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Chris @topquark59.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Biden wasn’t perfect. Def had issues, some missteps…. Kinda like a normal, thoughtful, fallable human would. But he wasn’t a lying POS crook. I respected him. I voted for him. I stand by him. tRump? Fuck him in his heart. Cock in the aorta. Literally fuck his heart until it explodes. Too much?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

Number of SNAP recipients
Amazon 2,456
Walmart 2,318
Uber 1,799
DoorDash 1,462
Tempus Unlimited 1,425
Stop & Shop 989
Mass General Brigham 956
Dollar Tree 952
Albertsons Companies, Inc. 896
Bayada Home Health 887

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Ken Caldeira @kencaldeira.com · 07/11/2025

Who would have guessed that sending masked unidentified people out with weapons and a mandate to abuse people would lead to copy-cat wrongdoing? I'm shocked. ttps://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to-id-themselves/

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FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Two federal judges rule at almost the same time. @bloomberg.com #SNAP www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2025

Fifteen Democratic New York elected officials were arrested at a federal building in Manhattan while seeking access to an ICE holding facility — the latest clash between Democratic officials and immigration authorities.

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Democratic elected officials arrested at ICE facility in New York City

Fifteen New York elected officials were arrested at a federal building in Lower Manhattan in the latest clash between Democratic officials and immigration authorities.

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Pesky Professor @peskyprofessor.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I am just going to assume that anyone who is opposed to releasing the Epstein files is in them.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Well said.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/07/2025

Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. “I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.

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U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’

Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

This is why healthcare is too expensive. "Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."

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NPR @npr.org · 15/05/2025

If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.

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DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist in deportations

If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.

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José M. Causadias🇵🇦 @josemcausadias.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Happy to share our new paper by Dr. Deborah Johnson @lindachalgunseth.bsky.social and I on the revolutionary work of Dr. Cynthia García Coll! We ❤️ you Cynthia! Thanks to @fcd-us.bsky.social for supporting this work! Read it here: www.fcd-us.org/wp-content/u...

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NPR @npr.org · 01/05/2025

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

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Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

They make it sound like there are millions of dead people getting Social Security checks. But it's just not true.

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Dr. Linda C. Halgunseth @lindachalgunseth.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Can anyone recommend a good child development textbook that does a good job considering cultural influences? Thank you in advance!

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this. The Secretary is unfit to lead.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/04/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV

Pete Hegseth is pictured wearing a blue suit, looking to his left. A headline reads: "Pete Hegseth Said to Have Shared Sensitive Attack Details in Second Signal Chat." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

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Dr. Linda C. Halgunseth @lindachalgunseth.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Can't wait for the Pachanga on Fri May 2nd at 7:30pm!

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Dr. Linda C. Halgunseth @lindachalgunseth.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Who is going to the SRCD LC Pre-Conference?!?!?!?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/02/2025

News Analysis: In the first month since he returned to power, President Trump has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies to justify major policy decisions.

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Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change

Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/02/2025

Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be the next deputy director of the FBI, President Trump said on Sunday night.

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Right-Wing Commentator Named F.B.I. Deputy Director

The choice of Dan Bongino is a radical departure from the bureau’s history of having a veteran agent serve in the key role that oversees operations.

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Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA @drluiso.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If you are an NIH or CDC scientist that lost your job, we have a home for you at UTHealth. I’m hiring physician scientists and we also have transplant ID fellowship slots open. Contact me. #IDSky #MedSky

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NPR @npr.org · 10/02/2025

The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.

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Judge says Trump administration is not in full compliance with order on spending

The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 07/02/2025

"The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) resumed publishing after an unprecedented 2-week hiatus, but without the three H5N1 avian influenza papers that were slated to publish on Jan. 23." 🛟idsky episky health policy

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CDC Journal Resumes Publication, but Without H5N1 Studies

CDC spokesperson says papers are still inMMWR pipeline, but timeline is uncertain

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

why are they treating Canada like we're dodgier than Putin's Russia?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/02/2025

A small plane crashed into a road in São Paulo, Brazil, around 7:20 a.m. local time Friday, killing both people on board and injuring several people on the ground, the city’s fire department said.

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Plane Crashes Into Street in Brazil, Killing 2

Six people on the ground were also injured by the plane, part of which struck a bus on the road when it crashed.

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NPR @npr.org · 04/02/2025

There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.

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A sense of foreboding hangs over the National Institutes of Health

There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/02/2025

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

“On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST).

For USAID personnel currently posted outside the United States, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the Department of State, is currently preparing a plan, in accordance with all applicable requirements and laws, under which the Agency would arrange and pay for return travel to the United States within 30 days and provide for the termination of PSC and ISC contracts that are not determined to be essential. The Agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons. For example, the Agency will consider exceptions based on the timing of dependents’ school term, personal or familial medical needs, pregnancy, and other reasons. Further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming.

Thank you for your service”

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Travis T. York, Ph.D. (he/they) @travisyork.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🧪NSF reexamines existing awards to comply with Trump’s directives Normal operations have been disrupted as staff look for offending words - www.science.org/content/arti...

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NSF reexamines existing awards to comply with Trump’s directives

Normal operations have been disrupted as staff look for offending words

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Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I am one of these NSF postdocs. NSF has frozen everyone’s access to their salaries and research stipends (that were already awarded) with no information about when they might be expected to be unfrozen. It still appears like we are expected to continue doing our work though.

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Eric Boodman @ericboodman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

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