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@elypaul.bsky.social
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Jack of all trades, master of none, That guy who catches & releases insects trapped indoors, Animals are my kind of people, Homegrown National Park Caretaker, Justifiably outraged since 2016 #CleanAir #Covidisairborne #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2h
‼️ Georgia Republicans are trying to pressure the state’s top election official to pursue an ill-defined voting equipment software update — weeks before the midterms. Now, they’re seeking intervention from the Trump administration. But not all Republicans are on board: demdock.com/47mlnDJ
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 10h
The pandemic should have led to clean indoor air, treatments for long covid and related illnesses, next gen vaccines, normalization of masking, mandatory respiratory protection in healthcare, sick leave, and a paradigm shift around what infections do to people
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h
🚨BREAKING: Plaintiffs fighting North Carolina’s newly passed absentee ballot rules filed for a preliminary injunction that would block the rules they called “disenfranchising” for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway
The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 7h
The Regime despises people with disabilities and wants them to disappear. Their latest action is repealing requirements for federal contractors to hire those with disabilities at rates that are similar to those of the U.S. population overall. Oh, and now they’re hiding the data, too.
usatoday.com
Trump rolls back federal hiring rules. Are disabled workers at risk?
Trump just slashed federal disability hiring rules in new DEI crackdown. Advocates warn a decade of progress for disabled workers is now on the line.
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Central Michigan Maverick @thedevilzadvoc8.bsky.social · 7h
Why are potentially illegal policies allowed to continue while their legality is being litigated? Shouldn't they be stopped until it's been decided?
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
COVID may worsen existing health problems long-term, study suggests Nearly a third of respondents reported a worsening respiratory condition, including asthma, COPD, cough, and shortness of breath. Read more: bit.ly/3TRmQPn
Exhausted woman sitting on the edge of a bed
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 9h
Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a really important report, and our OHS leaders need to make changes to ensure this never happens again. 1/2 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h
The Republican Party is as much an enemy of American democracy as the Soviets were during the Cold War.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12h
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
NEW: Kurt Olsen, a prominent election denier with no prosecutorial experience, has resigned from the DOJ after failing to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. The conspiracy theorist was hired last year to aid in Trump's efforts to relitigate the results of the 2020 contest.
democracydocket.com
Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 20h
This is your daily reminder that we should have masks and clean air in healthcare: for patient, carer and staff safety.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A really good long read from @charlesrusnell.bsky.social on the report on how the UCP / AHS / OHS failed to protect workers at the Cargill plant, including lack of appropriate PPE, which led to unnecessary deaths.
thetyee.ca
Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz @gosiagasperophd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca
Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
Tread on me, daddy.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026
At the same time, the US has declined to invite the OSCE to observe the midterms. The OSCE says these will be the first US federal elections it has not been invited to observe since it began monitoring them in 2002.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Weeks before the midterms, Georgia's election board voted to seek assistance from Trump's DOJ and DHS — and demanded voting machine data be handed to the feds. It comes as Trump pushes to control how states run elections, including which machines they use.
demdock.com
Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience.
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are in a doctors office coughing up a lung put on a damn mask. I just said aloud “can the person who’s coughing please put on a mask?” And while the person claimed “it’s just allergies” she did indeed do as I asked & went up to put on a mask. Imagine if receptionists had asked her immediatly?
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."
Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton 

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Covid Infections Can’t Be Causing Long Term Health Problems, Because Look Over There At The Squirrel
A squirrel

Headline:
Covid Infections Can’t Be Causing Long Term Health Problems, Because Look Over There At The Squirrel
Story by Burt Gusset and Hamilton Pork

