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@emster.bsky.social

Super pissed about the oligarchs trying to kill democracy.

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Great turnout West Chester!

14.06.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a frequent question but good lord, how does Lindsey Graham look at himself in the mirror? Utterly pathetic.

30.04.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

30.04.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 53908    πŸ” 9870    πŸ’¬ 1001    πŸ“Œ 627
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FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts

FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts

18.04.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 40
Trump dances to music for 40 minutes at town hall after cutting Q&A short #shorts
YouTube video by CBS News Trump dances to music for 40 minutes at town hall after cutting Q&A short #shorts

I’m reminded while fighting off the β€˜Biden’s head was mush’ and the β€˜Kamala Harris didn’t do enough to convince us to vote for her’ crowd that this πŸ‘‡ happened 3 weeks before the November election.πŸ˜’ youtu.be/pf3km6WDCyw?...

17.04.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.

The mass layoffs at RFK's Department of Health and Human Services eradicated entire offices dedicated to ensuring health systems are kept operational and personal data is protected.

Now HHS staff tell me the layoffs mean the system is on the brink of collapse

www.wired.com/story/depart...

14.04.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 499    πŸ” 246    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12
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WATCH: β€œI’m here because I will not be bullied.”

A pardon attorney fired by Trump says Trump’s DOJ sent armed U.S. marshals to deliver a letter warning her not to testify before Congress about Trump’s DOJ’s abuse of power.

Context: www.yahoo.com/news/us-just...

07.04.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5300    πŸ” 2073    πŸ’¬ 184    πŸ“Œ 153

A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed. www.washingtonpost.com/science/202...

07.04.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 325    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

Orange Monday.

07.04.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazon is selling products calling Canada the 51st state, and many Canadians aren't happy | CBC News A petition is urging retail giant Amazon to disable listings of shirts, hats, stickers and other products emblazoned with quotes referring to Canada as the 51st state or otherwise celebrating the idea...

If you needed another reason to boycott Amazon, even after it closed all its warehouses in Quebec to stop its workers from unionizing, here it is.

04.04.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 440    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 19

Good trouble. Creative, too.

02.04.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1481    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 6

If you’re in a blue state, make this call.

02.04.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Elon Musk in cheese hat after trying to buy a Wisconsin election. What an idiot.

Elon Musk in cheese hat after trying to buy a Wisconsin election. What an idiot.

Grateful to have this photo for very frequent use. My apologies in advance.

02.04.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope. I prefer cars that aren’t recording me and my garage and a company that doesn’t give rando employees access to those recordings. Gestapobiles!

02.04.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute πŸ”₯

01.04.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 64266    πŸ” 14574    πŸ’¬ 995    πŸ“Œ 1256

πŸ‘†the lead in, about the tragic loss of service members. No condolences. No sadness. Just a toddler’s talk of a truck. β€œSo three are no longer with us and one is unfortunately probably in the same category, but they haven't declared that yet.”

01.04.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Smells like dementia: β€œIt was a very heavy truck, like a toy, but I mean really heavy. That lifted the heaviest equipment. And it would seem that the bank of a lake collapsed. You know, the weight is so big.”

01.04.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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They lied.

op: @senatorheinrich.bsky.social

27.03.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3208    πŸ” 697    πŸ’¬ 200    πŸ“Œ 40

β€œIt’s like letting Hannibal Lecter mind kids or something.”

01.04.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This court document is ESSENTIAL Reading for every American who doesn’t want to become a victim of financial & identity theft.

AkashBobba’s #DOGE email address is on this list of DOGE email addresses of all the #DOGE_TERRORISTS

11.03.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

29.03.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 43527    πŸ” 12117    πŸ’¬ 1103    πŸ“Œ 792
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Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb (Gift Article) The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.

Worth a read. β€œMaybe he’s just driven by personal grudges and is in way over his head. As a businessman, he bankrupted his Atlantic City casinos. Now he’s gambling with the national security of the United States.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

31.03.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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West Virginia senators pass ban on diversity, equity, inclusion, saying it 'puts to bed racism' - WV MetroNews Senate Bill 474, introduced at the request of the governor, includes the executive branch, primary and secondary schools, and higher education institutions.

wvmetronews.com/2025/03/26/w...

Willis, a lawyer, invited people who feel like DEI policies are being imposed on them to call him or reach out via an email at a website he created, TomWillis@reportwoketeachers.com. β€œI just purchased this website this morning,” he said.

Make good trouble, ya'll.

27.03.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations The move β€” along with the CDC’s explanation β€” is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

RFK takes the CDC another step down the road to full-on anti-vax dangerousness. New from @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/meas...

28.03.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 465    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 10
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Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43 Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstance...

It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...

22.03.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 17506    πŸ” 6428    πŸ’¬ 619    πŸ“Œ 435

Barack Obama had to denounce a fiery preacher who said β€œgod damn America” because he went to a few of his sermons. JD Vance positively quotes (and still follows) people who write that American democracy is a cancer that must be destroyed. Not worth coverage in the New York Times.

23.03.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1639    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12

This is how law firms should do it.

22.03.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6574    πŸ” 1381    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 31
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NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.

β€œThe Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized their determination to curb the incidence of such chronic conditions.”

18.03.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1283    πŸ” 754    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 108
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I was suspicious of this story given that it’s from a FB account and unsourced, so I looked up the guy who’s reporting on it and found this equally harrowing story from a German citizen

12.03.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9

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