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biotechgrrrl

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All about the application of science, reason and empathy to build a better world. Tilting at windmills here in my own private Idaho.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In case facts still matter… Trump’s pointless war of choice spiked your diesel prices, not Ukraine defending themselves…
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump's DHS raids Rep. Omar's home because of paperwork filled out by her late father in 1995. The Trumpists are desperate. But loyalists at powerful agencies of the executive branch will obey orders. Desperation is dangerous. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7h
If I were a Democrat in Congress I would say fifa paying Trump $4 million for an empty office “raises serious questions” but because I’m a normal American person I can just say FIFA is bribing the president of the United States
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The 287(g) program teaming local cops with ICE has created an American secret police Check out what happens in Carroll Twp., Pa. when Sgt. Terry Williams spots a resident filming an immigration arrest It's legal to film traffic stops. This is unconstitutional (full column in 2nd post)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"It’s generally illegal for executive branch officials to play a role in awarding contracts that would have a direct impact on their own finances..." www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 23h
The bot layer is gone and the comments under Trump's own post are now 99% hate. Not manufactured rage from troll farms. Actual Americans telling him what they think. Real replies, always buried under a wall of paid Kremlin traffic, are what remain. The information war has a physical backbone.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 23h
Common Cause just told a federal judge that Trump's taxpayer funded propaganda ads ran hundreds of times after a TRO ordered an immediate halt to them. The two-page notice buff.ly/u2GESdN
1. On October 12, at 1:31 p.m. Eastern, the Washington Post reported that two ads continued airing after the Court issued the Order and into the early hours of
Monday, October 12, on multiple programs, including “60 Minutes,” “ABC World News Tonight,” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Ex. A.
2. According to AdImpact data retrieved at 2:45 p.m. Eastern today, Defendants’ ads ran in nearly 400 spots on programs that began airing at 7 p.m. Eastern last
night—that is, after this Court’s order was in effect. Ex. B.
3. Specifically, “Final Battle” ran in 193 spots during “60 Minutes,” which aired on CBS starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.
4. And “Maduro” ran in 198 spots during “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which aired on ABC starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
OHIO — Trump supporter punches a woman in a “release the Epstein files” shirt in the face — and police appear to do nothing to the man and only escort her out (as Trump mocks her weight) 🤔 (From @atrupar.com )
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here is Trump's "policy" about investigative steps before an election: 1. If you are a Republican, there is never a time when such steps are permitted. 2. If you are a Democrat, there is never a time when such steps are forbidden. If legacy media is suggesting anything else, they are lying.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 20h
🧊✈️ Can confirm all of these 😕
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22h
A federal judge has ordered the Trump Regime to immediately stop airing $20 million dollars in taxpayer funded campaign-style tv ads, but in typical Trump fashion, he’s already violated that court order. Why Trump is so desperate to air these ads before the Midterms: youtu.be/QKnSh_lrNLI?...
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🚨Trump IGNORES Judge’s ORDER BLOCKING His Taxpayer-Funded ADS!?!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
WATCH: A STUNNING admission from the MAGA influencers who spread the false James Talarico hospital story. “Whether it's true or not, people deserve to know.” “It genuinely doesn't matter if it was a mental health hospital or the flu.” Ben breaks down what happened after the smear collapsed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
Trump is taking bribes in thousands of different ways. Despite great reporting we still only know a tiny percentage of it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ says
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
holy shit -- a protester at the Trump rally gets physically assaulted after they interrupt the rally by a man who punches her in the face. Trump smears the protester as a "fat guy"
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21h
Ilhan Omar has taken years of Trump's attacks & never backed down Now this admin has federal agents searching her home I'll explain why this is so outrageous w/ @ErinBurnett at 7:15 ET 👇 - TN
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Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy on Fox News: "If President Trump wants to change the leader in Ukraine, he has to know that only our people can change ... [but] now we have attacks each day. We're speaking about thousands of drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles. How can people vote?"
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
Open racism and white nationalism at the highest level of the gop
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h
Trump went on a 544-word rant defending Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), a former OB-GYN who used extremely aggressive collection practices, charging patients 18% interest. He had 81 patients arrested for missing court dates. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Judges should not trust the government.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h
Donald Trump made a deal with Putin for 36 million barrels of Russian diesel, but that amount won’t move US fuel prices lower. It’ll only fund Putin’s bloody war machine in Ukraine. Putin continues to play Trump like a fiddle.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
A lot of MAGA influencers on X are seeing their engagement PLUMMET today. Even official White House accounts are seeing far fewer defenders in their comments. Why is that?
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And lied about it
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 16h
Make no mistake—the weaponizing of federal law enforcement to go after elected officials who the President deems as “political opponents” is a chilling and dangerous abuse of power that must be stopped. We stand in solidarity with Rep. Omar and the Somali American community, and Rep. McIver.
Today Trump’s Department of Homeland Security raided U.S. Congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar’s house in a gross abuse of power. This comes as DHS and DOJ have abused and weaponized their power to pursue Congresswoman Rep. LaMonica McIver for doing her job this last year. 

