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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11h

The great thing about vaccines is that they prevent disease or make it less severe That means fewer germs are spread Lower spread, less chance for mutations that result in resistance or the swapping of genetic material that confers resistance An underappreciated point for most of vaccine history!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11h

It's called ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE you incompetent cheeto And you know what helps slow the development of resistance down? Preventive measures. LIKE VACCINES 💉 -screeches in harpy- (Fyi there is no currently licensed plague vaccine but the point still stands)

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Q: Are you concerned about the outbreak in Russia?

Trump: I am. The pneumonia plague, if you call it. That's a disease we used to be able control. But somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter. They're like an army. The germs have really become relatively stronger than they were, and things that used to work on pneumonia don't work as well anymore

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cookiebaker14.bsky.social @cookiebaker14.bsky.social · 8h

At least the centaur can gallop, and in a straight line.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska (Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

EVERCORE: “.. We expect Trump will continue to test the bounds of executive authority irrespective of what happens in the midterms. .. And, in fact, freed from the politics of the midterms and focused on his long-term legacy, he will likely become even more emboldened in some areas.”

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h

An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10h

You spoke out, and he backed down. Now let’s see the proof this illegal waste of your taxes is over for good. And that he pays the money back. We don’t want the U.S. taxpayers to be the latest contractors to get stiffed.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 9h

I'm not a historian but I don't recall any other president asking a foreign power to kill hundreds of thousands of Americans on our own soil. "...very small price to pay"? Pearl Harbor and 9/11 wouldn't combine to equal a relative fraction of that horror.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

The White House today prohibited Politico from traveling on Air Force One.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ruffalo: We got to get this dumb-ass, fool-ass, tired-ass, lame-ass, duck-ass out of office. We got to make him a lame duck. We have to stop his policies now. Another two years of this, and who knows what he’ll be doing? He’s calling to throw Democrats out of the country…

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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 05/10/2026

"unlike my main competitor I specifically believe our products justify some suffering" is not very good marketing

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 05/10/2026

A straight guy in a gay bar can suddenly articulate consent perfectly: “I said no” “I’m just here for a drink” “Nice doesn't mean interested” Congrats. You just quoted every woman at happy hour. Your shirt, smile, or accepted drink aren't permission. Remember that next time a woman turns you down.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cool, cool. Lots of reporting that theres a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, and several hospitals are under forced quarantine. Obviously, it’s Russia, so accurate information is scarce.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026

A 17-month-old girl was hospitalized with E. coli after consuming raw milk. Soon, another child — a 6-year-old girl who’d drunk milk from the same farm — would wind up in the same San Diego hospital, with the same potentially fatal illness.

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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.

California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is blatantly unconstitutional and an Antideficiency Act violation. Congress set the ADA penalty in 1906: 2 years in jail and/or a $5,000 fine. It would’ve taken the typical person 31,250 hours of work to pay the fine then, meaning it’s the equivalent of a $1.2 million fine today.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Blanche on the Trump administration deporting people to third countries where they have no connection: "This idea that we're violating human rights and the president and US is doing something to damage and put these people in harm's way is just categorically false"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

BREAM: DOJ plans to send 1k monitors to polls. Sen. Baldwin says 'our democracy depends on ppl being able to have their voices heard, but that's at risk as Trump weighs sending in armed agents.' How do you answer? BLANCHE: She should be saying 'thank God. Thank God we have a govt ready to show up'

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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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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, link to subscribe: noelcasler.substack.com/p/wasted-yea...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. In the last hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as the homeland security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man’s firm at a substantial markup ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“As soon as the deal is approved and the sanctions are lifted, the result will be a very lucrative payday for Kushner and company.” noelcasler.substack.com/p/wasted-yea...

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‘Wasted Years’

We learned this week that Russia inserted a multibillion dollar bribe into the U.S.

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“We learned this week that Russia inserted a multibillion dollar bribe into the U.S. led negotiations to end the war in Ukraine; a Putin-proposed oil deal that would directly benefit the Trump clan.”

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What an amazing event yesterday! Tom Morello brought together Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, and so many others at the Power to the People festival to speak up against Trump and remind us this country belongs to all of us.

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 04/10/2026

Granted, Congress has the power to remove him but this one won’t. Our rights as citizens to have the laws faithfully executed can’t disappear when the President decides not to and Congress won’t stop him. Bc then we don’t have constitutional government, we have dictatorship with extra people.

