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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11h

Or Treasury, for that matter

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 11h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 11h

"We advise against daily use for most protein powders, since many have high levels of heavy metals and none are necessary to hit your protein goals."

“It’s concerning that these results are even worse than the last time we tested" -- Tunde Akinleye

Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 13h

NEW @consumerreports.org investigation! 👀

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Consumer Reports calls on FDA to set strict limits on lead in protein powders
advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...
#protein #lead #publichealth

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 13h

NEW @consumerreports.org investigation! 👀

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Consumer Reports calls on FDA to set strict limits on lead in protein powders
advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...
#protein #lead #publichealth

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18h

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 19h

Amen to that.

"As we have seen with past agricultural outbreaks, dramatic shifts can occur under extenuating circumstances, but true, long-standing cultural change requires a little more encouragement."

Editorial per @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Farming life: a double-edged sword for respiratory health

As autumn approaches and harvest is in full swing, visible trails of dust follow agricultural machinery on the horizon in rural areas. While traditional farming environments can serve beneficial roles...

www.thelancet.com

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 20h

"Contractors at the targeting center would use social media platforms & online databases to help fed agents locate people who could be facing deportation, as well as friends & coworkers of those people, according to fed records.The plans are preliminary but say work could start as early as May 2026"

VTDigger @vtdigger.bsky.social · 2d

“We need to tell ICE our message that their surveillance will not slow us down. It will not stop us. It will only bring us out stronger,” one organizer said.

Over 100 protest ICE surveillance plans at Williston intelligence hub - VTDigger

“We need to tell ICE our message that their surveillance will not slow us down. It will not stop us. It will only bring us out stronger,” one organizer said.

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 20h

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"The attempt to sell off Infowars’ assets has moved to a Texas state court in Austin. Jones is now appealing a recent order from the court that appointed a receiver to liquidate the assets. Some of Jones’ personal property is also being sold off as part of the bankruptcy case."

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 20h

Justice. "The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors." FactMatters apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations.

Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators.

By @emcahan.bsky.social

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...

www.propublica.org

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 1d

No one saw this coming except everyone.

"U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump &complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation."
www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

www.reuters.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 2d

Very creative. Pretty cool.

"Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world."

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 2d

Not many people know it takes weeks of intensive training at antifa camp to learn how to purchase an animal costume

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 2d

Twelve Failed Constitutional Amendments That Could Have Reshaped American History

by Greg Daugherty for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/twel...

Twelve Failed Constitutional Amendments That Could Have Reshaped American History

These proposals sought to change the United States' name, abolish the presidency and the vice presidency, and set a limit on personal fortunes, among other measures

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 2d

"But for many recent arrivals from #Venezuela — arguably the community most targeted by the Trump administration, and whose country is now bracing for the possibility of a U.S. invasion — leaving has not been as simple as the president has made it sound."

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 4d

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 3d

"It is unclear what percentage of the hundreds or possibly thousands of individuals who were initially slated for termination have now had their fates reversed. But in at least one case, a division within the CDC that was facing near obliteration has been almost entirely recalled."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3d

If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 3d

More great satire from the Jeff Fox, former Technology Editor at Consumer Reports.

Jeff Fox @jeffox1.bsky.social · 3d

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White House Doc: Trump 'Fit For Olympics'

Amazingly healthy "for any age"

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 3d

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings
via @statnews.com

Terminations have decimated offices related to injury prevention, disease surveillance
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation, and protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. That is why my law firm is litigating 63 voting cases — to preserve our basic civil and political rights, Marc Elias writes.
https://bit.ly/3W0PxqE

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 3d

“We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking.”

-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4d

I am old enough to remember when Trump said he would lower grocery prices on Day One.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 4d

"In addition to rank-and-file scientists and staffers, institutional leaders were affected this time around, leaving it unclear just how the agency’s major centers and divisions might continue to function."

by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

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