IL Steve

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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—Office of Human Resources
—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control  
RIF notices also sent to the CDC’s 2023 and 2024 class of civilian EIS officers known as its main disease detectives, per sources. These are the people who are typically the first responders in an outbreak.
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The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 
Among other RIF notices at CDC:
—Center for Forecasting and Analytics;
—all of CDC Washington
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LenaSun
@bylenasun
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response;  
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Mark Mansour (@markmansour) This one of the most important articles I have read in some time. Some of us have been pushing this and once again, @Christopher Armitage has articulated a solution that every blue state should follow...

substack.com/@markmansour...
Anne @annecaprara.bsky.social please read

YouTube video by Aryeh Weinstein She Challenged Douglas Murray on Israel… Big Mistake

youtu.be/QkAfAh5ImUA?...

I enjoy your blu-posts

to your question, the answer's yes

you posted about Liz Warren and I replied about her

addressing Bernie Sanders, you tried to make the topic an unfairness toward her
I took it as a form of whataboutism

neither has visited Gaza; my comment about truth is what matters to me

The many Gaza experts like Liz and Bernie make me feel sad for every person trying to find truth

She’s never been to GAZA

She has never visited Gaza

Much as I hate to say it, I think the best long run course may be for the rest of the world to band together to jointly punish the U.S. for its current behavior.

Both internationally and with the domestic assault on universities, law firms, and the press, Trump has been relying on divide & conquer. You strongarm a few targets into compliance, it become harder for the rest to resist. Best chance of successful pushback is to plan a united front.

@GovPritzker & @GovKathyHochul
needs to watch out for nationalized ANG DHS/USAF MQ-9 drone & NG ARMY RC-12 SIGINT missions entering your state’s airspace to monitor cellular & pinpoint the Dems.

2) HAVE A LOCAL ESCORT/SECURITY
3) REMOVE SIMS & LIMIT MOBILE PHONE USAGE TO BURNERS-FRIENDS
4) STAY OFF ZOOM.
5) DON’T RENT CARS USE FRIENDS & START DEM RIDE NETWORK.
6) SWITCH LOCATIONS & CARS OFTEN
7) USE DECOYS & DECEPTION
8) WATCH FOR SURVEILLANCE

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@annecaprara.bsky.social
by @MalcolmNance
WARNING: ASSUME TRUMP WILL ARREST TX DEMS -next move for #Texas attack on Democracy is for Trump to use US Marshalls, DoD, FBI & DHS/ICE to track & arrest/kidnap the @texasdemocrats as fed'l fugitives

1) DISPERSE -DON'T CONCENTRATE. STAY SEPARATE
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This is misleading. Dr. Kugler was appointed to fill the remainder of an unexpired term that ends in Jan 2026. So, she is just leaving a few months early (probably to be available to start the coming school year).

This has no impact on "Trump's takeover of the Fed".

The Following Message Is for Donald J. Trump, President of the United States Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein ...

@douglasporter.bsky.social fantastic dougporter.substack.com/p/the-follow...

Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...

Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic “No Kings Day” Protests Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.

(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).

Trump’s top general contradicts his assessment of Putin, L.A. unrest Gen. Dan Caine’s comments in Senate testimony were restrained but significant, perhaps allaying lawmakers’ fears he would bow to political pressure.

GIFT LINK

Trump’s top general contradicts his assessment of Putin, L.A. unrest wapo.st/4kFGgyV

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Here's an EXCELLENT visual timeline of the last 24 hours to help us manage our perceptions.

Whatever comes next, in #LA and elsewhere, remember what was and was not true.

This admin wants to rile and incite us. Let's not fall for the bait. Stay strong & keep it peaceful!

🎥 @jessicayellin (Insta)

Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country

This is why healthcare is too expensive.

"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."

As I’ve said before: I don’t necessarily have a problem with M4All in theory…but imagine RFK Jr. having complete control over the ENTIRE U.S. healthcare system instead of “only” half of it as he does now.

This

Leo Kottke
At Garcia’s (Chicago)

Kids will starve.

People will die.

All so billionaires can get a tax break.

#TrumpsBillWillKill

🗣️ my favorite - Jenifer Lewis

Trump's Education Secretary Linda McMahon's family is worth $3.2 billion.

The administration is trying to give her a huge tax cut, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and food assistance -- including for kids.

I asked her to explain why she needs the money. She refused.