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Taylor Nichols, MD FACEP @tnicholsmd.com · 1d

They’re consolidating power to break any checks on their power and attempts at authoritarian takeover.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 2d

The CIA’s deputy director has “abruptly demoted” the CIA’s acting general counsel & installed himself in that role, thus taking “control of making legal judgments for the agency while continuing to help lead it…” (This follows Hegseth’s termination of top military legal officials in Feb.) 10/6/25 1/

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 2d

Climate change claims another victim

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 3d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2d

Even beyond the grave the man is still out here doing good in the world. Blessings to Bob Ross and whatever happy little cloud he's sitting on right now.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 2d

Submission obscura:

youtu.be/RTsAB3PAE5Q?...

Dean & Britta "I'll Keep it With Mine (Scott Hardkiss Acoustic Remix)" for Andy Warhol : "Nico"

YouTube video by MusicDrella

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 2d

“Linger” by The Cranberries

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 4d

American citizens sit injured in hospitals, shackled to the bed under pseudonyms every day in America.

When we have ousted this authoritarian regime, let’s be sure to keep the momentum going and reform how law enforcement/corrections behave in hospitals.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 5d

As a millennial who recently walked away from an extremely demanding and highly lucrative job, this is bullshit.

Fortune @fortune.com · 5d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 5d

My first thought:

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

Again, Kavanaugh justified racial profiling by claiming that this doesn't happen--a justification that becomes more preposterous with each passing day as Trump's goons terrorize more people based on the color of their skin

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 5d

When a president sends troops into American cities to “restore order,” what he’s really doing is testing obedience. Portland and Chicago aren’t war zones…they’re warning shots. Authoritarians don’t announce takeovers. They practice them. One city at a time. However, each practice destroys families.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 5d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 6d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 6d

This weekend, Cincinnati independent booksellers are hosting the Cincy Book Crawl. I treated myself to 6 books from 5 stores, none of which I had ever been to before.

Will go to several more tomorrow. If you don’t hear from me for the next several months, I’m reading and/or watching hockey.

Flyer explaining how the Cincy Book Crawl works

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)

Homeland Defender (Immigration Services
Officer)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Field Operations Directorate

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud.
This entry-level role requires no college degree and offers up to $50,000 in signing and retention bonuses. If you're driven and ready to serve with pride, join USCIS and become a vital part of homeland security!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 6d

Another Friday afternoon, another #SCOTUS grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration—this time to allow it to continue eliminating Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants.

The three Democratic appointees all dissent:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

www.supremecourt.gov

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 6d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 6d

And this is truly all he ever cared about.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

“.. no modern American president has positioned his family to make so much money while in the White House. Already, since the early days of his reelection campaign, he’s more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion.”

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 6d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, what’s Phase 2?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Brooke Rollins: "I'm worried about our farmers, but I know once we get through this period it is going to be an unprecedented time of prosperity for these most important of all Americans."

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 7d

America is in need of a Lenny Bruce.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d

Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 8d

Upside to masseter Botox: I no longer wake up feeling like my molars might have broken during the night.

Downside: I am struggling to eat my bagel sammie.

Follow me for more insights into the life of a recovering trauma surgeon.

Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 8d

Verbatim my reaction