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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28m

President Tump's call for removal of aluminum from childhood inoculations set off alarms. Vaccine experts say that small amounts of the metal are essential to generating lasting immunity from disease. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/4nRRfH5

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 1h

They have agency. They have an obligation to resist and reject unlawful orders. Just because a hand picked and corrupt JAG says it is legal does not make it so and does not absolve those in uniform.

Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 1h

You need housing support. You don't have teachers because people cannot afford to live in NYC on a teacher's salary.

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vsamsondc.bsky.social @vsamsondc.bsky.social · 2h

"Bigelow slightly exaggerates the success rate. We haven’t tested the system since 2023. The test before that was 2019. Before that, 2017...The 44 interceptors now deployed are fitted with different versions of the flawed kill vehicle and boosters."

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

A House of Dynamite Explodes the Missile Defense Myth

It is no wonder the interceptors fail in the film. This is an accurate portrayal of what is likely to happen in a crisis.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 3h

you'd get my vote to replace him on the Bench

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 3h

Kavanaugh really, really wants a time limit on remedies for racial discrimination. I really, really want a time limit on racial discrimination in America. But guess what

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James Graham Wilson @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social · 3h

For a limited time you can pick up a copy of #AmericasColdWarrior for the ridiculous price of $12.57.

Cheaper than a Sweetgreen 🥗!

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 3h

If Trump and GOP want to play this out, imagine how poorly GOP majority states would fare if all states only received from the Federal Gov what they contribute. This is what founding fathers fought to avoid.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 3h

It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 5h

Gee, who could have predicted that after the President stole and illegally stored top secret documents in his Florida bathroom that others might do the same?

The fish rots from the head.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

A prominent foreign affairs analyst and senior State Department adviser was arrested over the weekend and charged with illegally storing sensitive government records after federal agents found more than 1,000 pages of secret documents at his home, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents

Ashley Tellis, an expert on South Asian affairs, was arrested after the F.B.I. said federal agents found hundreds of pages of sensitive government records at his home in Virginia.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 5h

JFC

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

A prominent foreign affairs analyst and senior State Department adviser was arrested over the weekend and charged with illegally storing sensitive government records after federal agents found more than 1,000 pages of secret documents at his home, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents

Ashley Tellis, an expert on South Asian affairs, was arrested after the F.B.I. said federal agents found hundreds of pages of sensitive government records at his home in Virginia.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 5h

May his memory be a blessing

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Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 6h

Kathryn Bigalow’s new film takes us on a nightmare ride through the insanity of our nuclear reality. My review in @newrepublic.com. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

A House of Dynamite Explodes the Missile Defense Myth

It is no wonder the interceptors fail in the film. This is an accurate portrayal of what is likely to happen in a crisis.

newrepublic.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 20h

High schoolers do better than this or flunk

Reuters @reuters.com · 21h

Fed's Collins still favors additional rate cuts to aid job market reut.rs/4nUlPzU

Fed's Collins still favors additional rate cuts to aid job market

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins reiterated Tuesday that rising risks to the job market support additional central bank interest rate cuts in what remains an uncertain economic environment.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 22h

Trump said he'd focus on the “worst of the worst," but he's mostly focused on people like Melissa Tran — a MD business owner who's lived here 30 yrs and is a fixture of her community.

Cruel.

I salute all who fought for her release. After months in ICE detention, she's finally home.

Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after 5 months in ICE custody

Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolon...

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 22h

OF COURSE THEY ARE NOT BUYING OUR SOYBEANS. THEY RETALIATED AGAINST YOUR UNILATERAL TARIFFS. THEY SAID IT WHEN THEY DELID IT. LIKE WHEN YOU DID IT THE FIRST TIME.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h

“We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution.”

Trump: I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don't need to purchase it from China.
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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 22h

I’m usually very quick to criticize them so this time I’m gonna praise them. The umpires and last night Dodgers Brewers game did an awesome job on that crazy play.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 1d

We all hang together or we all hang separately.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

You will very rarely see this type of identity politics named and condemned as such bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 1d

it appears they have not been fully honest with you.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 1d

I am old enough to remember when GOP went nuts over Biden Admin working with tech platforms to go after actual terrorists overseas. Now they are actively coordinating with tech platforms. Everything is projection.

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

As predicted by my #SistersInLaw @barbmcquade.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social in this week's episode

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Comey confirms he will challenge the legality of Trump's appoint of Lindsey Halligan as US attorney.

He cites the cases of Trump's disqualified US attorney picks in NV and NJ. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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