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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Rachel Weigert @rmweigert.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

And, of course, avoid undercooked dead birds.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/02/2025

Russell Vought is the architect of Project 2025, the force cutting NIH funding. But it's thanks to NIH-funded research that Vought’s daughter had access to some treatments. “We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's then-wife wrote in 2021.

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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid

Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

@aoc.bsky.social We’d like your help organizing a March on Washington to ensure protester safety and secure permits. We’re aiming for a Saturday at least two weeks out to allow for travel planning.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/02/2025

Senate Democrats have set up a whistleblower complaint portal for federal workers to submit any reports of what they see as unlawful activities in their respective agencies in response to Elon Musk and his group’s efforts to downsize the federal government.

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To watch Musk, Senate Democrats start whistleblower platform for workers

Democrats are hoping federal employees will provide information regarding the president and Elon Musk‘s efforts to slash government agencies.

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 10/02/2025

This energy.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 08/02/2025

@altfema.bsky.social grew so fast in the first hour that @bsky.app flagged the account as potential spam. Y'all rock!! We've notified @support.bsky.team and are awaiting correction. Thank you so much for your support & continued engagement with your reps. We can do this!

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/02/2025

Proud to see Oregon on this list. Trump’s obsession with everyone's genitals and telling people how to live their lives is going to lead to more suicides and more dead kids.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/02/2025

Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to fund President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, proposing to spend close to $350 billion on immigrant detention facilities, deportation raids and national security priorities.

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Live updates: Trump holds joint news conference with Japan’s prime minister

The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.

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Rachel Weigert @rmweigert.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

These funds also help support scientists who are medical professionals, physicians, professors nationwide. The impact to colleges and hospitals is being completely missed by the general public (and likely a lot of our lawmakers as well).

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/02/2025

⏳ Time is running out to stop the 🪱 📱 CALL YOUR SENATORS (202) 224-3121 “Hell NO RFK Jr. If you vote to confirm him we will primary you. We will ensure your constituents know just how many kids you helped kill.” ⚰️⚰️⚰️

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/02/2025

::MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS:: A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low. Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/02/2025

The Office of Personnel Management, now overseen by Elon Musk, just issued a memo to all heads of federal agencies ordering a startling change in the status of CIOs. It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.

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Trump White House moves to allow for a Musk takeover of government IT

The Office of Personnel Management is trying to make it easier to put ideologues and cronies in key tech roles.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/02/2025

🧑‍⚖️ A judge has HALTED the “resignation” program for federal workers until they can determine if it’s legal. There is a hearing on Monday. We will update as we learn more.

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Alt: a woman wearing a tiara and a sash with the words fork yeah on it

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/02/2025

Federal folks at risk of layoffs and resignations - confirm your coverage eligibility post-termination with your insurance company. Fill prescriptions, etc. in case you lose benefits. Get your info from a trusted source. Beware of a DOGEy-looking site with sketchy fine print:

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/02/2025

Craig McLean, who had been at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for nearly 40 years, spoke out about Sharpiegate, a move that led to serious professional repercussions. McLean talks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social about what he anticipates in Trump’s second term.

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I paid the price for speaking out about “Sharpiegate.” Scientists can’t be silent now, either.

"In elections, you elect policy. You don't elect science."

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Rachel Weigert @rmweigert.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

They have no idea what the implications of each of these sweeping actions has. I’m awaiting total economic collapse at this point.

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Rachel Weigert @rmweigert.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This is the energy we need from the Democratic Party. Time to look alive and b-e- aggressive.

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mitochondria mommy ☣︎ @viruswench.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

several of my peers are getting emails saying that NIH can’t conduct federal/grant interviews or do ANY recruiting until the executive order is lifted. insane

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/02/2025

The current administration is threatening to cut the federal workforce by 75%. Let's take a look at the impact that would have across the country - even in your region. Read the analysis by @urbaninstitute: www.urban.org/urban-wire/i... #federalissue #localissue #fedstatelocal

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/02/2025

What could possibly go wrong now that Elon Musk has gained access to all US Treasury payments? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Elon Musk may now have unique sway over the US Treasury

What could possibly go wrong with giving the tech mogul access to US payments?

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/02/2025

Forced Resignations Are Illegal – 5 CFR § 715.202 states that federal resignations must be voluntary. An email implying "uncertainty of your position" while pushing resignation deadlines could be considered coercion.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Last existential post of the day I promise but this is a good thread. I think it's good to remind ourselves that as big as the federal government is, it's still not actually that big.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Can always count on the Dems to bring a banana to a gun fight.

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Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

RIP American Medical and Public Health research.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷‍♂️

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025

We are still learning about all the webpages that have been taken down, but they include: contraception and reproductive rights, STI treatment guidelines, youth risk behavior survey data, CDC's health education analysis tool, resources for the LGBTQ community, and intimate partner violence. 💔

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling. It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks. Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)

Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

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Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Precisely.

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Rachel Weigert @rmweigert.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

@altcdc.bsky.social folks have developed a way to rapidly pull data sets from NSF databases. Please contact me to help connect so we might do the same. Thanks!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 31/01/2025

CDC staff have been forced to remove dozens of chronic health applications and to change open data sets that contain gender. These are YOUR data and YOUR tools. Be angry. Be LOUD.

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Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It’s starting…Science data won’t be too far behind.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 31/01/2025

Chants of "Hold the line, don't resign!" are catching on. We are here for it.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 31/01/2025

HHS and CDC employees have received the official order to remove pronouns from signature blocks by 5pm today. Pronouns or not, we stand in allyship of all genders and identities.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/01/2025

“One of the first signs of authoritarianism is that people start to comply with things before they are actually enforced. We can prepare for different scenarios, but we are not going to stop doing what we do."

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Planning for the worst in Trump's next term: Prepare, don't panic, and don't comply in advance

She championed abortion rights in Texas, and Amy Hagstrom Miller is ready for the next fight.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/01/2025

After tragedies like these, it’s typical for American presidents to address the grieving public. What’s not typical of presidents is to blame issues with, for example, the Federal Aviation Administration on disabled people and people of color.

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Trump responds to Washington plane crash with racist, ableist diatribe

The president used the tragedy, which killed 67, to deliver a bigoted and self-promoting tirade about DEI.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.

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Axios @axios.com · 28/01/2025

Caroline Kennedy urged senators to reject her cousin's nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, saying Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "preys on the desperation of parents of sick children."

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Caroline Kennedy slams "predator" RFK Jr. on eve of confirmation hearing

The letter says her cousin "preys on the desperation of parents of sick children."

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/01/2025

To our federal colleagues. Do not give up. This is a terrifying time, but you are not alone. They want you to give up. To quit. To make it easy on them. Don’t let them. This is our country. We fight for ourselves, our colleagues, our loved ones, and our communities.

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Gays Of Bluesky @gaysof.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Apple Costco Bank of America Delta JP Morgan Marriott Microsoft Procter & Gamble Goldman Sachs American Airlines Southwest Airlines United Airlines Catholic Health

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The Earl of Orkney 💙 @earloforkney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business. Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerry’s Ulta, Macy’s Old Navy Nordstrom’s TJ Maxx GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.

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