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Michele Manos

@michelemanos.bsky.social
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Virologist, epidemiologist, public health researcher and professor (retired). Former NIAID Scientific Advisory Council member. Big fan of science, reality, adventure and goodness. Recovering from some years in political party leadership.

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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 20h
I think many have become fond of (or at least fantasize vividly about) the Ceaușescu approach.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 20h
Unfortunately, Newsom has chosen to screw the public with his chronic deference to corporate interests and wealthy connections.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In case there was any remaining doubt that Trump is, indeed, Saruman.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Should be bigger news, right? A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
... U.S. Ambassador to Greece, and Gavin Newsom's ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle over allegations ...
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes, Newsom's ex-wife! Let's take every opportunity to identify her that way. He CHOSE to be wedded to her. Baffling, or maybe not. Let us not forget this gargantuan "tidbit" as his political aspirations and self-serving decisions grow every day.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There is no longer anyone within HHS who would know what to request or how to interpret any shared information. Please recall that the leadership chose to break ties with the WHO.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WTF, NYT? We didn't appear to suggest that. He said it. There is video with clear audio. What is so difficult about reporting this accurately? What Newsom said is a different story. Why can't you simply report urgently about Trump inviting a foreign nation to "take out" our cities?
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh, please - someone get a comment about this from Little Marco.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happily surprised that you were willing to cover this, Wapo.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wow, people. This really isn't about Tom Cruise or any other actor. It's about Alejandro González Iñárritu, who creates provocative films for intelligent reflection and long term impact. His goal isn't entertainment or anyone else's interpretation of success.
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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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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Medical executions should not happen anywhere. If states are unwilling to abolish the death penalty, we can at least stop medicalizing this barbaric practice in the criminal justice system.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why was she still working as a nurse at Kaiser Permanente?
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The "expert" implies that Native candidates are most interested in helping"their tribe." Does the press describe non-Natives in those terms? Seems to suggest the candidates are disinterested in or unable to support ALL constituents in their communities, districts, states. Do better, Wapo.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So. Much. Winning.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here to reiterate that Standard Time should be permanent!
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Alejandro González Iñárritu creates films for contemplation, digestion, reflection. He's not there to offer simple entertainment. Big swings, indeed!
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”
As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So, this is MAHA? Seems more like mass murder.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't know how you do what you do and maintain your sanity as well as sense of humor, Aaron. Please know that you are appreciated!
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Came here to say that!
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And so many white dudes in the choir singing lullabies.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If this is truly a momentary but viable move in the Senate, it seems crucial to prepare for. Any thoughts? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David Walbert
Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Unfortunately, a substantial number of voters think this is just fine. And the tech bros love the ongoing decline in federal government competency.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
its
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes. Plus limited reading skills and propensity.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the conservative majority for ignoring the harm voters will endure by allowing Trump to use a flawed system for voter purges. "The harm caused by burdening...lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the government experiences," she wrote.
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Jackson blasts Supreme Court decision reviving Trump voter-purge database
The U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal justices argued the Court’s conservative majority ignored real harms to voters by reviving the Trump administration’s flawed centralized citizenship database Fri...
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Did a male physician "explain" that it shouldn't hurt that much while you were in agony?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
"The FBI in 2025 under President Trump shut down an inquiry into allegations that a political adviser to Senator Susan Collins had participated in a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts"
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Indeed! Some of us have been saying this for years, and am happy that others now agree.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the dumbest thing in the world. The fraud is that people are paying for insurance and they’re… healthy?
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So does Becerra, just less flamboyantly. More bad times ahead for us in CA.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's worth reading the complaint, including all the financials. Both "unbelievable" and not surprising. media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Duh.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wow.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches. My newsletter is up. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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We Need to Protect College Sports from Ted Cruz
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent looks at the many ways Ted Cruz’s college-sports bill threatens athletes’ labor rights. Plus: why our mail-in voting nightmare isn’t over.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Organizers are expecting about 1,000 attendees at a Kennedy Center vigil tonight to show support for the center’s artists, workers and the building itself. It will end with the formation of a human chain around the building.
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Vigil at the Kennedy Center expected to draw about 1,000 supporters
The event, scheduled weeks ago by an advocacy organization called Hands Off the Arts, intends to start with a 6:30 p.m. rally.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And, The Future deserves recognition as a brilliant preamble/premonition to the present - particularly recent work from Gil Duran, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/09/2026
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists. to.pbs.org/4xsQwjo
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Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good news from a decent man.
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am no longer disappointed that she gave up her House seat to run for Senate. Good on her.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I will not be endorsing James Talarico for Senate because he has not proved he can be trusted by Black women. Here’s the text of my speech honoring Chris Brown. by Jasmine Crockett
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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Who actually writes these?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.
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