Ear Rick (@ericlars2.bsky.social) reposted
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Go Elizabeth!
Ally to Democracy (@allyhartwell.bsky.social) reposted
🚨 CDC report fivefold increase in Measles cases under RFK Jr. 2024 Year Total: 285 2025 To Date: 1,431 🚨 #Measles #MMR #RFK #Vaccines
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve seen enough. Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Michael Steele (@michaelsteele.bsky.social) reposted
The hoax is on us...a Moment of Clarity... youtu.be/8kq3o0aSCZo
Brad Heath (@bradheath.bsky.social) reposted
At least three of President Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
American Society for Virology (@amersocvirology.bsky.social) reposted
As RFK testifies in front of the Senate today, ASV wants to emphasize the risks posed by his decisions related to virus outbreaks and the public health of Americans. Together with our partner organizations, we call for RFK's resignation: asm.org/press-releas...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
RFK JR: You're making things up to scare people. And it's a lie. Hassan: With respect, I do not think I'm the one making things up.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
RFK Jr: You're just making stuff up, senator! HASSAN: You know, sometimes when you make an accusation it's kind of a confession, Mr Kennedy
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
LMAO -- an aide seemingly tells RFK Jr to mute his mic and stop breathing like a total freak
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
He is calling Senators “ridiculous” and “liars” with a great deal of arrogance. Who is the issue here? 🇺🇸🕊️😎
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Resign RKK, JR. You are embarrassing yourself and your family’s prior good name 🇺🇸😎🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
RFK, JR. thinks everyone in the world is lying except himself. Jus’ sayin’…🇺🇸😎🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
RFK JR. is out of control, calling Senators liars, threatening, asking Senators foolish questions! He needs a nice long rest in a sanitarium. Jus’ sayin’…🇺🇸😎🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
RFK JR. might believe he is being truthful yet the truth does not need arrogance, anger, defensiveness. Those behaviors signify non truth. If you can’t show your proof and work, with correctly cited citations, proper scientific protocols, and accurate statistics then it is mere hot air theory. 🇺🇸😎🕊️
Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 (@bill-comeau.bsky.social) reposted
Susan Monarez lasted 29 days as the director of the CDC, aka the Centers for Disease Chaos. Fire RFK Jr. "I was told to preapprove the recommendations of a vaccine advisory panel newly filled with people who have publicly expressed antivaccine rhetoric."
Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social) reposted
Yesterday more than 1,000 current and former Health and Human Services employees called on RFK Jr to resign in a letter to him and to members of Congress. Sad that disease and death won’t persuade Trump to fire him. Only harm to Trump’s political power would do that. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
J. Emory Parker 🏳️🌈 (@jaspar.bsky.social) reposted
The new normal: the government is allowed to air uncharged criminal allegations against political enemies but the evidence is secret 🤔 🤔 🤔
Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 (@bill-comeau.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It is also difficult for me to put into words the frustration and disgust I have for loud-mouthed weak-minded faux experts who couldn't last five minutes in a class on statistical probability theory or biomedical science. Their understanding of data goes as deep as a caveman staring at a laptop.
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
Breaking News: Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who rewrote the rules of fashion not once but twice in his lifetime, died at 91. nyti.ms/4mNzb0l
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Senate Democrats call for Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.’s resignation before he faces a grilling on vaccine policy. It is his first appearance before lawmakers since the ousting of the leader of the CDC. Follow live coverage of the hearing here:
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is appearing before a Senate panel to defend his record as President Trump’s health secretary. Both Democrats and Republicans are expected to grill him on his vaccine policy and whether he misled them in his confirmation hearings. Follow live updates.
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
To fill vacancies left behind from the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government, agencies are reassigning people to new jobs they know little about. The result, employees said, is that work is being done less efficiently.
Dan Diamond (@ddiamond.bsky.social) reposted
Trump officials have restored Ronny Jackson's military rank, after his Biden-era demotion from rear admiral to captain. Democrats say they’re aghast “The sacrosanct uniform code of military justice is now the uniform code of Trump,” former Rep. Jackie Speier told me. The code is “now meaningless.”
MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted
WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr. testifies before Congress amid CDC firings and vaccine changes youtube.com/live/O3MORmB...
CNBC (@cnbc.com) reposted
Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s housing finance chief, on Thursday repeatedly declined to offer any details about where he got the “tip” that led him to accuse Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook of mortgage fraud. Read more: https://cnb.cx/3JK7qHj
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
Trump has the gall to call signing for the release of the Epstein files a “hostile act?!!” NO!!! What happened to those girls/women was a HOSTILE ACT! Enough! 1/2
Mike Davis • Feed After Midnight (@mjdavis1988.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Believe the victims and REPOST their stories. Release the full files and stop the cover-up! mdavis19881.substack.com/p/epstein-xi...
