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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 5h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 4h

"One source told me that some of the reversals came after the Trump administration realized that they had accidentally terminated critically important staffers working on current measles and Ebola outbreaks."

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 4h

…really?

Breaking News: RIFs in reverse. Some CDC workers have been brought back, in latest whiplash.

This is breaking news.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 8h

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 10h

Not the main point but love the Interviewer trying and failing to say “hit the nail on the head”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11h

"You know how naive you sound? Senators and presidents don't have men killed."

Diane Keaton and Al Pacino in "The Godfather"

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 12h

The Nobel Please Prize

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 13h

You should write/run a piece making this point if you haven’t already! Elon as hook because he’s both a population decline alarmist and an AI evangelist. I had considered the tension before reading your post.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 13h

Some suspects can be eliminated as they would never have allowed themselves to be quoted anonymously.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13h

Before targeting Trump foes, Pulte practiced on his own family, per @
Brian Slodysko and Chris Megerian. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading, was tied to a website trashing an aunt as a "fake Christian" and called another relative "a fat slob." apnews.com/article/trum...

How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration. Known for his aggressive online persona and bitter public fights with several family members, Pulte currently serves as director...

apnews.com

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 14h

“After Trump got his.”

A useful, replicable phrase.

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14h

This is important exculpatory evidence bc the indictment accuses James of seeking a “second home” mortgage when in reality she intended to use it as an “investment” home by renting it out.

(James disclosed between $1,000-5,000 in rent during 1st year, but the contract allowed short term rentals.)

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

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...

Letitia James
Indictment
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Timeline of Conflict
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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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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 14h

The fuller video is confusing

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d

There is some kind of water flying into the air when the minivan speeds up to her. I cannot figure out what happened from the video, it's really odd. Then there's a cup on the ground and spilled liquid in photos of the scene.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 14h

Took me a second but yes

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16h

What did UT-Austin do?

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 1d

This is the second winner-take-all game in postseason history to go at least 13 innings, joining:

2018 NLWCG Rockies over Cubs, 13 innings

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 1d

When Russell Vought pushes something into the news on Friday night of a long weekend, is that a sign of strength — of a battle for public opinion he thinks he can win?

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

@nicholasbednar.bsky.social Thoughts on this, i.e. legal relevance of Trump saying RIFs will be partisan?

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

All the editors of the MMWR or just some?

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 1d

Tylenol is next

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

Aggrieved? How so?

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

I agree but also I don't get what's going on at the beginning. What's the "object that goes flying in the air"? How and why do they grab her?

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.

In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.

Letter saying President Trump got his annual flu and Covid vaccine.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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