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@dariusaudubon.bsky.social
Physician mom trying to remain calm. Pro: oxford comma,cilantro,and blue cheese. Anti: Imperial Presidency #PWDP #VA . Ideology kills. Yes…and.
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I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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This is bullshit! What are the charges?

📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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HIRING FOR NEW GRADUATES AMONG THE 15 LARGEST TECH COMPANIES HAS FALLEN BY OVER 50% SINCE 2019, PER SIGNALFIRE.
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Between the end of February & mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease & brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID-19, researchers found.
NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says
A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Today RFK Jr. both suggested that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines cause peanut allergies *and* admitted there are no data to support this hypothesis, so he wants to find some.

Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET

@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The malice and vengefulness with which RFK Jr. treats legitimate science and scientists will haunt us all for decades.

That this man is at the top of US science and healthcare should mean that no Senator who voted to confirm him should have a viable chance at reelection.
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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RFK Jr. decries conflicts of interest and industry input on scientific research; ignoring, of course, the conflicts of his own handpicked minions.

Yet as he continues to cut federal research funding, he is essentially forcing scientists to apply for alternative funding, including from industry.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Women who get an abortion and anyone who helps them could face up to 30 years in prison under the bill.

It appears to ban any contraception that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting. That would ban IUDs and could strictly limit in-vitro fertilization.
Women Who Have Abortions Would Face Decades in Prison Under South Carolina Plan
Women who get abortions could spend decades in prison and IUDs would be outlawed under proposed legislation in South Carolina.
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano just unleashed a massive wing shaped eruption with lava fountains soaring 1,500+ feet high 😲😲😲😲😲
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Here's the plan: Simply assume that there's a well-functioning market for health insurance and then let people buy insurance in that imaginary market.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Right wing agitators attacked the police in Mexico City amid an otherwise peaceful anti corruption protest, paid influencers rushed in to grab footage of the incident which ended quickly, and online troll farms from the US are amplifying it in order foment further civil unrest and/or civil war.
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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It would take 10-15 minutes for a ballistic missile from Caracas to hit Miami, Florida, and 20-30 minutes to hit Atlanta, GA from Caracas. Caracas is 3 hours and 5 minutes by plane from Miami.
www.twz.com/news-feature...
#venezuela
Moscow Just Gave Venezuela Air Defenses, Not Ruling Out Strike Missiles: Russian Official
Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E systems were recently delivered to Caracas by Il-76 transport aircraft, a Russian lawmaker claims.
www.twz.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The presidency is a side gig for Trump‘s grift.
"New disclosures posted Saturday...show that Trump’s purchases of at least $82 million include bonds from Netflix Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., Boeing Co., Meta Platforms Inc., Home Depot Inc., Broadcom Inc. and Intel Corp., of which the US government acquired a stake under his administration."
President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Imagine working at the FBI under Trump, seeing your colleagues fired just for doing their jobs, or for doing something "woke" years ago, and then watching him pardon someone who threatened to shoot FBI agents.

www.rawstory.com/trump-threat...
Trump pardons his supporter who threatened to shoot FBI agents: report
President Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned a MAGA supporter who threatened to shoot FBI agents.Trump pardoned two individuals with connections to the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt, according to a re...
www.rawstory.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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@anntelnaes.bsky.social
He is amassing his army
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.

he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.

situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.

Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.

How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens.

Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.

Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."

Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:

www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM