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@mtnbvan

@mtnbvan.bsky.social

#WilfulBlindness & gaslighting harms all, our economy, costs lives. Data transparency, science, evidence-based decisions, strong actions needed YESTERDAY. Vision mass-upzone "30 yr plan" (2008-18); Sim/ABC & BCNDP crank it up & worsen #vanre

created August 14, 2023

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Profile picture darlinghamburger.bsky.social (@darlinghamburger.bsky.social) reposted

Hi, what the fuck is going on at Walter Reed?

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1/9/2025, 10:35:13 PM | 872 187 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

DJT

2/9/2025, 1:59:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jesse Duquette (@jesseduquette.bsky.social) reposted

That photo is “proof of life” in the same way an ear tampon was proof of an assassination attempt.

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Profile picture activist360 (@activist360.bsky.social) reposted

Monster seaweed blooms are reshaping the Atlantic. Fueled by nutrient runoff & climate shifts, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt now threatens coasts, ecosystems & economies. tinyurl.com/27bx3y3z #OceanHealth #Biodiversity #Activist360

1/9/2025, 3:44:09 PM | 15 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted

the thing about Zohran is he is really fucking good at politics and everyone on the Dem side behaving like he’s a liability has lost their minds I don’t care how you define It, he has It

2/9/2025, 1:13:11 AM | 2790 419 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve C (@vanisle7.bsky.social) reposted

Damn, RIP Graham Greene. A true legend. This sucks.

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2/9/2025, 1:31:25 AM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture steffenberr.bsky.social (@steffenberr.bsky.social) reposted

One of PepsiCo's arguments for remaining in the Russian market was for 'humanitarian reasons'. Meanwhile they are bankrolling Putin's war machine. I miss the days when Coca Cola left 1930's Germany because our human morality was not for sale. #pepsikills

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Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?

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Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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1/9/2025, 11:09:27 PM | 9441 2855 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raywat Deonandan (@deonandan.bsky.social) reposted

Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.

2/9/2025, 1:11:37 AM | 1454 650 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

If we will never be a Socialist [sic] or Communist [sic] Country [sic], then why are you giving billions of dollars to farmers to make up for losses from your stupid tariffs (SOCIALISM) and having the US government own part of Intel (COMMUNISM)?

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31/8/2025, 11:21:05 PM | 6506 2028 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

What could go wrong, amirite?

2/9/2025, 1:20:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted

22 year old man whose previous experience is a grocer. The header of counter terrorism. MAGA is Affirmative Action for Mediocre White Men

2/9/2025, 1:07:40 AM | 892 269 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eric Topol (@erictopol.bsky.social) reposted

Good news. The House of Representatives stands behind the NIH budget with no cuts.

2/9/2025, 12:53:39 AM | 617 92 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eric Topol (@erictopol.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

The 2026 House bill with NIH budget preserved but elimination of ARPA-H democrats-appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

The moderation system here at Bluesky @safety.bsky.app is really amazing. An impersonator account scamming people was taken down within five minutes of reporting. The block function is nuclear. I can hide offensive replies, and even replies to replies. I truly feel safe here. Thank you @bsky.app

2/9/2025, 1:17:13 AM | 3114 279 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted

More than 445,000 federal employees saw their union protections disappear in August, as agencies moved to comply with an executive order President Trump signed earlier this year that called for ignoring collective bargaining contracts with nearly one million workers.

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Profile picture David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted

This is how to cover this. NPR did a spot on the award and said nothing about 2020 and Giuliani’s lies.

1/9/2025, 11:46:06 PM | 546 133 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

BLERGH!!!!! (The stats not you. Thank you)

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Profile picture Tara Moriarty (@moriartylab.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Tara Moriarty Canadian COVID Forecast: Dials graphic

This image shows gauges with the Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: High - 9.5 Alberta: Very high - 11.8 Britsh Columbia: Very high - 11.8 Manitoba: High - 8.3 Newfoundland & Labrador: Very high - 11.1 North: High - 9.9 Nova Scotia: High - 9.2 Ontario: High - 8.6 Prince Edward Island: High - 8.9 Quebec: High - 8.8 Saskatchewan: High - 8.7 New Brunswick: High - 8.7 A text box reads:
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Profile picture DCapTO (@dcapto.bsky.social) reposted

🇨🇦 Covid Forecast is out, not liking it’s already high in Ontario which means kids at school will be spreading Covid around since no one masks, no air filtration in schools & no vax yet. Year 6 & we’re still as unprepared as ever for Fall surge 😮‍💨😷 #ONpoli Find your province in tabs: shorturl.at/xLUlQ

Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 30-Sep 12, 2025 ONTARIO HIGH: 8.6 (no change) About 1 of every 74 people is infected ~134,900 - 181,350 infections this week How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections HIGH 6.8X higher Long COVID estimate HIGH 7.8X higher Hospitalizations, ICU HIGH 9.6X higher Deaths HIGH 9.9X higher HOW TO HELP EVERYONE: - UPDATE vaccines every 6 months - WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? - People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant - ALL AGES: immunecompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection last 6 months
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Profile picture Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) (@torontostar-rss.bsky.social) reposted

Five family members in critical condition after ‘suspicious’ fire in Richmond Hill

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Profile picture Bill Madden (@maddenifico.bsky.social) reposted

This was never about Republican vs Democrat. It's much, MUCH MORE SERIOUS than that. It's about fascism vs democracy, authoritarianism vs constitution, dictatorship vs republic, good vs evil. From fucking children to fucking over the elderly, Trump has always been a monster. 😳👇

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Profile picture Pat Bagley (@bagleycartoons.bsky.social) reposted

DeSantis is spending millions to spit in the face of a community that made a crosswalk a memorial to the 49 murdered by guns in the Pulse nightclub shooting DeSantis is a malicious, hateful turd

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Profile picture Gizmodo (@gizmodo.com) reposted

Dozens of Beaches Contaminated By Fecal Matter Over Labor Day Holiday https://gizmodo.com/labor-day-beach-closure-2000651670

1/9/2025, 4:37:24 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted

Levi’s says anti-Americanism on back of Trump policies could hit brand in UK

1/9/2025, 4:42:15 PM | 165 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

I’d love to just have closet space 🙃

1/9/2025, 5:07:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 (@bill-comeau.bsky.social) reposted

American nurses standing up against RFK Jr. The pressure is rising. Americans should be calling their elected representatives. Are they? I don't know. I hope they are.

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Profile picture ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted

As we celebrate Labor Day, President Trump is rolling back the rights of federal workers to organize unions and collectively bargain. Eliminating these protections is a violation of workers' free speech rights.

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Profile picture Paulley Ticks (@tomadelsbach.bsky.social) reposted

President Trump is healthier than ever, enjoying his Labor Day weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home - so suck it, libtards!

1/9/2025, 4:53:51 PM | 154 43 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Enforcement would be onerous & costly. Retailers already struggle and couldn’t predict Trump tariffs et al. Buyers beware. Consumers can also just ban those stores or products.

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Profile picture Mark Ungrin (@mark-ungrin.bsky.social) reposted

Canada needs this as well. Just like what RFK is doing in the US, "gaps in public messaging" are a deliberate choice - they don't just happen. So...who benefits from misleading the public? Pretending away the massive toll of letting COVID rip are all about protecting a few negligent insiders.

1/9/2025, 11:23:47 AM | 38 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) reposted

Trump on his 3rd unannounced golf trip in a row. He doesn’t let the White House press pool film him golfing. This video is from a guest at the club.

1/9/2025, 3:43:16 PM | 243 55 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture André Picard @picardonhealth (@picardonhealth.bsky.social) reposted

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war. The total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 is at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @theguardian.com @pressfreedom.bsky.social #journalism

1/9/2025, 3:44:54 PM | 18 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 (@tryangregory.bsky.social) reposted

It's pseudoscience to believe in eugenics now, but it is absolutely the case that legit scientists (including major contributors to my own field) held these views and thought they were valid. See, e.g., Sir Ronald Fisher, Sir Francis Galton, Charles Davenport, etc. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Profile picture Prof Sheena Cruickshank (@sheencr.bsky.social) reposted

Absolutely tragic that an unvaccinated baby died of whooping cough. Rates of vax uptake in England too low and this risks our children’s health 🧵

1/9/2025, 7:25:55 AM | 81 32 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot (@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social) reposted

US suspends most visas for Palestinian passport-holders, reports say

1/9/2025, 3:56:28 PM | 11 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Newsweek (@newsweek.com) reposted

Los Angeles shop owner Hooshang Aghdassi said ICE detained his wife, Sharareh Moghadam, after she finished her citizenship exam.

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Profile picture Connie Walker (@conniewalker.bsky.social) reposted

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza apnews.com/article/geno...

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Profile picture Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) reposted

More than 1,000 protests are scheduled today all across America. Large crowds will be standing up to the Trump regime, and joining major unions for “Workers Over Billionaires” events. More here:

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Profile picture Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 (@bill-comeau.bsky.social) reposted

White House: $8 trillion in tariff revenue so far. Fact Check: ❌ MASSIVELY FALSE. Actual tariff revenues to date are about $96 billion (Forbes). The $8 trillion number is 83x higher. (Job data is also suspect since he fired the head of BLS for reporting low numbers.) www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...

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Profile picture paulpro (@mariopro.bsky.social) reposted

@macltoons.bsky.social

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Profile picture Michael Hobbes (@michaelhobbes.bsky.social) reposted

How Seattle created a bizarre situation where government-subsidized housing costs more than market-rate housing, 11% of it sitting empty and providers can't lower rents. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Through 2018, vacancy levels hovered around 2% in Seattle’s publicly funded housing for people making no more than 60% of the area median income — $66,000 at most. Local housing officials cranked out these apartments, nearly doubling the number over the past 10 years. More than two-thirds of them were studios or one-bedrooms. And most, including all of the Thai Binh apartments, were built for people at the high end of that income range, earning well above minimum wage. A decade ago, affordable-housing operators were restricted from charging more than $1,008 for a one-bedroom. Now, at the Rise on Madison on First Hill, one-bedrooms are listed at $1,635. Their main option is to lower rents as much as they can. But if they lower them too much, they won’t meet their loan payments.
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Profile picture DrMacLeodCartoons (@macltoons.bsky.social) reposted

2 years ago. Still the same.

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1/9/2025, 2:27:33 PM | 28 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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Such sudden devastation may happen in the USA given gutting of national weather services

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Profile picture NPR (@npr.org) reposted

The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday hit a series of towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighboring Nangahar province, causing extensive damage.

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Profile picture Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) reposted

Literally the one thing the dude did that worked was the COVID vaccine and he is considering dumping it because of RFK.

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Profile picture paulpro (@mariopro.bsky.social) reposted

@claybennett.bsky.social

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Recalibrated towards historical norms given lack of housing for all. Prov Govt and Schools need to recalibrate also on funding etc

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Profile picture Crawford Kilian (@crof.bsky.social) reposted

This Fall, International Students Are Heading Elsewhere via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

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Profile picture Julie Parsonnet (@julieparsonnet.bsky.social) reposted

Deaths averted by vaccination since the 1970’s

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Profile picture Guy Felicella (@guyfelicella.bsky.social) reposted

What "Make America Great Again" really means....

31/8/2025, 4:28:09 PM | 184 59 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bill Madden (@maddenifico.bsky.social) reposted

Here we go: Victims of Trump's best friend, wingman and pedo bro, Jeffrey Epstein, are going to have a press conference at 10:30 AM ET on September 3, 2025 at the US Capitol. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿😊👇

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Profile picture Mark Zaid, Esq (@markzaidesq.bsky.social) reposted

This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.

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Profile picture Maple Mama (@maplemama20.bsky.social) reposted

🚨PLEASE SHARE 🚨 #Missing 13 year old from #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada Isabella is described as Height: 5'4" with slim build, EYES: Hazel HAIR: Black/ often braided #MMIW #MMIWG #EveryChildMatters #NoMoreStolenSisters #RedDressAlert www.aboriginalalert.ca/missingperso...

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Profile picture Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

BREAKING: Judge Sooknanan says the children are being removed right now so has advanced today’s hearing to 12:30pm. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

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Profile picture Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Profile picture ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted

In January, Border Patrol agents descended on Kern County, California, arresting and detaining people without due process. The raid — dubbed “Operation Return to Sender” — marked the start of a troubling new chapter in immigration enforcement. But the community was ready to fight back.

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Profile picture paulpro (@mariopro.bsky.social) reposted

@goldingcartoons.bsky.social

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Profile picture Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) reposted

Terrific and terrifying piece by William J. Broad for the @nytimes.com: “'Trump once said he wanted the generals that Hitler had,' Dr. Josephson wrote. 'He’s certainly working on getting the science that Hitler and Stalin had.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...

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Profile picture NPR (@npr.org) reposted

The Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations' food and children's agencies in Yemen's capital, detaining at least one U.N. employee, officials said.

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Profile picture BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted

Amazing video, Donald Trump genuinely cannot understand why parents want their dead children brought back to the USA so they can bury them. He's a 100% psychopath.

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Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

🤮🤮🤮

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Profile picture Brian Stelter (@brianstelter.bsky.social) reposted

"The war on science began four centuries ago when the Roman Catholic Church outlawed books that reimagined the heavens. Subsequent regimes shot or jailed thousands of scientists. Today..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Also fly is usually opposite

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Jeans, not usually except maybe length and more slender/straight cut through the hips

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Disgusting

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Profile picture Esther (@elhopkins.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

31/8/2025, 2:38:29 PM | 19 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Esther (@elhopkins.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

WHO telling politicians not to ignore covid. bsky.app/profile/cati...

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Profile picture Jesse Felder (@jessefelder.bsky.social) reposted

‘The risks are rising that we could see another “inflation mountain” emerge over the coming months.’ www.apolloacademy.com/will-we-see-...

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Profile picture Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) reposted

New: I looked at 90 porn sites to test the new age-verification law rewriting the web. The ones following the rules, and scanning visitors' faces, are crumbling, while the lawbreakers are doubling or tripling their traffic. One of many unintended consequences for an experimental tech wapo.st/47QuttW

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

🖕🖕🖕🖕

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Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

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."

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Profile picture Crawford Kilian (@crof.bsky.social) reposted

From WHO: www.who.int/emergencies/...

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Profile picture David Enrich (@davidenrich.bsky.social) reposted

After losing an appeal against CNN, Alan Dershowitz plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 case that protects journalists and others from weaponized lawsuits. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/b...

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Profile picture Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted

This is the interim CDC Director. He is accusing pre-Trump CDC staff of “manipulating health data to support a political narrative”. This man and his boss Kennedy are the ones who are manipulating data for a political narrative. This is an existential threat to the United States of America.

Public health is a noble calling. When it is driven by transparent data and rigorous science, it earns public trust and keeps the world safe. The beating heart of public health in America is CDC. During the previous administration, CDC lost public trust by manipulating health data to support a political narrative. The Trump administration is rebuilding trust and refocusing CDC on its core mission of keeping America safe from infectious disease. We have invested in new screening technology to detect infections from foreign travelers, stopped the Texas measles outbreak, and ended the misuse of the childhood immunization schedule for Covid vaccine mandates. With the support of @SecKennedy, President Trump has directed me to serve as acting director of CDC, in addition to my duties as deputy secretary. We are helping the agency earn back the trust it had squandered. I look forward to working with CDC's dedicated team and announcing additions to the senior leadership in the weeks ahead.
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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Often jeans are waist measurement and length

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Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

And when they say *they* are protecting the country from the people who want to destroy it, they are engaging in pure psychological projection.

31/8/2025, 2:55:41 PM | 1191 308 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) reposted

Trump Gets Middle Finger Salute En Route to Golf Outing Trump goes on back-to-back golf outings as Americans face high prices meidasnews.com/news/trump-g...

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Profile picture Mike Pafford (@mepafford.org) reposted

ATTENTION ON DECK! Active Duty, Guard, Reserves, and Retirees! ‪ALL #Veterans! ‪As Our Drill Sergeants, RDCs, MTIs, DIs, and RCCs‬ Yelled At Us,‬ ‪ "PULL YOUR HEAD OUT!"‬ ‪ NO #Veteran Deserves To Be Treated This Way! "No Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Airman, or Guardian Left Behind!" 🇺🇸‬ 🗽 🦅

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Profile picture Unofficial CTV News Mirror (@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social) reposted

The ‘self-inflicted injury’ to U.S. tourism that’s making some Americans angry and disappointed

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Profile picture Canada Healthwatch 🍁 (@canadahealthwatch.ca) reposted

'It's an Extremely Physical Job': BC Nurses Could Vote to Strike over Possible Cuts to Health Benefits pressprogress.ca/bc-nurses-un... @brishti.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

The BC Nurses' Union held a march through Vancouver in the fall of 2022, during the last round of negotiations for its Nurses' Bargaining Association agreement.
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Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe Layla isn’t such a “catch” either

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

OUCH

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Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

GORKA: Instead of blaming an inanimate object, which is the weapon, how about addressing the human being instead? KEILAR: DHS cut funding in July to the Minnesota Dept of Safety and the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office in July that is the kind of funding used to assess mass violence threats

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C.D.C. Uncertainty Upends Covid Vaccine Access at CVS and Walgreens www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w... More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

two women walk past a large pharmacy sign that reads
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Profile picture PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) reposted

More like “Stacy is Wrong”

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UK secures largest ever warship deal from Norway on.ft.com/4nbnujH

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Another from 2021 medicalpartnership.usg.edu/covid-19-sta...

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Profile picture @mtnbvan (@mtnbvan.bsky.social) reply parent

Just one of many issues: Mass shooters are racially/ethnically diverse, though a majority are white males rockinst.org/gun-violence...

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Profile picture Harry Shearer (@harryshearer.bsky.social) reposted

For more information, watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdgI...

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www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/obama-call...

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Obama Calls Out Trump’s Power Grab as 1,000+ Protests Planned and a GOP Rep. Gets Booed Into Silence

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Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city

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