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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 18d

A Few Thoughts on KimmelGeddon talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...

A Few Thoughts on KimmelGeddon

Let me start by noting the obvious: What we saw yesterday with...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18d

I understand this ad is running in Texas this weekend during football games 👀

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18d

Holy shit www.youtube.com/watch?v=emiB...

Pledge of Allegiance

YouTube video by Save America Movement

www.youtube.com

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Aug 27

@tommalinowski.bsky.social: "The parts of government that do the most good are the parts you never hear about, because when they succeed, nothing happens: no disease outbreaks, or terror attacks, or financial crashes, or horrible accidents.

These are the parts being slowly dismantled today."

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Aug 27

Breaking via @aliroginpbs.bsky.social

At least 3 CDC leaders have resigned tonight:

Dan Jernigan, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Deb Houry, chief medical officer

Demetre Daskalakis, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Possibly more TK

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Aug 27

Absolutely no deviations from the strict party line of Trump and RFK Jr. will be allowed, science-be-damned.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

CDC director ousted after RFK Jr. pushed her to change vaccine policy

Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Aug 21

Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened:
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...

Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics

US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

www.cnn.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Aug 21

New euphemism for "corrupt authoritarian abuses of power" just dropped

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · Aug 7

RFK wants to lean into “whole cell” vaccine technology, which has existed for decades, comes with increased risk of side effects and can take years to develop.

mRNA vaccine technology comes with far decreased risk of side effects and can take mere months to develop.

Make it make sense!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 22

I’m sorry — *Cracker Barrel* is too woke for the Trump administration?

Cracker Barrel?!?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 22

A Legal group founded by Stephen Miller calls for federal and Tennessee investigations into Cracker Barrel for its DEI policies — “because initiatives are focused on supporting workers who are women, Black, LGBTQ+, or Latino”

www.newsweek.com/cracker-barr...

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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · Jul 9

Trump's Pretense Of Following The Law. And What We Can Do About It.
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Trump's Pretense Of Following The Law. And What We Can Do About It.

Trump‘s effort to shut down asylum applications by declaring an “invasion” at the southern border was rejected by a federal district judge last Wednesday.

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Wayne Smith 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @wayneesmith.bsky.social · Jul 7

An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title Schröinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Jul 7

This does not inspire much confidence in the NYT. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

Despite some public criticism and internal grumbling, the paper’s leadership has continued to back the piece.

One person familiar with the editorial process noted that the Times’ senior editors were aligned on whether to publish the piece, which was read and greenlit by multiple top editors before its’ publication. Others on staff that spoke with Semafor on the condition of anonymity said the reaction to the piece showed why it was important to tackle it.

“The fact that this story engendered all the conversation and debate that it has feels like all the evidence you need that this was a legit line of reporting,” one senior reporter told Semafor.

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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Week Ahead
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The Week Ahead

July 6, 2025

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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · Jul 6

Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...

Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy

TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...

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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · Jul 6

What a fucking gullible ignorant moron.

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WIRED @wired.com · Jul 5

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the National Weather Service, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. What’s more, they say it underscores the need to sustain funding to the crucial agency.

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.

www.wired.com

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Jul 4

Your occasional reminder that climate change makes intense rain events more intense.

At this point, the question is not "did climate change affect this" but instead "how much of an affect did climate change have?"

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...

Heavy Rains Cause Deadly Flooding and Evacuations in Texas

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 6

👇🏽 🎯 💰 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 5

You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 5

We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.

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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · Jul 6

Trump's Brutal & Bellicose Bill; Standing Up for America as a Nation of Immigrants
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Trump's Brutal & Bellicose Bill; Standing Up for America as a Nation of Immigrants

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · Jul 4

Trump's civil war
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Trump's civil war

And our new birth of freedom

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Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · Jul 4

Surprise!

Republicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.

Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 3

Mike Johnson: "The reconciliation bill was a big, giant leap forward, but we're gonna do this again. We're gonna have a second reconciliation package in the fall, and a third in the spring of next year."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 3

Mike Johnson is going to lie right through it: "What we did in Medicaid in strengthen the program, strengthen that safety net so that it is available for the people who need it most ... we're gonna make young abled-bodied men who are able to work work."

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · Jul 3

Not a dog whistle, but a fog horn

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 3

Rollins: "President Trump is American in ways the founders would understand & the pioneers who tamed this former wilderness would have instantly recognized. He's American in ways Iowans absolutely understand, so much that he won hearts & minds of Iowans & Americans not once, not twice, but 3 times."

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