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Over the past several weeks, ProPublica has identified dozens of people who worked for DOGE. Today, we’re adding 20 names to the list, bringing the total to 66. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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this is gutting www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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Fascists call it "annexation." But that's a euphemism, meant to lull you to sleep. The correct word is "invasion."

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“I cannot vote for the Republican plan to give unchecked power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I cannot give permission for inflation-causing tariffs and firing thousands of veterans..." -- @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Schumer Will Vote To Advance GOP Funding Bill, Signaling Surrender @huffpost.com

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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.

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You know things are fucked up when the blue wave emoji accounts and the communist Garfield accounts are exactly as pissed off about the exact same thing for the exact same reason

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If Dems were unwilling to fight over cabinet nominees and unwilling to fight over the budget/shutdown, it’s safe to assume they’re not going to fight over anything.

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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR. In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.

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Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer. "Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.

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Sen. Ruben Gallego tells me his NO on the House funding bill means he will also vote NO to advance it procedurally. “Yeah, I don’t get cute with this shit.”

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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

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it doesn't matter if the CR was bad or anywhere near good; as long as lawlessnes reigns supreme in Washington you don't vote for a single GOP bill or a single GOP nominee, why is this so fuckin' hard to understand

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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

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If Chuck Schumer enjoys a single day in NYC for the rest of his life without being told to go fuck himself at least once, then NYC will have utterly failed as a society.

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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

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🚨 Holy crap. Marco Rubio is seemingly purporting to exempt nearly all immigration regulations and policy, along with things like export controls, trade rules, and more, from notice and comment rulemaking requirements. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04116.pdf

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Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"

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“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass

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"Given the ongoing threat of an unprovoked trade war against Canada by the U.S. president, I do not feel I can enter the United States." Author Louise Penny says she didn't think twice before cancelling U.S. book tour dates #Canada @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

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RECORD NEGATIVE APPROVAL—Trump’s economic net approval rating is now at an all-time low of -12% (Approve - Disapprove), with also only 1% with “No Opinion”. In contrast, during Trump’s first term in March 2017, net economic approval was +14%.

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The White House has withdrawn its nomination of anti-vax Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the CDC. www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/h...

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The White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal. “My administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal.” said Trump www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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You know what the real scam of Social Security is? If you make above $168,800/year, the government STOPS taxing you on every dollar above that. Billionaires like Musk and Trump NEVER pay their fair share — and now they want to take OUR money away!!?!

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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

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The Monster at the End of this Explanation of Benefits

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Speaking of pneumococcal vaccination - did y’all know that the CDC has this awesome free “PneumoRecs” app to help you figure out who needs, for example the newer PCV20? (hint: moderate-severe asthma) It’s great! #MedSky #PedsSky #PedsPulmSky

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With @wendyorent.bsky.social Discussing the news that cranks, quacks, charlatans, and antivaxxers will soon be in charge, and the doctors who paved the way. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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"People who consume moderate to large amounts of alcohol have a markedly increased incidence of premature deaths and disability." 🎁 Alcohol Deaths Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades, Study Finds @nytimes.com #PublicHealth

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Here’s one of the many aspects of this article that troubles me: “The USDA has acknowledged a request to comment on this story on October 24 and as of publication we have not heard back.”

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“Five years on from an epidemic that has traumatised a generation, Samoan health officials are among those sounding alarm over the nomination of Kennedy as US health secretary. “We cannot and should not stay silent. We know what this appointment means… It must be treated as a threat to our health”

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Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, Madeleine Riffaud joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train. She died on Nov. 6 at her home in Paris. She was 100.

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I don't think people appreciate how difficult it is to diagnose #H5N1 with the current diagnostics. As @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social mentioned, If a person comes into the hospital and we run a test on the current PCR multiplex platforms, most don't differentiate “untypeable” Flu-A subtypes.

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@808hammahdown.bsky.social Ku Kia’i Mauna!

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H5N1 found in wastewater on the island of Oahu in Hawai’i.

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