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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 16d

Just took a low-pressure shower, got vaccinated, read a book, and took Tylenol under a windmill to own the cons.

Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 16d

Trump's "Smash Tylenol" campaign just the latest effort to eliminate the Four Pests of America: vaccines, Tylenol, windmills, and solar power.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 24d

A: What are you in for?
B: Mocking.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 24d

I may have discovered some hypocrisy on a free speech issue. Investigating...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27d

the Trump administration told The New York Times that IUDs, hormonal implants, and the Pill are actually abortions open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions

9.12.25

open.substack.com

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 25d

Are you pro-Charlie Kirk or hyper-pro-Charlie Kirk? Like for first option, retweet for second.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 27d

[Liberal watches Hitler give furious, rambling speech in a beer hall]: "I may disagree with him, but he's doing politics the right way."

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 27d

Political violence is so disturbing when it isn't something I can pay for and cheer on from a safe distance.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · 28d

I, for one, will never forget when trans and anti-fascist ideology did 9/11.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 27

Honestly thought they were going to switch to a logo of Sydney Sweeney's tits emblazoned with swastikas or whatever just to prove Cracker Barrel is not woke.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our long national Cracker Barrel logo nightmare is over.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 24

Iron Chef: Countertop

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 23

The most profound, heart-wrenching moral decision we seem to make today -- the Sophie's Choice of late capitalism -- is which social media platform to post cat gifs from.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 22

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.

On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.

This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.

Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.

Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 19

Eating a bucket of radioactive shrimp right now to own the libs.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 11

i will never not be amused by how the conservative world is governed by the kind of “affirmative action” they say happens in mainstream institutions. totally unqualified dipshits are handed the keys to institutions because they say the right thing and have the right look.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Aug 11

An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me

a tweet from EJ Antoni that reads "Import prices just came in WAAAY below expectations: June was up just 0.1% M/M, -0.2% Y/Y, while May saw a huge downward revision from flat to -0.4% M/M; still waiting for tariffs to be passed on by foreign producers..."

I replied "The import price index measure pre-tariff prices, the fact that pre-tariff prices are basically flat means Americans are paying the tariffs. Though I wouldn’t expect a Heritage foundation guy like yourself to be smart enough to understand basic stuff like that."

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Human Rights Lawyer or Professor of Genocide Studies who is currently supporting a genocide also going to be a contender.

Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 11

My fridge needs more AI.

Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Aug 11

The 19th century gave us new archetypes: the Cowboy, the Robber Baron, the Mad Scientist.

The 20th: the Flapper, the Private Eye, the Rock Star.

The 21st? Probably the Incel, the Kidult, the Tech Bro.

Depressing.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Aug 5

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 5

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA

WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 3

Trump’s tariffs could be one of the biggest contributors to economic inequality in American history.

The money raised by them will allow Trump to achieve his aim of slashing taxes for the wealthy. Meanwhile the cost of the tariffs will be paid by working people through increased prices.

Trump’s Tariffs Are Making Money. That May Make Them Hard to Quit.

www.nytimes.com

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Aug 3

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Jul 31

Sanders's first resolution -- SJ Res 41 -- would have blocked the sale of tens of thousands of fully automatic assault rifles to the Israeli government.

It failed 27 to 70.

Thank you to these 27 who voted YES.

www.senate.gov/legislative/...

YEAs ---27
Alsobrooks (D-MD)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kim (D-NJ)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lujan (D-NM)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warnock (D-GA)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

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Mika Walker Kane @mwalkerkane.bsky.social · Jul 30

NYT: Temper tantrums, thrown toys, drooling -- this starving toddler is no angel.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Jul 30

"We have since learned new information, including from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp that Anne Frank was suffering from typhus, and have updated our story to add context about her health problems."

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jul 30

OMG

We have appended an Editors' Note to a story about Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, a child in Gaza who was diagnosed with severe malnutrition. After publication, The Times learned that he also had pre-existing health problems. Read more below.

Children in Gaza are malnourished and starving, as New York Times reporters and others have documented. We recently ran a story about Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians, including Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, who is about 18 months old and suffers from severe malnutrition. We have since learned new information, including from the hospital that treated him and his medical records, and have updated our story to add context about his pre-existing health problems. This additional detail gives readers a greater understanding of his situation. Our reporters and photographers continue to report from Gaza, bravely, sensitively, and at personal risk, so that readers can see firsthand the consequences of the war.

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