Reposted by Christine BrandtEllie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Tomorrow we toss our tea. #nokings 16777120
Reposted by Christine BrandtKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Breaking on MSNBC: Two top criminal lawyers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired: Elizabeth Yusi, the criminal chief, and her deputy Kristin Bird. Both had been involved with Letitia James case and were skeptical of it. 234103313804
Reposted by Christine BrandtAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Mark my words. 1247220044996
Christine Brandt @wordbourne.bsky.social · 03/10/2025🚨 ICE is reportedly launching “Freaky Friday” tomorrow, a plan to target migrant children. Who: Children 14+ but could be 10+ What: Threat letters to children to urge them to give up their rights under TVPRA or self-deport for $2,500. If they refuse, they risk: imprisonment, parents arrested. 130
Reposted by Christine BrandtKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Great column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)nytimes.comOpinion | Mourn, or Else 14421131
Reposted by Christine Brandtshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 02/10/2025all the right people are mad about this (gift link)nytimes.comF.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill 311092237
Reposted by Christine BrandtThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/10/2025Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes:bit.lyUkraine’s Plan to Starve the Russian War MachineNegotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands. 926051
Reposted by Christine BrandtChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/10/2025No need to be scared of him. The trend is clear - everyone outside of his hard base is abandoning him. 23259471377
Reposted by Christine BrandtHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 02/10/2025"What you fail to see Mr Pope" is gonna haunt me forever 1642156
Reposted by Christine BrandtKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Judge Sooknanan has some problems with recent “prosecutorial machinations” in Washington, D.C., cataloguing a list of abuses and excesses she says have exploded in recent weeks ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... 12698255
Reposted by Christine Brandtemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit. 1) Plaintiff is natural born. 2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants. 3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property. 4) He showed Real ID both times. 122103153047
Reposted by Christine BrandtChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2025REQUEST: If anyone has the memo in question, pushing such prosecutions, apparently sent from a lawyer in Blanche's office to "U.S. attorney’s offices in California, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Detroit and Maryland, among others," please send it my way. Signal: crg.32 111091362
Reposted by Christine BrandtKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/09/2025I miss my 50-year streak of not knowing who the Secretary of Health is or anything about them. 329204602409
Reposted by Christine BrandtAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 24/09/2025BREAKING A federal judge found it "appears ... that multiple employees of the Department of Justice may have violated" local rules in SDNY guaranteeing Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial. Full order here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 438115983694
Reposted by Christine BrandtThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/09/2025“With the federal government in retreat, vaccine wars have shifted to the states.” @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social writes about how states are abiding by, enforcing, or fighting against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s vaccine-policy rollbacks.newyorker.comA New Era of Vaccine FederalismAs confidence in the C.D.C. wanes, states are asserting more control over their vaccine policies, creating a fragmented public-health system. 1527899
Reposted by Christine BrandtGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Why is @nytimes.com claiming to know that FCC chair Brendan Carr's motives for state censorship of liberals are authentically felt, as opposed to an invented pretext? NYT headline writers can't see into Carr's mind. 611052233
Reposted by Christine BrandtHeidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Oklahoma promoting Hitler-Youth-like Turning Point U.S.A. clubs in public schools. State government joining with Charlie Kirk’s organization to indoctrinate high school students into Republican Fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTurning Point chapters at Oklahoma high schools will counter ‘woke indoctrination’, official saysSuperintendent says all high schools in state will have chapters of the conservative youth group following Charlie Kirk’s killing 7127
Reposted by Christine Brandtryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/09/2025a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comHuntington's disease successfully treated for first timeOne of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC. 13160631596
Reposted by Christine BrandtBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23/09/2025It’s #MythBustingTuesday. Today’s target: “Natural immunity is always better than vaccine-induced immunity.” I hear this all the time. Although it sounds appealing, it’s dangerously misleading. 🧵 711844
Reposted by Christine BrandtAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2025Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is." 874256727935
Reposted by Christine Brandtjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/09/2025to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)nytimes.comOpinion | This Is About So Much More Than Lisa Cook 7044201036
Reposted by Christine BrandtMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/09/2025All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all. Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery. I salute you, sir! 🫡 741279845803
Reposted by Christine BrandtDev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 14/09/2025This guy doesn’t know anything. I’m so jealous. 48192289
Reposted by Christine BrandtNBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/09/2025An officer fatally shot a person who injured an ICE agent during an immigration arrest in the Chicago area, according to federal immigration officials.nbcnews.toA person is killed and an ICE agent injured at an immigration arrest near ChicagoA spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said officers were conducting a vehicle stop as part of a "targeted law enforcement activity" on Friday morning. 284034
