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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h

“All of these actions reflect a buoyed commander in chief who feels emboldened to go further after feeling as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in the first nine months. He has even remarked to aides that he is shocked how easy it has all proven to be.”

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

www.wsj.com

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 12h

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Hilary Wollis @hilarywollis.bsky.social · 10h

Is it a medical report or a buzzfeed poll? 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 12h

Never in my life have I ever read a medical report that lists "cardiac age" in it. That isn't a thing.

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Tonda @whyrllwynnd777.bsky.social · 11h

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 13h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Duane Nicol 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @duanenicol.bsky.social · 23h

The editorial team at the @winnipegfreepress.com calls out Smith and Moe on their hypocrisy and ridiculous arguments.

"It is all too familiar, and frankly tiresome."

Indeed!

Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...

Opinion: Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us

It’s an odd world Alberta Premier Danielle Smith inhabits: one where her province keeps the benefits of its natural resources, while other provinces should simply surrender the bounty of nature that m...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

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Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 1d

1/ Matthew Althorpe pled guilty to terrorism charges related to his involvement in both Atomwaffen Division and the Terrorgram collective.

The Crown is recommending his sentence be 20 years.

Sentencing will be in November.

‘Radically antisemitic’ Ontario neo-Nazi pleads guilty to terror charges for making recruitment videos, inspiring global terror attacks

The publications remain online and have been cited in the manifestos of at least five people who committed acts of terrorism, prosecutors said in a Toronto court on Thursday.

www.thestar.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 11h

Today Trump visited Walter Reed and underwent another single-pass albumin dialysis (SPAD) procedure for his failing liver.

Decades-long cocaine abuse ✓
Decades-long Adderall abuse ✓

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Loretta from Canada🇨🇦 @myview66.bsky.social · 1d

Love a successful boycott!

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 2d

The latest news from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States shows our boycotts are working.
Year over year Canadian sales are down 85%!
No other market is even close.
Way to go Canadians!❤️🇨🇦🫂
EU down 12%
UK down 29%
Japan down 23%
Join us friends.
www.distilledspirits.org/news/america...

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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crazycanloon.bsky.social @crazycanloon.bsky.social · 11h

How Stephen Miller Manipulates Donald Trump to Further His Immigration Obsession

Donald Trump’s senior adviser has been the true driving force behind this Administration’s racist agenda. How far will he go?

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

How Stephen Miller Manipulates Donald Trump to Further His Immigration Obsession

Donald Trump’s senior adviser has been the true driving force behind this Administration’s racist agenda. How far will he go?

www.newyorker.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 12h

I was 21 years in Canada's parliament and I have 2 simple questions:
1. Who the fuck is @vgasparro.bsky.social ?
2. Why did @mark-carney.bsky.social let him ban the Irish group @kneecapceol.bsky.social?
If there is a fund to sue for damages, count me in.
Seriously.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 11h

Underrated skeet

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 11h

This is extremely 2nd hand bc this text is from a family member.

I was just at a party with a friend who used to work at HHS until the earlier round of RIFs this year. She got ~20 text messages and when she checked, they were all from her former coworkers who’ve just been RIF’d. They’re shutting down the entire CDC DC office

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Dolly's Kid @ellyy4.bsky.social · 11h

Hell,flu season alone often does us in

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11h

It’s hard to see this any other way than, public health is science that helps rich and poor alike, and rich people hate that.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11h

Just in case: MMWR is a key frontline indicator for outbreaks. The first subtle hint of AIDS was in that publication. This is the pale horse that Death rides.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h

All these oped writers think we should give the Nobel Peace Prize to the guy who’s gutting our medical infrastructure

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 14h

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