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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 3h

V WaPo:
Even as key Arab states condemned the war in the Gaza Strip, they quietly expanded security cooperation with the Israeli military, leaked U.S. documents reveal.
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Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show

Documents from U.S. Central Command show a series of meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8h

the four horsemen of the apocalypse

- higher taxes on the ultra wealthy
- regulations on chat bots
- woke mind virus (obviously)
- trump derangement syndrome

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Ian @slwdth.bsky.social · 8h

Half the time I don’t know whether they’re trying to seize power or if they’re trying to dismantle the US before abruptly leaving

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16h

Nice to see someone bringing an appropriate level of energy and outrage to the moment.

starwalker @starwalkers.bsky.social · 1d

Bryan Andrews Music

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17h

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 17h

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

This is AI.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17h

Every so often people still on X go “Wow, it’s really racist here now,” then go ahead and continue using the app.

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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 18h

There's nothing as radicalizing as reality.

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Ian @slwdth.bsky.social · 18h

Who remembers Rupert Murdoch getting one of the first Covid vaccines in the UK while Fox News sowed vaccine skepticism in the US? 🙋🏽‍♂️

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 19h

For those who need their memory refreshed 👇👇

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 21h

pixelated boat
@pixelatedboat
Wow, this extract from Wolff's book is a shocking insight into Trump's mind:

On his first night in the White House, President Trump complained that the TV in his bedroom was broken, because it didn't have "the gorilla channel.” Trump seemed to be under the
impression that a TV channel existed that screened nothing but
gorilla-based content, 24 hours a day.
To appease Trump, White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel, broadcast into Trump's bedroom from a hastily-constructed transmission tower on the South Lawn. However, Trump was unhappy with the channel they had created, moaning that it was "boring"
because "the gorillas aren't fighting".
Staff edited out all the parts of the documentaries where gorillas weren't hitting each other, and at last the president was satisfied. "On some days he'll watch the gorilla channel for 17 hours straight," an insider told me. "He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen, and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like 'the way you hit that other gorilla was good'. I think he thinks the gorillas can hear him."
1/4/18, 9:07 PM

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Ian @slwdth.bsky.social · 20h

Grandpa Rock

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Ian @slwdth.bsky.social · 20h

Sir, take your hat and glasses off

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 22h

The cruelty is the point.

CDFIs help low-income and rural communities get access to capital to start small businesses – a broadly bipartisan priority.

This administration wants to make it impossible for low- and middle-income Americans to get ahead.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 22h

Oh absolutely hell yes.

“Agency leaders who direct this work and Human Resources employees who conduct this work run the risk of being prosecuted under the Antideficiency Act, which could result in fines or imprisonment.”

democrats-budget.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 1d

Not all it's cracked up to be

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Dan Izzo @izzos.us · 1d

Trump to National Guard
"I expect you to be fascist for free!"

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Matthew McConaughey just learned the full name of his character from 'Interstellar' 😂

🎥 VT | IG

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23h

Opposing a power mad despot is literally the most American thing an American can do. These guys got a lot wrong but they nailed that one. It is fundamental to the core of this country.

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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Ian @slwdth.bsky.social · 23h

I agree with you, but there’s going to be a serious question of what’s left whenever a transition out of this occurs. This may be an accelerant in the opposite direction as institutions will literally need to be built from the ground up. The future is extremely fuzzy currently

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Ian @slwdth.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know. There were adults in charge last time, not this time. The crash is going to be catastrophic

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Ian @slwdth.bsky.social · 1d

When they dismantle what makes this country advanced and people see it’s just ignorant religious bigots/whackos all the capital will take flight

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

what happens if it isn't and will we find out in the next three years is uh, one of the questions of Our Time

Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 1d

The US economy has more forward inertia than virtually any in history, but the prevailing wisdom is that said inertia is literally infinite

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

a thing that i think i am coming to terms with as a polisci guy is the US economy is so vast that it can actually tank an incredibly amount of disaster before it rattles apart, but we could uh still get there

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