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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

lots of cops have been snapping photos of protesters. saw a couple sneaking pics from behind the trees earlier.

protesters still heckling cops and yelling at ice as they come/go.

unsure if the cops just think it’s funny or what.

(note the massive can on pepper spray on this guy’s vest.)

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

every time we’re out here we see new types of cops.

looks like the illinois department of correction’s tactical team is also here on site.

background: www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

two cops in dark blue uniforms stand next to another cop wearing a blue polo

a close-up of one officer’s patch. it reads “tactical dept corrections. illinois sort.”

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 22h

Argentina got $20 billion this week.

the Argentinian public healthcare system is free for residents and tourists, funded through taxes.

America First, though, amirite??

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1h

From a safe distance, preferably.

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Ray Collins @eraycollins.bsky.social · 1h

I was also told that RIF’d editors of the CDC’s flagship scientific journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report have all been recalled, as well as leaders and staffers in several other centers and divisions.

Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 2h

Some GOOD NEWS we are breaking on Inside Medicine on a Saturday night.

insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Breaking News: RIFs in reverse. Some CDC workers have been brought back, in latest whiplash.

This is breaking news.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1h

From @prospect.org: "The Department of Labor bluntly states that souped-up immigration enforcement has devastated the agricultural workforce and created a significant 'risk of supply shock-induced food shortages,' according to a document filed in the Federal Register last week."

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1h

Originally reported by the American @prospect.org: prospect.org/politics/tru...

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 13h

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2h

Least impressive D-line since last year's Bears.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2h

He has AI now, he can get things wrong even faster!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

More violent arrests for seemingly no reason. Seeing at least two, sorry don't have exact total.

The crowd here has kept moving backward/everyone is following orders. This is absurd.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2h

Also their linguine will kill you. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Listeria outbreak possibly linked to pasta meals leaves 4 dead, expands to 15 states

The CDC said the outbreak has spread to 15 states and hospitalized nearly two dozen people. Here are the recalled pasta frozen products.

www.usatoday.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 3h

The most frustrating part of this is that a federal judge literally made a finding of fact of the evidence presented by the administration, a judge appointed by Trump, and that judge called the narrative untethered to facts, and the narrator, unreliable.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 13h

Trump’s first-term foreign policy was riddled with one failure after another. Almost everything he attempted either fizzled out or blew up in his face. Don’t let this garbage revisionism stand.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 6h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

This was my first thought too. When the military became reliant on the leader and not the state, the republic died.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Many historians of Rome identify Roman generals becoming the personal sources of payment for their armies as a key step in the downfall of the Republic, since it personalized military authority and freed armies to fight for their immediate leader, who paid them, instead of for the Republic

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 4h

I must be getting old because my immediate response is "Let's just buy some."

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10h

Why isn’t every Democrat holding a press conference with this video, talking about the criminal army of thugs invading Chicago and the rest of the country, and the need to bring these criminals to justice? React as you would if this really was MS13 or something

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