Photo from Unsplash
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Alem Matthees @alemmatthees.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(2/12) Government authorities were too slow to act when the pandemic was spreading. A significant proportion of the general population were angrily defiant over even the slightest inconvenience of preventative measures such as masking. The vulnerable were thrown under the proverbial bus.
npr.org
COVID-19 Was 'A Preventable Disaster,' WHO-Ordered Report Says
The coronavirus found a world vulnerable to the worst effects of a pandemic despite warnings from experts and a string of recent global health threats. The system, the report said, remains "unfit."
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Alem Matthees @alemmatthees.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(1/12) No. The painful truth about #LongCOVID is not the alleged suppression of brain retraining, but that the scale of the pandemic and aftermath were preventable. Systemic and collective failures emerged from a chain of poor decisions. Millions dead. Millions of lives ruined. Trillions $ lost.
wired.com
The Painful Truth About Long Covid
There might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Recent photo at the NHS. Over 6 years into #COVID, and we still have “wash your hands” under “AIRBORNE PRECAUTIONS.” We are failing hard to communicate one of the most basic lessons of this pandemic: Airborne means spread through the AIR. Clean air is infection control. #Airborne #PublicHealth #NHS
Photo shows a sign at NHS that says: Airborne precaution
Please wash your hands before entering the training room. Thank you
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 27/09/2026
Calling something “illegal” only matters if the law is actually enforced. Mike Johnson and the Supreme Court need to enforce it. No president should be free to ignore the law to punish enemies, reward allies, and enrich himself.
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elypaul.bsky.social @elypaul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Well, it only kills or disables the elderly or immunocompromised," A) Isn't true B) Shouldn't be the excuse for indifference or inaction that many seem to think it is.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am rarely affected by discourse on social media, but the current wave of posts asserting that Long Covid is psychosomatic has angered me. To be very clear: if you're asserting that LC isn't a physical disease, you're ignorant of science. End of.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is why my eyes roll when anyone says “MAHA wants to do something about chronic diseases” No, it doesn’t MAHA’s leaders, RFK Jr & Jay Bhattacharya, run the US health & health research systems & they have DECIMATED chronic disease prevention What MAHA *says* is divorced from what it *does*
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Does it though?
theatlantic.com
Public Health Needs MAHA
The field must swallow its pride and admit where the insurgent movement is right.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stop calling people who wear masks and take Covid precautions the “forever covid” crowd. We’re literally the only ones trying to eliminate the virus. It’s not gone. It’s not over. It’s still disabling. People who deny this reality are the “forever COVID” crowd.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“But in the end, we all die anyway. So it doesn’t matter.” —Trump according to Tucker Carlson This appalling nihilism was expressed by a man with the ultimate power to end the lives of millions of people—a man who never belonged anywhere near our White House. www.americaamerica.news/p/what-quali...
americaamerica.news
What Qualities Do You Value in A Leader?
A Saturday Prompt
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No, Of Course The Thing We Told You Was Harmless Didn’t Cause Your Health Problems
A smiling happy doctor
Headline:
No, Of Course The Thing We Told You Was Harmless Didn’t Cause Your Health Problems
Story by Lance Muffet and Graham Bove

Photo from Adobe
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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🎯🧵by Michael Moran aka @internetuserf12 on XTwitter: "'Ending the pandemic' was a political decision, not an epidemiological event. ⚡️🧵 The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on..." 20-tweet🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/21037...
“Ending the pandemic” was a political decision, not an epidemiological event. ⚡️🧵

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 11 March 2020 and, on 5 May 2023, announced that the emergency phase was over. But the WHO did not declare the pandemic over - its own technical lead, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, explicitly affirmed that COVID-19 was still a pandemic, with the virus "still a global health risk" and "rampant." The United States ended its federal public health emergency six days later, on 11 May 2023. What those declarations actually ended was administrative: emergency powers, mandates, reporting requirements, and public protections. What they did not end was the virus. SARS-CoV-2 continued to circulate and mutate, and the chronic form of the disease was, in the same period, quietly emerging as a major global threat. Governments can rescind an emergency declaration; they cannot administratively rescind viral circulation or post-viral disease. Between 2021 and 2023, what changed most was not the biology - it was which COVID outcomes the government considered unacceptable enough to prevent.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Get out and vote! He literally had people raise their hands and pledge to cheat two weeks ago in Dallas.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald: "Apparently 35% of people have never even used their Obamacare account for any health services. That is a statistical impossibility and it's because these are not real people seeking real care. These are fraudsters."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
"Why should Canadians trust Americans who have twice elected someone they consider a venal, dangerous buffoon? They could excuse them for being 'tricked' the first time. But electing him again, by a bigger margin the second time, tells them all they need to know." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
publicnotice.co
The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
nbcnews.com
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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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
This violates the core separation of powers embedded in our constitution in which it is the Congress, not the president, who decides what programs are designed and at what level they are funded. Republican colleagues said they would never let this happen. Well here it is.
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
A pocket rescission is an illegal line item veto. It is the president saying that he and he alone will convert a bipartisan spending bill (that has been signed into law) into a partisan spending bill. He is canceling the lines of spending he doesn't like.
politico.com
Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress
Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a huge win for Missouri voters, the Supreme Court again rejected Republicans' bid to reinstate their congressional gerrymander for the midterms. The ruling ensures voting in the state will not be disrupted this fall.
democracydocket.com
In a win for voters, Supreme Court blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered map for midterms
The Supreme Court’s ruling, which is a victory for pro-voting groups, comes after Missouri has already sent ballots for the upcoming election to overseas and absentee voters.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcoming elections, Human Rights Watch said today." www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
hrw.org
US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi...
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More here: www.ms.now/news/measles...
ms.now
Measles is spreading through Pennsylvania’s Amish country. Doctors are scrambling to keep up.
At a rural clinic near the heart of the outbreak, physicians describe patients arriving gravely ill, while federal officials dispute the death toll.
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