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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 14h
sciencebasedmedicine.org
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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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h
Two babies died. An 18-year-old with measles died from a rare complication that caused inflammation in the brain. At least six infants have been born infected with measles. There’s no way to predict which kids will get hit hardest.
nbcnews.to
Pennsylvania doctors are seeing what measles can do to previously healthy, unvaccinated kids
The virus is proving it can attack multiple organs, including the gut, liver, lungs and brain, even in children who were previously healthy.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h
WAPO: “.. all the major donors to .. Trump’s White House ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 14h
Grifter, stooge, scumbag, traitor
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
"In February 2024, Blanche & his partner Emil Bove — now Judge Bove — insisted that 'a fair trial cannot be conducted this year.' And yet, 22 days before the midterms, with early voting already underway in MN, Blanche’s DOJ searched a candidate’s home over paperwork a dead man filed 3 decades ago."
publicnotice.co
Republicans learn to love DOJ weaponization
Just kidding, they always love it when they’re holding the weapon.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16h
This is illegal and (a) it’s not even close to defensible and (b) shouldn’t be tolerated.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h
MS NOW analyzed Trump Justice Department data and found Kash Patel is making false statements about FBI crime stats. The FBI under Patel has brought thousands fewer criminal cases than previous administrations. The findings rebut Patel's claims that he has led a crackdown on violent crime.
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Crime stats touted by Kash Patel are bolstered by arrests made by state and local agencies, not FBI
An analysis of publicly available data from the Justice Department shows repeated claims made by the FBI director are false or misleading.
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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 21h
If only there had been some warning about Musk throttling Ukraine’s starlink www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Musk ordered Starlink shutdown during Ukraine's 2022 Kherson counteroffensive, Reuters reports
The move reportedly caused front-line units to lose connectivity, disabling drones and disrupting artillery coordination.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 14/10/2026
Musk unilaterally shut off a defensive capability just as Russia attacked power plants with winter approaching I don't know why anyone trusted him before, but certainly nobody can afford an Elon Musk dependency after this
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
SpaceX’s Starlink speed cap is confirmed at 60-70 km/h on Ukrainian terminals which kills connectivity for all medium-range kamikaze drones: FP-2, Darts, Hornet, RAM-2 and others. It also impacts Ukraine’s drone interceptors that rely on Starlink to shoot down Russian Shahed-type jets.
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Stephen Barry @wa3zgt.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia calls herself a lawyer. There’s no evidence she was admitted to practice law in the United States, and legal experts say foreign citizens cannot take the bar in China. My deep dive: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Katie Zacharia calls herself a lawyer. Legal experts aren’t sure.
There’s no evidence the new White House press secretary was admitted to practice law in the United States.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Read @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social's new profile of Stephen Miller, "American ‘Psycho,’ Fascist Dork." zeteo.com/p/stephen-mi...
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 13/10/2026
since we’re doing this discourse again here’s why im no longer on twitter
Elon Musk on October 28, 2022: Comedy is now legal on twitter 

Me with my profile photo and display name changed to Elon Musk on November 4, 2022: My wife left me

A screenshot of my account suspension for violating twitter rules
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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Musk then prevented any community notes from appearing on Sortor’s post for many hours, ensuring that no one could debunk the bogus claim before it reached tens of millions of people, and suspended accounts that dug into its veracity” @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...
laura-bassett.com
Anatomy of a fake scandal
WSJ obtained video of Ken Paxton partying with literal fugitives in Dubai, so Republicans panicked and invented a story about Talarico checking into a psych hospital. It backfired.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay, Katie Zacharia's claim to have passed the bar in China appears to be collapsing very fast. The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (paywall) just published this. www.scmp.com/news/us/poli...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
"When Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity & appointed her as his new press sec, he called her 'an attorney.' This is also how Zacharia describes herself. But Popular Information searched for evidence in all 50 states, plus DC, that she was admitted to practice law anywhere — & found none."
popular.info
Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she’s a lawyer. Is she?
There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"Why Was Ilhan Omar’s Home Raided Over ‘Illegal Immigration’ Claims, and Not Elon Musk’s? You Know the Answer"
zeteo.com
First Draft: Why Was Ilhan Omar’s Home Raided Over ‘Illegal Immigration’ Claims, and Not Elon Musk’s? You Know the Answer
In Donald Trump’s latest fascist outrage, ICE agents swarmed the Minnesota Democrat’s DC house, the whole thing reported by Fox. In Kansas, the president tried to stop a senator from self-destructing.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The fun fact about this lie is that only Chinese citizens can take a bar exam in China. She knows this but is so bad and corrupt she panicked.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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bloomberg.com
CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Russia’s response to Donald Trump’s energy cease fire was to drone-strike a Ukrainian playground www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Wall Street Journal has footage of scumbag Ken Paxton ringing in the New Year in Dubai in 2025 and is with his mistress and a US fugitive named Sameer Suhail. Yikes.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Legalized Bribery. (H/T @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social ) (Core Civic is based in Brentwood, TN)
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026
More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d
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More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Seems relevant to me that the new White House press secretary, who supposed to convey accurate information, believes that elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood are sexually trafficking kids and eating people. 24 hours later, it hasn’t made it into mainstream coverage of Zacharia.
popular.info
New White House press secretary is a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist
Katie Zacharia, who was appointed White House press secretary by President Trump on Friday, repeatedly promoted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy on social media, accusing elites from the Democratic P...
