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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 20h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 1d

Here's how to help

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings!!! Juneau, October 18 at noon at the Whale.

No Tsars No Kings protest rally flyer. Protest is Juneau, October 18, at the Whale. Hosted by Juneau Indivisible and Juneau for Democracy. Accepting non perishable donations for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 3d

Saying Dan Scavino will choose “almost all positions in government” implies a loyalty-based purge or centralization of hiring, not standard staffing. It echoes efforts like Project 2025 / Schedule F, aimed to dismantle civil service protections to replace expertise with loyalty.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 2d

Choices. The criminal Trump regime chooses killing people over tried and true tactics.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 3d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Robyn R. Sadoon, MPP, MPH @ralsadoon.bsky.social · 4d

These are not simply employees, they are the scientists, field epidemiologists, and outbreak responders who form the backbone of our nation’s public health defense.

The damage being done tonight will echo far beyond what you are reading. These are the people who protect this nation #CDCMassacre

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.”
Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 4d

Another RIF theme:
Eliminating policy branches.

📊 Science collects the data
🧠 Policy sets the course — the bridge between the science and the programs that actually make it happen

We need policy to turn evidence into action.
Which, of course, is exactly what 🧠🪱 does not want.

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 5d

That’s hard in the people living up Cordova Street

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

apnews.com

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, I’m less interested in baseball with that and the shot clock

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 6d

Hybrid solar-diesel power is less expensive than diesel alone in parts of rural Alaska, study shows, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Hybrid solar-diesel power is less expensive than diesel alone in parts of rural Alaska, study shows | Alaska Beacon

Diesel prices in remote areas are so high that it’s cheaper to use solar for part of the year, even with the cost of two power plants.

alaskabeacon.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 7d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 7d

Join us this evening in Juneau as we explore a path to ending scrubber pollution and other problems from dirty shipping fuel in Alaska waters. seacc.org/join-us-clea...

Join us: Cleaner Fuel Brighter Future Town Hall Oct. 8 - Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 7d

Read this again…,”border agents segregated arrested residents by race “

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 7d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 7d

And if you’re not in Juneau, there’s an online option seacc.org/join-us-clea...

Join us: Cleaner Fuel Brighter Future Town Hall Oct. 8 - Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

seacc.org

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Eph @emonet.bsky.social · 8d

Hey Juneau! Come on out tomorrow to this awesome town hall tomorrow after work - I’d love to see you there.

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 8d

Join us tomorrow, Weds, Oct 8, 2025 in Juneau and online . We are focusing on the dirty fuel that cruise ships and other big ships use and the problems that come with that, including exhaust scrubbers, black carbon, particulate emissions, and persistent oil spill risk.

seacc.org/join-us-clea...

Join us: Cleaner Fuel Brighter Future Town Hall Oct. 8 - Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

seacc.org

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 8d

Yes!!

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8d

This weekend, I went to a talk on what true nonviolence can accomplish— about how using your voice while refusing to stoop to their level come what may has changed the trajectory of nations.

It’s for exactly this ⬇️ reason. It makes totally plain who the enemy is no matter the propaganda.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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