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Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h

RFKJr Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/health/kennedy-marrazzo-nih.html

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who was on administrative leave, alleged that the Trump administration had defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.

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KrissyKat @krissykat.hoosier.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

ICE officials are driving without license plates in Illinois. They have been accused of several hit-and-run incidents in Broadview.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/09/federal-immigration-officers-ice-dhs-license-plates-immigration

#news #chicago #uspol #illinois #law

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

#colombia's president says latest boat struck by orders of #trump admin was carrying Colombians.

“There is no war against smuggling; there is a war for oil and it must be stopped by the world.

The aggression is against all of Latin America and the Caribbean." […]

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Remember how batshit crazy the #farright got when they thought Biden standing with Ukraine meant boots on the ground, even though it didn’t?

The #us is sending ~200 troops to #israel to help *support* & *monitor* #ceasefire deal in #gaza

#trump is sending ~200 troops to Israel to help support […]

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SouprMatt @mls14.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@Nonilex No foreign wars… yeah right.

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@jonesmurphy Candidates distancing themselves from Trump is a good sign for all of us.

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Jones Murphy @jonesmurphy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The Smith report found that Trump "inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence" on Jan. 6 and knowingly spread an objectively false narrative about election fraud in the 2020 election. Smith wrote that he believed Trump would have been convicted had he not been elected to the […]

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier today, DOJ basically told the judge in the Kilmar Abrego case they were going to blow off the vindictive prosecution claim.

His attorneys responded, fine, then the criminal case must be dismissed.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ultimately, as the defense explained in its Status Report, to the extent the government
maintains its position that it will not produce the relevant discovery, under a claim of privilege or
otherwise, the government cannot rebut Mr. Abrego’s demonstrated, prima facie case of
vindictiveness, making dismissal of this case the only proper remedy. (Dkt. 146 at 3-4).

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Judge Perry is now taking on the idea that Trump's decision is not subject to judicial review.👏

She says 10 USC 12406 permits federalization of guard troops in 3 instances, "not whenever *he* determines when one of them is met," Perry says.

#trump #law #judiciary #nationalguard […]

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Nice!

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "#credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit #trumpttps://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the #Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state & local law enforcement. … #dhs' perception of events are simply [#unreliable."

[Hell yeah they […]

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Jones Murphy @jonesmurphy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The Spaniards settled North America starting a century before the British. There's no way that this is the 1st time Latinos reached over 20% of what's now the USA

https://thehill.com/latino/5543857-us-latino-population-growth/

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

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

My post:

There's SOOOOOO many reasons the distinction matters, not least that DOJ didn't even try to charge 6 cases in Chicago.

Claiming this is jury nullification lets DHS off easy for the bullshit charges they're arresting.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...

Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 18% - emptywheel

Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Second, A QUARTER of the FBI agents who haven't been fired are searching for grannies to deport.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Two stories about how Stephen Miller is drawing resources away from actually security to hunt down grannies.

First cybersecurity.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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SouprMatt @mls14.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@thetnholler.bsky.social “We had to shoot him because he was in our way.”

That is not an acceptable reason!

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Jones Murphy @jonesmurphy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

“Trump seemed to be very proud to have ‘Blacks for Trump’ at all of his rallies and behind the podium, but not behind him in the cabinet meetings,” said Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, the president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think tank that tracks Black representation in […]

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#troops IN #us CITIES

#nationalguard deployments by the #trump admin

#chicago area: 500
About 300 #illinois troops & 200 #texas troops are expected on the streets soon.

#portland, #oregon: Currently None
Federal judge temporarily blocked deployment of #california troops staged near the city […]

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO Mayor Brandon Johnson on Trump calling for him to be jailed: “This president is unstable, unhinged, a threat to our democracy.”

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SouprMatt @mls14.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@cdarwin I keep trying to send this message. I see people posting “there wont be any more elections” or “just buy guns and lock yourself in your basement.”

Seriously? People are gonna just give up to this circus of incompetent fascisf cosplayers?

Thank you for this.