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Since the best in healthcare no longer serve at the top of the Federal Government, we are bringing them directly to you at Meidas Health. Don’t miss Episode 14 with the President of the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social Jam packed with useful information! @meidastouch.com
Yes, but... [Sept 3 Press Conference in DC] www.rawstory.com/epstein-vict...
It's his imagination and we're just lucky to be living in it.
A Labor Day coronal mass ejection storm can bring a Labor Day aurora. Where to see them- see map in article below. If you're not sure you’re seeing them, a smartphone on night mode helps. This allows long exposure in low-light enabling the camera to gather more light capturing colors efficiently.
Former CDC heads warn Kennedy is endangering Americans reut.rs/4n8DN0y
A forecast shift means heat isn’t expected to last as long but thunderstorms are more likely as monsoon moisture surges toward California.
17-page court filing by Trump Admin's Justice Dept asks judge to dismiss civil suit brought by some Jan 6 defendants who seek $100 million+ in damages Defendants allege "malicious prosecution" & 4th amendment violation Feds says case should be dismissed: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reupping this because: Epstein #Epstein. September 3, 2025 survivors will be holding a press conference in DC. Bet it's a lot more interesting than the return of Congress. Here's hoping there's a ton of media coverage.👏👏 @brianstelter.bsky.social @cnn.com slate.com/news-and-pol...
Dahlia Lithwick, author of Lady Justice. There are a ton of folks working quietly to preserve democracy: slate.com/podcasts/ami... @dahlialithwick.bsky.social
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I’m not sharing this to scare people—though it’s fucking terrifying. I’m sharing it because we all need to be on guard. We won’t be getting reliable data from the CDC anymore. Worse, the guidance could be harmful. RFK Jr. has no medical training, no scientific background…
Yesterday, we learned that Elon Musk spent $55 million to defeat her. Today, we cheered as Judge Susan Crawford took her oath—and became Justice Susan Crawford. Congratulations!
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"Solidarity Forever" at the Workers Over Billionaires rally on the steps of Wisconsin's Capitol on this beautiful #LaborDay
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With that, I'm signing off for a bit to try and enjoy what's left of Labor Day. If you're just catching up, here's my live coverage of yesterday's hearing: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
Exactly. The bad actors speak about these children as if they're interchangeable widgets or things rather than human beings.
It makes me emotional to see Judge Sooknanan showing that she values each individual child’s life at a moment when this administration is doing exactly the opposite
Democratic governors are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s plans to halt offshore wind developments
Honestly, the hour-long run and march of people shouting “Free DC” up 14th Street today is the energy I needed this morning. I love you, DC.
This is what comes to mind whenever there's a shooting. #WeReNotGonnaFixIt [May 29, 2023] www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Stephen King periodically pops in with a few words of wisdom. Think he'd agree. Perhaps if enough people repeat this over and over again it'll break through. 👏👏 bsky.app/profile/step...
happy labor day
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In North Ridgeville, Ohio, right now. Join where you can!!@
Important and excellent update from Anna Bower who has been on this story all night and all morning. 👏👏 bsky.app/profile/anna...
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Let's just call it what it is. Poop. apnews.com/article/beac...
Have shared the request with family and friends in Oregon. This seems like something Congress needs to get on right away: bsky.app/profile/bren...
The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. bit.ly/4mK6qSe
"The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, along with a coalition of other organizations, are holding the more than 1,000 ‘Workers over Billionaires’ protests to demand that “Medicaid, social security, and other programs for working people” be protected." laist.com/news/workers...
Remember this? [Feb 21, 2019] www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xzb...
She's not mad. She's just pointing out facts. Gavin Newsom.
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Let's hope not. 🤞 September 3 is the return of Congress which is kind of boring, but this bipartisan presser is bound to gather some attention. Epstein. #Epstein [not sure if hashtags work in helping to amplify, but gotta try] www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...
On Labor Day morning, nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control joined forces to call out Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for putting the health and safety of Americans at risk with almost every action he has taken. www.rawstory.com/this-is-unac...
