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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1h

Belgium will begin transferring F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine after Oct 13 when it receives its first F-35s from the US.

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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 4h

"Why can't we dance about American subjects? Why can't we talk about the way we dance today, and how we are?"

#JeromeRobbins

Jerome Robbins choreographing West Side Story

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 1h

My point is: Big law lawyers are not representative of lawyers as a whole (in many ways). Lawyers in big law leadership positions are even less so.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/

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Jeff Passan @jeffpasan.bsky.social · 1h

Your starting-pitching matchup in Game 5 between the Cubs and Brewers: Drew Pomeranz vs. Trevor Megill. Leverage reliever vs. leverage reliever in a series that has seen 21 runs scored in the first inning. It’s going to be a festival of bullpenning to see who faces the Dodgers.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1h

This is INSANE

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 1h

Read it all. From one small section:

Shortly after a man fired >500 rounds at CDC and killed a cop, the staff that safeguard employee, facility, and data security are gone. And the Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, that trains and supports risk management across the entire agency, is gone.

Beyond that, the CDC will not be able to function administratively, as the Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management (OSSAM) office, which safeguards employee, facility, and data security at CDC lost its entire Occupational Health and Safety Office. Barely two months after a gunman shot more than 500 rounds at CDC and killed a police officer, the office devoted to employee safety has been The Workplace Health Office was also RIFed, as was the Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, which is charged with training and supporting risk management across the entire agency. Not only have the CDC employees been terminated, but the ones who remain will be forced to function within an organization that has eliminated mechanisms for looking after their well-being, safety, and ability to effectively do their jobs to carry out the CDC mission.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility. | CST chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Meanwhile, two days after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.

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Kristy Baxter @kbax.bsky.social · 1h

"Forty years ago this fall a cow in Chicago kicked over a lamp and burned the town down. It has, however, picked up remarkably since."

The Longton Gleaner
Sept 29, 1911

The Longton Gleaner
Sept 29, 1911
Forty years ago this fall a cow in
Chicago kicked over a lamp and
burned the town down. It has, how-
ever, picked up remarkably
since.

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 1h

One thing I've noticed is that even well-educated people underestimate how much control over the structure of the courts congress has. Almost nothing about the courts requires a constitutional amendment to change

Oops! Unable to resolve handle @curiousaboutupdog.bsky.social · 8d

This would take a constitutional amendment to change, right?

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 2h

Surrealist painter Georges Malkine and His Meezer, photographed by Man Ray. Used by André Breton to illustrate the article “Surrealism in 1929,” published in the review Variétés.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2h

Are you fucking kidding me.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

One of my least favorite things — when political candidates ignore my emails asking them questions or requesting an interview to learn about their views — and then nevertheless add my email address to their mass mailing list!

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 2h

We’ve tried showing both halves of Jared Leto’s face and we’re all out of ideas

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 5h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 2h

Kevin Whately as PC Evans in Juliet Bravo - Coming Back (11th October 1980).

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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riffle @riffle.bsky.social · 2h

Such an important point. Most politicians have lost not just centuries old political tactics, but even the capacity to speak like a normal person.

David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 2h

This is the paradox of Mamdani. He’s obviously an immensely talented politician and yet a lot of the stuff he does is not rocket science and any politician could do it.

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2h

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

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David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 2h

This is the paradox of Mamdani. He’s obviously an immensely talented politician and yet a lot of the stuff he does is not rocket science and any politician could do it.

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2h

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

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.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 2h

Witkoff has $2 billion. Kushner has $1 bn. The Witkoff Group has transactions totalling over $25 bn. Kushner's Affinity Partners has $5.4 bn assets under management. A week ago Kushner bought gaming giant Electronic Arts for $55 bn. He owns 10% ($17 bn) of Israeli investment firm Phoenix Holdings.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3h

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2h

Most of these actions are straight repeals of Biden era rules. Remember when we were told that overturning Chevron would prevent regulatory whiplash?
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/trum...

Trump administration acts on majority of industry wish list

US manufacturers who late last year asked the incoming Trump administration for a “regulatory reset” have seen roughly 80% of their specific regulatory requests acted on in just the first eight months...

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 2h

I was given to understand that the president's son getting a job with a company doing business before the government was an impeachable offense

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

“We’re going to look at maybe reaching out to Cook County State’s Attorney for subpoenas, “ said the Broadview Police Chief, “It’s actually a violation of law. It would be classified under disorderly conduct, filing a false official report.” trib.al/ozRgJ9J

ICE’s Growing Feud With Chicago Police Now Includes Fake 911 Calls

Surprise, surprise: Federal immigration agents aren’t keeping the community safer.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 17h

IF YOU HAVE A CLEARANCE CALL A NATSEC LAWYER BEFORE YOU CALL THE TIP LINE

My info is in my profile. Or call @bradmossesq.bsky.social if you can't reach me.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 1d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

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