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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 19h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 20h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 14h

And while most in Congress from both parties recognize this, Mike Johnson’s head remains too far lodged into an orange ass to admit it.

The story is available here:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House says furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay amid shutdown

OMB argues an amendment to a 2019 act would not guarantee furloughed workers post-shutdown pay

www.theguardian.com

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Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 3h

He’s talking- that’s good. The more sunlight on nefarious 💩, the better.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3h

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 2d

🧵Today on the House Floor, I tried to force Speaker Johnson to swear-in Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won her election nearly two weeks ago but has yet to be seated.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you for that. So much.
Will share with Master Naturalist groups.
How can we help (more)?

Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 5h

The Trumpies are too busy chasing their games, to care about Nature specifically.
However, doing dumb things like defunding Americorps, lost us valuable interns.

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Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 5h

Nope. There is a cadre of #MasterNaturalists like myself, doing this work in every state. Join us!
VA provided for example.
Will share this work with our local group in WV!
So excited to find this!!

Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 5h

YES!! (Jumps around flinging milkweed puffs)

Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · Jun 30

What if we measured progress not just by income or life expectancy - but by how well we live with the rest of nature?

A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics.

Here’s why it matters.👇
#NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 18h

Read my latest Global Threads piece on what’s really going on 👇

open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...

How Washington Has Handed Putin a Sanctions Lifeline

The curious case of carrots, olive branches and Belarus

open.substack.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 5h

We lived in Germany 6 years.
First day, friends met us at the airport, showed us around Frankfurt.
I found holes in a building- deep in sandstone brick.
Asked why they never fixed it..
“So we will not forget.”
We must not forget.

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 1d

Exceptional essay from @brianbeutler.bsky.social:

"If the politics of tyranny were self-discrediting, we wouldn't need mantras like 'never again.'"

"Despotism doesn’t impose itself on everyone all at once. It creeps inward from the margins of society."

www.offmessage.net/p/the-median...

The Median Experience Of Tyranny

If the politics of tyranny were self-discrediting, we wouldn't need mantras like "never again."

www.offmessage.net

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Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 5h

Wow.

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21h

Just published, a study describing a taste-based flu test yes, chewing gum that could tell you if you have influenza. The gum contains a sensor that detects the flu enzyme neuraminidase & releases a compound called thymol that changes taste when the virus is present.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A Viral Neuraminidase-Specific Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza

Influenza has caused the deadliest pandemics in history, thereby prompting advances in our ability to ensure vigilance at all stages of future outbreaks. Quarantining patients early is crucial when it...

pubs.acs.org

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Mle Gordon @edgegrrl.bsky.social · 5h

Gotta call it what it is.

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."