caught in the crosshairs of immigration enforcement due to their visibility and vulnerability.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/21/c...

A culture at risk: Chicago’s street vendors quietly disappear from familiar corners during ICE surge

Their quiet disappearance marks not just a loss of income for them, it’s also the erosion of a cherished culture by many in the city.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Button @boombutton.bsky.social · 2d

And I fear tomorrow they'll be crying

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 2d

man if there isn't actual real shit in the epstein files the house republicans are doing a great job of acting like there are

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 3d

Feels like "a bunch of ICE new hires are actually registered sex offenders" is a shoe waiting to drop given how certainly little vetting anyone is doing of these guys.

♨ naïve dumbass @atticusgf.bsky.social · 3d

half these people aren't even allowed to be this close to an elementary school

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 3d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a viral video reposted by a lot of news people nationally about an abduction at West Loop Elementary School, but there is no school with that name. The video seems to be of ICE detaining people near UIC yesterday. Details matter. We need to try to get them right before sharing.

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 3d

Windows 10 support ends on October 14 and there's a link floating around with instructions to enroll for an additional year of security updates, but I'm not linking to that chatgpt article so here's what you do.

Settings
Update & Security
Windows Update
Initiate Enrollment

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civ-il disorder 🇵🇸 🕎 ☮️ @uncivil.work · 3d

the head of the us dept of health and human services thinks you can have a baby in your placenta

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

"Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman eight months pregnant—she is an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School—and she is saying 'eff Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta."

gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-compl...

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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