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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 22h

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

What causes autism? Here's what the White House gets wrong.

More than a hundred autism genes have been identified, explains author Peter Hotez. And Tylenol isn't the biggest environmental factor.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 8h

Someone needs to sue to get this taken down NOW!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting... we can say the same for other prominent billionaires we know. Is their constant pursuit of more money and power causing their mental health issues?

opal @defnotadino.bsky.social · 9h

Peter Thiel is not a well person and I’m confused about how NO ONE in his life has tried to intervene???

P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 8h

I think we underestimate how scary this actually is for US security

Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Qatar will build an air force facility in Idaho and station their fighter planes on U.S. soil

If Obama did this..

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P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 8h

Agree. This is red meat to MAGA

Roger ZenAF @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 11h

See? It's all a fuckin' game.

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Kathy Keatley Garvey @bugsrule.bsky.social · 8h

A few monarchs to brighten your day

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 8h

Trump is freezing $350 million in education grants for Minority-Serving Institutions, including $250 million for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The move puts federal funding at risk for over 600 colleges serving 1.5 million Hispanic students, according to an ethnic studies scholar.

Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know

Hispanic-Serving Institutions enroll over 60% of all Hispanic undergraduates in the US and include large schools like Florida International University.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows. The Dezers made billions on Trump-branded condos. Now they're cleaning up with no-bid contracts to fly prisoners to foreign concentration camps.

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

zeteo.com

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P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 8h

Quatar also funded Hamas

scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 18h

Y’all need to wake the fuck up.

They are letting the same ass hats who helped perpetuate 9/11 build a base in Idaho!

I know we have bases in other countries.

This isn’t right!!

I’m screaming in my head right now!!!!

What’s next? Russian navy in Florida?

We are being invaded for fucks sake

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P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 8h

He's selectively laying off Democrats? Like the CDC and NIH? Not Dem agencies, but agencies that keep Americans healthy and find new cures and fund innovation

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

Q: "How many layoffs have you authorized?"

Trump: "A lot. It will be Democrat oriented...They should be Democrat oriented. It will be a lot and we'll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it will be a lot of people...Many of them will be fired."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

👇👇

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21h

A paycheck or a lofty title is good. But moral integrity is much, much better

I talked to Penn's climate wizard Michael Mann about his great new book and his decision to drop his high-level university post to keep speaking out against science denial

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back. | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

They’re still offering new ICE recruits a $50,000 signing bonus, yet active duty military were seen today lining up at food banks.

Defend your country and you can’t afford to eat.

Terrorize your country and you become rich.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

"To focus on the 'woke left' as a threat to liberalism in America in late 2025 while soft-pedaling the threat from the authoritarian/populist right that now holds the levers of power is a sign of either extraordinary myopia or bad faith."

Bari Weiss, CBS News, and the Triumph of Faux Balance

The record of the Free Press shows her journey from independent to MAGA fellow traveler.

www.thebulwark.com

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 11h

#BlueSkyVets

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 17h

Keep in mind that ICE now has a budget larger than every military in the world except the US and Chinese militaries.

Things are going to get much worse. I'm not saying this to create fear, it's fact.

The administration is at war with Americans.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, such lies all the time

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

A Very Cynical Plan:

1. Lie about Antifa being real & powerful.

2. Lie about nonexistent "riots" in peaceful Democrat cities.

3. Lie that Jan 6 goons playing dress-up as ICE are sent to stop riots when they are going to start them.

4. Lie about who is funding Antifa so you can shut them down.

P Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 9h

That means they are threatened by the mass movement forming

Gotta Story @gottastory.bsky.social · 19h

I see the GOP has issued its talking point about the #NoKings 10.18 rally, calling it the Hate America rally. My sign will read Love America, Hate Fascism. Fuck Ice.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 16h

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 16h