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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 5h

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 18h

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Caught on camera: ICE tactics intensify despite disturbing videos surfacing across the U.S.

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Rob Walls @robwalls.bsky.social · Aug 23

Outstanding documentation of ICE operations in US immigration courts by photojournalist Victor J. Blue. These are photos for the historic record. #photojournalism #photography #immigration #fascism

A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests

The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

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Bob Van Brabant @bobvanbrabant.bsky.social · 1d

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Makeral Rising🇨🇦 @makeralrising.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 1d

Couldn't make up this stuff.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Putin consoles his useful idiot for not winning an award.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

So, people who have at-risk relatives, or kids, or pregnant women struggle to get the Covid booster.

But Trump can just waltz over to Walter Reed to get his... www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second checkup of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

No shit, Sherlock.
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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 1d

"'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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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 1d

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Do we want a government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich? (Ok, it's almost always been that way, but it has gotten much worse since the 1980s. And it is getting worse every day.)

Crypto spent millions to defeat Sherrod Brown and elect allies. It's ready for a repeat in 2026

The cryptocurrency industry spent millions last year to unseat a longtime critic, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and install its allies in Washington.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

I asked MAGA Bondi the “what became of the money” and the “did he declare it” questions, and she couldn’t/wouldn't answer.

Simple fact questions, protected by no privilege. Smells like another cover-up.

Opinion | I Investigated Corruption. The Homan Affair Is Full of Red Flags.

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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 1d

"Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies."

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Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: Leader who orders military on his own country’s citizens shockingly does not win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 1d

"Thiel has deep ties to the Trump administration and was early among tech figures to endorse the president’s first run for office in 2016. He ... was part of a network of tech elites who helped install Vance, a mentee, as vice president."

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Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 2d

In a democracy, presidents don’t wield the military against citizens or weaponize the Justice Department against political opponents.

Since Congress won’t act, voters must.

We must decide what kind of country we want

A president who uses the military and the Justice Department to exact revenge against his perceived enemies is as un-Ame

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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 1d

"Trump’s basic untrustworthiness is another big turnoff for would-be turncoats. He never lets gratitude get in the way of self-interest. Those who submit to him just expose themselves to relentless demands for more."

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Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

There are more of us than there are of them—and we know our right to assemble peacefully and protest. I’m counting on my fellow Americans to prove that at the No Kings protest on Oct. 18.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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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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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

The house just extended their vacation!

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Rusty Skylark 🥄🌮🐔💩 @rustyskylark.bsky.social · 2d

Next up: Indictment of whoever filmed him cheating at golf

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