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Former news producer, now following the news with clenched teeth and bitten fingernails
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Dorit Reiss
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US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition - The Lancet
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US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses, and safeguarding population hea...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2825%2902353-0/fulltext
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Brad Heath
10 days ago
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Aaron Parnas
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Laurel Davila
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David Stevens: “Election fraud , election fraud. 4 years of the claim from Republicans. Now in plain sight there is clear election fraud. Done by state legislatures in red states with an added push from what they hope is a Supreme Court win.”
#Pinks
contrarian.substack.com/p/the-gops-2...
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The GOP’s 2025 playbook to steal House seats
Instead of changing its message, the Republican Party decided to change the maps.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-gops-2025-playbook-to-steal-house?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Fact-checking misinformation about SNAP
A recording from Mike Levin's live video
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikelevinca/p/fact-checking-misinformation-about?r=5iib8&utm_medium=ios
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From CT Sen
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The Bulwark
about 2 months ago
This was used in the the decision-making process for:
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The Bulwark
about 2 months ago
A helpful chart from
@jvl.bsky.social
that explains the Republican decision-making process when it comes to power. Check it out in the latest Triad:
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-a...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
3 months ago
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target
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jamelle
3 months ago
oh looks like jill lepore wrote the book i thought i might write
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...
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Jill Lepore Thinks the U.S. Constitution Might Break America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/books/review/we-the-people-jill-lepore.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon)
3 months ago
My latest with
@bakerinstitute.bsky.social
www.bakerinstitute.org/research/new...
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New COVID-19 Vaccine Restrictions and Their Impact | Baker Institute
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines to protect against the latest strain. Unlike earlier rollouts, this authorization comes with added restrictions. In ...
https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/new-covid-19-vaccine-restrictions-and-their-impact
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How is this not 1933 Germany? Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Temporarily Blocks Removal of Guatemalan Children
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Temporarily Blocks Removal of Guatemalan Children
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/31/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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My heart is breaking for my country right now
#cdc
#chaos
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I never watched Veep so I feel unprepared to process the current timeline
#summit
#npr
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4 months ago
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We are the Soviet Union now
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4 months ago
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We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition to demand they reverse their decision and keep Colbert on air!
sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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Keep Colbert on Air!
We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition t...
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/colbert?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=6f30a630-b3e9-4fe6-8cf4-13072d7f94bb
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In case we have forgotten
#medicaid
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6 months ago
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Adding something very necessary to the timeline.
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6 months ago
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Ari Melber
6 months ago
New with Coates:
youtu.be/Wbz37lWzAtQ?...
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Confronting ‘cowardice’: How to fight Trump & racism with Ta-Nehisi Coates (Longform Melber intv)
YouTube video by MSNBC
https://youtu.be/Wbz37lWzAtQ?si=82Tft7fmqoindNe9
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Miranda Yaver
7 months ago
I woke up feeling punchy so I just wrote and submitted my comment on the OPM rule to reinstate Schedule F, which would dangerously politicize the civil service. Thanks to
@donmoyn.bsky.social
for the helpful explainers of what return to schedule F would mean. Submit your comment no later than 5/23
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The star spangled grifters.
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7 months ago
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Mickey Kuhns
7 months ago
This is an excellent chart… only wish the print wasn’t so teensy-tiny…
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This. Bravo. Support the ACLU.
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8 months ago
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Only my 32nd time this week saying “How is this allowed/how is this legal?”
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8 months ago
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@ritchietorres.bsky.social
please let your constituents know what is being done to remedy this terrible tragedy.
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8 months ago
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Marc Elias
8 months ago
I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor
@david.noll.org
. I suspect you will be referring to it often.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
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If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-the-marshals-go-rogue-courts-have-other-ways-to-enforce-their-orders/
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They are breaking every single part of our government and stealing our data to enrich the corporations.
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8 months ago
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@maddow.msnbc.com
Cornell so far not caving
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Joint lawsuit challenging Department of Energy indirect cost cuts| University Statements | Cornell University
https://statements.cornell.edu/2025/20250414-doe-litigation.cfm
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The PLAYBOOK
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8 months ago
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Almost everything Trump says about tariffs is “delusional”
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8 months ago
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Make sure you read the comments esp this one
bsky.app/profile/maxi...
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8 months ago
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OMG this is perfect
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8 months ago
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@maddow.msnbc.com
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8 months ago
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8 months ago
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If you are looking for a good sign for Saturday:
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8 months ago
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Democracy Docket
8 months ago
Sen. Cory Booker breaks the record for the longest Senate floor speech, passing former Sen. Strom Thurmond's 24 hr, 18 min filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. As Sen. Booker neared the record, he invoked the late Rep. John Lewis and called on the Senate to get into "good trouble."
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On point.
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8 months ago
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The judges are DONE. “This is a terrible, terrible affidavit,” the judge said of Weiss’s declaration, describing it as “pure hearsay,” “assumptions” and “putting words in people’s mouths.”
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Krassenstein on Substack
Make this go viral! Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
https://substack.com/@krassenstein/note/c-103567123?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=5iib8
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This is outrageous Even as the leak details were becoming public, members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted for Trump nominees Christopher Landau (to the State Department) and John Phelan. Phelan, who will become secretary of the Navy, is a major Trump donor with no military experience.
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10 things Democrats would do about leaked war plans if they were the GOP
A major national security scandal is still unfolding after top-level Trump administration officials accidentally invited a journalist to a private text chat being used to plan a military strike in ...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/25/2312505/-10-things-Democrats-would-do-about-leaked-war-plans-if-they-were-the-GOP
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Let’s turn out in big numbers, it’s at least something we can do.
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This would be a great interview
@nytimes.com
@couriernewsroom.bsky.social
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9 months ago
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How soon can we get Lutnick’s comments about fraudster seniors on
#socialsecurity
in ads?
#lutnick
@lincolnproject.us
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jamelle
9 months ago
i am going to keep coming back to this piece i think. trump is fighting a retribution campaign against the entire american people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
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Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind.
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opinion/trump-revenge-american-people.html
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Very interesting
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This
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@gtconway.bsky.social
ftw- “DOGE is a singularity and all outside it”
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Al Green interrupted Trump but he didn’t “heckle” him as per the NYT
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Grifters gotta grift.
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