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 04/10/2026

This might seem like a difference of opinion. It is not. It is among the most impeachable things a President can do. If the President can just choose to violate the budget Congress passes, Congress doesn’t have any power.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That was a flaming dumpster fire inside of a broken down clown car that was being drug off a cliff by a runaway circus tent. If anyone can watch that interview and not think ‘holy fuck this dude is insane’ there’s something seriously wrong with them.

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cookiebaker14.bsky.social @cookiebaker14.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At this point, comparing T to Nixon is a joke. T is just soo waaay more corrupt than even Nixon would EVER think of. Hell, T is even waaay more corrupt than Agnew. Just shattering norms and laws ALL over the place. And apparently our supposed "checks and balances" are ok with it?!?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Agreed, but we also have to be conscious of what they can (and more importantly, can’t) do. They could impeach them every day of the week, but getting enough votes in the Senate to convict and remove will be extremely difficult. No blaming Dems if the impeachment succeeds but conviction fails.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He might try it, but it wouldn’t work. One, his whole insurrection act bullshit has been so blatantly choreographed that it’ll be knocked down in court immediately. A national emergency also isn’t a reason to cancel elections. It’s never been done, and people would almost certainly riot.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve been really vocal about my concerns re: AI (particularly autonomous weapons) - that’s *starting* to get more attention now that the people who fucking built it are speaking out, but there’s still a lot that isn’t being talked about.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think there will be any moving on. This is a criminal administration and should be treated as such.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve seen no evidence that’s true. If he did, we likely would have nuked Iran. There’s a lot of misunderstanding of how the ‘codes’ work in reporting surrounding this - POTUS’ voice and the card he keeps in his pocket is all he needs to authenticate a strike. And he has near unilateral authority

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He’s absolutely considering ground troops, and actively laying the ground work to make it possible if he ultimately green lights it. His advisors are urging him to ‘finish the job’ after the midterms. They’re trying not to lose any more votes than they’re already going to.

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cookiebaker14.bsky.social @cookiebaker14.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Aww, you're going up against Bruuuce at the MSNOW concert! How do we recover from all of the protections T has destroyed? Security, food, health, due process, judicial, etc.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Trump: "Trump: "If the Democrats win, you will end up in a 1929-style economic depression. We will have a disaster on our hands. Had I lost the election, had we had Kamala win, I believe our country would be destroyed. If the Republicans win, you will each have $5,000 in your pocket."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Trump claims he's "among the highest IQs anywhere in the world"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Trump: "I know more about inflation, I know more about everything than anybody in this room. Anybody anywhere in the world. Well, there's a woman sitting over there. She's a housewife but she's very good. She got a natural instinct for business. She perhaps knows more than I do but I don't think so"

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cookiebaker14.bsky.social @cookiebaker14.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh, Sweetie, we have lots of gripes about the BIG things too. Don't be so condescending. It's not becoming - altho, there is nothing "becoming" about you.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026

“This is not the time to sort of gripe about all the little things,” said Vice President JD Vance on Thursday about the coming mid-term election season, despite the fact that a recent AP-NORC Center poll from late September found 73% of Americans think the country is on the wrong track.

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cookiebaker14.bsky.social @cookiebaker14.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hi Angry, when can we expect the next AMA?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Poindexter: "Both R senators from Ohio have said Max Miller is unfit to serve and should resign. But his billionaire donors are still supporting him. They just declared they're going to spend $5m on his negative attack ads to make sure that they protect him bc he votes w/ them every step of the way"

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...

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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks

A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

School music programs are getting absolutely bodied by tariffs, per @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...

The effective tariff rate on instruments in June was about 13 percent, said Cullen Hendrix, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. That was down from a peak of nearly 24 percent last September but more than twice as high as before Mr. Trump’s second term.
Band and orchestral instruments have been hit the hardest, he said. In the second quarter of this year, imports of instruments were down nearly 20 percent from the same period in 2024. Imports of orchestral string instruments, including violins, violas and cellos, dropped 50 percent. Brass instruments fell 43 percent.

“It’s hitting the horns, it’s hitting the strings, it’s hitting the percussion,” Mr. Hendrix said. “All of those things combined are kind of sapping the available pool of tools that we can provide these children to begin their journey.”

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Clean air is now a “burden.” Trump’s EPA announced it will reconsider smog-control requirements for parts of Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott pushed for relief. This comes as Abbott declared a diesel price “disaster” and separately requested waivers for cleaner diesel standards.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...

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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN

At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026

Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Trump administration’s latest distraction Watergate. More than 50 years after Nixon resigned, Trump’s DOJ is reviewing claims from a former Nixon aide that the prosecutors were the ones who did something wrong. No formal investigation has been opened yet, but they are considering it.

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