Christine Brandt @wordbourne.bsky.social · 09/09/2025🚨 Why is right-wing extremist and white supremacist Proud Boy Ben Bergquam doing ride-alongs with ICE? 140
Reposted by Christine BrandtSteven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool 200144025742
Reposted by Christine BrandtAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/09/2025It's not the most important part of the issue but Kavanaugh saying "well they should just sue if they're the victims of excessive force from ICE" when he himself has previously voted to bar lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the 4th Amendment in immigration cases takes chutzpah. 517129184391
Reposted by Christine BrandtSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected. 24948572033
Christine Brandt @wordbourne.bsky.social · 03/09/2025🚨 DeSantis and Ladapo plan to “end all vaccine mandates in Florida law.” Vaccines have saved at least 154 million lives in the last 50 years (WHO). The vast majority of lives saved were infants. Ladapo compared vaccine mandates to “slavery.” www.yahoo.com/news/article...yahoo.comDeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced at a news conference Wednesday. For decades, the state has required numerous vaccines for kids attending... 010
Reposted by Christine BrandtWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Some background—or important context—on this. www.importantcontext.news/p/the-great-...importantcontext.news“The Great Birdington Declaration”: The Origins of Kennedy’s Avian Flu Herd Immunity Plan ExplainedThe idea of letting a dangerous pathogen rip for herd immunity emerged out of right-wing efforts to reopen the economy at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 39433
Reposted by Christine Brandtjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2025there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...advocate.comRFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” 474279458791
Reposted by Christine BrandtLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/08/2025“The incident took place after several migrants held there began shouting for ‘freedom’ after one received news a relative had died… A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said.”theguardian.comDetainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beat and teargas was fired 1230140
Reposted by Christine BrandtBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 30/08/2025The CDC shaped my career and saved countless lives around the world. To see it hollowed out and replaced by ideology is devastating. In my latest essay, I share my own CDC story and why its unraveling matters for all of us. open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...open.substack.comWhat Becomes of the CDC Now?From shaping global health policy to guiding my own path in medicine, the CDC’s legacy is too important to abandon. 724173
Reposted by Christine BrandtAaron Schaffer @aaronschaffer.com · 27/08/2025Before Trump’s Alaska summit, a top CIA expert worked grueling hours to make sure Trump + team were briefed. Four days later, she was told she lost her clearance despite expecting a prestigious assignment. In a span of minutes, her 29-yr career in public service was essentially over. wapo.st/3JVtsXqwapo.stTrump, Gabbard purged top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summitDays after the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump ordered the security clearance revocation of a top CIA official and Russia expert. 411061
Reposted by Christine BrandtClay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 27/08/2025wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them? This is an insane person. 2589203394731
Reposted by Christine BrandtJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Revisiting America’s Dark History of Internment open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comRevisiting America’s Dark History of Internment“The objective of this contract is to obtain all infrastructure, including temporary housing structures, physical plant, staffing, resources, services, and supplies necessary to house aliens in the cu... 241241448
Reposted by Christine BrandtDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on 31595663142
Reposted by Christine BrandtAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 28/08/2025We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is. 433100902045
Reposted by Christine BrandtDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025"Bustillo-Chinchilla moved to North Carolina from Honduras when she was 8 years old. She graduated from Crest High School in Shelby and earned a scholarship to attend Gardner-Webb University, with hopes of becoming a nurse." What is the sense in imprisoning and expelling this person? 25465158
Reposted by Christine BrandtBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/08/2025The CDC has discontinued its surveillance program or food borne dz caused by As you friendly infectious disease physician, I regret to inform you that this decision is bad news for your food safety. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comThe CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnessesAs of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight. 511450
Reposted by Christine BrandtMark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement: 458212166929
Reposted by Christine BrandtTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 27/08/2025area man beats sandwich crime charge, will not be sub-poenaed 1474435466
Reposted by Christine BrandtDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 27/08/2025I said this in February (On Facebook but not over here apparently?) 613331
Reposted by Christine BrandtYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2025So the sandwich guy ... beat the wrap 199183802673
Reposted by Christine BrandtAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted. 886234907075
Reposted by Christine BrandtBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Another hopeful and inspiring story. Reporting on the first HIV cure study conducting on the African continent. So far one woman was remained in longterm remission two years after the study. While not a home run the FRESH study brings hope that there is progress. www.npr.org/sections/goa...npr.orgWhatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising newsAt the International AIDS Society meeting this year, a young woman from South Africa spoke. She is the first Black woman from Africa to be potentially cured of HIV. 26922
Reposted by Christine BrandtJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 25/08/2025Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes. 139206375429