MrSquid
@mrsquid.bsky.social
A gay nerd who does gay nerd things. Minnesota transplant. He/him
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the goal is killing kids
and we should say so
and we should say so
BREAKING: CDC announces an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, a significant shift that recommends fewer shots for all kids.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
nbcnews.to
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
the goal is killing kids
and we should say so
and we should say so
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…because the U.S. kidnapped him. This makes it sound like Maduro is saying something deceitful and self-serving when he is describing what unfolded before our eyes.
January 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
…because the U.S. kidnapped him. This makes it sound like Maduro is saying something deceitful and self-serving when he is describing what unfolded before our eyes.
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This is objectively untrue. Shutdown starts Jan 30. That doesn't change w/o Dem votes. Nor any non-reconciliation legislation. Also other kinds of obstruction and forcing votes.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
They don't have any power to do anything. They have none. Zero. Zilch. Everything else is virtue signaling. It's futile gestures.
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is objectively untrue. Shutdown starts Jan 30. That doesn't change w/o Dem votes. Nor any non-reconciliation legislation. Also other kinds of obstruction and forcing votes.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
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new rule: if you don't know what the letters DFL stand for, you don't get to comment on today's news!
January 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
new rule: if you don't know what the letters DFL stand for, you don't get to comment on today's news!
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The Trump administration has said it was improving the SSA. A year in, it looks like the mess that everyone else predicted. Not enough staff, manipulation of numbers and declining performance.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The Trump administration has said it was improving the SSA. A year in, it looks like the mess that everyone else predicted. Not enough staff, manipulation of numbers and declining performance.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Embodies the underlying weirdness of this government - the minister in question hasn't tweeted for *OVER A YEAR* because the site is a cesspit.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Embodies the underlying weirdness of this government - the minister in question hasn't tweeted for *OVER A YEAR* because the site is a cesspit.
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hes not right at all. the republicans are part of the crew looting the bank. the response is not to say "the looters must stop looting." he should be saying "theyre all a bunch of looters, elect us to stop looting, we are the anti-looting party" but that would be effective and schumer is not.
A lot of people are mad at Schumer for saying this. But he's right. Democrats don't control a single branch of government and they can't pass anything. Only Republicans can rein in Trump because they control both chambers of Congress. Democrats have no cards to play here.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
hes not right at all. the republicans are part of the crew looting the bank. the response is not to say "the looters must stop looting." he should be saying "theyre all a bunch of looters, elect us to stop looting, we are the anti-looting party" but that would be effective and schumer is not.
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This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states
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if the us seizes greenland the eu will say they're gravely concerned about violations of national sovereignty and will closely monitor the situation. they would say that if trump nuked paris too
the obvious answer is also that if the US seizes greenland, europe will be booting US troops off the continent and talking about they can sever economic ties, which would make us poorer and less safe - all for a landmass which has at best tertiary material and strategic value
Dort possesses a toddler’s understanding of national security. @mikeblack114.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
if the us seizes greenland the eu will say they're gravely concerned about violations of national sovereignty and will closely monitor the situation. they would say that if trump nuked paris too
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
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Hi Friends!
I know a bunch of you are wondering what Walz dropping out of the race means. It's ultimately a good decision - it would've been better for him not to run in the first place, but here we are. The last few weeks were just a preview of what was going to be a very hard election.
I know a bunch of you are wondering what Walz dropping out of the race means. It's ultimately a good decision - it would've been better for him not to run in the first place, but here we are. The last few weeks were just a preview of what was going to be a very hard election.
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Hi Friends!
I know a bunch of you are wondering what Walz dropping out of the race means. It's ultimately a good decision - it would've been better for him not to run in the first place, but here we are. The last few weeks were just a preview of what was going to be a very hard election.
I know a bunch of you are wondering what Walz dropping out of the race means. It's ultimately a good decision - it would've been better for him not to run in the first place, but here we are. The last few weeks were just a preview of what was going to be a very hard election.
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Please share this. Looking for stories. Feel like this is STILL not getting covered and if there's big MN political news this morning, will get even less attention.
Minnesotans: Next I need to report not on the probable harms of the Optum AI prepayment screening, but actual harms. So if your provider is closing or firing people, if you are losing your job, if you are a client who can't get services, etc.,contact me. I can protect your ID. lollardfish at gmail.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Please share this. Looking for stories. Feel like this is STILL not getting covered and if there's big MN political news this morning, will get even less attention.
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Even Trump says it was a kidnapping. But the BBC says its journalists can’t call it that? Come on.
Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Even Trump says it was a kidnapping. But the BBC says its journalists can’t call it that? Come on.
