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Meanwhile the U.S. government just shed **10,000*** STEM PhDs from the federal workforce in a single year.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 28, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Meanwhile the U.S. government just shed **10,000*** STEM PhDs from the federal workforce in a single year.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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“If you raise your voice, I’ll erase your voice.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
“If you raise your voice, I’ll erase your voice.”
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"The majority of the affected databases monitor vaccination-related topics, and most experienced data blackouts for a period of more than six months..."
Delays impact decision making of policymakers, clinicians, and others.
A lack of current data makes issues easy to ignore.
#Pinks
Delays impact decision making of policymakers, clinicians, and others.
A lack of current data makes issues easy to ignore.
#Pinks
Dozens of CDC Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’
Nearly half of routinely-updated CDC databases have experienced delays or shutdowns in 2025, with vaccination-related systems disproportionately affected, according to a new study.
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 AM
"The majority of the affected databases monitor vaccination-related topics, and most experienced data blackouts for a period of more than six months..."
Delays impact decision making of policymakers, clinicians, and others.
A lack of current data makes issues easy to ignore.
#Pinks
Delays impact decision making of policymakers, clinicians, and others.
A lack of current data makes issues easy to ignore.
#Pinks
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@radleybalko.bsky.social’s final point in this clip (about average citizens’ response being heartening while elite institutions bent to pressure) is spot on. Multibillion-dollar endowments apparently aren’t enough to buy the spine that huge numbers of regular folks have no difficulty showing daily.
Jon, @radleybalko.bsky.social, and @josephcox.bsky.social are discussing the latest news from Minnesota and who’s really to blame for ICE policy on an all-new podcast, out tomorrow.
January 28, 2026 at 4:54 AM
@radleybalko.bsky.social’s final point in this clip (about average citizens’ response being heartening while elite institutions bent to pressure) is spot on. Multibillion-dollar endowments apparently aren’t enough to buy the spine that huge numbers of regular folks have no difficulty showing daily.
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They are not being slick about it, because they do not think you will (or even can) quit using the platform.
www.avclub.com/tiktok-data-...
www.avclub.com/tiktok-data-...
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
They are not being slick about it, because they do not think you will (or even can) quit using the platform.
www.avclub.com/tiktok-data-...
www.avclub.com/tiktok-data-...
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"Senator Chuck Grassley, a lifelong Iowan, has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1981, when he was first sworn into the U.S. Senate." www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/chair
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
Suddenly republicans have forgotten what the constitution says 🤷🏼 🇺🇸
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 AM
"Senator Chuck Grassley, a lifelong Iowan, has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1981, when he was first sworn into the U.S. Senate." www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/chair
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
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Seeing this is tearing my heart apart.
January 28, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Seeing this is tearing my heart apart.
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In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
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If you can find 15 minutes today, please read this piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com. This is one of the best, most human accounts on the rising authoritarianism in the US, and even more importantly, the steely resistance rising up against it in Minnesota.
Breathtakingly good.
Breathtakingly good.
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 AM
If you can find 15 minutes today, please read this piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com. This is one of the best, most human accounts on the rising authoritarianism in the US, and even more importantly, the steely resistance rising up against it in Minnesota.
Breathtakingly good.
Breathtakingly good.
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that
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before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
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Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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And Charlotte and New Orleans and wherever his little band of miscreants went. But, yes. www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 AM
And Charlotte and New Orleans and wherever his little band of miscreants went. But, yes. www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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Wow— “Cardinal Tobin told hundreds of faithful gathered online that now is the time to say no — no to violence, no to indifference, and no to funding the U.S. government’s own “machinery of death.”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Wow— “Cardinal Tobin told hundreds of faithful gathered online that now is the time to say no — no to violence, no to indifference, and no to funding the U.S. government’s own “machinery of death.”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
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And the Kavanaugh stops are everywhere. And the Trump administration believes they can now ensnare virtually anyone, Kristi Noem told us earlier this month. www.lawdork.com/p/noem-says-...
Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop
Trump started off the day with an Insurrection Act threat. DHS Sec. Noem followed up by saying that anyone "surrounding" any DHS target has to prove their legal status.
www.lawdork.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:13 AM
And the Kavanaugh stops are everywhere. And the Trump administration believes they can now ensnare virtually anyone, Kristi Noem told us earlier this month. www.lawdork.com/p/noem-says-...
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Boycott the FIFA World Cup in the USA. Don't reward fascism. #3E #BoycottFifaWorldCup #BoycottUSA #BoycottFifa
January 26, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Boycott the FIFA World Cup in the USA. Don't reward fascism. #3E #BoycottFifaWorldCup #BoycottUSA #BoycottFifa
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This is like how the Catholic Church passed known pedophiles from parish to parish
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
This is like how the Catholic Church passed known pedophiles from parish to parish
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The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
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We silently held up ABOLISH ICE signs during the anthem, and security came to our seats and said if we didn't hand them over they would have LASD remove us from the game. I asked if it was the stadium rules, and security said it was the team's decision. So there's that.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
We silently held up ABOLISH ICE signs during the anthem, and security came to our seats and said if we didn't hand them over they would have LASD remove us from the game. I asked if it was the stadium rules, and security said it was the team's decision. So there's that.
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REV. SCHENCK: “I’m making up for the errors of my past— I spent 35 years as an activist for the religious right doing a lot of damage, inflicting suffering, contradicting the message I thought I was promoting.”
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
REV. SCHENCK: “I’m making up for the errors of my past— I spent 35 years as an activist for the religious right doing a lot of damage, inflicting suffering, contradicting the message I thought I was promoting.”
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Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.