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AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan @priya4az.bsky.social · 19h

Note 2 bandaids - it's #fluseason y'all so get your #flushot while getting your seasonal COVID. Let's do our part for public health!

& Avoid another triple-demic (like earlier with RSV, now with measles on the rise due to anti-science anti-vax msgs from Rs)

Arizona Senate Democrats @azsenatedems.bsky.social · 1d

COVID-19 vaccines are available to all Arizonans, ages 6 months and up! 💉

The recent standing order issued by Governor Hobbs helps make access simple. Just call your provider or local pharmacy to schedule an appointment near you.

Stay informed: azhealth.gov/covid19

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Arizona Senate Democrats @azsenatedems.bsky.social · 1d

Today, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and honor Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes and the Native peoples who have contributed greatly to our nation’s history.

Their contributions, courage, and culture are critical to the lasting strength of our state and our country.

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AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan @priya4az.bsky.social · 1d

Mine were even easier - I just walked in and didn't even have to make an appointment!

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Arizona Senate Democrats @azsenatedems.bsky.social · 1d

COVID-19 vaccines are available to all Arizonans, ages 6 months and up! 💉

The recent standing order issued by Governor Hobbs helps make access simple. Just call your provider or local pharmacy to schedule an appointment near you.

Stay informed: azhealth.gov/covid19

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AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan @priya4az.bsky.social · 1d

Really well written!

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AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan @priya4az.bsky.social · 1d

The legacy of Musk and DOGE continues in more barely-thought personnel decisions made by Trump's salivating minions.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Welp now they’re reversing some of the layoffs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

"Climate change could intensify favorable conditions for the species throughout the year and expand its geographic range. "

Good thing we're not doing anything about that either

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

Made by @aaup-penn.bsky.social member!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

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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AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan @priya4az.bsky.social · 4d

Very proud of my alma mater for standing up for academic freedom and independence.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Breaking news: MIT’s president turned down the Trump administration’s offer of priority access for federal funding, publicly releasing a letter that emphasized the elite university’s values.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

wapo.st

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5d

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 5d

I booked a photo session tonight bc I have very few pictures of my family together, but while I’m smiling & holding my children, I know I will hear this mother’s screams.

I don’t want my tax dollars supporting ICE agents dragging parents away from car line. And most moms in the US agree with me.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5d

The Administration

- raised taxes on clean energy with one big beautiful bill

- is stopping or making clean energy projects harder to be built

- is raising prices on materials with tariffs

- all while AI is spiking electricity demand

They are stopping supply while demand goes up

It’s a crisis

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Derrick Espadas @derrickespadas.bsky.social · 5d

Working Class Wednesday at Slow Body Beer was next-level! @priya4az.bsky.social joined as we cheered the Phoenix Mercury’s wild set-up for a 4-game comeback. Someone finally knew Kabaddi—South Asia’s high-intensity team sport—and had great takes on strategy.

#WorkingClassWednesday

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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 5d

Trump math, brought to you by Brawndo

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 6d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 5d

This is really important. I was recently talking to folks in Chicago who said that much as they fear ICE detaining children without due process, they worry even more that child traffickers will don their same masks and do even worse.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of folks talking about this. This was one of the most heavily discussed parts of the TRO request, and I covered some of that on Monday.

tl;dr: Read Law Dork; be informed.

www.lawdork.com/p/illinois-l...

It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a
uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official
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duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence
will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when
wearing riot gear.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8d

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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