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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 11h

We continue to work on confirming each CDC person impacted tonight to get accurate counts. Please reach out to @altcdc.altgov.info or @firedbutfighting.bsky.social through DMs if you need to be connected to support.
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Fired But Fighting

Fired But Fighting is a network of former CDC professionals, including scientists, communicators, policy analysts, public health experts, who are standing together to demand transparency, accountabili...

www.firedbutfighting.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 13h

RIFed:

OSSAM - Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management

Let this sink in. They are getting rid of federal employees tasked w/ protecting sensitive public health data - that we would NOT want foreign entities to get access to.

(Foreign entities - China, etc. But can we add Vought🤮💩 too?)

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12h

✅Our union is requesting that RIF notices be sent to [email protected] with your name, CIO/division/branch, FTE status and tenure
✅you can join the union here: www.afge2883ga.org
✅See resources from previously fired colleagues: firedbutfighting.org

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xsqrd.bsky.social @xsqrd.bsky.social · 19d

Business card sized cards/stickers for anyone who wants to print them at home: tinyurl.com/kilroy2025. Additional details at tinyurl.com/ROAR-Kilroy (a @50501movement.bsky.social group).

#KilroyWasHere

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MyRadar @myradar.bsky.social · 2d

Turn off your lights! 1.2 BILLION birds are migrating over the East Coast, Tennessee Valley, Ohio Valley, Appalachians and Deep South each night! This is the most I've ever seen.

There are so many birds that we can see them on weather radar – that's why we're seeing so much "clutter"!

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

You know who takes a cognitive test? People whose family members suspect their loved one is suffering from dementia. If he kept getting “perfect” scores…they wouldn’t keep administering them. My take? He blew the first one he ever took. Now, they’re tracking the decline. I’d bet my hot coffee on it.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

propublica.org

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uuann.bsky.social @uuann.bsky.social · 18h

#SwearHerIn

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

I want to see Congress flipped and even if we don't get the necessary votes in the Senate to convict... I want to see daily impeachments. Because damn, there are daily impeachable acts.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 1d

After changing the rules of the confirmation process, Senate Republicans confirmed a massive batch of 107 Trump nominees, including Solicitor of Labor Jonathan Berry.

A Project 2025 author, he is a threat to all workers -- but especially women.

10 Reasons Jonathan Berry's Nomination is a Threat to Women | National Partnership for Women & Families

Jonathan Berry, a key architect of the labor chapter of Project 2025, represents a significant threat to gender equity and civil rights in America. His nomination to serve as solicitor of labor – the ...

nationalpartnership.org

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d

Sure seems weird that we are allowing a foreign military base on US soil….

From a country that is known to harbor and financially support multiple terror groups that want to harm America.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21h

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Bigfoot19 @bigfoot19.bsky.social · 1d

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 21h

ICE keeps grabbing US citizens. wweek.com/news/2025/10...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21h

1. do not send read receipt
2. forward to personal email
3. wait for union language before responding
4. download docs (eOPF etc) quickly; expect to lose network access
5. ensure a non-gov email way to access mypay and other benefits
6. book Dr appointments and Rx filled

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uuann.bsky.social @uuann.bsky.social · 20h

“reasonable nexus”??? Like speaking Spanish?

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...

Accordingly, if an individual across the street from a federal building throws a rock or bottle at FPS officers on federal property, as many of these rioters are wont to do, FPS can leave federal property and either arrest the malefactors or take other appropriate action in line with FPS's continuum of force policies. FPS could even enter a private residence containing an identified sniper blocks away from a federal facility in order to eliminate that exigent threat. There is simply no legal barrier to FPS taking action off federal property where a reasonable nexus to protecting that property exists.

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 1d

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

“None of these statements are true.”

MEMPHIS DA Steve Mulroy FACT-CHECKS @AGPamBondi’s sworn testimony before Congress.

His post (with Spandau Ballet soundtrack 🎵): www.instagram.com/p/DPmv-WKEil...

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Response from Sam Lau, Spokesperson, @hrc.org, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization:

"Yes, Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears, that is indeed discrimination. Vote for Abigail Spanberger."

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

AS: My opponent has also previously said that she thinks it’s okay for someone to be fired from their job for being gay. That is discrimination.

WES: That’s not discrimination! (2/2)

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