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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 51m

Gee, who could have imagined that young Republicans would be racist and Jew hating?

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1h

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For all who don’t believe us (Jewish Americans): deny this if you can.

You tried to break me yesterday with your vitriol over the freed hostages. It wont work. We’ve survived worse.

2,900 pages expose Young GOP leaders’ racist, antisemitic, violent chat: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 52m

So not surprised.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1h

Not surprised.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

It’s a mental illness

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1h

Terrifying.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Apr 8

“Christian ‘TheoBros’ Are Building a Tech Utopia” in TN & KY. It’s called the “Highland Rim Project” & is an initiative of New Founding (NF), which is backed by “Tech Bro” Marc Andreessen. NF founder Nate Fischer is invested in Pronomos, which funds crypto-based charter cities & “network states” 1/

Christian "TheoBros" are building a tech utopia in Appalachia

What could go wrong?

www.motherjones.com

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 23h

Still waiting for my checks for all the other protests 🤣

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, so much violence!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Checking up on ICE in Broadview, Illinois, today, October 13th.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this is terrifying.

Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 1d

Parents will ask "is something going around?" and we would, based on media reports, anecdotal data, and experience would answer "oh yeah, probably something viral".

The CDC produces the NREVSS dashboard which tells us exactly what diseases are "going around".

Is has not been updated for 3 weeks.

A screen shot of the NREVSS dashboard produced by the CDC. It is a plot and line graph showing the detectable respiratory viruses including influenza, RSV, COVID, ets. The last data points are from september 20 and according the the subtext it was last updated 9/26/25.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 2d

The incompetence of this regime is staggering.

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

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, I am so excited that I will now get paid for my asthma inhaler rather than having to pay for it!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 2d

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, this is enlightening. Take the time to read the whole thread.

David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 3d

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Pop Quiz!

Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree?

The history, and the Constitution itself?

Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

So he can drive his Nazi tanks through it.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Great way to kill off lots of Americans.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

This won’t end well.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3d

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Love the senators from my home state. I may not live there anymore but I love California.

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 3d

The president has made no secret of his enemies list.

But we will not be intimidated.

We will not be deterred.

We will do our jobs and continue fighting back against these attempts at retribution.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Mamdani!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Hang on to hope. I remember those dark days when so many people were dying and so much hate was directed toward gay men. Resist. Persist.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3d

Happy pride, Atlanta!

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“During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it was the dance that kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.” – Dan Savage

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

This is a disaster for all Americans. This will cause greatly increased morbidity and mortality.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Well, Stephen Miller did say he wanted to reduce the U.S. population to 100,000,000. I guess recurring pandemics might just achieve that. Just need one person with Ebola to get on a plane…Of course we won’t know it’s happening since there will be no Public Health Service.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

All laid out in Project 2025.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

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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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

It’s actually breathing that causes autism. All children diagnosed with autism breathe air. It must be air. No wait, it’s the mothers who breathe. Wait, it’s sex, no, wait, it’s brain worms.

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

This is how you resist.

Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 3d

Free gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Farm workers are an indispensable part of our economy. Farm workers are valuable human beings who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 3d

I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.

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Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Idiocy, pure idiocy. Vaccines save lives.

Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 3d

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

Louise T she/her @louisetallen.bsky.social · 3d

Golly, if only we had a vaccine that could keep this from happening.

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