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Rachael Koev
@rachaelkoev.bsky.social
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Independent, nonpartisan, pro-democracy, Christian. Certified translator of Spanish and Portuguese into English
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
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How To Read This Chart @howtoreadthisch.art · 1d
The first edition of the new newsletter is out! Check it out IF YOU DARE (halloween)
www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-glorious...
The glorious return of How To Read This Chart
Chapter 1 So, uh, what have you been up to? The last time anyone received an issue of "How To Read This Chart," President Trump hadn't yet deployed the military to D.C., the Mets were only a game-and...
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Dozens of employees at the CDC — including “disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office — were notified late Friday that they were losing their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s latest round of federal layoffs.
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d
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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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2d
'Encourage your students to be more authentic writers with Grammerly'

Authentic?
a man says " you keep using that word . i do not think it means what you think it means "
Alt: a man says " you keep using that word . i do not think it means what you think it means "
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d
Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
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Rachael Koev @rachaelkoev.bsky.social · 1d
They are guarding valuable merchandise. 🤨
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Rachael Koev @rachaelkoev.bsky.social · 2d
Connecting peaceful protesters with terrorism, great job dialing down the divisive rhetoric.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d
“’We believe in the federalist system— that's states' rights,’ adding, ‘Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.’”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3d
Someone ask Fetterman if it would be OK for the Mexican military to blow up a US fishing boat because they believed it was smuggling deadly guns into Mexico & offered no evidence. “It’s a ‘river of iron’ that has slaughtered hundreds of thousands!” Would that be acceptable to him? If not, WHY not?
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3d
Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 3d
Are you a lawyer? Do you enjoy working on small teams tackling big things? We’re hiring a senior counsel.

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Rachael Koev @rachaelkoev.bsky.social · 3d
Indeed.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3d
“You must have been tired,” said Toad.

“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”
A tired little Frog walks home in the rain. From "The Corner" In *Frog and Toad All Year*
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 3d
Good morning, friends. Oregon v. Trump, the case about whether Trump can send the National Guard to "War ravaged" Oregon will begin shortly.

On the bench: Judges Graber (Clinton), R. Nelson (Trump), and Bade (Trump).
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Rachael Koev @rachaelkoev.bsky.social · 3d
He didn't say he had no idea what it was. He just didn't seem to have an opinion on whether to suspend it. That's "Kristi's" job, apparently. 😳
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 3d
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doesn't like the military's “stupid rules of engagement.”

Daniel Maurer writes that this view is "dangerously limited," especially as troops are deployed to American cities.

www.justsecurity.org/122191/hegse...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s War with the Rules of Engagement
Hegseth’s attack on the ROE demonstrates a dangerously limited – and legally incorrect – view about these rules and what they are for.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d
Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d
At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.
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Rachael Koev @rachaelkoev.bsky.social · 3d
Related—some interesting observations on Miller from @timothysnyder.bsky.social today:
Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)
Cause for concern
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 3d
One of the basic points in my new Dispatch piece on the right to record immigration raids and raiders is that ICE agents are already informally “enforcing” their disapproval of at-the-scene recording by roughing up journalists, freelance photographers, and others with cellphone cameras. /1
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 4d
New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.
Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d
New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
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Rachael Koev @rachaelkoev.bsky.social · 3d
I'm sorry, WUT
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ChrisP @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social · 4d
In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 4d
Job posting! OU Sociology is looking to hire a TT Assistant Professor or an accelerated TT or tenured Associate Professor, teaching criminology, criminal justice, & race/ethnicity courses. OU is OK's flagship R1, PhD program, 2-2 load with TA help. Please share!

Details: apply.interfolio.com/174925
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