Make no mistake—the weaponizing of federal law enforcement to go after elected officials who the President deems as “political opponents” is a chilling and dangerous abuse of power that must be stopped. 

We stand in solidarity with Rep. Omar and the entire Somali American community which has been under attack by this President time and time again, and with Rep. McIver who is still fighting this abuse of power in the courts. 

We will not stay silent.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 22h
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39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania
As of Friday, state health officials reported 1,136 cases across 41 counties.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h
BREAKING: NYT reviewed time-stamped images from a security camera at James Talarico's home, which were provided by his campaign. The images showed Talarico at the home between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.
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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/10/2026
POLITICAL RETRIBUTION Federal agents raided Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s DC home this morning. A sitting member of Congress who has repeatedly been targeted by Trump, now facing a federal investigation over immigration paperwork her father completed when she was a child. A CHILD.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 12/10/2026
The Trump administration's national deportation force is a threat to all Americans and our multiracial democracy. Our newest report, "76 Ways Mass Deportation Is Breaking Our Democracy,” is the first civil rights review of this anti-immigrant campaign and the path ahead we must take.
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Mass Deportations Are Breaking Our Democracy. Here’s How.
ACLU breaks down key findings from our latest report on mass deportations' impact on democracy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 18h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h
When you log on Twitter to find out what incendiary defamations your favorite pro-Trump account has created today, only to find that it has gone up in smoke at a burning bot-hosting Russian data center.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h
This judge is not fucking around 🔥 Trump bulldozed ahead with cutting down hundreds of trees at the historic East Potomac Golf Links, despite a federal judge’s warning. She ordered work stopped & warned: “If that order is violated by as so much as two seconds, there will be contempt proceedings.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
The Moron and Lunatic in the White House has now declared China and Russia aren’t helping Iran, and that if they were, “we would know about it very fast.” We do know. His own Defense Secretary told senators they are. Trump's covering for Putin and Xi as they help Iran kill American service members
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), dated 10/12/26 at 7:45 PM, reading: “I see so many comments from the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics that China and Russia are helping the ‘wonderful’ Islamic Republic of Iran. If they are, it’s at a very low level, but I don’t believe they are at all. They have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it very fast! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Russian bot activity online is reportedly plummeting ahead of the midterms after President Zelenskyy hit Russian data centers with drone strikes. fox56.com/news/local/a...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22h
"There is no excuse for this and you know why I’m furious right now,” the judge said. “I was hearing from plaintiff’s side that this was going to happen and I said ‘no’ repeatedly, ‘I trust the government.’ I trusted you all repeatedly to not do what you have done...” www.ms.now/news/you-did...
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‘You did your absolute worst’: Judge blasts government after she says it defied her on D.C. golf course case
A livid U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes called an emergency hearing after the government flouted warnings to notify the court before cutting down more than 10 trees at East Potomac Golf Course; it cut d...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Google searches for health disinformation plunged after Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers. How much “turbo cancer” & ivermectin nonsense is fueled by Russian bots, and how many Americans have they killed? Bots spread disinformation. Humans search for it. When bots go down, so do searches.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h
My Latest: He hates that I won’t be intimidated. He hates that I speak out without fear. Most of all, he hates that I win. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump hates me personally. Now he’s taking it to the Supreme Court
When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
Columbus never set foot in what is now the United States of America.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17h
I love that this might be the thing that tanks Paxton, and not the biblical divorce or letting a child rapist out early.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
🚨 WOW: WSJ reports Ken Paxton partied in a luxury Dubai high-rise with 2 FUGITIVES, Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, facing fed charges over an alleged $15 MILLION hospital embezzlement scheme — alongside his gf (not his wife). Ahmed donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER his indictment.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
Elon is dumping mountains of money into the midterms to help Republicans. Spoiler: it isn’t to make life better for regular people — It’s to enrich himself, spread data centers, get government contracts, etc… he does not care about you. www.instagram.com/p/DeaJjWxl0H...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Fox host Rachel Campos-Duffy said live on air that this weekend that Ukraine has killed 1 million Russian children during the war and she is still doing her shows with not a word from Fox about it. That’s what Fox is.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026
As the Trump administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. We’re showing you every incident we’ve confirmed — along with the receipts: propub.li/3TBuddL
500+ U.S. citizens detained since the start of the second Trump administration. 100+ U.S. citizens held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all of them were people of color. At least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed. 36 U.S. citizens held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or family.
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