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SlobberHog

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Razorback fan, international traveler, in search of fine charcuterie

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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SlobberHog @banjofiend.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Rural America is full is surprises. Is that Putin?
Billboard of a possum with Vladimir Putin’s face. The words say “Eat More Possum That’s what Frank Says”
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Nicholas Handler @nicholashandler.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
This is key. The diminishment of SCOTUS will become a sociological fact before it becomes codified in law. That process is now very well underway.
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Honey what’s wrong you’ve barely touched your Malort sno-cone
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Alistair Kitchen @alistairkitchen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Breaking:   WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
So RFK Jr’s “special advisor” is claiming that the COVID vaccine “will be completely pulled off the market for EVERYONE very sooN. THEN an investigation” while abandoning the millions of Americans disabled by SARS-CoV-2.
Aseem Malhotra: “[the covid vaccine] will be pulled off the market for EVERYONE very soon. then An investigation whilst undertaking research and looking at best practice to help vaccine injured. There will be no REAL MAHA until this is dealt with head on”
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 28/05/2025
New, by me: Data broker giant LexisNexis has revealed that its risk solutions unit (think "know your customer," risk assessing, due diligence, and law enforcement assistance) was breached, affecting the personal data and Social Security numbers of at least 364,000 people.
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Data broker giant LexisNexis says breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people | TechCrunch
The data collector said the stolen data includes Social Security numbers.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Democrats don’t canvass in my rural community, but neither do Republicans. The difference is that churches often do the work of the Republican Party three times a week…
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/05/2025
In the (free to read) charts newsletter this week, I went long on age and death in Congress. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money. This is murder. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Cost-cutting tactics

The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative.

Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams “budgets” showing how many hospital admissions they had “left” to use up on nursing home patients.

The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with “do not resuscitate” – or DNR – and “do not intubate” orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays.

Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their “code status” to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/05/2025
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
wired.com
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 17/04/2025
2026: "I'm going on an overseas vaccination." "Don't you mean vacation?"
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SlobberHog @banjofiend.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
At this point, I think we can safely assume China, Russia, North Korea, any foreign intelligence service really, also has full access to every government system that DOGE has touched. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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SlobberHog @banjofiend.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I feel like this isn’t getting talked about enough. White House is flooding the zone with tariff talk and covering up a lot of shocking stuff www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump authorizes US military to take control of land at US-Mexico border
Order allows armed forces to take ‘direct roll’ in securing southern border, which Trump memo says ‘is under attack’
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Jennifer X. Pumpkins 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
strange women lying in ponds distributing swords starting to look like a reasonable basis for a system of government
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 09/04/2025
Trump Orders DOJ To Investigate Prominent Critic in Shocking Oval Office Remarks: ‘I Think He’s Guilty of Treason’
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Trump Orders DOJ To Investigate Prominent Critic in Shocking Oval Office Remarks: ‘I Think He’s Guilty of Treason’
Trump went so far as to accuse Taylor of committing treason, a capital offense, for writing about what he saw during Trump’s first term. The post Trump Orders DOJ To Investigate Prominent Critic in Shocking Oval Office Remarks: ‘I Think He’s Guilty of Treason’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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SlobberHog @banjofiend.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
@kenwhite.bsky.social seems like this is going to keep getting worse www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Makled said he responded: "I said, 'T'm not a famous lawyer. Let's get to the bottom. What's the issue here?' "
According to Makled, there were two men in the room with him. One told him it's a federal crime to lie to a federal agent.
"I'm aware of that," Makled said. "But you're not identifying yourself."One agent handed him a pamphlet about confiscating phones at the border. Makled, who is familiar with the law, said he was well aware that the government can confiscate one's phone for a period of time and then give it back. But he said he told the agents he wasn't going to let them have his phone because it contained privileged information with all of his clients.
So, he said, the agents asked for a list of texts that he believed to be privileged. Makled said he told them that that was impossible given his thousands of texts.
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Jaime Santos @jaimesantos.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
If there is a right to notice and judicial review before being removed to a Salvadoran prison, but habeas is the only avenue for vindicating one’s rights not to be unlawfully removed, then what happens if the government *violates* one’s substantive and procedural rights before removing someone?
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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Did you know that over 60% of medical devices used in the US are imports? And 61% of fresh fruit? If you thought healthcare was already too expensive in the US, it’s only going to get worse. open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
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These new US tariffs are silly. They're also potentially deadly.
The price of staying healthy just went up.
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The Marshall Islands, the last UN member without a national football team, have locked in their first games 🇲🇭 Springdale, AR—home to the largest overseas Marshallese community—will stage the Outrigger Cup in August, also featuring Turks and Caicos, US Virgin Islands and Guam ⚽️
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/03/2025
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
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DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
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Chron.com @chron.com · 13/03/2025
Galveston County law enforcement is asking residents if they can stay in their homes for free: www.chron.com/news/article...
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Deputies ask to stay at Galveston County residents' homes for free
Galveston law enforcement is asking residents to volunteer their homes for Jeep Weekend.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Trump administration terminating leases for Social Security offices in Batesville, Forrest City, Jonesboro & Texarkana as part of Elon Musk's cost-cutting rampage, 40/29 News reports. #Arkansas #arnews #arleg #arpx www.4029tv.com/article/arka...
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DOGE shutters four Social Security offices in Arkansas
Arkansas is losing four Social Security offices, a Small Business Administration office, a National Parks Service site, and others.
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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This is going to wake up a whole lot of people
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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Rob Glover @robglover.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program invites graduate students from abroad to come study in the US and guarantees funding for them to do so paid in a monthly stipend. Yesterday, some FFSP scholars received notification that they're only getting a week of their stipend.
Email sent to FFSP.
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WIRED @wired.com · 27/02/2025
"It’s worse than you think because by the time the courts catch up, the damage will already have been done. It’s worse than you think because the people running the government seem to have no higher mission than to watch it burn," @brbarrett.bsky.social writes:
wired.com
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
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The puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 25/02/2025
Long COVID protection #Medsky
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COVID shots protect kids from long COVID—and don’t cause sudden death
Researchers recommend kids stay up to date on the COVID vaccines.
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Edward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The U.S. has threatened European govts as follows: agree on the terms of Ukraine's surrender within three weeks or we withdraw from Europe. The source is Mika Aaltola, Member of the European Parliament, formerly Director of the Finnish Inst. of International Affairs. I know him, he's solid.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Over the past week, several recent ex-State Dept officials reached out to me with a major concern. DOGE could soon access a huge defense-export database that represents a massive, if not transformational corruption opportunity for Musk & allies. Meet USXports:
zeteo.com
Musk and DOGE Might Soon Have Access to the Most Lucrative Defense-Contract Database of All
Ex-officials warn Zeteo that the USXports database is a means for Musk to undercut competitors to SpaceX in the defense sector.
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The puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 18/02/2025
Y'all who have taken herd immunity for granted are about to FAFO. #Medsky
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 07/02/2025
there might not be flu shots this year www.biocentury.com/article/655011
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White House plans to slash FDA, NIH would decimate agencies
White House plans to slash FDA and NIH and eliminate CDC could create lasting damage to public health, sink share prices of biotech and pharmaceutical comp...
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Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"...it’s only a matter of time until DOGE’s meddling inadvertently triggers a catastrophic failure of Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems," writes @lizthegrey.com in an op-ed for @thebulletin.org. thebulletin.org/2025/02/why-...
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Why DOGE’s meddling at Treasury could have catastrophic consequences for the US economy
It’s only a matter of time until DOGE meddling inadvertently triggers a catastrophic failure of Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems.
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Here's my piece with @rooseveltinstitute.org colleague Emily Divito on how the Musk-Treasury payments scandal is worse than it appears. When people lose trust in the money and payments systems, that's how panics, bank runs, and financial crises happen. 1/ news.bloomberglaw.com/tax-insights...
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Musk's Treasury Incursion Puts Entire Financial System at Risk
Former Treasury Department officials Graham Steele and Emily DiVito say Elon Musk’s role at Treasury poses an existential threat to the banking system, and that Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break t...
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...
wired.com
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 05/02/2025
If you want a long, but very thorough, read on just how crazy dangerous the situation is with Elon, @brockm.bsky.social has laid it all out in a single article. Please read it. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
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The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Tickets for the show at Robinson Center go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday.
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Bob Dylan is coming back to Little Rock in March - Arkansas Times
Tickets for the show at Robinson Center go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/02/2025
What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
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Elon Musk

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We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. 

Could gone to some great parties.

Did that instead.U.S. policy was to help bring an end to apartheid and establish a nonracial, democratic government. In response to this policy and the Act, USAID/South Africa was responsible for financing projects that apartheid victims viewed as critical in promoting social, political, and economic change through peaceful means.

The mission enabled community consultation and ensured that the United States did not impose foreign-defined solutions to local problems. USAID created projects and activities to respond to the priorities of the black community and its leaders, maximized black participation and leadership, and ensured activities had a linkage to the general objectives of U.S. policy.

First-year funding for the program was $25 million, which was raised to $50 million the second year. The main project areas were community outreach and leadership development to redress the repression of black-led institutions; educational support and training to address the educational crisis in South Africa; black private enterprise development to combat the inhibiting effects of apartheid–induced discrimination in private enterprise; university grants to help create a new generation of economic and political leaders; human rights; legal assistance; labor union training; and health and nutrition
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