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A pioneer/force-of-nature in public health has died. William Foege.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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brucedlittle.bsky.social
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."

Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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seancasten.bsky.social
I also rather like his line about a "fawning sycophant sidekick so emasculated in his quest for power that he lets racists degrade his wife and asks for more".
January 24, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
I look forward to the establishment of a Wiesenthal Center-like organization dedicated to identifying and hunting former DHS agents so that they may be held accountable.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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democracydmv.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I’m with @michaelfanone.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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thescot.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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braak.bsky.social
Just want to make sure that people understand, this guy isn't saying this because he's ignorant or stupid, he's saying it because he does not believe we should live in a free society. That is the entire Republican Party. They do not believe in living in a free society.
adamisacson.com Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1d
When an ICE agent confronts you is "when your due process ends," says the member of Congress from the largest border district.

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
“Training’s not going to fix this,” said Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). “This is really going to be a deescalation of people thinking they can harm agents or get away or evade. It has to be a point where people understand when they’re being confronted by an ICE agent, that’s at the end of the road. That’s not the beginning of the due process, it’s the end of the due process.”
January 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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kaine.senate.gov
My statement on the House-passed government funding bills:
If the Senate were to vote on these appropriations bills individually, I would support some of them. But the House is bundling six bills into a single package a week before a budget deadline and skipping town to try and jam senators into a single up or down vote. Appropriations bills shouldn’t just fund priorities; they should also place restraints on a runaway executive. (1/3) Where are the funding restrictions to stop the President from unilaterally taking our sons and daughters into illegal wars, even endless wars, even wars against allies? Or to block deploying our troops against American citizens, as he has done and is threatening to do again? Or to impose effective safeguards against ICE operations that inflame tensions within our cities, terrorize our communities, and make all of us less safe? Or to stop the wholesale firing of federal employees and the unilateral cancellation of congressionally-appropriated dollars? (2/3) Where are guardrails to stop the President from targeting states, like Virginia, that voted against him during his three presidential campaigns? We are not living in normal times. The President is acting chaotically and unlawfully and we shouldn’t give his deranged decisions the imprimatur of congressional approval by passing this legislation without significant amendment. (3/3)
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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altyellonatpark.org
The world today is living evidence that self appointed authority figures are seldom a good idea.
Fox staring at the camera from deep within the forest cover, just after a snowstorm.
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
After illegally abducting Maduro, Trump has just sold $250M of Venezuela's oil to Vitol.

John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.

Pay-to-play imperialism.
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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buffalopundit.bsky.social
Absolute idiocy
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d
Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully pretending to be a U.S. attorney from day one. Yet another embarrassment for the Trump DOJ. Good riddance.
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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buffalopundit.bsky.social
Someday we’ll learn why Trump decided to destroy this country.
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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jbf1755.bsky.social
Corruption beyond compare.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

[Gift article]
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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shashj.bsky.social
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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fancysplace.bsky.social
🎀🎀
January 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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cherokeechic71.bsky.social
Yep.
January 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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abbeyarletto.bsky.social
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
$1.5T for the military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
kramp47.bsky.social
Very smart compilation of companies that contract with ICE. HMMM. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
#Icesturmabteilung
malena.bsky.social Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 10d
His 6 month old stopped breathing!

HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!

A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!

His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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awmercer.bsky.social
We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
Charlie the orange cat lying on his side next to a black laser printer looking innocent while of paper are spilling out of the printer onto the floor.
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM