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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6h

RIFed:

OSSAM - Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management

Let this sink in. They are getting rid of federal employees tasked w/ protecting sensitive public health data - that we would NOT want foreign entities to get access to.

(Foreign entities - China, etc. But can we add Vought🤮💩 too?)

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 5h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 4h

Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future: We are noticing.

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 4h

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Ty Young @tyyoung617.bsky.social · 6h

Which Bible? 🤣

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 6h

And Fox viewers believe it.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Irwin Glenn @irwinglenn.bsky.social · 10h

This is why we can't have lower prices on our electric grid.

Instead we have a:

No Fossil Fuel Billionaire Left Behind Policy

Don't like it? Thank a billionaire by voting out their enablers.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Interior cancels largest solar project in North America

It's the Trump administration's latest move to slow or block major clean energy projects.

www.politico.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

A first for a major cable news service. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

CNN does a segment on Trump's health issues, including photos of his drooping face and discolored hand

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

What is a Kavanaugh stop? An explainer.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10h

Here's the reality: On any given day the President might impose an effective embargo on trade with China. This is the second time he's done it *this year*. They may patch it up again, but the pattern has been set, and it will shape expectations for the rest of his term.

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Irwin Glenn @irwinglenn.bsky.social · 10h

The

"I didn't win a Nobel" Tariff

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 10h

Here's the latest on Trump's latest mega tax increase on imports from China, which increases the risk of higher inflation, supply chain disruptions, all of which puts the Fed in a bind as it attempts to provide support for an ailing job market.

www.reuters.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

When the secret police are hungry, they just go after the food cart vendors and steal their food. It's the Trump way. bsky.app/profile/laur...

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 13h

More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.

Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.

Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 10h

Who's running the show? "If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard..."

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Irwin Glenn @irwinglenn.bsky.social · 10h

Peewee German fancies himself as a war general.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 10h

Americans have been telling themselves they will not live on their knees for generations going back to our Founding.

We’re gonna be testing that claim in the coming months.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 15h

MIT rejects the government’s compact for higher ed: “…the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone…America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.”

Regarding the Compact

links.mit.edu

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Irwin Glenn @irwinglenn.bsky.social · 13h

But Their Clicks

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 15h

Trump’s support among young people has collapsed, and even the podcasters he cultivated in 2024 are fed up with him. Here’s why it happened.

paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-trump-...

Why Trump Lost the Podcast Bros

It's cool to support the Rebellion. It's not cool to support the Empire.

paulwaldman.substack.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 15h

The phrase "don't threaten me with a good time" keeps coming to mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 15h

It took Hitler 3 months to remake the opposition into a terrorist threat so they could use the power of the state to crush all opposition.

It’s taking Trump longer, but here it comes👇

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15h

New AI School should totally be fun and safe for academics. Totally.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 17h

"Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected gov oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Spencer Wells @spwells.bsky.social · 15h

Nobel-winning economists Duflo and Banerjee will leave US for Switzerland 🧠🛫 www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

Nobel-winning economists Duflo and Banerjee will leave US for Switzerland

The University of Zurich said that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, known for their work in development economics, will move from the US to Switzerland, amid Donald Trump's attacks o...

www.lemonde.fr

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 15h

Our latest paper in @jamanetworkopen.com where we asked: Following the #COVID pandemic, has SARSCoV2 circulation been associated with health-related absences from work and labor force exits? @yaleemd.bsky.social @princetonecon.bsky.social @brookings.edu 1/ jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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