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#BLM/#NMP/#ANTIFA🇲🇽 @sinnu1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This is an inflection point-who are the Democrats that torpedo this very basic morality/human dignity piece of legislation I got zero problem primarying any Democrat that can't do universal healthcare…

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Catherine Berry @isomeme.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Essentially all helium on Earth was created (and is still being created) as alpha particles emitted during the radioactive decay of elements like uranium and thorium in the Earth's crust and mantle. Kind of makes you look at party balloons differently.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Reporter: “If you could say something to Trump, what would it be?” PA voter: “You're a worthless pile of shit.” Reporter: “How many times did you vote for him?” PA voter: “Three times. That was my bad. Apparently I'm an idiot.”

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

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Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges

Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Saying "Quiet piggy" to a female journalist on the eve of the Epstein files vote is a red lights flashing, sirens-blaring perp self-own.

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Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 19/11/2025

Sen. Ron Wyden is sounding the alarm: premiums are jumping by up to 500%. A health-care freight train is hurtling toward families, and more Americans are being pushed onto the tracks. We need action before people get crushed.

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Dr. K @katekaynak.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

If you want to solve the housing crisis, you will pass a law that hedge funds cannot buy single-family homes, and that they have to divest existing assets over the next 5 years (at least 20% per year).

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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I rely on Amazon for some things; but, I can do without for 4 days if I plan.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000. More than 260,000 will be children. Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

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Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts

Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Michigan families using ACA health care could see their premiums double, averaging $700/month more. "If someone drops insurance and gets sick, and then has to pay for medical care out of pocket...that's the sort of thing that can bankrupt you." @bbkogan.bsky.social on Detroit's WJR Radio.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

My resignation letter from CDC.

Dear Dr. Houry,

I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested.

This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough.

While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles.

The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.

It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC.

Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc.

I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information.

The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.

The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed.

For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision.

Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically.

Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.

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lori47.bsky.social @lori47.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

"no civilian needs to possess semi-automatic weapons." This was published in july. 💔💔💔

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

ICE used your taxpayer dollars to trick out a bunch of trucks in new livery, all painted black with "ICE" and a logo printed in gold on the side (and Trump's name in gold on the back window), then shoot a rap video in DC to post on social media. I am not making this up.

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Sassy Denise @sassydenise.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

There are tax dollars for- $200M Ballroom $1B to remodel a “free” Plane $8.4M a DAY for ICE to deny due process. 2 bedroom Apt in 1980 $243 a month 2 bedroom Apt in 2025 $1887 a month Min wage in 1980 $3.10 per hour. Federal Min wage in 2025 $7.25 How can families house their families?

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kermit the frog is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car and saying whaaaat .

ALT: kermit the frog is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car and saying whaaaat .

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Being progressive is good actually @giaj.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I just googled "are more people drinking alcohol" AI said "yes...." Then I googled "are fewer people drinking alcohol" AI said "yes...."

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined. The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 01/08/2025

This quite literally just took my breath away.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 31/07/2025

BREAKING: An Illinois county removed a massive Ten Commandments monument from government property after we sued. This is a victory for religious freedom.

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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Water cases don’t get a lot of attention but this is a HUGE issue that SCOTUS will have to weigh in on in the coming years. apple.news/A0nmN23SyS1u...

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“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat — ProPublica

A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

DHS (like ICE) is an unnecessary agency that has gone rogue, and i can't wait for it to no longer exist

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Laura @twonickels.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

"The company is yet to experiment with creating plus-size women, claiming 'the technology is not advanced enough for that'" is a real quote from this real article about pretend people

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Maryland can't have flood relief because Stephen Miller demands concentration camps.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The summary is that they are trying to criminalize every aspect of homelessness so they can arrest & forcibly commit unhoused people. Currently(/before), there are not enough mental health & substance use treatment beds/facilities, and this does not add anything, which only leaves imprisoning people

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ᴅʀᴀɢ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟʟᴀᴋɪᴛᴛʏ @celestephase.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I will rewatch this banger every time someone reposts it

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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

On today’s Democratic Daily Download, Rep. Marilyn Strickland explains how Republicans are breaking their promise to lower costs with a Big, Ugly Law that makes life more expensive.

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HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Causing harm is a goal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2025

Pro-Palestine demonstrators interrupt Josh Hawley's talk at an Axios event and he ends up leaving the stage

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/07/2025

CNN: Would you ever use subpoena power to try to find out more info about Epstein? JASON SMITH: That's not a common thing I've utilized within the Ways and Means Committee CNN: But you did use subpoena power with Hunter Biden JASON SMITH: That was the only time I used it

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 21/07/2025

Millions of Americans are potentially about to be kicked off their healthcare plans (or could be facing significantly higher costs) and now federal judge has reversed the rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports. WHO does THIS help?

Federal judge reverses rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Holy Crap look at the posted job applications for Alligator Auschwitz! The amount of money these so called Guards will be making is insane! 🤬🤬

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

We watched this documentary tonight and WHEW it will make you rethink your purchasing of *everything* immediately. Everyone should watch it. It’s available on all streaming platforms but here’s the trailer. youtu.be/OVfZw_eqJW8?...

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Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

The destruction of America continues The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so.

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E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

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Alice ❌👑 @a-l-yang.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

He came to the U.S. to support his sick child. He followed US immigration rules. He was detained. Then he disappeared. - ProPublica Trump and Stephen Miller are the sick criminals here. apple.news/AylOGXuVhTMy...

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He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. — ProPublica

Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom: “80% of Californians pay about average taxes. 40% of Californians pay lower taxes than they do in Texas and Florida. Texas and Florida tax their lowest wage earners more than we do our highest wage earners. So who’s the high tax state? Is it California or is it Texas?”

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Public broadcasting is about more than content. It's about an ethos. That there need to be spaces in society that are not soaked in the logic of consumerism and profit. Where people are treated as citizens, valued for humanity and their ideas rather than disposable income. It's simple, but powerful.

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

holy shit lmao

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

AOC: “It should be our mission right now to make sure that all people have health care!"

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Brendan Kennedy @bkstar.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Forgive the repost, but I wanted to share once more our story on the systemic, inhumane jail conditions occurring across Ontario, and the consequences of those conditions for inmates, staff and the entire judicial system. www.thestar.com/news/investi...

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Ontario’s jail conditions are inhumane and disgraceful, judges say. Criminals are serving shorter sentences as a result

As the premier calls for bail reforms that would see more people locked up while awaiting trial, Ontario’s jails are “in a state of growing crisis.”

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care. “Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

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Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/07/2025

we're an hour into Mike Waltz's confirmation hearing and he somehow hasn't been asked about Signalgate yet

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Lieu: I also note the Epstein files that have already been released show that Trump is all over the files. He’s in multiple pictures with Epstein. There’s multiple videos of Trump with Epstein. There are plane logs of Trump on Epstein’s plane.

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Leo Barasi @leobarasi.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”

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