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Federal employee who is disgusted at what’s happening

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Local coverage of the NIH censorship lawsuit involving Pitt plaintiffs. pittnews.com/article/2034...
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Pitt professors join class-action lawsuit against NIH, alleging it censored scientific research - The Pitt News
The lawsuit, filed on Sept.16, alleges that NIH, the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, is unconstitutionally censoring scientific research in relation to requiring a list of keywor...
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excellent post on the vile Russell Vought. "Russell Vought is the kind of man who would deprive every child in America of a drug that saved his own daughter’s life because it advances his own."
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"The generation of young people coming up on the right are not your father’s conservatives. They are Trump’s heirs, and they are here to stay. And if we want to save America from MAGA authoritarianism…It’s going to mean tackling this entire movement." plus.briantylercohen.com/p/exposing-t...
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Exposing the Rot at the Core of MAGA
Even after Trump exits the scene, his heirs are here to stay. And they have some dark plans for America.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/08/2026
I am so fucking sick of this man and even moreso the movement of degenerates who have inflicted him on the world for the past decade bsky.app/profile/reut...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/08/2026
Brennan: "Nearly all of Florida is below the 95% immunization rate for herd immunity for measles. So, is your message to Florida parents to get your kids vaccinated?" Byron Donalds: "No. My message is the reason we have seen a measles outbreak is because of rampant illegal immigration."
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Iran issues extensive list of demands to reopen Hormuz: -End US blockade -US forces out of area -End sanctions -Unconditionally release all frozen Iranian assets -Pay war reparations Even as maximal position to be negotiated down, Iran being in this position highlights how badly Trump screwed up.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/08/2026
Louisiana health officials said that five residents died this year after they were sickened with Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm seas and brackish water. Another four people in the state were hospitalized with the infection, health officials said.
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Outbreak of Vibrio Vulnificus, a Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Kills 5 in Louisiana
Vibrio vulnificus, which thrives in warm, brackish water, has also killed two people in Florida this year.
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JRyerson @jryerson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It's never about security , it is always about USA oligarch wealth. #Greenland @hcrichardson.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The most amazing part of this is when she tells him London is not actually a dystopian hellscape, and he, the world's richest man who spends his days cooking his brain on his Nazi CSAM social media site, responds "You live a cloistered existence." He really is an extraordinary moron.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami on charges of rape and sex trafficking. UK to seek extradition over sexual exploitation, 'extreme pornography' and assault and indecent images of a child. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/07/2026
"There are two ways a food source gets contaminated. We don’t know which one it is yet. I hope we get answers soon. But it does trace back to human fecal matter hitting our produce, and then us eating it and making us sick." This won't be the last time.
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When You’re Sliding Into First and You Feel You’re Gonna Burst, Read This Story
What you need to know about the cyclospora outbreak.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10/07/2026
Do you want political appointees within federal agencies deciding on grant funding? Or suspending/terminating grants without warning? How about controlling how grant work is done? No? Neither do we. Comment period closes on Monday 7/13. Go give ‘em hell til it does.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"You don’t pressure witnesses to a shooting to self-deport if your goal is to get to the bottom of what happened." In the same way that the government did not investigate the Minnesota shootings, they will not investigate these shootings.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/07/2026
USDA had to revise its late June U.S. beef export numbers DOWN 90%. Quite the "error."
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Removing every commissioner from an independent election oversight agency raises serious questions about the future of election administration and the independence of institutions designed to support free and fair elections.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The EAC doesn’t run elections, but it plays an important role by certifying voting systems, accrediting voting equipment testing laboratories, distributing certain federal election funds, and providing guidance to help states administer elections.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Warning! ⚠️ Things are going to be bad this midterm election. The Trump administration has fired the remaining commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), leaving the independent bipartisan agency without any sitting commissioners.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
When you see online trolls celebrating Trump or defending crimes by the police or ICE, 9 out of 10 times that’s not an actual human, that’s your tax money weaponized against you.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/07/2026
Some wins aside, "the six-justice right-wing majority continued its sordid work of structurally reshaping the balance of power under the Constitution to elevate presidents, corporations, guns, and the Republican party." New from @kimwehle.bsky.social:
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How the Roberts Court Is Blowing Up American Politics
In the term just ended, the right-wing justices continued their campaign to elevate the presidency, while discarding vital protections and longstanding precedents.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/07/2026
Iran, not Trump, is in control of this war. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War
The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.
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bill doyle @billjondoyle.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“a country that elected Trump twice can never be trusted again” amen to that america is gone forever. and despite the best efforts of a civilised minority, the thing that remains is not trending in a good direction #auspol
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Questions”? You still only have “questions” about whether Donald Trump seeks to punish people who disfavor him?