Last year, voters in Missouri passed a measure to protect abortion rights. But Republicans in the state have repeatedly blocked the referendum from taking effect—and are adding a new measure to election ballots that would largely overturn it.
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"It is already, in my view, harming the public because we're losing that institutional knowledge. We're losing that subject matter expertise," Lee says." www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n... @andreahsu.bsky.social
"By every measure, this has been the most hostile administration to workers in our lifetimes," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler told me in an interview ahead of Labor Day." "Working people are really not feeling secure in this economy." www.npr.org/2025/09/01/g...
"By every measure, this has been the most hostile administration to workers in our lifetimes," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler told me in an interview ahead of Labor Day." "Working people are really not feeling secure in this economy." www.npr.org/2025/09/01/g...
"Dozens, already on the brink, have warned they face the prospect of closure or reduced services because of the bill’s cuts to Medicaid, which is funded by federal and state governments and provides health care coverage for the poorest Americans." apnews.com/article/rura...
From the U.S., Kier Starmer really does come across as a perfect example of you cannot successfully try to ape reactionary conservative politics in the long term. Labour got a single win and Starmer proceeded to drive the party into its worst polling in generations by courting the right.
Friends, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest this Labor Day. Let’s honor the roots of this holiday by standing together to protest the exploitation and oppression of our tinpot dictator. bit.ly/4lMgKaR
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"Other “ding dong ditch” pranks have turned deadly in the past. In 2023, a Southern California man was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder for killing three teenage boys by intentionally ramming their car after they rang his doorbell as a prank." apnews.com/article/door...
Ongoing. Anna Bower has been following and live posting all night. @annabower.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/anna...
Our government tried to send a planeful of unaccompanied minors to Guatemala without due process. Fortunately a judge was able to block it before they took off. What fucking monsters the United States has become. Trafficking innocent children. www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbsn...
Anna Bower has been following and live posting this story all night. It is ongoing. Senator Wyden alerted folks to it yesterday. This needs tons of sunlight. @annabower.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov bsky.app/profile/anna...
This story is ongoing. @annabower.bsky.social has been covering it all night and is still on it. bsky.app/profile/anna...
Yeah. You're in good company. Find gardening and listening to music is a must these days, not just for fun but for balance. Oh, and the occasional exercise. :)
Correction. Sorry. It is Anna Bower. @annabower.bsky.social -- This is ongoing. bsky.app/profile/anna...
Senator Wyden you alerted folks to this cruelty yesterday. It is still ongoing. Anna Bower has been following it very closely. This shouldn't fall off of anyone's radar. Done in the dark of night, holiday weekend to minimize media attention. bsky.app/profile/anna...
This should be on everyone's radar. @brianstelter.bsky.social @cnn.com bsky.app/profile/anna...
Anne Bower live posted the proceedings into the wee hours of the morning. Still ongoing. Strategy: Do the ugliest things on a holiday weekend, at night, or during another huge catastrophe to minimize awareness. @jimacosta.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social apnews.com/article/immi...
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Think getting those Epstein files are a really good thing. Everyone seems to want to know. Frankly, don't care who is implicated. Bipartisan agreement on this one. 🤞
Yeah, this is always a thing, what's not always a thing is the Epstein survivors will be in DC doing a press conference on September 3, the day Congress returns. 👀👏🔥🔥 Staying focused on the Epstein files. Bet Scott MacFarlane will be there. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social apnews.com/article/cong...
And..."About 30% of all construction workers are immigrants and 24% of service workers are immigrants, she added." Think this might have an impact? @jimacosta.bsky.social #TheJimAcostaShow
Need to applaud anytime a headline uses the phrase, "His spokesman says," because repeating verbatim what a press release says or what a spokesperson says requires quotes or some indication that the statements have not been independently verified. 👏👏 @apnews.com
Thank you Senator Wyden for raising aware of this cruelty. Anna Bower was on this story all night (as was the judge and her clerks). Ongoing. Shouldn't fall off of anyone's radar. @annabower.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov bsky.app/profile/whst...
Grateful this Labor Day for the Oregonians past and present who are the backbone of our nation's movement to improve working conditions for all. When our workers are strong, our country is strong.
