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Ben K.

@benjaminkabak.com

I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.

Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 2h

“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”

“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...

‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe

Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.

www.bostonglobe.com

November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM

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Chris Murphy

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM

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Miami DSA

@miamidsa.org

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM

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Nolan Hicks

@ndhapple.bsky.social

“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”

“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...

‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe

Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.

www.bostonglobe.com

November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃

@jessdkant.bsky.social

A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:

“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”

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Kentucky Public Health
KENTUCKY HEALTH ALERT
Increase in Pertussis in Kentucky
Recommendations for Identification and Prevention
November 21, 2025
Kentucky health officials are alerting providers that cases of pertussis ("whooping cough") have increased steadily across the Commonwealth in recent weeks. To date, 566 cases of pertussis have been reported in Kentucky in 2025, the highest number of cases in the Commonwealth since 2012. This follows a trend that was first announced in July 2024 when pertussis cases began increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in over a decade. Health officials anticipate that pertussis will continue to increase during the winter months based on historic trends. Many U.S. states and other countries are also experiencing elevated levels of pertussis.
Many of the recent cases have occurred in young infants, and health officials also recently confirmed the third pertussis-related death in a Kentucky infant within the last year. This follows two other infant deaths that were announced in June. These are Kentucky's first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy. Health officials urge all Kentuckians to remain up to date on recommended pertussis immunizations and emphasize the importance of maternal immunization during pregnancy, and for all infants beginning promptly at two months of age. Health officials also encourage providers to consider pertussis as a diagnosis in addition to circulating seasonal respiratory viruses such as influenza, RSV and COVID-19.
A significant number of cases have also occurred in school-aged children, many of whom were up to date on pertussis vaccination. Immunity from vaccination or natural infection wanes over time so infections can occur in people who are fully vaccinated. However, the vaccine is known to reduce disease severity, and hospitalization among vaccinated individuals is rare.
The Kentucky Dep…

Kentucky Public Health
regularly in Kentucky, however an increase beyond the expected background rate has been reported in recent weeks. Though pertussis vaccination (DTaP or Tdap) is available and widely implemented, B. pertussis continues to spread in the U.S. due to lack of vaccination or timely boosters, the lack of lifelong immunity from vaccination or natural infection and the long duration of infectiousness in untreated cases.
Symptoms of pertussis usually begin with a runny or congested nose, a low-grade fever, and mild coughing; apnea/stopping breathing can also occur in infants. After one to two weeks, the cough can progress to rapid, violent (paroxysmal) coughing fits that can cause the "whooping" sound, vomiting or labored breathing. Young children are the most severely affected; most teens and adults will have mild symptoms. People with preexisting health conditions that may be worsened by whooping cough are at high risk for developing a severe infection.
Testing for Pertussis:
The preferred methods for pertussis testing include nasal pharyngeal (NP) swab or nasal wash via PCR testing or culture. PCR has optimal sensitivity during the first three weeks of cough, is widely available at commercial laboratories and has a fast turnaround time. Culture is considered the gold standard due to excellent specificity but may take longer to complete. Serology for antibodies to B. pertussis is available at many commercial laboratories, however, serologic assays are not generally recommended for primary diagnosis of pertussis due to variability and unknown clinical accuracy. The most promising serologic assays are those that measure IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin only and are collected two to eight weeks following cough onset.
Prevention of Pertussis:
Prevention of pertussis is primarily achieved through routine vaccination with DTaP (ages two months to six years) and Tdap (ages seven years and older), followed by appropriate booster doses. Vaccination of pr…