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/07/2026
This miserable racist is the "Chief Design Officer" of the United States. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Geb...
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Bornabrit1 @lindarothwell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I'm just saying..
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Scientific judgment exercised by career civil servants, vetted through multiple layers of peer accountability, is categorically different from political discretion exercised by appointees whose job is to advance the President's priorities...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Republicans are assaulting mail-in voting because they don't want people to vote. They want an oligarchy in which billionaires rule and the rest of us shut up and keep paying our taxes.
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whisperskin.bsky.social @whisperskin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison - The Guardian
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Ash Splawinski @splawinski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Today in "hey, what's going on with prediction platforms?" "Across 118 of those videos, creators touted nearly $900,000 in fabricated winnings on positions that would have lost more than $166,000 in live markets." www.techspot.com/news/112856-...
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Polymarket paid influencers to fake winning bets, built dummy websites to pull it off
The Wall Street Journal reports that Polymarket paid at least 10 influencers over the past several months to post videos in which they pretended to win hundreds...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Who knows if there will be a final agreement. But if there is, two things will be true at the same time: a) It's essentially surrender to Iran. b) We should be glad about it, because every day this insane, illegal war continues, we get weaker. 1/ Let me explain.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/06/2026
like get a load of these morons. President Pedophile causes the worst oil shock in history, gas prices shoot up 50%, and they're like "we need more fossil infrastructure, because of Affordability" nytimes.com/2026/06/11/c...
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Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/06/2026
A duck swims over algae at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has been painted blue at the directive of U.S. President Donald Trump, ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It’s wild to talk to folks about Missouri only to hear someone blame “the Democrats.” What Democrats? We’ve had a Republican legislative supermajority for over two decades and haven’t had a statewide elected Dem since 2018. Everything you see in this state is due to Republican authoritarianism.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The public is quite unhappy about the UFC fight and White House priorities. Video: buff.ly/0LTIotY
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I’m not sure people realize how huge this problem is. During Trump 1.0, ~5,000 kids were separated from parents at the border. During Trump 2.0, the Brookings Institution estimates *145,000* US citizen kids have been separated, mostly in the country's interior www.brookings.edu/articles/how... 5/x
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Since Trump is unable to bring a receipt of Democrats rigging elections, here's one of Arizona Republicans caught in the act of trying to rig the 2020 election, by signing fake elector forms for Trump. It would be a shame to keep sharing this and other receipts...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2026
As climate threats grow, the Trump admin is dismantling the tools scientists use to protect our communities. Ignoring the science won’t change the reality - it just leaves us less prepared for it. Article: zurl.co/6jDTk
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Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’
Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Violent 1/6 felons disproportionately likely to commit more felonies www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/06/viol...
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Violent 1/6 felons disproportionately likely to commit more felonies - Lawyers, Guns & Money
What are the odds? At least 97 of the more than 1,500 individuals granted clemency by President Trump for their roles in the January 6 Capitol attack have been arrested for, charged with, or convicted...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Can’t be repeated enough👇🏽 Just so insane
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
A deal is coming any day now (click to expand)
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
What he said!
Senator Jon Ossoff making a speech arguing that American identity is rooted in shared ideas and convictions rather than ethnicity or genetics, contrasting this view with what he attributes to Trump, Vance, and Miller.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Small update: Since yesterday afternoon, when our article was published, 4 new awards have gone out to Harvard PIs—the first since December.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This right here.
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whisperskin.bsky.social @whisperskin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Great response!
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Johns Hopkins University @jhu.edu · 26/05/2026
NIH has allocated just 33% of its normal budget this year, putting critical medical breakthroughs at risk. Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels and University of Kansas Chancellor Dr. Douglas Girod are calling on the government to release it before the damage becomes permanent. bit.ly/4f3GuzR
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President Daniels in WSJ op-ed: Get the federal science money flowing
JHU president, University of Kansas chancellor urge federal agencies to release congressionally appropriated funds to fuel America's research engine
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.
 ALTMAN: "WE SEE A FUTURE WHERE INTELLIGENCE IS A UTILITY, LIKE ELECTRICITY OR WATER, AND PEOPLE BUY IT FROM US ON A METER.
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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 26/05/2026
Why? So they can see who will and wont. Another weed out ploy to make us quit.
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OPM proposes requiring all feds to sign an NDA
Experts warned the measure, when combined with the federal HR agency’s new power to target employees’ suitability for federal employment, creates a new pathway for Trump administration officials to pu...
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David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...
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The NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about him
I expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders
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