The true meaning of trickle down. [Wait for it.] @stevebenen.com "Immigrants make up almost 20% of the U.S. workforce and that data shows 45% of workers in farming, fishing and forestry are immigrants, according to Pew senior researcher Stephanie Kramer." apnews.com/article/labo...
@brianstelter.bsky.social @cnn.com -- CNN can really expose the insanity of whisking children away in the dark of night on a holiday weekend when people are less inclined to tune in. Sure seems like they do not like children at all.
Where is the mainsteam media? Anyone out there? Can you hear me???
Telling it like it is 🔥 "Once again, we are seeing the federal government retaliate against our civil servants for whistleblowing—which is both illegal and a deep betrayal of the most dedicated among us." www.newsweek.com/fema-staff-l...
If you are in or near Baltimore you should know that the Walters Art Museum (which is free!) has a small but wonderful exhibit about cats in medieval manuscripts
Epstein. Sept 3, the first day the House returns from break. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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@brianstelter.bsky.social @cnn.com Sure seems like the worst is always saved for a holiday weekend and the dark of night when people are less likely to tune in. Perhaps CNN can address this and spend some time discussing the cruelty involving children.
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@wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov -- America cares about this. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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1000 Little Girls Were Sexually Abused & Raped By Epstein & Ghislane Maxwell. Here Are Six Women Who Were Teens When Maxwell Groomed, Sexually Assaulted, Raped & Trafficked Them To Rich Depraved Pedophile Men. They Were Raped. Believe Them. tRump Is In The Epstein Files. youtu.be/9sweVMJzJ-s?...
If this is the “strong leader” they keep selling us, why are they hiding him like Weekend at Bernie’s? 👀
Pope Leo XIV prayed publicly on Sunday for the victims of the shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small."
Are they discussing human beings or things? "Three of the five...??"
UPDATE: In its latest status report, DOJ says that three of the five migrant children discussed in his previous status report have now been returned to ORR custody. Drew Ensign says that he'll file another status report tomorrow when the two remaining children are in ORR custody.
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
They've already got a war on Christmas. Just in time for the holidays. Wonder who benefits? fortune.com/2025/08/11/u...
Hey Sen. James Lankford, stop your Orwellian doublespeak. We're not "jumping to conclusions" – RFKjr is a dark tetrad. He knows nothing about human healthcare. He's systematically trying to cull the American public. Remove him from office. Immediately.
I hear it's lovely in Albuquerque this time of year.
A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s plans to deport hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children following a pre-dawn emergency appeal. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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As Rachel Maddow says, "Watch what they do, not what they say." Think the judges are catching on and demanding confirmation of their orders. Good. Damn straight. Good stuff. 👏👏 -- Hope @maddow.msnbc.com @msnbc.com @stevebenen.com follows up on this story on Monday.
Thank you so much for doing this and keeping this story on the public radar.
MORE: Sparkle Sooknanan is still awake -- and she wants a fourth status report from DOJ. The judge orders the government to update her when all putative class members have been returned to ORR custody.
“The fear to speak. In America?” CBS’ Scott Pelley asked. “If our government is—in Lincoln’s words—‘of the people, by the people and for the people’—then why are we afraid to speak?” www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-s...
UPDATE: DOJ says that all but 4 of the unaccompanied migrant children have been returned to ORR custody. Transfer of the remaining four children is expected at approximately 11:00 p.m.
Hi. I’m the executive director of the organization that had the honor of hosting the FEMA Katrina Declaration and I can confirm this is a lie. NICE TRY, KRISTI! @standupforscience.bsky.social @atrupar.com
Right now in Michigan, we’re in the middle of a budget showdown. The Republican Speaker of the House slipped a provision into the budget that would kneecap our Attorney General – and make it near-impossible for us to take the Trump Administration to court.
I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
I know that's all really frightening. You may have already watched this video on YouTube with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and Gil Duran. If you haven't seen this, it's very informative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWjR...
California stepping up.
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look, I know everything seems totally fucked, but at least rabies is on the rise.
The lawsuit argued that the plan to expel the children violates protections under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.
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