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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5h

Trump just got his Covid and flu shots, so should you!

PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2025
TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
PROSIC TO ME PREE, D.O. J
PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
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CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.
Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.
In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.
SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 5h

Then Toad fell asleep.

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 5h

Shortest ballot ever!
Vote YES to stop Trump’s power grab.

2 ballots marked Yes, on a table with their return envelopes.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X:

“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US
Department of Homeland Security.
We have also followed with satisfaction that DHS has today taken the appropriate steps to inform Garcia's lawyers and amend court submissions to reflect the fact that Ghana cannot be an option for Garcia's deportation.
The Mahama Administration will continue to be transparent and truthful to Ghanaians at all times.
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 10h

Threw objects = took pictures

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 11h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 12h

I was tired after a bicycle trip to Oakland and tried to take BART from 12th street. Elevator took me to the mezzanine, but then where? Damn fence kept me out of the part with elevators to the platform. How about a sign in the elevator directing wheeled passengers to the good entrance?

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 13h

Arco:
No Kings
No Emirs

🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 15h

Look at all the protests in rural Idaho small towns. Stanley, Driggs, even Arco! Let’s do this!

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18h

We’re eight days away from No Kings Day, and we have 2,500 protests planned in all 50 states and across the world.

October 18 is going to be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history — and we want to see you there. Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Abuse of Power Watch @abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · 7d

📍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀:

At a newly reopened ICE facility run by CoreCivic, detainees say conditions are “hell on earth” — overcrowding, filthy cells, denied medical care, threats of solitary confinement, and agents using aggressive force. #AbuseofPowerWatch

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help

Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

www.theguardian.com

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 1d

I have been waiting for self-folding laundry since at least 1963.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Kirk (Antifa Social Secretary™️) Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑 @kirkmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

May they use serrated knives.

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2d

Chinese carmakers like BYD are going to eat Elon alive the first chance they get. The Tesla will go the way of the Hupmobile.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

Tesla's pared-back Model Y comes as the company falls behind in the race to make affordable EVs.

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 2d

REI, while a consumer co-op on paper, has been overtaken by a managerial class that values profit and control instead of supporting their hardworking employees. Union/worker representation on the board has been pushed by REI workers and members, but the board has made no effort in allowing this.

REI Workers Undeterred by Co-op’s Refusal to Let Union Candidates Run for Board - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

At REI, two union-backed candidates are excluded from the co-op board’s ballot. Workers respond with a membership-based campaign and in the state legislature.

nonprofitquarterly.org

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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 3d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.” ⚓️

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 2d

The UC Berkeley Labor Center mourns Kent Wong, our longtime colleague and friend. A passionate champion for workers—especially immigrants—and students, Kent dedicated his life to justice. Our hearts are with our colleagues at the UCLA Labor Center.

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SEIU 1021 @seiu1021.bsky.social · 2d

Today we were at Airbnb HQ in SF with labor & community groups to launch #boycottairbnb. They are suing the City of SF for $120M, threatening cuts to public services, even as the take much-needed housing off the rental market. boycott-airbnb.org (link in bio!) and take the pledge to book elsewhere!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 2d

I am thinking of the Oakland 12th street station where I took an elevator to the mezzanine and then was stopped by the fencing. No indication of what to do next.

Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 3d

BART should look at green paint stripes for wheelchair, stroller and e-bike users. @aliciatrost.bsky.social @bart.gov

Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 3d

My biggest struggle is with BART’s lack of clear signage of platform to street elevators. My e-bike is 90#, too much to safely wrestle up or down an escalator. Green stripes to show the way? Station diagrams are unclear.
How do wheelchair users manage?

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 3d

My biggest struggle is with BART’s lack of clear signage of platform to street elevators. My e-bike is 90#, too much to safely wrestle up or down an escalator. Green stripes to show the way? Station diagrams are unclear.
How do wheelchair users manage?

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 3d

Wild.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

What's it like living in Chicago today? This image gives us a strong sense of the fear that Chicagoans fear from Trump's secret police.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

I think something we have to do more of is talk about how kickass a lot of American cities are because right now some people think they’re run by Sharia Law nudists and most of us never thought to counter that argument because it’s stupid and doesn’t make any sense

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 3d

How a small group of activists dubbed the Peace Patrol stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles

How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.

www.newyorker.com

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Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 3d

Wish I were not creaky on alternate weeks.

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