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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

The con worked, until it didn’t?

ROGAN: “I really thought they were just going to go after the criminals… I really thought there was enough gang members.”

ME: He still doesn’t get it. That’s what Trump wanted everyone to believe. They’re not even trying to go after “the criminals”.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

This is planned effort to cull Americans, en masse.

Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 1d

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 10h

white America must resist rewarding this abuse of power with their votes..

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 11h

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Suzanne Goldberg @goldbergsm.bsky.social · 11h

How could we have $40 billion of taxpayers’ money to send to Argentina when we don’t have money for domestic programs and other foreign aids through USAID?

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 11h

This is in Alaska.

Wrap your head around the size of this ongoing American disaster.

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 13h

alaska national guard transporting evacuees in western alaska to safe, warm shelters outside of the region

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 16h

Dan Sullivan is guilty of abuse of power..

Sullivan votes in support of killing suspected drug smugglers without trial; Murkowski opposed | Alaska Beacon

Last week, Alaska US Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski split on whether to bring President Trump's use of force to a vote of the full U.S. Senate.

alaskabeacon.com

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 1d

What's rare is a healthy planet. We must care for our planet's health. Not for anyone's portfolio.

Trump’s Takeover Of Canadian Rare Earths Miners Raises Major Concerns

Washington doubles down on critical minerals, with the Trump administration buying stakes in companies like Trilogy Metals, MP Materials, and Lithium Americas.

finance.yahoo.com

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Red2Blue.org @red-to-blue.bsky.social · 2d

Pennsylvania voters - don't forget to flip over your ballot so you can vote YES to retain our PA Supreme Court Justices!

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 1d

Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor’s mansion while Shapiro’s family slept

Under a plea deal, Cody Balmer was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison.

www.politico.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 1d

What does this even mean?

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 1d

US generals and admirals now weighing how to respond when Trump issues illegal orders

Historian Sean Wilentz and former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal have some keen insights on the rapid deterioration of civil-military relations under Trump, in a YouTube video posted by Legal AF on Su...

www.dailykos.com

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 1d

Congress must step up. Creating a shutdown and not swearing in duly elected members just isn't going to fly.

Ex-Clarence Thomas clerk sounds alarm on expected Supreme Court move

Former Clarence Thomas clerk Caleb Nelson challenged the legal basis for expanding presidential power to fire federal officials.

www.newsweek.com

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 2d

Alaska must stop subsidizing fossil fuels, Zack.

Opinion: Why ‘all-of-the-above’ is the right energy policy for Alaska

The Trump administration’s war on wind and solar is a threat to our state’s economy and to our nation’s security.

www.adn.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 2d

If you're able, please consider a donation to the Alaska Community Fund to help people in western Alaska impacted by ex-typhoon Halong even as winter is bearing down. All the money donated goes to the region. Quyana. #Alaska #AlaskaSky

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Screen shot of the ACF Western Alaska Disaster Relief 2025 Fund:

"In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska's western coast, local community organizations and regional partners have come together to establish the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund, housed at the Alaska Community Foundation.
Two major storm systems struck western Alaska in rapid succession, bringing record flooding, extreme winds, and extensive damage from Kwigillingok to Kotzebue. Homes have been damaged and destroyed, critical infrastructure compromised, and subsistence resources disrupted. The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund will provide support to affected communities for immediate relief, recovery support, and long-term resilience, including disaster preparedness initiatives. Distribution decisions will be guided by advisors including regional leaders and stakeholders, ensuring resources reach affected communities based on locally identified needs.

The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund brings together a growing list of local, regional, and statewide partners endorsing the fund, including:

Association of Village Council Presidents
Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Calista Corporation
Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
First Alaskans Institute
Kawerak, Inc.
Native Peoples Action
Maniilaq Association

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation"

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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Shayne 👩🏻‍💻 @shayne.bsky.social · 2d

Please donate to Western Alaska disaster relief efforts to support the response to Typhoon Halong. I won't overexplain how displacement, underfunding and marginalization of Indigenous Peoples have devastated communities. But know this: Our Alaska Native friends and family need us to show up.

Western Alaska Communities Unite to Establish Disaster Response Fund Following Recent Storms - Alaska Community Foundation

In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska’s western coast, local …

alaskacf.org

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 2d

"As of Monday morning, 51 people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok had been pulled from flooded homes... U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued 34 people, the Alaska Army National Guard nine more, and the Alaska Air National Guard extracted eight people and two dogs."