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There's a rising faction of the legal academy that stays quiet when their MAGAdemic colleagues produce fraudulent psuedo-scholarship in service to the cruelest aspects of Trump's agenda ... then leap in to police the discourse when their progressive colleagues criticize those MAGAdemics too bluntly.
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
There's a rising faction of the legal academy that stays quiet when their MAGAdemic colleagues produce fraudulent psuedo-scholarship in service to the cruelest aspects of Trump's agenda ... then leap in to police the discourse when their progressive colleagues criticize those MAGAdemics too bluntly.
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Something a media organization might do is state in the headline (or article!) that Kelly was absolutely right. That could be relevant and perhaps even crucial for the reader to know
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Something a media organization might do is state in the headline (or article!) that Kelly was absolutely right. That could be relevant and perhaps even crucial for the reader to know
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For non-Minnesotans: the feeling among Democrats was that Walz was pushing his luck running for a third term (there’s never been a three-term gov in Minnesota’s history) and for various reasons was a potential liability to the party down ballot. This is a surprise, but not a big one.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz abruptly reversed course Monday and ended his campaign for a third term, a humbling political crash from his meteoric rise to the national Democratic presidential ticket in 2024.
Gov. Tim Walz abandons reelection campaign amid unrelenting fraud attention, Trump clashes
Gov. Tim Walz was three months into a reelection campaign that has been plagued by criticism over his handling of fraud and political opposition stirred up by President Donald Trump.
www.mprnews.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
For non-Minnesotans: the feeling among Democrats was that Walz was pushing his luck running for a third term (there’s never been a three-term gov in Minnesota’s history) and for various reasons was a potential liability to the party down ballot. This is a surprise, but not a big one.
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Don’t think I’ll be paying much attention to what people from outside Minnesota have to say about Walz as in most cases they really do not have a clue.
Then again, I may not pay attention to many of the fine folks in MN either, but I’m happy to read everyone’s rants about A-Klo.
Then again, I may not pay attention to many of the fine folks in MN either, but I’m happy to read everyone’s rants about A-Klo.
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Don’t think I’ll be paying much attention to what people from outside Minnesota have to say about Walz as in most cases they really do not have a clue.
Then again, I may not pay attention to many of the fine folks in MN either, but I’m happy to read everyone’s rants about A-Klo.
Then again, I may not pay attention to many of the fine folks in MN either, but I’m happy to read everyone’s rants about A-Klo.
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So if I have this straight, Axios went out and found a couple of centrist congressional Democrats angry that their party is being critical of the takeover of Venezuela, and these members are so tuned in to the pulse of the voters that they would only speak anonymously
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
So if I have this straight, Axios went out and found a couple of centrist congressional Democrats angry that their party is being critical of the takeover of Venezuela, and these members are so tuned in to the pulse of the voters that they would only speak anonymously
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
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Minnesotans: Next I need to report not on the probable harms of the Optum AI prepayment screening, but actual harms. So if your provider is closing or firing people, if you are losing your job, if you are a client who can't get services, etc.,contact me. I can protect your ID. lollardfish at gmail.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Minnesotans: Next I need to report not on the probable harms of the Optum AI prepayment screening, but actual harms. So if your provider is closing or firing people, if you are losing your job, if you are a client who can't get services, etc.,contact me. I can protect your ID. lollardfish at gmail.
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One point from Steve: The Chief Justice is also the prominent head of the entire federal judiciary. But in his year-end report, he passed on the opportunity to call out the vicious attacks on judicial independence where many federal judges & their families' physical safety have been threatened.
Today’s regular issue of “One First” looks closely at Chief Justice Roberts’s 2025 year-end report on the federal judiciary, and asks, given all of the (unaddressed) events of the past 12 months, exactly *who* the audience is supposed to be.
(TL;DR: I’m not sure, and I’m not sure he knows, either.)
(TL;DR: I’m not sure, and I’m not sure he knows, either.)
201. Who is the Chief Justice's Audience?
Reading between the lines, there's a lot to commend in Chief Justice Roberts's year-end report. Measured against the year that was, though, its subtleties are for an increasingly shrinking audience.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
One point from Steve: The Chief Justice is also the prominent head of the entire federal judiciary. But in his year-end report, he passed on the opportunity to call out the vicious attacks on judicial independence where many federal judges & their families' physical safety have been threatened.
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Speaking of, this article covers Do No Harm contesting the Utah systematic review but negates to mention they're funded almost exclusively by billionaire hedge fund manager Joseph Edelman.
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www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph...
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www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph...
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Speaking of, this article covers Do No Harm contesting the Utah systematic review but negates to mention they're funded almost exclusively by billionaire hedge fund manager Joseph Edelman.
bsky.app/profile/esqu...
www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph...
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www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph...