@joeng.bsky.social
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Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
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Everybody gamely says “Vance hosted Kirk’s podcast” instead of “the regime officially turned the major channel into state-controlled media just as it began its violent crackdown on any opposition or dissident messages.”
September 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Everybody gamely says “Vance hosted Kirk’s podcast” instead of “the regime officially turned the major channel into state-controlled media just as it began its violent crackdown on any opposition or dissident messages.”
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When the world’s richest government goes anti-vax, the entire world will pay the price
June 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When the world’s richest government goes anti-vax, the entire world will pay the price
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Horrific political assassinations took place in America, & we’ve totally erased it from the National Conversation™️ because they happened in the Midwest instead of Manhattan & we’re not a serious country. Incredibly depressing on so many deep, pathetic levels. May their memories be a blessing.
This broke me from the first paragraph
"For Melissa Hortman’s last day at work, they draped her coffin with pink flowers and filled the cold marble under the Minnesota Capitol dome with the green and growing things that she loved."
Thank you, @stribrooks.bsky.social
"For Melissa Hortman’s last day at work, they draped her coffin with pink flowers and filled the cold marble under the Minnesota Capitol dome with the green and growing things that she loved."
Thank you, @stribrooks.bsky.social
Brooks: Minnesota’s greatest honor for a family’s great loss
Former President Joe Biden paid his respects in person, and mourners waited in long lines to honor Melissa and Mark Hortman, and their dog Gilbert, as they lay in state at the Capitol.
www.startribune.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Horrific political assassinations took place in America, & we’ve totally erased it from the National Conversation™️ because they happened in the Midwest instead of Manhattan & we’re not a serious country. Incredibly depressing on so many deep, pathetic levels. May their memories be a blessing.
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Permit me to endorse this sentiment wholeheartedly
I think you should not be a historian or a professor if looking at your books makes you feel like this.
I’m sometimes frustrated, sometimes confused but always excited and pleased I have my books.
They bring me connection, stimulation and joy.
I’m sometimes frustrated, sometimes confused but always excited and pleased I have my books.
They bring me connection, stimulation and joy.
If I was a history professor at Princeton I would simply not advertise that I don't know what reading is.
June 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Permit me to endorse this sentiment wholeheartedly
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RFK Jr: "My vision is that every American is wearing a wearable within four years."
Cost: $27 billion
RCTs proving population health benefit: 0
Meanwhile, US contribution to Gavi vaccines: $1.2B over 4 years
RCTs supporting Gavi vaccines: >300
Children vaccinated: >1 billion
Lives saved: >17 million
Cost: $27 billion
RCTs proving population health benefit: 0
Meanwhile, US contribution to Gavi vaccines: $1.2B over 4 years
RCTs supporting Gavi vaccines: >300
Children vaccinated: >1 billion
Lives saved: >17 million
June 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
RFK Jr: "My vision is that every American is wearing a wearable within four years."
Cost: $27 billion
RCTs proving population health benefit: 0
Meanwhile, US contribution to Gavi vaccines: $1.2B over 4 years
RCTs supporting Gavi vaccines: >300
Children vaccinated: >1 billion
Lives saved: >17 million
Cost: $27 billion
RCTs proving population health benefit: 0
Meanwhile, US contribution to Gavi vaccines: $1.2B over 4 years
RCTs supporting Gavi vaccines: >300
Children vaccinated: >1 billion
Lives saved: >17 million
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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Careful listeners might notice that he says the shower and bath facilities are specifically for staff.
Ron DeSantis on his new camp for migrants: "We've got showers. There you see the shower and bath facilities."
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Careful listeners might notice that he says the shower and bath facilities are specifically for staff.
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You might also notice how he adds “if they have any” to “the ability to consult legal rights”.
And I can’t help but wonder if the “ability for food” phrasing is hinting that food will not be universally provided to all detainees.
And I can’t help but wonder if the “ability for food” phrasing is hinting that food will not be universally provided to all detainees.
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You might also notice how he adds “if they have any” to “the ability to consult legal rights”.
And I can’t help but wonder if the “ability for food” phrasing is hinting that food will not be universally provided to all detainees.
And I can’t help but wonder if the “ability for food” phrasing is hinting that food will not be universally provided to all detainees.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
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The primary cause of the resurgence in #measles cases is failure to vaccinate, not failure of the #vaccine".
Landmark #review on measles in @nejm.org, facing #pathogenesis, clinical #picture, #management and #prevention in the era of its #resurgence.
#MedSky #IDSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Landmark #review on measles in @nejm.org, facing #pathogenesis, clinical #picture, #management and #prevention in the era of its #resurgence.
#MedSky #IDSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Measles 2025 | NEJM
In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation,
and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.
www.nejm.org
June 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The primary cause of the resurgence in #measles cases is failure to vaccinate, not failure of the #vaccine".
Landmark #review on measles in @nejm.org, facing #pathogenesis, clinical #picture, #management and #prevention in the era of its #resurgence.
#MedSky #IDSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Landmark #review on measles in @nejm.org, facing #pathogenesis, clinical #picture, #management and #prevention in the era of its #resurgence.
#MedSky #IDSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
June 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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I urge the world: don’t forget the people of #Sudan.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
June 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I urge the world: don’t forget the people of #Sudan.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
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Explain to me how the same people who reject vaccinations are talking about drinking raw milk with H5N1 virus in it in order to build up their immunity in case avian flu spreads?
June 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Explain to me how the same people who reject vaccinations are talking about drinking raw milk with H5N1 virus in it in order to build up their immunity in case avian flu spreads?
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Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
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There was a time when a U.S. president targeting LGBTQ+ lives by cutting suicide hotlines would've sparked all-out war from Democratic leadership. Outrage...action...accountability.
Like I said—there was a time.
Like I said—there was a time.
June 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There was a time when a U.S. president targeting LGBTQ+ lives by cutting suicide hotlines would've sparked all-out war from Democratic leadership. Outrage...action...accountability.
Like I said—there was a time.
Like I said—there was a time.
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Land of the free.
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Land of the free.
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I am wondering why Lisa Leher from the @nytimes.com did not discuss the data that suggests political violence in the US in the current era mostly comes from the right. Seems like a strange fact to ignore. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I am wondering why Lisa Leher from the @nytimes.com did not discuss the data that suggests political violence in the US in the current era mostly comes from the right. Seems like a strange fact to ignore. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
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It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
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CHICAGO—
Now at Chicago's Daley Plaza - a rally led by the Service Employees International Union is underway to protest ICE raids nationwide, and to call for the release of SEIU California President David Huerta. Huerta was detained by ICE agents in Los Angeles on Friday amid the city's anti-ICE protests.
June 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
CHICAGO—