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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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Remember this scene from Vampire Diaries? The lovely lady w the pink hat is our* mom, Mary Lynn, who died this week. Wasn’t her smile magical?! *Michael Allman is my half-brother. We share our beautiful mom. His dad is Gregg. Mine was Daniel who died in a Learjet crash.

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I’m still pretty new here on 🦋, but my mom died a couple days ago and I’m feeling so incredibly alone. A couple kind words would be appreciated.

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Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

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We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

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I’m going to lose my mother this week. My heart is breaking. There are real-world, paperwork/legal issues to sort. My brain is bursting.

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The VA website is down. Let's hope that has nothing to do with DOGE. Veterans depend on it.

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I’m sitting at my mom’s hospital bedside. She will most likely not last the week. I’m devastated. Oh, and democracy is dying, too. 😭😭😭

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Happy National Black Women Physicians Day #Blackmedsky #medsky

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These are your words of the week genre ethnic cleansing doge potash tariff coup Ahabian www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

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Bravo, Rep. Marc Pocan !

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This long exposure infrared image was made on Moccasin Creek in Rabun County Georgia. I used a full spectrum Nikon D750 with a Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8 lens and a 720nm filter. Processed in Lightroom. Get out there. #photography #ir #infrared #EastCoastKin #longexposure

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🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” The website lists mostly Black employees.

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Can pro-democracy 'shock and awe' shout louder than the authoritarians? According to a recent emergency order filed by State Democracy Defenders Fund, the answer is "yes." Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen discuss this breaking lawsuit.

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USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

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I'm about to drop some random scripts and carousels tonight. It's not going to be as orderly as I normally am; there's just a LOT going on. But follow this thread. Script 1: RFK has made it through committee. CALL. YOUR. SENATORS. We have to do everything in our power to defeat him.

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Murray: "It is unlawful for a president to say 'I am going to decide where the money goes that Congress appropriated' ... you can't pass a law and then say, 'it doesn't apply to me.' That's what they are doing here."

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A Republican congressman just introduced a bill to abolish OSHA and get rid of federal safety protections for workers. Remind me— wasn’t it Republicans who claimed that they were the party of the working class?

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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

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I voted to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination to HHS. I cannot in good conscience support someone who denies and will dilute our public health protections, sow distrust in science, and oversee massive cuts to health care programs for vulnerable Americans.

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JUST IN: The FBI Agents Association, repped by @markzaidesq.bsky.social, has filed a second lawsuit on behalf of agents who sayd their inforation may be publicly disseminated and used as part of a purge. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Schumer: "Today Leader Jeffries and I are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems and protect Americans across the country ... we call our legislation, 'stop the steal'"

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This just gave me chills!

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This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?

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“Alleged” Voter shenanigans here in FL?! www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russi...

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“As the birb ambassador of freedom, all I can say is, do better hoomans…” #BaldEagle #birds #FeatheredFrens #birbs #resist #resistance #UnitedWeStand #BlueResistance #BlueCrew #TruthWarriors

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SMH. SIGH ~ All I can think of is this quote: “We live in a time where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended.” Academia should know better than this. 😔 #RESIST

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