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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 4d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

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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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

JD Vance calls Pritzker a "criminal." Because facts mean nothing to him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said Pritzker should be in jail. Do you think he has committed a crime?

VANCE: I think Pritzker has certainly failed to keep the people of Illinois safe

S: It's a yes or no question

V: I certainly think he has violated his fundamental oath. That seems pretty criminal to me

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Trump, speaking in the Israeli parliament, boasts about the weapons the U.S. has provided and says "you obviously used them very well."
An estimated 20,000 children have died in the war in Gaza.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

This alleged $10 million bribe www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Democracy dies if we drop the case of Trump, Egypt, and $10 million in cash | Will Bunch

A credible allegation of a $10 million Trump bribe from Egypt is swept under the rug as bribery is increasingly legal in America.

www.inquirer.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

I can think of somewhere else where the military needs to start saying this

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

"Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled...On Saturday, some Capsat soldiers had posted a video...: “Let us join forces, military, gendarmes and police, and refuse to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers and our sisters..."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

www.theguardian.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

Masked agents snatching people at work, church, their child’s daycare. A return of family separations. States are lining up to run their own detention centers.

Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.

We report from inside the American gulag.

American Gulag

The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.

www.motherjones.com

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 3d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 3d

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 4d

Is there an update for Barbara Marques since 6 days ago? It was reported she is in S.CA, still denied her medical needs, under threat of deportation. Keep up the pressure about this heartbreaking abuse by state power!
Maybe @willbunch.bsky.social might look into it. He's definitely got a heart.

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haunted beeswax 🪷 🇺🇸 🪦 @missbeeswax.bsky.social · 10d

According to an update on GoFundMe, Barbara Marques has been returned to the SoCal detention facility where she was originally

The conditions are poor, and she is still under threat of deportation

To advocate for her, contact @chu.house.gov @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @governor.ca.gov

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Rafi @rafil.bsky.social · 17d

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 17d

Nick Valencia, who has been doing amazing reporting, just wrote about this:

“These Are Abductions.” Newlywed Husband Says Wife Taken During Green Card Interview

open.substack.com/pub/nickvale...

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15d

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 4d

Scary experience, but I admire the calm questions asked by our everyday hero here: "Who are you? Why are you stopping me? Where is your ID?" As well as his answers: "I live here. This is my neighborhood. So I'm letting people know."
Keep on letting people know!

Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 4d

This is fascism. This is a police state. Masked men with guns in unmarked cars are driving through residential neighborhoods during the daytime looking to kidnap women and children.

Resist this. Never normalize this or else these fascists thugs will some day be used against you and your family.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d

Update: www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
#RogerPielkeJr #ScienceUnderSiege

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 5d

Seriously?

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 6d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d

Re-upping this too: www.eenews.net/articles/mic...

Prominent climate scientist Michael Mann resigned this week from one of his positions at the University of Pennsylvania because he said it conflicted with his ability to advocate for political actions to address rising temperatures.

Mann announced Monday that he is no longer the school’s vice provost for climate science, policy and action, an administrative job that he was appointed to in November. He is still the director of UPenn’s Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media and an earth and environmental systems professor.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d

"From Prediction to Reality: How Climate Science Warned Us, and What Comes Next" | Lecture & #ScienceUnderSiege book-signing at @ucmerced.bsky.social, Mon Nov 17!
www.eventbrite.com/e/distinguis...

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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NO KINGS ! @thetd.bsky.social · 5d

Why wouldn’t farms do this?

It’s additional income, and provides shade for livestock. It’s a no brainer. If we had a real government, they would be helping to make it easier to get done.

Popular Information @popular.info · 6d

“States that embrace renewable energy are far more likely to save money for electricity consumers than those relying on fossil fuels or nuclear power… findings that undermine one of the Trump administration’s main justifications for its aggressive rollback of federal clean energy policies.”

The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 5d

DOJ removes study showing rightwing violence kills far more Americans than other forms of domestic terror: very 1984 of them, don't you think? Chilling.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8d

Nevermind found it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence

Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website

www.theguardian.com

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 6d

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5d

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 5d

Great column by the inestimable Will Bunch (Philly Inquirer, aka the Inky) about Michael Mann, climate scientist, climate defender and science defender, now at UPenn. Oh, and, follow both of them. @willbunch.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @tiaadivest.bsky.social #climatejustice #science

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5d

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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TIAA-Divest! @tiaadivest.bsky.social · 9d

During Climate Week, TIAA-Divest! joined a forum on industrial agriculture and went to TIAA HQ with TIAA participants to take the pledge: "TIAA, if you're still funding fossil fuels and agribusiness by 2026, I'll move my savings to a provider I can trust." There is no retirement on a dead planet!

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ActionAid USA @aausa.bsky.social · 12d

Missed our lunchtime panel last Friday? Watch the recording: how TIAA's fossil fuel and land-grab investments fuel the climate crisis, and what we can do about it.

Watch and share 👉 facebook.com/share/v/1CHy...

#DumpTIAA #ClimateJustice #LandRights

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