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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 9d

Typical of a government who gives no shits about its hard working employees.

1. Shut down the government and don’t even bother to try to work with Dems to figure out a compromise.
2. Threaten for a week to fire employees. Enjoy our trauma.
2. Fire us.
At 9 PM
On Friday of a 3 days weekend.

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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to @onthemedia.bsky.social for a great conversation about how the Supreme Court is facilitating a “dual state” form of authoritarianism!

On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 9d

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival’s lawsuit alleges.

How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

www.motherjones.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9d

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

www.propublica.org

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22d

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown

Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit

www.usatoday.com

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 21d

Masked ICE agents slammed a 79-year-old U.S. citizen to the ground during a raid at his Van Nuys car wash.

Now he’s suing DHS for $50 million.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats to Moldova!!! Russia threw everything to destabilize the election and failed spectacularly.

Democracy won 🙌🏼

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 29

Stephen Miller: Secretary Kennedy, one of the world's foremost experts on public health, is working hard to restore the credibility of the CDC as a scientific organization committed to the scientific method

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Ivy @badasfemvet.bsky.social · Aug 30

So sick & tired of MSM. What do y’all think?

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 30

The media needs to stop calling this an “immigration crackdown.” That’s not what Trump’s doing. He’s using the military and ICE to invade cities and occupy them.

Trump is itching for a fight, and he wants it with blue-city mayors and blue-state governors. The good news: they’re not backing down.

Ivy @badasfemvet.bsky.social · Aug 28

_itch😡

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Aug 28

Kristi Noem waives environmental laws to build Trump's wall through a wildlife refuge

It's not justified, conservationists say. "It’s just incredibly cruel.”

motherjones.com

Ivy @badasfemvet.bsky.social · Aug 28

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gardendiva3.bsky.social @gardendiva3.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · Aug 23

Been hearing a lot about Rockbridge Network lately, something we should all be aware of:

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

DHS speechwriter linked to hateful social accounts

‘They are not migrants. They are not ‘undocumented.’ They are an invading army. The largest invasion in American history,’ DHS speechwriter writes on X

www.independent.co.uk

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · Aug 18

Newsmax has settled with Dominion and will pay them 67 million dollars for defaming them over claims their voting machines were switching votes. Lying losers.
Only fraud going on is your sham of a network.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Aug 8

It’s truly depraved for Trump to welcome Vladimir Putin to the US while Putin is actively wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine.

Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska next week, Trump says

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to meet in the United States, multiple sources tell CBS News.

www.cbsnews.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 7

Oh god, a breach of ECF could be extremely dangerous. Lots of sealed filings.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Aug 7

NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident."

Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack

The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states.

www.politico.com

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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · Aug 7

Ukraine launched 82 drones overnight, striking refineries, military sites, and rail hubs across Russia in a coordinated aerial assault.

www.kyivpost.com/post/57685

Oil Burns, Bases, Rail Stations Ablaze as 82 Drones Strike Russia

Ukraine reportedly launched 82 drones overnight, striking refineries, military sites, and rail hubs across southern Russia in a coordinated aerial assault.

www.kyivpost.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Aug 5

I see why he bankrupted casinos.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Aug 5

Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.

“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"

He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation.

Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.

www.motherjones.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 5

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 4

New York has entered the chat 💬

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Aug 4

JUST IN: Governor Abbott threatens to remove and replace Democrat lawmakers who fled to Chicago if they don’t return to the Texas Capitol by Monday at 3PM. Says their absence amounts to “forfeiture” of their seats.
(He doesn’t actually have the authority to do that.)

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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · Aug 3

Facts matter.

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