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Rep. Jake Auchincloss @repauchincloss.bsky.social · 1d

Every GOP Senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr. and now stays silent as he crusades against vaccines, which have saved 150+ million lives, is complicit in the disease outbreaks that may result.

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve also apparently been saying “Godot” wrong my whole life. I learn a lot today!

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 3d

Blown away this afternoon by #WaitingForGodot on Broadway. @alexwinter.com and Keanu Reeves are incredible together (not surprisingly) and the whole production (set, lighting) was so powerful. Seeing a show about friendship with my friend of 34 years made it that much better.

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 6d

@marisakabas.bsky.social did you see what HUD has on their official website? www.hud.gov Blaming the radical left. These people are evil.

HUD Home | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

www.hud.gov

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 7d

“Now this is just between you and me, smashed hat.” youtu.be/A-uNdtOno-I?...

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 7d

it's okay government, i'm down too

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10d

Is there an app to keep track of American mass shootings

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 13d

Every pharmaceutical company digs one hole in the ground and puts up a sign.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13d

“Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America.”

Trump: Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented
Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America. "IS BUILDING" will be defined as, "breaking ground" and/or "under
construction." There will, therefore, be no Tariff on these Pharmaceutical Products if construction has started. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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9/25/25, 4:24 PM

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 15d

“The “refrigerator mother” myth was used as a justification for taking children away from their parents and subjecting the kids to ever-harsher treatments…now the Trump administration is poised to start a new cycle in which moms are once again blamed for their kids’ autism.”

My latest.

Opinion | Once again, people are blaming mothers for their kids’ autism

"While the Trump administration seems obsessed with autism, they never actually talk about the kinds of things that would improve our lives," David M. Perry writes.

www.startribune.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15d

If my writing about autism does anything, whether it be in my books, my columns or my reported stories, I hope it advances the idea that autistic people are whole human beings as they are with legitimate needs and inner lives that deserve to be told the same as other stories.

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 15d

This is despicable.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 16d

Things today's White House autism announcement did not do:

-Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families
-Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear
-Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 16d

What this will do to my already ostracized children is terrifying to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump says he wants to eliminate autism by the end of his term

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump says he wants to eliminate autism by the end of his term

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 16d

This is so incredibly dangerous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 16d

Never doubt that we have the power to fight back when we work together. Enough is enough.

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 16d

Is anyone following the money on leucovorin? Who benefits by promoting this drug as a “cure”?

I’m mortified (but not surprised) that we are back to blaming mothers for “harming their children” while pregnant.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17d

REPOSTED: President Donald Trump plans to announce Monday that using Tylenol during pregnancy could contribute to autism risk. Trump will also highlight leucovorin, a cancer and anemia drug, as a potential therapy for people with autism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump administration to link Tylenol use to risk of autism

The president is expected to say that acetaminophen, the most commonly used pain reliever during pregnancy, should only be used for high fevers.

www.politico.com

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18d

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19d

Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) on this moment. Not just the transcript but the video of a floor speech yesterday. A rallying cry:

Transcript: Congressman Crow's Floor Speech on the Concerning State of US Politics & the Path Forward to Unite Our Country

WASHINGTON — A transcript of Congressman Jason Crow's (D-CO-06) full speech from the House floor.

crow.house.gov

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 19d

Yeah. Here too.

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Alysia @akb5.bsky.social · 19d

This year, I have canceled @amazonprime.bsky.social, @paramountplusbr.bsky.social, and now Disney+. It may be a drop in the bucket for them, but I can’t support streaming services that capitulate and censor free speech.
Putting my money into @pbs.org.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19d

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: Hundreds of comedians have signed onto a letter, supporting Jimmy Kimmel and saying that when the government targets one of them, it targets all of them.

Read the statement below.

bit.ly/Comedians4Ki...

Comedians statement

Statement by comedians on the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s show: It’s a dark time for comedians and, by extension, for all Americans. Every culture needs humor. It’s how we heal and how we connect...

bit.ly

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