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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 29m

MAGAs aim to control the narrative on social media...
#NoKings
#RESIST

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

The biggest news story of the week that you may have missed is the real possibility that TikTok will go MAGA. Subscribe now to have all of Democracy Docket's premium content, including my exclusive newsletters, sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

The biggest news story of the week that you may have missed is the real possibility that TikTok will go MAGA. Subscribe now to have all of Democracy Docket's premium content, including my exclusive newsletters, sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 39m

“Six people dead in shootings during two separate Mississippi homecoming gatherings ***
Four people were killed and 16 injured in an attack in Leland, while two were killed in a shooting in Heidelberg” 10/11/25 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Six people dead in shootings during two separate Mississippi homecoming gatherings

Four people were killed and 16 injured in an attack in Leland, while two were killed in a shooting in Heidelberg

www.theguardian.com

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 22h

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 2h

Love this...👇

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 21h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 21h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 2d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 21h

We won't stand for this administration using hardworking Americans as pawns in a political game.

America’s unions will see you in court, President Trump. aflcio.org/press/releas...

AFL-CIO: America’s Unions Take Trump to Court Over Illegal Firing of Federal Workers.

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement after the Trump administration illegally fired federal workers after shutting down the government to avoid fixing the health care crisis:

“Donald Trump shut down the government, choosing to lock workers out of their jobs instead of doing his. As millions of workers miss paychecks and Americans open letters saying their health care costs are skyrocketing, the Trump administration is creating even more pain and chaos by moving to illegally fire thousands of federal workers today. We won’t stand for this administration using hardworking Americans as pawns in a political game.

“America's unions will see him in court.”

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h

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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HTT- yeah, you prolly know me. @httorg.bsky.social · 13h

Seriously.
As a public health scientist?
I cannot stress enough how poorly prepared this administration is for an ultra deadly & infectious disease like Ebola to make landfall here in the USA.
The best defense for the USA is fast resolution of an outbreak overseas.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10h

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 3h

There is so much going on it's hard to keep up.

An amazing resource if you want to stay informed...👇

#Resist
#NoKings
#WeThePeople

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10h

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”

www.ft.com/content/013e...

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

www.ft.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

SEN. @gallego.senate.gov on the terrible Milei rock concert: “Millions of Americans are about to lose their health care and have their insurance premiums double, but Trump & Republicans are giving this idiot $20 BILLION. Good job. Way to make America First, guys.”

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 3h

President Trump spoke Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky and they discussed the possibility of Ukraine obtaining Tomahawk long-range missiles, according to two sources with knowledge.

www.axios.com/2025/10/11/z...

Trump and Zelensky discuss Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, sources say

Putin said supplying Tomahawks to Ukraine would be a "completely new, qualitatively new stage of escalation."

www.axios.com

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 3h

Incoming nor'easter threatens major coastal flooding and damaging winds along East Coast
->CNN | #Ocean #Coastal #Flood | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai

Incoming nor'easter threatens major coastal flooding and damaging winds along East Coast

A nasty coastal storm, known as a nor’easter, is organizing off the Southeast US and is poised to deliver tropical storm-force wind gusts, soaking rain and dangerous seas up most of the East Coast into early next week. The storm...

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’

www.theguardian.com

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 3h

Air pollution can derail metabolism and raise diabetes risk
->Earth.com | #AirPollution | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai

Air pollution can derail metabolism and raise diabetes risk

Air pollution’s reach extends far beyond the lungs. Mounting evidence now ties dirty air not only to heart disease and respiratory illness but also to deeper metabolic disorders like insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. A new study led by...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

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: