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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 7h

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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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 6h

The elimination of everyone who actually does good.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

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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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17h

Just a reminder that the Constitution gives Congress the power to set tariffs. It could end this madness any day they chose to discover their power.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h

And, as he will never say, Poland in 1939 declined to invade the USSR as a German ally. And then the USSR agreed to invade Poland as a German ally. Details in my book "Black Earth"

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8d

❗️Putin's logic:Poland has provoked Hitler who wanted to find a peaceful solution:

Poland made many mistakes.Germany offered to resolve the issue of Danzig&the Danzig Corridor peacefully.The Polish leadership at the time categorically refused&,in the end, became the first victim of Nazi aggression

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 9h

"Trump Administration surrenders to China the most important and fastest growing sector of the global economy."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h

Not only is this rude, inappropriate, partisan, costly, and illegal, it reveals the fundamentally anti-American idiocy of this administration’s policy of handing over to China the most important economic sector of the 21st century.

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 9d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h

When Putin talks to a Russians he consistently says that they invade Ukraine to destroy the state and nation and correct the path of history. NATO and similar framings are just for the useful foreigners.

Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 10d

Pu spells out Ru's imperialist motivations for the war. He calls the conquest a long-held dream and historical destiny.

He beclowns those who insist NATO expansion caused the war. Let's see if anyone from the Mearsheimer fan club admits the claim has been falsified.
www.kremlin.ru/events/presi...

Обращение по случаю Дня воссоединения ДНР, ЛНР, Запорожской и Херсонской областей с Россией

www.kremlin.ru

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 9h

Hiding your neighbors from secret police sounds familiar.

We have been well into Third Reich territory for a while.

It doesn't require ominous background music or swirling mists to clue you in. Authoritarian rule can feel pretty normal for most people- until it's not.

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 15h

And ignorant- don't forget her habeas corpus definition. And a Sec. of Interior ignorant abut basic environmental facts.

Every member of his cabinet is either ignorant, stupid, or deeply corrupt- in some combination, and most tick all the boxes.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

THIS!! 👇👇

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 16h

And the cabinet! Astonishingly ignorant and deeply stupid, every single one.

Well, Bessent may not be ignorant or stupid, but just venal, corrupt, and willing to sacrifice his reputation for a little temporary power.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 19h

☔️💕💜 Fri, Oct 10
A whale who has the hearts of many, Malachite continues to inhabit the waterways of South & Central Puget Sound. If still here today, we hope you have a chance to see this lovely being.

📸 Malachite launches in Dalco Passage. Taken from Owen Beach on Oct. 6th by Jason Cook.

#psws

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 16h

Need to start calling this the Trump-Epstein shutdown every single time it gets mentioned.

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 1d

We will be there.

Jump! @dla.bsky.social · 1d

It’s our time to defend Democracy. The next nationwide “No Kings” protest is October 18, 2025. Find a protest near you and bring 1-3 people with you so we can reach the 3.5% needed to stop our country’s slide into authoritarianism:
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How Peaceful Protest by Just 3.5 Percent of Americans Could Force Major Policy Changes From the Trump Administration

History shows that when just 3.5 percent of a population—about 12 million Americans—engage in peaceful protest, their demands become nearly impossible to ignore. This is particularly relevant today, a...

www.americanprogress.org

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 1d

“This is exactly the moment for people to stand up. And do I see enough people doing it? No, I don’t. It shouldn’t be that there are Democrats that are afraid, because you know what? We’re the targets. We need to be strong, we need to fight back.”

Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 2d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 1d

Love local journalism.
Live reporting from the front lines of war zone.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 1d

And one of the reasons I'm not.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."