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Neuroscientist/Mol cell biologist; studying rare degenerative brain disease; Sci-fi, DC/Marvel, Trekie/Star Wars fan; for Progressive causes and politics; posts are my views! 🚫No MAGA/Porn/Prosti/Crazies (image credit: Dr Tim Snyder)

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Math PC @mathienz.bsky.social · Dec 24

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. Individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want and then offer themselves without being asked.” -- Yale Professor Timothy Snyder in his book, “On Tyranny.”

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Math PC @mathienz.bsky.social · 3h

That’s how they will rig 2026 and 2028 👇🏼

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 7h

Mini essay 🧵: I've posted about this grifter nominee for Surgeon General before, & about *why* this admin. gravitates to such awful people: Means, like Dr. Oz & RFK himself, doesn't just hawk products; she sells both the idea that people are to blame...

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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.’s surgeon general pick

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 11h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Math PC @mathienz.bsky.social · 7h

👇🏼😂

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Math PC @mathienz.bsky.social · 7h

Courage is supposed to be infectious but it seems no effect to those looking the other way…

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18h

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Math PC @mathienz.bsky.social · 1d

This 👇🏼

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

More, from Willamette Week www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Milwaukie Man Says ICE Abducted and Held Him for Hours Despite His Proving Citizenship

The case may be the first incidence of a documented Oregonian and U.S. citizen being swept up by ICE in an immigration raid.

www.wweek.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Canada vs. America

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

CNN on the pastor shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE in Chicago.

This is not an isolated incident. Even among priests! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMSy8o4y/

Amanda Tovar witnessed Chicago pastor David Black hit by ICE pepper balls and recorded video. Here's what she saw. #cnn #news #ice #chicago

TikTok video by CNN

www.tiktok.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Math PC @mathienz.bsky.social · 1d

👍🏼👏🏼🎉

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 1d

It’s here! My new podcast 2 Bitches From Texas is now live. Join me and my sister Cathryn Hartt as we sit around bitching with our friends about how to save the world. And please subscribe so you don't miss an episode. youtu.be/sIHCLfSKzT4

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 1d

The explosion of independent media sites isn’t merely an echo of dissenting voices – it’s a response to the MSM’s failure to provide objective, impartial reporting.

theaimn.net/the-people-v...