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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 8h

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 · 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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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 6h

Don’t worry. These health experts will be reassigned to administer Hegseth Botox injections

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

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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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 6h

Jelly as my daughter would say

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 1d

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

#GA14

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 12h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump's tariffs: "It's bumpy. I'm talking to major manufacturing companies that are saying...'We're having problems with these tariffs. And now we're having problems, we can't get supplies'...There's problems."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11h

Yikes.

Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 16h

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h

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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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 12h

It's rise and shine with labor and we're keeping the good energy going with the Essex-West Hudson CLC!

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11h

Great statement.

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 12h

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 13h

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 13h

Art of the Deal Chapter 6: Self-Inflicted Wounds

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 13h

Hundreds of thousands in Tel Aviv “hostage square”. Witkoff, Jared and Ivanka speaking in favor of peace and ending the war. Every time Trump is mentioned the audience reacts overwhelmingly positively to at any mention of Netanyahu loud booing. This whole thing is surreal.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 15h

His grandfather Magna Carta is on life support in the ICU.

John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Antifa leader Habeas Corpus has been arrested in Portland.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15h

Powerful new conversation with @leonkrauze.bsky.social on Maria Corina Machado's courage, the global fight for freedom and democracy, and Trump's "attack on Hispanic and Latino identity in this country." Get to it when you can - it's a good one 👇

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/leon-krauz...

Leon Krauze On María Corina Machado's Courage, The Global Fight For Democracy, And Trump's "Attack On Hispanic and Latino Identity In This Country"(Video)

Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want. Freedom from fear.

www.hopiumchronicles.com

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Walter Ehrhardt @wehrhardt.bsky.social · 15h

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve just ordered an inflatable frog costume like this as my outfit for the #NoKings protest on 18th October!!! (Will serve double duty for Halloween two weeks later 🤭)

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 1d

congrats to Nobel Peace Prize winner Portland Frog

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 19h

Great stuff here from @gregsargent.bsky.social

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 20h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats are winning the big arguments with Trump and need to keep fighting - My latest, video and analysis, 👇

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats Are Winning The Big Arguments With Trump, And Need To Keep Fighting (New Video And Analysis)

Leon Krauze joins us live at noon ET today to discuss what Marina Corina Machado winning the Nobel Peace Prize means for Venezuela and the Americas

www.hopiumchronicles.com

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 1d

When Russell Vought pushes something into the news on Friday night of a long weekend, is that a sign of strength — of a battle for public opinion he thinks he can win?

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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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 1d

25 days out and we’re making every one of them count!

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 1d

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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