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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 7h

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7h

Paves the way for the Monster Under the Bed Act

RepMTG:

The Sunshine State is getting it RIGHT! 🌞

Florida is shutting down dangerous weather modification and geoengineering schemes because our skies belong to the people, not globalist elites and their experiments.

Now it’s time to do the same nationwide. My Clear Skies Act will END chemical spraying, geoengineering, and weather manipulation across America for good.

No more tampering. No more lies. Just clear, God-given skies! 🇺🇸☀️
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🚨 BREAKING: Florida's airports are now closed to any weather modification and geoengineering activities under new state law, Florida AG says.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 17h

I went ahead and did the starting work for someone who wants to chase this angle. Most right-wing influencers who participated in the "Antifa" roundtable at the White House yesterday have easily provable ties to TPUSA (8 of 12). The other four need a closer look I don't have time for right now.

right-wing influencers standing for a photo together at the white house

(Left to Right)

Jack Posobiec - TPUSA employee
Seamus Bruner - Government Accountability Institute (GAI)
James Klug - TPUSA Ambassador
Jonathan Cho - TPUSA employee
Nick Sortor - Influencer
Julio Rosas - Former TPUSA, Blaze Media
Nick Shirley - Influencer
Andy Ngo - Human Events Media Group*
Brandi Kruse - Influencer
Savannah Hernandez - TPUSA employee
Katie Daviscourt - Former TPUSA, Human Events Media Group*
Cam Higby - TPUSA employee

(Human Events Media Group is closely tied to TPUSA. https://humanevents.com/about-human-events )

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Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social · 9h

Yes. This episode of the Daily had me yelling and spitting. Vought is a Christian nationalist extremist, not a small govt conservative who happens to be Christian.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 9h

“The simplistic depiction of [U.S. cities] as gutters of violence, vice, and homelessness is a chronic feature of not only right-wing politics in America but of the nightly news piped into family living rooms around the country. We have known this for decades.”

Yes, @aselrod.bsky.social — exactly.

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 9h

I saw a tiktok comment that said the only war in Portland is the war on rhythm... and they're not wrong.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 9h

Notable points in Judge Perry's remarks in Illinois v Trump National Guard case.⤵️

Judge:
1. Federalized deployment of National Guard not quelling civil unrest. Instead, it is "likely to lead to civil unrest."

2. State and local community policing not well geared for out of state Guards.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

The media coverage of Gaza in the US is already massively out of step with almost any other country you might visit.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 9h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 9h

Today was rough! Having federal agents prowling in your neighborhood is awful. Grateful for everyone who did rapid response and tried to keep all our neighbors safe. I love Rogers Park so much. The huge community activation in response to the threat was hope-giving.

(Photo from a while ago)

A photo of a sidewalk chalk message that says "courage is contagious resist" next to the colorful painted sea wall bench in Loyola Park Chicago.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 9h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 10h

🧵RFK "HIV-doesn't-cause-AIDS" Jr. is now linking circumcision with autism.

This nonsense was posted by his anti-vax group Children's Health Defense years ago, and I looked into it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...

SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

www.youtube.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18h

The efficacy after 2 doses is 99% for measles, 95% for mumps, and 90% for rubella after just 1 dose. There has never been a single documented death attributable to the MMR vaccine. The risk of life-threatening side effects is ~1 in 1 million doses. It can even be given as post-exposure prophylaxis!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 19h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine doing a “stick to sports” to the Pope. The issues are only “divisive” because these people are schismatics.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10h

and that's why we don't trust private equity

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 12h

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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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10h

Worth emphasizing that there are serious questions about whether or not Lindsey Halligan is even legally in her job

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 10h

Tim Apple knows who he works for.

Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 12h

Censorship has fully arrived. In the latest, Apple banned an app that archived ICE abuses for legal evidence

Every single day, censorship gets stronger as media and corporations bend to serve the regime

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 11h

I distinctly remember him bragging about a perfect score on a cognitive exam!

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 11h

I know this is not from his first term because of all the tacky gold leaf but didn't he say almost exactly this at some point in his first term?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 11h

Sorry I just imagined the cab drivers in NYC having secret meetings to decide what to tell Friedman next to see if he'll put it in a book.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, congratulations again to every member of the Republican conference but one for putting an anti-Semitic failson with a Dark Ages conception of medicine in charge of Health and Human Services

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 13h

“The neurotypicality is stored in the foreskin”

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 11h

well fuck

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 12h

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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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 12h

There was literally a big-budget movie last year about how during his one brief period of trying to be cool, Dylan got so anxious about it that he had to get advice from the coolest man alive (Johnny Cash)

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 12h

wtaf are you talking about

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