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NPR @npr.org · 7d

On hot button issues, a majority say children should be vaccinated; controlling gun violence is more important than gun rights; and Epstein files should be released, in a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

Poll: Agreement that political violence may be necessary to right the country grows

On hot button issues, a majority say children should be vaccinated; controlling gun violence is more important than gun rights; and Epstein files should be released, in a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17d

This is quite the post.

1. He unambiguously directs his AG to go after those who investigated him for his crimes

2. He admits being influenced by online chatter

He is mob bossing out in the open, because he knows he has corrupted every federal law enforcement agency into submission.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was said to be recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · Aug 25

“Unless you're gonna pretend to be a character from The Wire, ultimately what's attainable for people is compartmentalization, not anonymity." - @harloholm.es to @wired.com

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 22d

A DOJ study showing most domestic terrorism in the US comes from the far right is suddenly missing and replaced with a note saying DOJ is complying with Trump's executive order www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 26d

Charlie Kirk did push hate speech.

MSNBC Fires Analyst Who Said Charlie Kirk Pushed Hate Speech

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history

BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.

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Patrick Adams @jpatadams.bsky.social · Sep 4

Reporting on Republican vote to advance the Ambler Access Project, @nytimes.com notes copper is "crucial to renewable energy" but should clarify here that copper from THIS mine is not crucial and that it's abundant in the lower 48, per @americanprogress.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...

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Patrick Adams @jpatadams.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Opinion | ‘The Biggest Loser’ and America’s Addiction to Extreme Wellness

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Getting rid of vaccine mandates is a long-held goal of the medical freedom movement. Nearly two years ago, I went to Mississippi to write a story that foreshadowed what happened in Florida today.

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/u...

‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates (Published 2023)

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Sep 2

#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12:

georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 31

REP. BUDDY CARTER: What eroded confidence in the CDC was the covid vaccine

BEDINGFIELD: Who was president in 2020?

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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · Aug 28

From twitter, thanks for this image of @drdemetre.bsky.social from powerful CDC actions today, @jpatadams.bsky.social

And we will need many many more resignations and protests to have a hope of obstructing this death cult—for starters join us Sept 2 -> bit.ly/SAVEPEPFAR

#ImpeachRFKJr

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you for helping to clear Ms. Vlahos’s list last week!

Our next teacher is Mrs. Martel who is a high school teacher in New Jersey!

Clear Her List Here: bit.ly/4oW8UOL

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just a general FYI: I get that the CIA and FBI did some shady and crappy things in the 50s-80s. But if you are using those examples as referents for their (legal) powers *now,* you are showing your ignorance of some major constraints that were placed on them by Congress*

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 26

A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago.

As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses

As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here:

youtu.be/Lz9Cguax7oY

Trump BIGGEST FEAR Arrives as City Ready to ARREST ADMIN?!!

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Aug 27

bleak:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday suspended around 30 employees after those workers wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had gutted the nation’s ability to handle hurricanes, floods and other extreme weather disasters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...

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Patrick Adams @jpatadams.bsky.social · Aug 27

I’m hearing CDC leadership is investigating “an obscene sign” placed in the window of building 18.

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · Aug 26

Not how this country is supposed to work. And here’s hoping that this gasbag gets this point explained to him, by whatever means will do the job.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 26

Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."

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Patrick Adams @jpatadams.bsky.social · Aug 26

"The First Amendment allows Nazis to speak, but it does not ennoble Nazi speech. The fact that people say fascist things in a country with freedom of speech is how we know that they are fascists -- and that, if they themselves comes to power, they will end freedom of speech." - Timothy Snyder

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Aug 26

If flag burning really bothered Trump then he wouldn’t sign an order that simply encourages more flag burning.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our slide into authoritarian rule would not be possible without Trump's willing accomplices. William Pulte's corruption of the bureaucracy to single out the mortgages of Trump foes like Lisa Cook for "investigation" is the perfect example of this.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1996...

Furious Trump’s Firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook May Be about to Backfire

The fired Fed governor has filed suit against Trump—and the discovery process may allow her celebrated lawyer to find out if the White House ordered a Trump loyalist to move against her.

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Aug 24

Journalists writing about Trump's plans to send the National Guard to cities in blue states have to think carefully about how to frame it.

The federal government (including the National Guard) call it an anti-crime narrative. But it increasingly feels like that's a pretext for military occupation.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 25

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