People need to understand what’s happening in Washington state because it’s outrageous and barely being covered by the news media. But I think it matters, and I think you’ll agree. The state is facing growing legal & public scrutiny over widespread sexual abuse of juveniles in state custody. 🧵

It's funny how it is 🧐🧐

Mountain View “allowed hundreds of unauthorized law enforcement agencies to search information captured by the city’s license plate cameras for more than a year.” Particularly important amid immigration enforcement. www.mv-voice.com/police/2026/...

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Welcome home, Kelly Yu! After 8+ months in ICE detention, she's back where she belongs: running her West Valley restaurants with her family.

How you feeling now Kentucky?

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison? By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social

A bit like the people in Alabama (Huntsville), where this week Toyota pulled it’s $ 9B Project50 investment (approx 5k jobs, and 18k derived jobs) and confirmed replacing it to Ontario/Canada, due to current. political chaos and uncertainty in the US.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

WTAF?? I was so excited when they won Gold. This just ruined that. Destroyed. 🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬

This day and every day, we all must do our part to build the movement for social justice. My "Sisters & Brothers" Starter Pack #2 highlights tenacious advocates with kind hearts. Please follow them all. I’d also be grateful if you would repost/share the starter pack. go.bsky.app/3JVtqsz

Kash Patel is having one hell of a party on our dime.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Works for me

DHS initially claimed that when the officers exited their vehicle, Martinez tried to run them over, “forcing the officers to fire defensively.” New bodycam footage shows otherwise. trib.al/e13WQTZ

Watch this.

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BASH: Why was an unarmed man shot multiple times by your Border Patrol agents? BOVINO: Dana, you don't know he was unarmed. I don't know he was unarmed. That's freeze frame adjudication. That's why we have an investigation. BASH: It's not a freeze frame

So my understanding is that if Dems in the senate block the funding bill as Schumer has promised, it will block SIX packages: 1. Defense 2. Labor-HHS-Ed 3. T-HUD 4. SFOPs 5. FSGG 6. DHS 1/

‘I could watch the final 30 minutes on a loop till the end of time’: Guardian writers’ favourite Rob Reiner moments

“The relationship between the president and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in her dissenting opinion. “In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.” trib.al/60kPD3S

So doesn’t the Secretary of State have better things to do than make government documents HARDER to read? Seriously I thought this was parody after all the complaints about government documents. It goes against common sense

U.S. inspections of foreign food facilities have hit historic lows this year. Monthly inspection rates are significantly lower than the previous two years. Originally published by @propublica.org 

The hidden victims of the opioid crisis: the ones who lived

At least four French museums have been robbed in the last two months, according to media reports. Christopher Marinello, founder of Art Recovery International, which tracks stolen art, said museum heists were on the rise across Europe and further afield reut.rs/3KYoU3m

If Congress doesn't act, costs will rise on premiums for health care plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Here's what to know about the politics and real-world impact of this issue.

The order comes as Montana’s utility board grapples with infighting, workplace misconduct allegations.

This is unacceptable for us all. How many times do we have to put up with this nonsense

BREAKING: Flesh-eating Vibrio vulnificus kills 4 in Florida. Officials urge public to avoid coastal waters with open wounds. 11 cases statewide.

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BREAKING: mRNA HIV Vaccine Shows Strong Early Results A new mRNA HIV vaccine triggered robust B and T cell responses, with 80% of recipients developing Tier 2 neutralizing antibodies in early trials.

BREAKING: Scientists Develop Sugar-Coated Nanoparticle That Blocks COVID-19 Virus From Binding to Human Cells Reduces Infection by ~99% in Lab Experiments

Just spoke with my CDC sources. They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports. Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy. RFK Jr. must resign now!

BREAKING: China Detects 4 New H9N2 Avian Flu Cases All Young Male Children; 19 Cases Reported in 6 Months, Majority in Children In 2024, China reported a total of 11 H9N2 cases.

BREAKING: New COVID Variants ‘Nimbus’ and ‘Stratus’ Fuel Global Surge in Cases Cases of the “Nimbus” (NB.1.8.1) and “Stratus” (XFG) COVID-19 variants are rising rapidly worldwide, now dominating infection trends across major regions including Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

‘Greater risk’: Covid-19 mask mandate returns to California county; aims to protect ‘most vulnerable population’ A California wine country county is strengthening its vaccine recommendations and implementing a mask mandate, citing a “greater risk” of Covid-19 as the annual flu season begins.

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Eight months after the Palisades Fire destroyed almost 600 Malibu houses, the city has issued only two rebuilding permits.

From Monday: So swings the political pendulum of First Amendment rights, as this foundational protection is treated as a prop to be bear-hugged in one moment and conveniently tossed aside when an opportunistic moment demands.

Vaccine Advisory Committee Members Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy www.factcheck.org/2025/10/vacc...

Well isn’t this just illegal? Was this why he wanted voting information from the states?