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Commentary, analysis, and reporting on politics & policy in the nation’s capital and beyond. Independent journalist. Writer. Aspiring artist.
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Reporting Live from the #NoKings march in New York City. The line of people marching extends for blocks & blocks & blocks. Massive crowd.

This 👇🏻 is what these folks are supporting.

#Democracy #FreeSpeech #NYC
Reporting Live from the #NoKings march in NYC.

People marching in support of democracy & free speech.

#NoKings #FreedomOfSpeech #Democracy #FreeSpeech
Reporting Live: The crowd is so massive in NYC at the #NoKings march, people are marching down 7th Avenue & the sidewalk.

#NoKings
Reporting Live from the #NoKings march down 7th Avenue in NYC.

Americans exercising their freedom of speech & right to peacefully assemble.
Reporting Live. The massive crowd in Manhattan is chanting - No Kings.

#NoKings
Reporting Live from the #NoKings march in New York City.
Can’t imagine that President Ronald Reagan would recognize today’s America. A country he called a “shinning city upon a hill” and a “beacon” for freedom.

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Shining City Upon A Hill
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The health of ALL Americans is at stake & the administration mistakenly fires global health officials & disease detectives. WTF!!

Remember when they fired NNSA staff who oversee the nuclear arsenal cause they didn’t know that was their job.

Incompetent! Dangerous! #RIF

@sherylnyt.bsky.social
OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed
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:
Viruses don’t care if you’re a Republican, Democrat or Independent. They infect all of us, regardless of political party.

This reduction in force (RIF) endangers all Americans.

#RIF #Shutdown #CDC @lenasun.bsky.social
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Dear Republican Members of Congress - When your constituents start dying, you only have yourself to blame for not standing up to Trump. You are all cowards.

These RIFs put all Americans health at risk.

Stand Up!! Speak Up!!

#RIF #CDC #Shutdown @sherylnyt.bsky.social
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:
WHAT THE FUC*K!!!!

A foreign country - Qatar - will have an Air Force base in Idaho!!

This is NOT in America’s interest. Sure seems like it’s in Trump’s. Isn’t Trump org building a $5.5 Billion golf resort in Qatar.

Outrageous. Dangerous.

America First MAGA, you’ve been played!!!

@atrupar.com
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
M.I.T. rejects signing Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would have given the school special funding treatment.

Said doc inconsistent with belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone
#MIT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
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Breaking News: Gov Pritzker, from war torn Chicago, just reported that the Milwaukee Brewers have come to town to attack the Chicago Cubs & people are being forced to eat hot dogs 🌭 with ketchup!!

Standing up to a bully with humor. Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov

@jimmykimmel.com #Chicago
Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
Anybody else wish Dr. Richard Kimble from THE FUGITIVE would've barged into Trump's cabinet meeting and confronted RFK Jr as he was going full Dr. Nichols?
RFK Jr: “We’re doing the studies to make the proof.” WTF!!!!

He is incompetent & dangerous.

How could any senator have voted to confirm him??

They are Making America Sick Again (MASA).

I need a Tylenol.

#RFK #Autism @atrupar.com
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
We all need to Stand Up & Speak Up. Protect democracy & the Constitution 🇺🇸

@govpritzker.illinois.gov
Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.
“This is a convicted felon…who is threatening to jail me…This guy is unhinged. He’s insecure. He’s a wannabe dictator.” - @govpritzker.illinois.gov

@thebulwark.com
Pritzker: “This is a convicted felon…who is threatening to jail me. This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.”
U.S. foreign aid is both a moral responsibility & a strategic investment in our national security.

“U.S. funding cuts could result in more than 14 million deaths, including more than 4.5 million children under age 5, by 2030.”

“I lost my son because of the funding cuts”

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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“…we are compelled to speak with one voice to say that the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are endangering the health of the nation…Mismanaging HHS endangers America’s health, undermines national security…”

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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Wake up Wyoming. If you live in Republican Congresswoman Harriet Hageman’s district, your cost for health insurance through the ACA marketplace will 🚀skyrocket🚀in January unless the tax credits are extended.

The whole State of Wyoming is fuc*ked.

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This one is jaw-dropping. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) has a whole lot to explain to her constituents:
Wake up Georgia. If you live in Republican Congressman Mike Collins’ district, your cost for health insurance through the ACA marketplace will skyrocket in January unless the tax credits are extended.

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A warning for those in Mike Collins' (R-GA) district:
Wake up Florida. If you live in Republican Congressman Brian Mast’s district, your cost for health insurance through the ACA marketplace will skyrocket in January unless the tax credits are extended.

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If you live in Rep. Brian Mast's (R-FL) district, buckle up. Your costs are about to skyrocket if Republicans don't extend the health care tax credits.
Wake up Texas. If you live in Republican Congressman Chip Roy’s district, your cost for health insurance through the ACA marketplace will skyrocket in January unless the tax credits are extended.

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Here's what costs will look like for constituents of Chip Roy (R-TX):
Wake up Ohio. If you live in Republican Congressman Jim Jordan’s district, your cost for health insurance through the ACA marketplace will skyrocket in January unless the tax credits are extended.

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Brutal. Constituents in Jim Jordan's (R-OH) district would have to fork up an additional $16,846 every year to keep their coverage.