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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5h

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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The Rock Diva @therockdiva.bsky.social · 6h

"If your first amendment rights are threatened, and you don't show up because you're afraid, then you already don't have first amendment rights."

Ezra Levin

#Maddow

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11h

Important

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

"Support the troops, y'all!"

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Elizabeth @bigsurnexus.bsky.social · 9d

It works!

Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 9d

The HPV vaccine is doing what had been promised.
17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS

h/t @boghuma.bsky.social

#medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪

Light blue background. Young woman with dark hair makes a sign of strength with her arm and she has a vaccine bandaid on her upper arm. It says "The HPV Vaccine Works!"

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 9d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 9d

If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 9d

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 13d

The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 13d

Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans just shut down the government to push their extreme agenda. They’d rather strip Medicaid, eliminate SNAP benefits, and close rural hospitals than keep our government open.

It’s appalling.

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 13d

President Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising.

Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13d

I’m still processing what happened this morning.

Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Elizabeth @bigsurnexus.bsky.social · 13d

Science & medicine are hard.
To become a physician or researcher takes years of study & dedication.

This author deserves respect.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Study Author on Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy

This Medical News article is an interview with epidemiologist Brian Lee, PhD, about his study on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders...

jamanetwork.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13d

Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days.

Mike Johnson voted “no” on that.

They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Elizabeth @bigsurnexus.bsky.social · 13d

Vaccines save lives.
Maybe yours?
Or your child’s?
Or grandchild’s?

Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 13d

"As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising."

We don't have to repeat that this fall & winter. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

More kids with the flu are getting severely ill or dying as vaccine rates fall, CDC reports

As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years.

www.nbcnews.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13d

While Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are puffing themselves up in front of the U.S. military leaders at Quantico, I would like to remind everyone of an important historical detail: “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 14d

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14d

The reason we're rounding up grandmothers and shoving them onto concrete floors for months at a time with no habeas corpus is in part because soft human trafficking is an incredibly lucrative business for some people in this administration.

How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting

A former associate of Trump’s border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.

www.msnbc.com

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