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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

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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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 8h

But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:

"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."

I don’t want to take any guidance at all from the secular society around us. And the reason I don’t is they killed 60 million babies. I don’t want to hear any more lectures from these people about slavery. You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 9h

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · 5h

Fucking Douthat. My god.

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · 5h

People may not realize it in this moment, but none of us will ever get over this. We will collectively not get over this.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5h

I will never get over this.

It is MINDBLOWING that Biden/Kamala could have had a ceasefire deal in Sept 2024. Would have won them the election without a doubt. And yet could not do it because Israel’s right to exterminate millions of people could not be violated. This is where racism will lead you folks

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · 5h

The dude is a one man freak show.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 6h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · 5h

The confluence of late-stage mush brain with career as pathological liar makes it all a bit hard to sort. But, yeah.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 5h

This rocks.

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · 5h

I hate email. My personal gmail account is as bad as the news every day. It's nothing but anxiety inducing. I want out.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 6h

Yes, it's weird that Peter Thiel can't stop talking up the Antichrist.

But look on the bright side—he's also the guy who:

-Gave @jd-vance-1.bsky.social his first VC job
-Funded Vance's firm
-Bought his Senate seat
-Got him the VP slot

Have a nice day!

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 7h

I'm sparking debate with my claim that Stephen Miller is the result of cross-breeding a stick figure and a bedbug, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

Folks playing some thematic standoff music now.

Really just cannot express how non-threatening this small group of neighbors appears at the moment, and how absurd this massive police presence appears in comparison.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting ... what is happening here?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · 6h

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 13h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 9h

If you've never encountered the details of these events in 1919 and are wondering how bad it could possibly be: its absolutely fucking awful. Genuinely, horrendous.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 13h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · 6h

He's transacting the war home.

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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 6h

“Transactions of wars”, a thing normal humans say all the time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: The Nobel Peace Prize was announced this morning. Your thoughts?

TRUMP: Which one?

Q: The Nobel Peace Prize. Your thoughts?

TRUMP: I made eight deals, transactions of wars

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13h

Another of the Trump puppetmasters Russell Vought has been busy seizing the chaos of the government shutdown to advance the Project 2025 agenda.

The sacking of federal workers now has its own acronym - RIF. Reductions in Force.

Trump official says federal layoffs 'have begun' amid government shutdown

www.cnbc.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 10h

A nice woman once again brought her very small dog & it was OK to pet this sweet pup. The guy in veterans against Trump T-shirt, I had his permission to take a photo. Per one sign, yes, a masked ICE agent did indeed shoot a member of the clergy in the head at Broadview with a dangerous projectile 👎🏻

A guy in a monster mask with a black flag at the Broadview ice protest.

A small dog next to a sign that says death on blind 16 year-old dog says fuck ice.

ICE shot a priest in the head, on a sign at the Broadview ice protests

A man in a veterans against Trump T-shirt holds a sign with an American flag, and it says we the people, defend the constitution.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 11h

As Congress works to end the government shutdown, it’s crucial to remind your elected officials to pass clean spending bills.

The initial House bill, H.R. 4754, included harmful riders, including Section 128, which would remove protections for gray wolves in 44 states.

📣Take action: bit.ly/48ZBFo7

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 11h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 10h

What you’re saying is the federal government is ignoring the temporary restraining order that was issued yesterday?

Wonder who’s going to actually do anything about this considering there’s no real mechanism in place to stop this now that the federal government is ignoring the courts openly

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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