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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

This unwell man, who was President of the United States, is trying to rewrite history.

Nice try, Don. Biden wasn’t president on January 6, 2021. I would say even his own voters can’t be this gullible, but…

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 15h

Polio will happen and there will be no medical insurance to cover the costs. That's a scarier scenario.

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 6h

I have been saying this. I agree 💯. Seen it in other countries. It will happen here.

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 15h

Polio will happen and there will be no medical insurance to cover the costs. That's a scarier scenario.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

This Is Fascism

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 22h

Trump always said that the press was the enemy of the people. In some ways he was/is right.

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 23h

Really wish Democrats were leading the messaging and narrative instead of the state propogandists. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov cant contend with this. And where is Ken Martin the DNC chair? Thought he was gonna roll up his sleeves & get crackin.

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Video of Kristi Noem on shutdown blame to roll out airports

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

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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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 1d

At this point i live with the assumption there will always be a strain of COVID and we must be extra careful taking precautions at every turn. What scares me even more is the thought of an Ebola outbreak coming here and us not knowing or being prepared (which we arent). Scary way to die.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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Dawn❌👑Ocean Harmony🎶☀️🌴♿️ 🐕‍🦺🦮👩‍🦽🚶🏻‍♂️ @dawnoceanharmony.bsky.social · 1d

This is a terrific account to follow!

They put out a dozen different posts, describing all of the people who were fired today!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

RIFed: NCIPC: National Center for Injury Prevention & Control - comms & policy
(Not clear on what else @NCIPC was RIFed - much was already RIFed earlier)

All that important violence prevention stuff?
Suicide. Drowning. Youth Violence. Concussions in sports. Community violence.

NCIPC’s focus 👆

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CALI GIRL @calidemocrat.bsky.social · 1d

Obama was able to stop it when he was in office. I think there were 3 cases in Texas? Do you think these bumbling morons that Shitler has appointed will be able to stop it. Think again. You think Covid was bad? You don't want to die from Ebola.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

RIFed:

Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas.

You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.)

Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

Ebola disease

WHO fact sheet on Ebola: key facts, definition, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

www.who.int

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

RIFed:

OSSAM - Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management

Let this sink in. They are getting rid of federal employees tasked w/ protecting sensitive public health data - that we would NOT want foreign entities to get access to.

(Foreign entities - China, etc. But can we add Vought🤮💩 too?)

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees?

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

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 2d

Things are only going to escalate now. Trump's *art of the deal" is never derived of good intention. It's always transactional. He and Bibi are cut from the same cloth. This will not end well.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sure the “America First” crowd loves this.

christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 2d

He will definitely have things to say about this!

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christy14.bsky.social @christy14.bsky.social · 2d

@gov.ny.gov hope you have a plan in place!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.