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NPR @npr.org · 40m

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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CaityC @caityc.bsky.social · 6h

Reptile Cuomo *literally* “both sidesing” here pffft

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6h

We cannot fight the far right until we acknowledge that the spread of ideas and beliefs is what drives voter behavior and other political decisions, and that we have created an information environment that is extraordinarily favorable to the far right

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6h

The groups that shifted most towards Trump were not the groups hardest hit by inflation. Worldwide, the thing that seems most consistently linked to extremist, anti-institutional politics is not any set of economic conditions but SOCIAL MEDIA AND IMMERSION IN A DIGITAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

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CaityC @caityc.bsky.social · 6h

I do not care what Peter Thiel thinks.

I do not care what Peter Thiel believes.

I do not care about Peter Thiel — only about what he does.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6h

How they form those ideas and beliefs is incredibly complicated, often irrational, and driven more by social interactions than observable reality, logic or reason. But it is the ideas and beliefs that propel people, not their bank account or some underlying consumerist instinct

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ShanNon!🦋 @shanitoba.bsky.social · 4d

Morning. "Forever Bicycles" by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. This art installation is travelling around the world and it is currently at The Forks in Winnipeg.

A sculpture made from hundreds or maybe thousands of interconnected bicycles

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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CaityC @caityc.bsky.social · 6h

Finally!

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Berserker Coach @berserkercoach.bsky.social · 6h

"I have my information feed curated by motivated sycophants" is not the flex she thinks it is.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

This Is Fascism

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CaityC @caityc.bsky.social · 8h

Denk has always been very supportive of Primoz — this year, even in the daily TDF RBBH pods. Happy to see it continue. I hear folks criticizing PR in the last days but I think that after a hard year, he’s doing these races in part to add load & also to work with team as much as targeting wins.

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 9h

The US Constitution has no innate defense against lying by public officials and complete shamelessness.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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CaityC @caityc.bsky.social · 1d

In fact I did not bother watching this race, neither this year or last year. My interest in road cycling is waning… and the still interesting so-called ‘lesser’ races (which are ofc sans TP) are harder to find now no more GCN+ sigh

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

🧵 regarding the shutdown:

The Democrats aren’t being clear enough about this but we can be: this shutdown is about saving lives.

If we don’t reverse the Medicaid cuts (and the ACA subsidies on insurance bought through the exchanges) that Republicans made this year, people will die.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

When the GOP loses power--and they will--I do not want to hear Democrats asking us to sing kumbaya. I want retribution. From Donald Trump on down to these masked thugs.

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

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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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 2d

So they are adding new wrinkles to the #KavanaughStops

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

These federal firings have nothing whatsoever to do with the government shutdown, and if that is not the lede of every report discussing them, and if you are the author of any such report, quit your job and learn to surf or something instead

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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