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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 5h

Wow, this is enlightening. Take the time to read the whole thread.

David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 7h

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Pop Quiz!

Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree?

The history, and the Constitution itself?

Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 5h

So he can drive his Nazi tanks through it.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 5h

Great way to kill off lots of Americans.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 5h

This won’t end well.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 7h

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 7h

Love the senators from my home state. I may not live there anymore but I love California.

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 8h

The president has made no secret of his enemies list.

But we will not be intimidated.

We will not be deterred.

We will do our jobs and continue fighting back against these attempts at retribution.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 7h

Mamdani!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 7h

Hang on to hope. I remember those dark days when so many people were dying and so much hate was directed toward gay men. Resist. Persist.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8h

Happy pride, Atlanta!

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“During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it was the dance that kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.” – Dan Savage

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 7h

This is a disaster for all Americans. This will cause greatly increased morbidity and mortality.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 17h

Well, Stephen Miller did say he wanted to reduce the U.S. population to 100,000,000. I guess recurring pandemics might just achieve that. Just need one person with Ebola to get on a plane…Of course we won’t know it’s happening since there will be no Public Health Service.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 17h

All laid out in Project 2025.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

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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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 19h

It’s actually breathing that causes autism. All children diagnosed with autism breathe air. It must be air. No wait, it’s the mothers who breathe. Wait, it’s sex, no, wait, it’s brain worms.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 19h

This is how you resist.

Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 20h

Free gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 19h

Farm workers are an indispensable part of our economy. Farm workers are valuable human beings who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19h

I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 19h

Idiocy, pure idiocy. Vaccines save lives.

Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 19h

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 19h

Golly, if only we had a vaccine that could keep this from happening.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 19h

Still waiting for my check for all the other protests. Must be in the mail along with my Trump University degree.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

This is fascism. Share. Act. Resist.

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

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Rush hour. Lincoln Square.
2 Border Patrol thugs tackled a WGN-TV producer to the pavement in front of horrified commuters, handcuffing her, face-down.

Debbie Brockman, a journalist with WGN since 2011, identified herself before being dragged into an unmarked silver van with New Jersey plates.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

Melania chatting with Vlad. What could possibly go wrong???

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

This regime is despicable.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE racially profiles an elderly man and takes him into custody. They realize their mistake and release him. They also intimidate witnesses. This incident occurred in Long Beach, California.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

I’m guessing this is on purpose. It will get worse.

Che' J. Holloway @chejholloway.bsky.social · 1d

english.elpais.com/usa/2025-10-...

Deaths of migrants in ICE custody reach highest level in 20 years

At least 22 people, including the two men killed in the attack on an ICE office in Dallas, died in fiscal year 2025

english.elpais.com

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs acting like pretend men mafia dons. They didn’t anticipate going up against someone who is brilliant and knows the law.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

A grand jury in Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday. James was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 2d

Stay informed.

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 2d

“The rule change amounts to an immediate transfer of income from poor farm workers to the very rich, very large agribusinesses which dominate US farms.“
unherd.com/newsroom/tru...

Trump’s new farm rule betrays American workers

Last week, the Trump administration pushed through a rule change that went largely unnoticed by the mainstream press. Under the new rules, H-2A workers — the only uncapped guest worker programme in th...

unherd.com

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

WTAF???

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This entire administration is merely for show.