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Chris Wexler

@chriswexler.bsky.social
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ME/CFS, POTS, and Disautotomia triggered by Long Covid. LC since April 2020, life fully redefined by illness November 26, 2022. Former Tech CEO & Ad Exec.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.
Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“.. With Saudi oil now blockaded, Americans are about to discover why maintaining stability in the Middle East and not handing it to a consortium of Russia and Iran was always important.” @jayinkyiv.bsky.social
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Chris Wexler @chriswexler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Huh. What could it be? #LongCOVID #MECFS. www.nbcnews.com/health/menta...
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Why are Americans so tired? CDC report highlights who is feeling it most
Fatigue is one of the most common concerns reported in primary care visits, yet not much attention is given to how often adults in the U.S. are coping with it.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/09/2026
Haven't heard about the ICE occupation in Memphis? Not a coincidence. It's harder to record the agents in Tennessee than it is in other states.
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Memphis has spent a year under federal occupation. ICE would rather you didn't notice.
Watch as these officers arrest an activist for documenting from a reasonable distance.
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Aaron Gleeman @aarongleeman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pablo Torre can obviously fight his own battles, but I can't get over how many prominent people in media downplayed, refuted, and even mocked his Clippers reporting and are now just silent on the whole thing. Massive outlets ran cover for the Clippers and now just ... move on.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Properly invoking his legal authorities and obligations Houston Mayor Whitmire vows "an independent and transparent” investigation by his office and District Attorney into ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Says FBI is "tightly controlling" evidence Houston Police Dept would normally have.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/06/2026
“This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for.”
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Trump DOJ outlines dubious path to force people into psychiatric institutions
"This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for."
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 31/05/2026
Really sucks how so many headlines now are just eugenics Mad Libs.
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Are ‘mind children’ the future of reproduction?
Forget dirty nappies. In Silicon Valley, there’s increasing chatter about virtual offspring
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
/2 Anyway yes yes Susan Collins is awful and any any dissent whatsoever of Platner is endorsement of Trumpism, blah blah fucking blah
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I think about this a lot.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Donald Trump is sending the Justice Department after a woman he raped.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Solidarity with E. Jean Carroll and all survivors who face legal retaliation and criminal prosecution for speaking the truth. This is both remarkable and utterly unsurprising. Survivors have been jailed, retraumatized, harassed, and sued into silence for far too long.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A masked man in an armored vehicle, dressed as if he is in the middle of a war zone, training a weapon on unarmed protestors. This is simply incompatible with democratic expression.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/05/2026
Donald Trump LIED when he vowed not to touch Social Security. He fired thousands of workers and cut critical services. The result? Longer lines, unanswered calls, delayed benefits, and workers pushed to the brink. I'll keep fighting to stop him from gutting Social Security.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"The humanities are not a luxury. They are how a democracy understands itself." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...
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DOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Not to be overly alarmist, but everyone should be worried about DOJ’s indictment of SPLC. Here’s why: joycevance.substack.com/p/whats-wron...
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What’s Wrong With The SPLC Indictment
DOJ's indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center is a critical moment in the administration's war on democracy
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Jay Bhattacharya pulls a study because he doesn’t like the conclusions. I cannot explain how bad this is and how it reeks of the stench of ideological zealotry and has no basis in science. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...
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C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig... The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We have an unhealthy unspoken media agreement in this country that you can’t point out that someone harbors objectively insane, delusional beliefs that should disqualify them from being anywhere near a position of power if said beliefs are colorably linkable to a mainstream religious worldview.
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
RFK jr & Eugenics Inc believe sick people and healthy people are fixed categories. Now people run around acting like long covid is something that only happens to Other people. Sure seems like even those who don’t admit to liking RFK Jr are still following his philosophy.
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Well, at least the BBC is covering this.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It’s almost like a coordinated talking point went out on Red Cross doctor Jesus H. Trump.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
why aren't other countries helping us with the strait of hormuz after we started an unjust war, cut off trade, and insulted them for a year?
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Casually saying the one thing that is explicitly a war crime not just to do but to even say you will do.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/03/2026
oh good i was worried it was white supremacy and capitalism
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 09/03/2026
Over at the newsletter I wrote about how establishment Democrats' problem isn't going "too far left" on "identity politics," it's being feckless invertebrates in the face of autocracy and unchecked corporate power.
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Polling Shows Democrats Aren't Too 'Woke,' They're Too Weak
The idea that Democrats are weirdly and extremely obsessed with "identity politics" and pronouns is a right wing propaganda fiction not supported by polling data, and Democratic party leaders should n...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Remember how this guy lobbied hard to get a pardon for a war criminal who slaughtered children? Turns out that’s literally his entire philosophy of armed conflict
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 06/03/2026
File this under "Why establishment Dems keep losing." If you won't act like an opposition party, we'll replace you.
Colorado governor signal he'll commute sentence of election denier. Pressured by President Trump, Gov. Jared Polis said he is considering the release of Tina Peters, the last high-profile 2020 election meddler still imprisoned. His fellow Democrats are outraged.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Vinay Prasad has been an a noxious influence on public health and drug regulation. Good riddance. UCSF should not take him back. He should wander in the wilderness forever. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/h...
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FDA’s controversial vaccine chief will exit agency next month | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration’s head of vaccines and biologic medicines will leave the agency at the end of April, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Friday.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Summary of recent HHS departures: -Unqualified weirdo Jim O’Neill out as CDC Director -“Measles outbreaks are the cost of doing business” Ralph Abraham out as his Dumbass Deputy -Venomous podcaster Vinay Prasad out at FDA. Yet human cassowary and denim enthusiast RFK Jr. remains.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible—and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.” @jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump
Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.
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Chris Wexler @chriswexler.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Paging Orwell, George Orwell
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm looking to hear some specific examples of how disabled Minnesotans have been harmed by federal Medicaid pause for reporting I'm doing at @motherjones.com . Please reach out to jmetraux@motherjones.com with any leads.
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Solve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
ME/CFS affects millions but isn't part of standard clinical training. This Advocacy Week (Mar 23–27), Solve M.E. & #MEAction Network will ask patient safety agencies to support our mission to introduce #MECFS questions into qualifying national medical exams. Sign up: 🔗https://ow.ly/GbOp50YoTVe
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 04/03/2026
Minnesota is mourning the loss of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake who was killed in Kuwait on Sunday. She answered the call to serve and gave her life in service to our state and nation. Minnesotans are wrapping our arms around her loved ones.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
There is remarkably little appreciation of this inside he Washington Beltway.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 03/03/2026
Musk, worth $829 billion, owns X. Bezos, worth $234 billion, owns The Washington Post & Twitch. Zuckerberg, worth $231 billion, owns Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp. And now Larry Ellison, worth $202 billion, is about to control CNN, CBS, TikTok & HBO. Yes, this is oligarchy.
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Chris Wexler @chriswexler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Oh. I guess it’s not a war. I have an idea. Let’s change the Department of War’s name to…. The Department of Defense? Just spitballing.
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Chris Wexler @chriswexler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We have found Chuck Schumer’s midterm strategy!
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Accusing Jamelle Bouie of "exaggerated nastiness" and "hateful, uncharitable commentary" is absolutely insane.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
this photo looks like the last thing you’d see before waking up in a tub of ice with a kidney missing
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