Bordetella parapertussis
B. parapertussis is a bacterium that is similar to B. pertussis and can cause pertussis-like illness but does not produce pertussis toxin. Symptoms of parapertussis are typically milder and infection may be asymptomatic.
There is no vaccine for B. parapertussis and post-exposure prophylaxis is not recommended, however treatment recommendations for symptomatic patients are the same as those for B. pertussis. B. parapertussis is not reportable in Kentucky.
Thank you for your attention to this alert and guidance. The KDPH pertussis website includes supplemental resources, including a pertussis quicksheet with additional information that providers may find useful. If you have questions regarding reporting, testing, or prevention of pertussis or other infectious diseases, please contact the Kentucky Immunization Branch at (502) 564-4478 or after hours by calling the KDPH Epidemiology on-call line at 888-9-REPORT (888-973-7678).
Our Mission: To improve the health and safety of people in Kentucky through Prevention, Promotion, and Protection

November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM

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Mark Hughes

@markhughesfilms.bsky.social

Nazis are subhuman.

feznander.bsky.social @feznander.bsky.social · 19h

This was disgusting

November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport

United States Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is seen wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and tan shoes. He's shaking hands with someone in a black outfit.

A close up of his shoes show weird stitching on the side. They look like they're the first shoes ever made in history.

November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM

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Glen Weldon

@ghweldon.bsky.social

Lesbians inviting themselves and their partners and their black friends to your basic-ass white suburban Thanksgiving is the only way change happens so yeah. She complains about the food. It’s uncomfortable. Live in it.

November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM

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Robbie

@mrpostsgood.bsky.social

"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read

Gerrit De Vynck @gerritd.bsky.social · 17h

Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service

November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM

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brr

@brr.bsky.social

what?

November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM

Corey Stewart

@coreyastewart.bsky.social

post a famous bathroom scene

November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

It’s sad that “soldiers shouldn’t commit crimes” is a brave position for a Republican to take.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 17h

Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly

Lisa Murkowski : Senator Kelly valiantly served our country as an aviator in the U.S. Navy before later completing four space shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut. To accuse him and other lawmakers of treason and sedition for rightfully pointing out that servicemembers can refuse illegal orders is reckless and flat-out wrong. The Department of Defense and FBI surely have more important priorities than this frivolous investigation.

November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

i think everyone should eat the food that makes them happy :)

November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM

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dell cameron

@dell.bsky.social

NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.

ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms

Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.

www.wired.com

November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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✨brit✨

@britculpsapp.bsky.social

i don't care about context, this post on its own is 🤌

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social. 16h
I was being swarmed by furries and BDSM people

November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM

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It’s “Mrs. Powers” during my day job

@mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.

November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM

Corey Stewart

@coreyastewart.bsky.social

Crazy Snapdragon isn’t selling out every game. Bunch of casuals that don’t appreciate one of the best punting teams in the nation. Sad! Low football IQ!

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 18h

Here are the FBS teams with the most punting yards this year.

November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM

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Bobby Big Wheel

@kleinman.bsky.social

I believe he would be the first person to have been on Party Down to run for office www.espn.com/espn/story/_...

Ex-NBA champ Fox entering Bahamian politics

Former NBA player Rick Fox will run for a legislative seat in the Bahamas in next year's general election, he announced Monday.

www.espn.com

November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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the hype

@thehyyyype.bsky.social

Republicans plan to challenge stop sign and building fire alarm mandates, declaring that these issues should be addressed by the free market

WSJ headline that reads "Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle- safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat"

November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM

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Zeddy

@zeddary.bsky.social

First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.

November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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✨brit✨

@britculpsapp.bsky.social

sacre bleu 😱

Candace Owens @RealCandaceO
X.com
Our show will be off air this week.
As an update, both the White House and our counterterrorism agencies have confirmed receipt of what I reported publicly: Emmanuel Macron attempted to organize my assassination, per a source close to the first couple.
Also, I will again state that the French legionnaires were involved in Charlie Kirk's assassination but they did not act alone.
For all of you who doubted my claims, you can now look to the President of the United States and our intelligence communities to issue a statement to confirm whether I am telling the truth.
5:09 AM • 11/25/25

November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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Rob Cruickshank

@robcruickshank.bsky.social

I shudder to think that there are people getting bad advice about canning. Sauce on tamale husks is one thing, botulism is quite another.

Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

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