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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 2m

I'm genuinely frightened of the ease with which this poison took over our country, including these young people who chose to get involved in politics

I never saw anything like this as a kid growing up in Tennessee

easy to say "it's their parents" but I suspect that's a big part of it too

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 9m

the entire clip is essential -- her critique is broad and damning

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 18m

he's got all the fallacies up his sleeve (here, tu quoque)

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3h

Or Treasury, for that matter

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 3h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2h

where we are as a society: former chief prosecutor hints at pressure to bring a meritless prosecution by posting an anchorman meme

Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 2h

It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 2h

They just killed NHANES.

Every US public health student learns about this study.

It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

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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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
@StateDept
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8h

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 6h

Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 9h

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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 6h

Spreading the word. The CDC community will remember Officer Rose's sacrifice forever.
💚💚💚💚💚

Atlanta News First @atlantanewsfirst.com · 7h

DeKalb County police officer killed in CDC shooting awarded Purple Heart, Medal of Honor

The Purple Heart is awarded to those hurt or killed in action, while the Medal of Honor is the country’s highest award for military valor.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 8h

No startups, no science: How the Republican Administration switched off America's most important engine of economic success.

steveblank.com/2025/10/13/n...

Steve Blank No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off

Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science? How does it work? Who are the scientists? What d…

steveblank.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11h

What would you say if you saw it in another country?

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 11h

2/2 Judge Smith's Order from today:

"Defendants’ new condition is not a good faith effort to comply with the order."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

(h/t @kyledcheney.bsky.social)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 13h

it is another form of “respectability politics” (laudatory) that appeals broadly and neutralizes the double lie of fascists — that society is crumbling and radical violence and hatred are the only solution to its problems

Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 14h

I’ve said it before: this dynamic is part of why the attempted martial law in South Korea last year failed.

Soldiers didn’t want to fire on crowds of regular people breaking the President’s curfew.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

This is correct, in part - as the grim, military historian in me feels the need to note - it is psychologically much harder to get soldiers to open fire on people they view as 'respectable.'

And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 15h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15h

My quote of the day

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

Hannah Arendt

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 14h

in this sense they are first and foremost judges of evidence, not evidence-finders

separate roles and powers

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 14h

wow

NPR @npr.org · 17h

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

n.pr

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Late last month, a local CBS reporter said a masked ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her car, causing her to vomit for hours. The reporter, Asal Rezaei, said there was no protest happening at the time. Police are now investigating.

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

www.npr.org

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

So, bases loaded. CF Frelick tipped the ball into the wall, making it in play and not an out. Frelick relayed to SS Joey Ortiz to catcher William Contreras, forcing out the runner at home. Contreras then ran the ball to third, forcing the runner there.

You know, a garden-variety double play.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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