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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 7h

Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 9h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 8h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 8h

Oh no

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DianneSpiritlight @dpfrazier22.bsky.social · 13h

So they gave them a $50,000 bonus to sign on, but no uniforms and no rules⁉️

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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swins.bsky.social @swins.bsky.social · 4h

Proud to be an Oregonian. Disappointed in the Democrats as a whole.

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 7h

kid rock as porta potties: thread

Kid Rock wearing pink and looking stupid.

A porta potty that matches the pink of his ugly ass shirt.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 20h

You know the assignment 👍

It'd be a real shame if this photo of President Obama receiving his Nobel peace prize went viral today, for no particular reason

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 9h

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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Watch the interview with @timmiller.bsky.social on

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fykx...

Substack: www.thebulwark.com/p/dhs-lied-a...

DHS Lied About a Veteran They Wrongfully Arrested (w/ George Retes)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

www.youtube.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16h

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 15h

What a loser.

TIME Magazine: "Trump loses Nobel Peace Prize he shamelessly campaigned for."

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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 15h

BE A PORTLAND FROG

Peeps, I understand you're afraid as our president wants to murder us who didn't vote for him

Be afraid and protest anyway. If u hide in u homes, u give.him the power he craves

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Jules1212💜🌎☀️ @jules1212.bsky.social · 16h

Nothing to see here world!
They’re declaring war against the government and citizens of blue cities.
Calling Antifa terrorists. They’ve shut down the government so our military members won’t get paid. AND, they’re allowing Qatar to build a foreign AF base in Idaho.
💣🧨☄️💥🤯

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 16h

“If you gift me a sick jet, I’ll let you build an Air Force base base in Idaho. Tradesies!!!” ~ Donald Trump to government of Qatar, probably.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

www.bbc.com

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 16h

There is nothing Trump will not sell to line his pockets, including America. After accepting a $400 million jet and getting permission to build a golf course in Qatar, Trump is now welcoming the former terrorist state's air force where pilots will train to fly F-15s in Idaho. 👇

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Gloria Thompson @gloria514.bsky.social · 16h

What Rubbish ..

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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