Interfaith Alliance (@interfaithalliance.org) reposted
“As Dr. King once said, ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ Humbly, I would add, it doesn't bend on its own. History tells us we often have to apply force needed to make sure that the arc gets where it needs to go. This is one of those times.” -Gov. JB Pritzker
Kathleen Bachynski (@bachynski.bsky.social) reposted
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
Jon Steinman (@jonsteinman.bsky.social) reposted
The victims just announced that they will compile their own list of Epstein abusers. The admin will coverup and DARVO, attempt to destroy these women just as they did to Christine Blasey Ford, Anita Hill, etc etc. These women are brave beyond belief. We all have to defend them
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
The largest rally of Epstein survivors is happening right now. The system tried to silence them, but they’re louder than ever.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted reply parent
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
This is pretty devastating stuff www.youtube.com/live/q6fUosr...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda: "The worst part is that the government is still in possession right now of documents & information that could help me remember and get over all of this maybe, and help me heal. They have documents w/ my name on them that were confiscated from Jeffrey Epstein's house"
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
How could any human being doubt the truth of the Epstein victims?
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted
Epstein Watch: “They're creating this perception of transparency — but the reality is it's not there,” said a victim’s brother. Two federal judges agreed.
Tim O’Brien (@timobrien.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein victims' press conference, livestreamed: www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Every man and woman should listen to the survivors’ news conference.
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Every man and woman should listen to the survivors’ news conference.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted reply parent
MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted
WATCH LIVE: GOP and Dem lawmakers hold press conference with Jeffrey Epstein victims amid Trump controversy
MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted
Federal Appeals Court rejects Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
More police numbers unnecessary. What is needed are stations and brave officers concentrated in the highest crime neighborhoods. Plus, salient police force training in de-escalation, plus sometimes necessary use of force. Better; not more. More training; not more dollars. 🇺🇸🕊️😎
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
The Most Communist President Ever open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
tweety (@bluskypolitics.bsky.social) reposted
🔴 Need a laugh , today ? 🤭🤣🙃🤭 #Dogsky #Dogs 🐥
Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) reposted
The President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called the orange felon a Russian asset in a live televised speech. Well done, this is how you do it. 👏
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Take care of doing the small things right and life progresses from there in a positive manner. Do things wrong, that also progresses but in the opposite direction. Jus’ sayin’…😎🇺🇸🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
In San Francisco the Police were told to not stop jaywalkers and the driving became even worse. Jaywalking only benefits the jaywalkers who for some reason is usually late or impatient. Break the law flagrantly, pay the price, but Trump breaks the law daily and pays little price. 🇺🇸😎🕊️
Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu) reposted reply parent
Thank you for your support to Ukraine’s defence. It benefits Europe’s security as a whole.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted reply parent
Interrogator and witness shared the same goal—they were both there to make Trump happy—and their exchange reflected this arrangement.” Yup.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted
About the weird DOJ Trump/Epstein interview: “It was a damage-control operation… not so much investigating Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes as attempting to exculpate President Donald Trump….“
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Kristi Noem is an unaware joke!
Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 (@bill-comeau.bsky.social) reposted
I have never seen a time like this. There is zero regard for truth and facts from the Far Right. Obvious lies are dispensed daily via loyal media to loyal followers who absorb falsehoods as gospel. They say what their worshippers want them to say, truth is irrelevant, fact-checkers are irrelevant.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said in a weekend social media post he plans to issue an executive order to impose voter ID requirements. And he reiterated his desire to ban mail voting. The president lacks the authority to take either step. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Raddatz: "One of the things that they're trying to do in D.C. with the National Guard is have them back up federal law enforcement." Gov. Wes Moore: "They're picking up trash."
Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️🌈✡️🇨🇦 (@dianeravitch.bsky.social) reposted
Bernie Sanders: RFK Jr. must resign! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Image over substance is shallow. Ignoring how one might appear in and to the public is equally lacking in awareness. Jus’ sayin’…Everyone judges…yet, what do you seem to focus upon and what do you ignore and miss? 😎🇺🇸🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Polite is right; strong is wrong (when it is strong without boundaries)! Bullies only respect, however, when you slap/hit them back. #msnbc #gavinnewson 🇺🇸😎🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Needed: more good hearted people who truly care about doing what is right; not what will make them more money than they will ever need. Jus’ sayin’….🇺🇸😎🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Very few companies in Silicon Valley followed the law. Their motto: break it; apologize later. A disgusting attitude by so many emotionally and socially inept humans who now push AI, I.e., machines without soul. 🇺🇸🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇺🇸😎
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Intelligence and awareness perhaps?
