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NPR @npr.org · 5h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 10h

Weird that Americans want healthcare to be affordable and available.

Weirder still that one major political party acts like it opposes this.

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 10h

“As the partial government shutdown continues, the White House and some congressional Republicans are worried that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of any bill to reopen the government is proving salient with voters — including their own.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring

The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.

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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 10h

“As the partial government shutdown continues, the White House and some congressional Republicans are worried that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of any bill to reopen the government is proving salient with voters — including their own.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring

The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 1d

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 1d

The Federal Register shall set you free.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 1d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 1d

Obama’s warnings about democracy fading sound increasingly directed toward the United States. www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

Obama’s warnings about democracy fading increasingly sound directed toward the US | CNN Politics

“We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system. And no one is being spared. Even countries that thought they were immune from wholesale as...

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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 1d

Water is wet:

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices.
 In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

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 · 2d

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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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 3d

Lee Zeldin's EPA is hushing up a toxicity report on another harmful 'forever chemical'— a convenient cover-up as they are trying to lower our drinking water standards. Zeldin is breaking America's trust in the EPA, and whistleblowers who are calling him out are being silenced.

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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 2d

This is not @TheOnion. But it should be.

Texas GOP considers censuring state representatives who aren’t conservative enough. apnews.com/article/texa...

Texas GOP considers censuring state representatives who aren't conservative enough

The Republican Party of Texas’ governing board is set to meet in the state Capitol on Saturday to consider censuring state representatives who party leaders deem insufficiently conservative to bear th...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says.

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant has left multiple people dead and missing. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d

Balderdash.

Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 2d

Senate Majority Leader John Thune responds to OMB head Russ Vought’s post “the RIFs have begun,” telling @jordainc.bsky.social and I:

“Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.”

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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 2d

'Scientists who specialize in chemical detection told senior officials there are currently no EPA-approved methods for IDing mifepristone in wastewater—but new methods could be developed, per 2 people familiar with the events who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.'

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 2d

The only time Trump EPA head Lee Zeldin cares about testing your water quality — to detect traces of lawful abortion pills in wastewater.

Deeply disturbing, abusive — and creepy.

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when U.S. conservatives screamed about black helicopters and the overbearing federal government surveillance state?

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills.
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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like a Freedom of Information Act request to EPA would be in order, seeking all communications & records involving EPA and parties outside of the agency about this topic.

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when U.S. conservatives screamed about black helicopters and the overbearing federal government surveillance state?

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when U.S. conservatives screamed about black helicopters and the overbearing federal government surveillance state?

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills.
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Bridget Dooling @bridgetdooling.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly nobody who knows the legal landscape thinks these layoffs have anything to do with shutdown requirements.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

JUST IN: The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

White House says 'substantial' layoffs of federal workers have begun, with few details

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew Cuomo keeps saying he’s the only candidate who can take on Trump once he’s in office.

Yet in his statement about the indictment of Letitia James, the highest-ranking Black elected official in the state, he doesn’t even mention Trump by name….and, more importantly, he doesn’t mention James.

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In a democracy, the rule of law must be sacred - impartial, objective, and above politics. When the law is weaponized or manipulated to advance political agendas, it erodes public trust and weakens the very foundation of justice. Whether it comes from the right or the left, from prosecutors or politicians, the politicization of law enforcement is dangerous and corrosive.
We must restore faith in fairness, facts, and due process - because once justice becomes partisan, everyone loses.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way

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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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