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STAT @statnews.com · 1d

Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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

👇NAMI is maintaining a list government health services impacted by the shutdown.

The NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264, text “NAMI” to 62640, or email [email protected]. If you are in a crisis, call or text 988 or chat online at 988Lifeline.org.

Shutdown Resources

2025 Federal Government Shutdown As of 12 AM ET on October 1, 2025, the federal government has shut down due to lack of an agreement for funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. Some federal services and fu...

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 8h

Fox News analyst (👀) Jack Keane on new Pentagon press policy: “They want to spoon feed information to the journalists, and that will be their story. That's not journalism.”

Fox News analyst Jack Keane on new Pentagon press policy: "They want to spoon feed information to the journalists, and that will be their story. That's not journalism."

www.mediamatters.org

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 3h

I want this in the U.S.A. !!

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 4h

Every year, millions of low-income Canadians miss out on benefits they’re entitled to.

We’re stepping in — with new Automatic Federal Benefits. Canada’s new government will pre-file taxes for up to 5.5 million Canadians, getting them back money that would otherwise go unclaimed.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Maca Iglesias🇺🇸Thank You, President Biden🇺🇸 @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 3h

Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina but not for struggling Americans.

Here are the 7 wars he should end:

•War on healthcare
•War on farmers
•War on the economy
•War on the middle class
•War on ACA protections
•War on immigrants
•War on voters

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8h

Here’s an example of what happens when the unregulated supplement industry meets the multi-billion dollar fitness/wellness market - high levels of lead in widely-used protein powders.

You’d think 🧠🪱’s MAHA movement would want the FDA to do something about that…

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1d

!!!!!! — www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

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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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 4h

a few times.

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 5h

Gotta love a serenade and a bit of shade 🤭🤣

Enjoy 🤣
#SheShed

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 6h

Join us at NIH and get punked out!!

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 6h

We will have punk and zoos! youtu.be/33fsT7btBCk

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 6h

Come rally with us Saturday, @rokhanna.bsky.social act.standupforscience.net/events/no-ki...

No Kings Day: Rally with NIH

As a national partner in No Kings Day on October 18, Stand Up for Science Maryland is co-hosting a special No Kings version of our regular NIH Vigils. Together with a local Indivisible group, 27UNIHTE...

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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 1d

Without the extension of ACA credits, healthcare costs will increase nationwide. Wyoming will see a 693% increase, while West Virginia could see as high as 654%.

We need to make healthcare affordable, not crush Americans with high costs.

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 6h

Dude does NOT do his job. He never knows anything about anything.

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 6h

Little attention has been given to the effect of NIH research terminations on people who stand to benefit most from scientific discoveries: the patients, care partners and community leaders.

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Harms of terminating NIH grants for kidney disease - Nature Reviews Nephrology

In early 2025, nearly 2,100 research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were terminated. Numerous calls for depoliticization of the NIH’s scientific mission culminated in th...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 6h

THIS WEEKEND! Join us for No Kings Day nationwide, across 50 states, in DC and Puerto Rico, and internationally! We're standing up for science and democracy, and in solidarity with fired federal workers.

#standupforscience #nokingsday

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

GREER: I think China realizes they've overstepped

CNBC: You think they realize they overstepped? Their statement says 'if forced to fight, China will fight to the end'

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 1d

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 1d

Governor Newsom just signed my bill to increase incarcerated firefighter pay 700% to the federal minimum wage.

Anyone who puts their life on the line to protect others is a hero and deserves both our gratitude and to be compensated justly.

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 22h

He won't be Speaker for long.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 22h

For all of the people who have urged the American news media to stand together in the face of the Trump admin's attacks – it's happening right now. All the major networks are speaking out against the Pentagon's new press restrictions:

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