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 12/10/2026
This is NOT an ad for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s new documentary “MUSK” (in theaters now). We are promoting it for free. Join us right here on October 20, 2026 at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern for a livestream hosted by @niedermeyer.online.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
washingtonpost.com
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ilhan Omar’s home was raided today, weeks after border czar Tom Homan cited an “ongoing criminal investigation.” It reportedly involves immigration paperwork when she was a child. There is NOT an ongoing investigation of Homan taking $50,000 in an FBI bribery sting because Trump killed that probe.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In case you aren't knee-deep in the latest MAGA conspiracy theory, this is a response to the "bombshell" that James Talarico spent the past week-plus secretly seeking treatment at an Ohio mental health facility, and a GOP operative broke the case with a late-night phone call.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The @houstonchronicle.com posted this video and it's pretty jarring. No matter that he was fleeing, law enforcement officers may not use deadly force on someone who poses no significant risk of death or serious injury to others. Deliberately hitting someone with a car is a use of deadly force.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
Trump’s big lie this morning unraveled FAST. Zelenskyy says the announcement was “NEWS TO ME.” Now a senior RUSSIAN lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal—and suggests Trump is making fake announcements to manipulate oil prices.
meidasnews.com
Trump’s Ukraine ‘Ceasefire’ Exposed as Kyiv and Moscow Rebuke Him
Zelenskyy says Trump’s ceasefire was “news to me,” while a senior Russian lawmaker suggests the announcement was a ploy to drive down oil prices.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/10/2026
Trump Drops Bombshell Evidence Biden Actively Campaigned Against Him
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Trump Drops Bombshell Evidence Biden Actively Campaigned Against Him
WASHINGTON—During an address to the nation Tuesday in which he claimed to have obtained definitive proof that the election was stolen, President Donald Trump presented bombshell evidence showing his o...
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
READ THIS: The man who was the commanding general of Fort Hood when Nidal Hasan went on his shooting rampage, and who signed the actual death warrant authorizing Hasan's execution, is absolutely opposed to televising the firing squad. He speaks eloquently for himself here.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The owners of the oil tanker Minerva Zen travelling from St Petersburg to the US East Coast say it is actually carrying liquid fertiliser not oil.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 11/10/2026
Elon Musk's SpaceX has fallen months behind on a roughly $70,000 restaurant tab, leaving the owner struggling to pay staff and bills, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX blasts off without paying $70k restaurant tab: report
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has fallen months behind on a roughly $70,000 restaurant tab, leaving the owner struggling to pay staff and bills, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.“We’re the blue-collar guys cooking this food, hustling to make this work for these young kids making like six figures, and this ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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vahan1.bsky.social @vahan1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“The Post reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting…Hegseth called that reporting ‘a complete lie.’ However, late Friday, the Pentagon raised the figure to include additional deaths.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21
The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
DHS has called the NYC man agents shot, Oscar Belgal a "thug," a gang "associate," and a "criminal." Belgal has exactly one conviction, for 4th degree grand larceny, the least serious level. He was given probation. I know this all b/c *DHS says it.* www.dhs.gov/news/2026/10...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Gus Orviston @orviston.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Note that he doesn't say this about the other President in the conflict. You know, the one that was the agressor. Trump wants a Ukrainian president that is willing to surrender to Putin, because he's on Putin's side.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Zelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32%
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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'm not sure how many Americans realize that by helping Putin's genocidal aggression against Ukraine Trump is not only showing the US to be an unreliable ally. He is directly helping a sworn enemy of NATO and of most US allies. This betrayal will have long-term repercussions beyond Ukraine.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 10/10/2026
RUSSIA TARGETED A BUS FULL OF CIVILIANS AND MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THIS WEEK ALONE. Maybe the ingrate is the guy who made the decision to fund that terrorism by purchasing oil in a last ditch attempt to boost his poll numbers?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 10/10/2026
Dana Joudeh was denied proper food and medical care throughout her pregnancy in an Israeli prison. She gave birth to a premature baby surrounded by armed guards. theintercept.com/2026/10/10/i...
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/10/2026
We went from sanctioning Russian oil to buying it in three weeks. Instead of ending his disastrous war in Iran, Trump is now funding Russia's war in Ukraine. We used to hold dictators and autocrats accountable. Now our president negotiated a deal to fund Putin's unjust war.
cnbc.com
Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com
David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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