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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

Trump today said he "took freedom of speech away." Two-thirds of Americans (including 2 in 5 Republicans!) were already aware. www.pbump.net/o/even-2-in-...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5h

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

www.independent.co.uk

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 5h

Non-paywalled story

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Do young people need Covid boosters? Research shows more protection for ages 65 and older

Overall effectiveness of the Covid vaccines for all adults is similar to that of the annual flu shot, according to a large study of veterans.

www.nbcnews.com

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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 5h

Go get an updated COVID vaccination (and your flu shot while you're there too)

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6h

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 9h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 6h

A man has been arrested on charges he had explosive materials near a D.C. church that was preparing to celebrate an annual Mass marking the start of the U.S. Supreme Court's term, according to police and court records.

Man charged with having explosive materials near DC church hosting Red Mass

A New Jersey man has been arrested on charges that he had explosive materials in his possession near a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing to celebrate an annual Mass marking the start of the ...

www.nbcwashington.com

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 6h

But I now have Jack Nicholson in my head declaring, "This town needs an enema!"

Which ... is not an ideal thing to have in my head, but it's different.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 8h

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 11h

The Army Emergency Relief web page is crashing right now as the entire military grapples with the reality that they're probably not getting paid next week.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 11h

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 10h

Sorry, folks, the park's closed. The moose out front should have told you.

Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 10h

No, the notification profile was named Beer. You were named Stacy Kess. :P

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 13h

For some reason I had a "Notification profile," whatever that is. And it was named "Beer." So I didn't get any notifications! I'm so sorry.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 13h

is a rock in the room with us right now

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13h

The obvious question here is how you can indict when you're "just getting your hands around" the evidence.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 15h

This is the part that kills me. Rs literally did this *mere weeks ago* and it was barely a one-day story, already forgotten to the mists of time

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 15h

Every time a GOP Senator blames the shutdown on Democrats, a reporter should ask why they don’t just eliminate the filibuster for budget bills, like they just did for block confirmations.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

BREAKING: A Justice Department memo found that a key witness in the Trump-ordered prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey will actually undermine the entire case.
trib.al/yOqESml

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 15h

The Palm Beach International Airport is telling chemtrail plane pilots to stay away unless they have an appointment.

We used to be a country, a real country.

Airport Closure

02/1:19 PM EDT—27/6:59 PM EST

Closed TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH WEATHER MODIFICATION OR GEOENGINEERING EQUIPMENT EXC 24HR PPR 561-471-7420

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 19h

Hunter Biden says wtf

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

“.. the latest example of the Trump administration’s policy priorities overlapping with the business dealings of the president and his family.”

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