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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 3h

One of my wackier improve the birth rate ideas is to make maternity leave mandatory, for everyone. Eg you have to take at least two year long sabbaticals during your 20s/30s whether you’re having a child during that time or not. We gotta ease up on the opportunity cost of having kids

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11h

But his DMs

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 12h

Why is the President of the United States trying to communicate with the Attorney General about government business via direct messages on the social media site he owns?

And is a direct message on a privately owned social media site kind of like a private email server?

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 13h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 2h

If ANY other president had been caught DMing directives for the Attorney General to indict his political enemies it would have been game over.
Impeached. Removed.

But not Trump.
With Donald Trump, it’s just another fucking day ending in Y.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h

The Antifa capitol of the world ... funded by George Soros and probably some other bad people with money. Everyone should be very very afraid.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

Trump: “I don’t know what could be worse than Portland. They don’t even have stores anymore”.

Portland: Busts out the inflatable frog, raccoon, bear and unicorn for a late night dance party.

This isn’t a city of dangerous criminals.

It’s a city of artists. Of writers. Of weirdos. Of resisters.

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Ethan @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 19h

Between the hidden Epstein files, Comey's political indictment and the militarisation of Democratic cities, the American rule of law is faltering. AG Bondi, supposed to embody impartial justice, is swept away in a storm threatening the last vestiges of judicial independence.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3h

Always glad to see masks back in healthcare… but I wish we would stop being reactionary and be proactive instead.

We know masks work.

That’s why they bring them back in response to outbreaks.

Keep masks in healthcare year round and you will save lives!

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 8h

USA: Mask rules are returning to Bay Area health care settings from Nov 1 as COVID, flu, and RSV cases rise.

Counties including Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz will require masks for workers, and in some cases patients and visitors, through spring.

Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears

By Aidin Vaziri,
Staff Writer
Oct 7, 2025

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what -- or who -- people believe increasingly depends on their politics. n.pr/3KF1CiO

59% of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.'s moves as health secretary, a new poll says

A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what -- or who -- people believe increasingly depends on their politics.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 15h

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 7h

The mental contortions Frum goes through so he can dismiss Zohran Mamdani's October 7th message could get him a gig with Cirque du Soleil.

David Frum:
This is a genuinely useful statement. The chilly formulaic language about the 10/7 atrocity ... the intense angry passion of the denunciation of Israel's self-defense ... together they arrestingly reveal what the author cares about and what/who he does not care about.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani:
My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.
Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more.
I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.
In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: a death toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language.
I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.
This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end.
Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.
These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.

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Carolyn Barthel ❌👑 @carolyncbarthel.bsky.social · 11h

“If you execute an unlawful order, you will go to jail. You cld go to jail for the rest of your life.”
Yet we shld do everything we can to let our military know that if they risk their careers & even their freedom to protect the Constitution, we'll stand w them.

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski.bsky.social · 10h

Too bad they're the wrong five words.

Everyone knows the right five words to make someone happy are, "I saved you some cake."

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 15h

Hannah Fry knows five words to make you happy.

A bit more economical than the Technomage's 14 words?

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@fryrsquared.bsky.social

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#babylon5 #b5

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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The Hearse Whisperer @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 11h

obviously he's a liar and a moron and thinks its 1992 but what we saw here was him claim Portland is a warzone, talk to the mayor of Portland and come back genuinely confused, and then a couple weeks later he's convinced again

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 18h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 19h

Americans are being far too complacent about masked government agents in unmarked vehicles grabbing people and taking them to unknown destinations.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 17h

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10h

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Packy Anderson @packyanderson.bsky.social · 9h

I don't know that one will have as much impact, because a lot of systems have been upgrading to 64b epoch time.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 19h

Though he certainly didn't appreciate the irony or have the imagination to see it this way, Booth's effort to topple a constitutional order through one decisive act of violence more than recalled Brown's, and his anticipation of a largely successful counterrevolution made him kind of the anti-Brown.

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 22h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

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