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Sandy Laping
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Sandy Laping @sandylaping.bsky.social · Aug 11
Check out this great resource - now with a download function!

#TAT #TrumpActionTracker
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Aug 11
**NEW FEATURE**
As our TrumpActionTracker gallops towards 1000 authoritarian actions, we've added a new feature for downloading the data!

You can choose to download filtered actions - e.g. just a specific time period, or with a specific key word or a single domain.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
Sickening.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 1d
Past surgeon generals alongside psychiatric bodies all calling for Kennedy to go citing his attacks on vaccines that look set to reduce access to vaccines and therapies to tackle substance abuse
Past surgeons general warn HHS Secretary Kennedy must go
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d
Sunday's actions were all about trying - and failing - and trying - and failing to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Oregon. It's really confusing, so I break it down in this video...

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Trump's authoritarian actions Sunday 5th October 2025 - all about the National Guard
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Those Nerdy Girls @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 2d
Check out this podcast episode featuring our CSO @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
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"In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe talks with Elisabeth Marnik, PhD about bridging the gap between science and everyday life, especially when it comes to kids’ health."
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Parenting Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Who speaks for kids when lawmakers, the government, and elected officials are making decisions about their education, health and safety? You do! Children need ou...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 3d
“Goering shouted, ‘This [the Reichstag fire] is the beginning of the Communist revolution! We must not wait a minute. We will show no mercy. Every Communist official must be shot, where he is found. Every Communist deputy must this very night be strung up.’”

- Rise & Fall of the Third Reich, p 139
个 Post ••• Stephen Miller • @StephenM X.com The issue before is now is very simple and clear. There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded. And it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks. 1:59 PM • 10/4/25 • 5.1M Views 10K 27 21K 83K 2.3K 1
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d
This reads far better in the original German, where of course the discussion would have been about Jews, Poles, gypsies, gays, Communists and Social Democrats. Still, Miller's model for all his rhetoric and action plans is unambiguous.
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Sandy Laping @sandylaping.bsky.social · 3d
you can read about all the actions here: www.trumpactiontracker.info?
it's chilling and it's getting worse, but we won't stop chronicling what's happening.. looking away is not an option
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d
A 4-minute run down of what authoritarian things Trump did on Friday 3rd October...

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Trump's authoritarian actions - Friday Oct 3rd 2025.
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Those Nerdy Girls @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 9d
2/ For additional information, check out the full post by Nerdy Girl Cindy Leifer, PhD @cindyleifer.bsky.social here:
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Your Shingles vaccine questions answered
There were so many questions on our recent Shingles vaccine post (February 4, 2025) that we decided to make it a post! Here we answer some nerdy
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Those Nerdy Girls @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 9d
1/ Watch this video for answers to some of your nerdy questions on the #ShinglesVaccine, but remember, you should always talk to your physician about specific recommendations for you.
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Those Nerdy Girls @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 6d
1/ The United States Public Health Service (#USPHS) is one of the federal uniformed services of the U.S. made up of highly skilled #publichealth professionals. Think of them as America’s Health Responders.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d
Trump’s efforts to militarize ICE & send federalized Nat'l Guard troops onto American streets, firing government employees during the shutdown, it's all part of Project 2025, which he disavowed all knowledge of during the campaign because it was so unpopular.

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Project 2025: Taking on the Constitution
Another Saturday night in America.
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Sandy Laping @sandylaping.bsky.social · 3d
"legal insurrection" - it gets more chilling by the day...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d
Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary
@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.
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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 3d
Grim. I hope (and expect) the mosque receives messages of solidarity and support from the local Jewish and other communities. Good time to reach out to Muslim friends and neighbours.
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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 4d
This is grim. Solidarity with my Muslim brothers and sisters.

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Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 4d
This is another damning picture of Kennedy refusing to meet with senior scientists and get advice about infections or vaccines whilst he spreads disinformation #healthpolicy
A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
A bronze-colored statue depicting Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein holding hands and kicking up their legs in apparent merriment has returned to the National Mall, a week after the National Park Service removed it. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/48fvUlU
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5d
Justice Jackson's sharp dissent accuses her Republican-appointed colleagues of abusing the court's shadow docket "to allow this Administration to disrupt as many lives as possible, as quickly as possible." She also takes a dig at their refusal to write opinions explaining their actions.
exigency or any other pru dent threshold limitation on the exercise of our discretion— and wordlessly override the considered judgments of our colleagues. We once again use our equitable power (but not our opinion-writing capacity) to allow this Administration to disrupt as many lives as possible, as quickly as possible.
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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d
This was taken two nights ago outside Portland’s ICE facility. According to the Trump administration a guy in a chicken suit counts as a reign of terror.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d
Today's update on yesterday's Trump authoritarian actions. It was a bumper day, so I just do the top 10 :-/

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Top 10 Trump authoritarian actions - Thurs 2 October 2025
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Sandy Laping @sandylaping.bsky.social · 7d
Daily Trump Action Tracker news, jump right in and have a listen!
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 7d
📢 I've decided to do regular 2-3 mins video updates of latest authoritarian antics of Trump administration on YouTube & TikTok.

Have been inspired by reading how many people get their news there and how dominated it is by the right.
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Professor Christina Pagel
I'm Professor Christina Pagel at University College London. My research is in health systems. I'm passionate about science, public health, supporting diversity in the sciences, and protecting liberal ...
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Sandy Laping @sandylaping.bsky.social · 8d
"The path to fascism is lined with people who tell you to stop exaggerating"
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Frankie0400🦋🖇️ @frankie0400.bsky.social · 8d
Hierzu das passende Bild.
Bild einer dunklen Straße, die schwach von Laternen beleuchtet ist. Es ist etwas neblig. Rechts sind 2 Bäume zu erkennen. Text: Der Weg zum Faschismus ist gesäumt mit Menschen, die dir sagen, dass du aufhören sollst, zu übertreiben.
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Frankie0400🦋🖇️ @frankie0400.bsky.social · 8d
Hierzu das passende Bild.
Bild einer dunklen Straße, die schwach von Laternen beleuchtet ist. Es ist etwas neblig. Rechts sind 2 Bäume zu erkennen. Text: Der Weg zum Faschismus ist gesäumt mit Menschen, die dir sagen, dass du aufhören sollst, zu übertreiben.
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