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Silly. Who would actually wish that for humanity? Only those who lack humanity and/or social interaction skills (creators of social networks)😎🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇺🇸
Lonewolf (@lonewolf1970.bsky.social) reposted
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Hope is rising…🇺🇸🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, y e s…
All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Epstein estate agrees to hand over documents to Congress, including the "birthday book," according to ranking member @robertgarcia.bsky.social.
David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted
This was a power grab. Pure and simple. Normally, Congress would step in and complain. But now the Republicans are a cult, not a political party. This is an important front in the fight against authoritarianism.
Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) reposted
If SCOTUS upholds this decision, that’d be the best possible outcome for Trump. His inflationary tariffs would be stopped before they did any more damage, and he’d have a scapegoat to blame for any further economic distress www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 (@bluewavesurfer.bsky.social) reposted
youtu.be/jbDDyApH7AQ?...
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Ya think? 😎🇺🇸🎶
🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 (@bluewavesurfer.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's tariff push overstepped presidential powers, appeals court says. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Years after a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a young Florida couple in 2019, crucial data detailing how the fatal wreck unfolded was missing. Tesla claimed it didn’t have it — until a hacker made the critical discovery.
Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) reposted
Most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were ruled illegal by a US appeals court that found he exceeded his authority in imposing them: Here’s your Evening Briefing.
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇺🇸😎
Axios (@axios.com) reposted
A federal appellate court ruled today that Trump's global tariffs were implemented illegally, which Trump said could "literally destroy the United States." Here's what to know.
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Trump’ tariffs found illegal!!!!!🇺🇸😎
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reposted
Trump’s global tariffs found illegal by federal appeals court - Bloomberg
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Trump’s global tariffs found illegal by federal appeals court - Bloomberg
AFL-CIO (@aflcio.org) reposted
At 1,000+ events across the country during Workers’ Labor Day weekend, America’s unions and working people are standing up and fighting for an economy that works for us, not billionaires and CEOs. Workers built this country, and now, we’re taking it back.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Federal agents detained two firefighters in Washington state... ...while the firefighters were in the middle of fighting one of the largest wildfires in the country. Under Trump’s regime, cruelty takes precedence over everything else.
Barbra Streisand (@barbrastreisand.bsky.social) reposted
There are more guns than people in the US. Another deadly school shooting and all some politicians offer is thoughts and prayers. Stop voting for these pro gun politicians who think gun rights are more important than young lives.
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
AI lacks heart, empathy, and the Hippocratic oath. 🇺🇸
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social) reposted
We dont have to live like this. Other countries dont. We dont have to fear that our kids will be shot at school. Children shouldn’t have to fear dying at school. Its a choice. GOP lawmakers receive millions of dollars from gun manuifacturers for their vote against all rational gun laws
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
Ban assault weapons in civilian hands.
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
RFK’s arrogance overrides his judgment and common sense. Like Trump, he appears to believe only he has the right answers and others are somehow inferior in intellect. Absurd viewpoint. He may have good intentions to make America healthier but his ego gets in the way. Jus’ sayin’…😎🇺🇸🕊️
Melody Schreiber (@melodyschreiber.com) reposted reply parent
Kennedy “has to go,” said @colincarlson.bsky.social. “Seeing Patty Murray and APHA come to the same conclusion – that RFK has to go – gives me a lot of hope. Let’s fight. I think we can win.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes!
Faine Greenwood (@faineg.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
There’s an enormous amount of stuff in this book I’d like to highlight, but start with: “What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.”
strea3m.bsky.social (@strea3m.bsky.social) reposted
Reminder: Even though we are in dark, dark times that are being engineered by some of the worst that humanity has to offer, we can't give in. As we work our way through, remember that: -it's OK to see it for what it is, & acknowledge how bad it is -keep doing what you can to resist -Do Not Give Up.
Holly Anderson 🍇 (@hollyanderson.bsky.social) reposted
"Do not pretend you do not understand" goes a long way towards the heart of a LOT of problems rn
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
There’s a reason Dr. King's historic 1963 rally was called “The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” As he warned the nation, "We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor." Real freedom requires economic freedom for all.
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
#cnbc Scott Wapner, Sara Eisen, and Cramer continue to support a felon who also committed civil fraud over an unproven allegation against Lisa Cook. Absurd and illogical, hypocritical lack of perspective and logic. Jus’ sayin’….😎🇺🇸🕊️
Lawpoet1 (@drhk.bsky.social)
@scottwapner.bsky.social Quit trying to bolster Pulte and the President making up ways to achieve their own way with the Federal Reserve. Trump committed civil fraud and has over thirty criminal felonies. Get real Scott. You sound silly. 🇺🇸🕊️😎
ShantyMinister (@shantyminister.bsky.social) reposted
Well isn’t this lovely. Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?) What a terrific voice. #opera I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.