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Gayle Dourn Plantz @plantz3610.bsky.social · 2h

Read this thread, please

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 3h

Part 1 The Grinding Collapse of Decency Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down By Michael Jochum On this Monday morning, October 5, less than a month away

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. The catch? Children and their parents can’t pick the stocks or reject donated shares, and they can’t sell for five years.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

Do not believe him Senator. Can't believe i have to tell you that.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

I already see us getting a news cycle parsing through Trump's "let 'em take out Los Angeles" comments, with media folks straining themselves to give the most charitable interpretation of what he actually meant. But one thing's clear - that Nebraska crowd cheered on the prospect of LA getting nuked.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

What if a democratic president said this... I know nothing he says matters but San Diego/Coronado is where we train Navy Seals. Does he know this? I wonder.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

Yes. I can make it but the Fresh Market carries Rustichella d'Abruzzo pappardelle. Amazing stuff, saves me a ton of time.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

What cannot wait is the health of our children. The sooner we get rid of him, the sooner we can get back to a science based approach to vaccinations, keeping everyone safer. /out

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah diesel is high but what is $7/gallon when you've lost your little one to a preventable disease? Can't put a price on that. What HHS Secretary RFK Jr is doing is criminal, get rid of his ass first. The Iran war is gonna be here for a while, impeaching Hegseth can wait. 2/

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

I know everyone is talking about the loss of oversight and norms re the Iran war, blatant financial corruption but to me and I think I'm not alone here among health professionals, it will take years to come back from the damage republicans have done to public health. 1/

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

Kushner and Steve Witkoff are using the Russia-Ukraine talks to help their industry buddies. trib.al/DIlSFLI

trib.al

Jared Kushner Secretly Uses Another War to Boost His Buddies

Kushner and Steve Witkoff are using the Russia-Ukraine talks to help their industry buddies.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

When we had a rigorous public health tracking system but now...

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 15h

Sausage with peppers. Kickin’ it old school.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 16h

Well one could google it if one doesn't have access to a PDB, so I did, won't change a damn thing.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 16h

The only conclusion one can come up with is that republicans are hell bent on forcing women to give birth and then killing their children. I am not wrong here.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 18h

The pneumonic plague would be devastating to a population even w/o genetic modification. Tx must be instituted within 24 hrs of infection to be effective. Infection in a large pop and widespread antibiotic use would surely lead to antibiotic resistance.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 18h

Thom Tillis out on the circuit for his lame book tour blaming everyone except trump. Who nominated all these people? Was there someone, say in the senate, who could have not voted to confirm this person?

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 18h

I don't doubt that the Russians were trying to develop a bioweapon but the plague has been around forever and is pretty easily treated with common antibiotics if caught very early. It is highly contagious and could wreak havoc on a population w/o having to genetically modify it.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 18h

What happened to the WHPC solidarity? Why are you there? What big breaking news are ya gonna get except the continued stupid he spews?

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 18h

The pneumonic plague has been around forever, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is treatable with antibiotics if caught early, it has not gotten stronger or smarter. PSA: Ivermectin and Hydroxychoroquine are NOT effective.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20h

This proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 20h

Financial gain, lol. Most practices barely break even and often lose money on vaccines.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21h

Considering the White House is barring Politico from boarding Air Force One today, leaving it unable to fulfill its out-of-town travel press pool duties, it seems very likely that CNN is gonna get rejected again this week when its turn comes up (twice) in the TV pool. www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/m...

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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One amid press access lawsuit | CNN Business

The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026

Spot the difference

Side-by-side comparison of three social media posts announcing the death of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert at age 84. On the left, Fox News posts, “BREAKING: Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dead at 84,” above a photo of Hastert raising his hand at a microphone. In the center, CBS News posts, “Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died,” above a photo of Hastert walking through the U.S. Capitol. On the right, MeidasTouch posts, “Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a ‘serial child molester.’ He was a registered sex offender.” The MeidasTouch post includes an image of Hastert speaking from the House floor with a C-SPAN chyron identifying him as Speaker of the House.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeah Sam, all those women with their silly ideas of not wanting to become wards of the state the minute they become pregnant.

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."

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The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice

Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

But that may soon change. According to all the polls, Democrats have a virtual lock on winning the House by a large margin. In addition, polls indicate a high probability that they will also take the Senate. And this means subpoena

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He brushes it off, but that only makes him more charming: Jon Ossoff has sex appeal. To judge by the thirst edits out there of him, lots of it. You can say this shouldn't matter, but it does. If he's up against JD or Rubio in 2028, it will matter a lot. www.salon.com/2026/10/05/j...

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Jon Ossoff's not-so-secret weapon against JD Vance and Marco Rubio

The rising Democratic star has what his GOP opponents lack: old-fashioned sex appeal

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit Donald Trump tries to take our voice and power away. What do we tell him? Your fucking hands off our vote

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So I rewatched 'The Post' this morning and I couldn't decide whether to scream or cry. It was on an HBO channel, I think they were trolling, assholes. Anyway, how far has our media fallen?

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And think about how shitty you have to be as a 'journalist" to exploit this guy.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)

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Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schools

According to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva...

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hell any of the sedatives we use for prolonged intubation could produce these hallucinations.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

People who we put on ventilators are highly sedated and when I say highly, I mean they are not awake because often we have to use paralytics so they don't fight the vent. So whatever this guy thinks he saw was a figment of his imagination.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Okay, I pinked slipped a shit ton of Jesuses, totally not kidding, very common delusion but this guy needs a double pink slip.

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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Symptoms of gradual aspirin poisoning, drowsiness, confusion, hallucinations. Hello

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Wolfers: Imagine we had a female president who was so idiosyncratic and so moody and whose policy decisions were up and down like crazy... Could you just imagine the coverage? It’s utterly bizarre what we allow to happen.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.

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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'

J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.

The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How are they able to do this is a good question. Traditionally, use of IRS data by others is not permitted without statutory permission. I figured this came through the OBBBA, and IRS is part of Treasury, but the last line here suggests some creative lawerly reinterpretation was needed.

How is the Treasury authorized to create an account for my child?
The big tax and policy bill that Congress passed in July 2025 added a section to the federal tax code — known as 530A — that gave the Treasury permission to create children’s initial accounts. This week, the I.R.S. issued temporary rules that accelerate that process, while also proposing final rules that allow the public to comment.

The Trump administration had been under pressure from policymakers, philanthropists and researchers who study such accounts to automatically enroll children, based on a variety of research showing that low-earning families particularly benefit when children are automatically enrolled in investment accounts.

But the administration had to come up with a structure that would allow the creation of individual accounts while also adhering to rules that say federal tax return information must remain confidential. The Treasury and I.R.S. had previously believed that was a major hurdle.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck

RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump-appointed head of DOJ's civil rights office wondering why the most powerful women in Washington are primarily on the left when the current vogue in right wing politics is debating the merits of the 19th Amendment

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The NYT story is a great example of NYT making informing readers subordinate to pushing their agenda. If you read it carefully, it's clear that Democrats have largely decided to counter attack by saying Rs are obsessed with trans issues and neglecting things that impact ordinary Americans.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But November 3 is one month away, and even with the ocean in front of me, I cannot pretend that what happens back home is somebody else’s responsibility. In my lifetime, I cannot remember an election that felt more consequential. And I am tired of hearing that assessment

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