Meg A Collybia
@meg-a-collybia.bsky.social
Lost in a world of things to learn
“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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“We remain in the early days of a fight that will not soon end or be cooled by these anti-American extremists who want nothing less than a white nationalist state, the destruction of the Constitution and the dissolution of democratic life in America.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/there-will...
www.americaamerica.news/p/there-will...
De-Escalation Is a Lie
Don't believe the momentary softening rhetoric toward Minneapolis. It's only meant to quiet the opposition.
www.americaamerica.news
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
“We remain in the early days of a fight that will not soon end or be cooled by these anti-American extremists who want nothing less than a white nationalist state, the destruction of the Constitution and the dissolution of democratic life in America.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/there-will...
www.americaamerica.news/p/there-will...
Don't forget the USA is still illegally killing Venezuelan fisherman.
The Trump administration has carried out dozens of lethal strikes off the coast of Venezuela killing over 126 people, including Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo.
We’re suing this administration to get justice for the families of the people our government murdered.
We’re suing this administration to get justice for the families of the people our government murdered.
Trinidadian Families File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Boat Strike by U.S. Military
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Don't forget the USA is still illegally killing Venezuelan fisherman.
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Would be curious from those who know DOJ history better to know how often historically the AG has personally signed an indictment.
Looks like every DOJ lawyer who signed the Don Lemon indictment is a political appointee.
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Would be curious from those who know DOJ history better to know how often historically the AG has personally signed an indictment.
Decades of impact ahead www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Decades of impact ahead www.science.org/content/arti...
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In 2025, departures of govt scientists outnumbered new hires by a ratio of 11 to 1. This reduction in STEM PhDs translates to 106k yrs of federal work experience across 10,000 employees. These talents will take their expertise elsewhere. Experience is indispensable.
🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM
In 2025, departures of govt scientists outnumbered new hires by a ratio of 11 to 1. This reduction in STEM PhDs translates to 106k yrs of federal work experience across 10,000 employees. These talents will take their expertise elsewhere. Experience is indispensable.
🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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that this is even a column in an American newspaper at all should give every Democrat pause about funding this shit whatsoever!!
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 AM
that this is even a column in an American newspaper at all should give every Democrat pause about funding this shit whatsoever!!
Where's my money
On Everybody’s Business, we tackle the cost of Trump’s deportation campaign and look at a startup taking on the declining population.
How Much of Your Money Is Going to ICE?
On Everybody’s Business, we tackle the cost of Trump’s deportation campaign and look at a startup taking on the declining population.
bloom.bg
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Where's my money
Homeland Security department has indeed purchased an 825,000-square-foot facility and its 53.5-acre property for $102.4 million from a private entity
Washington County: Feds’ plan for immigration detention near Hagerstown cannot be stopped (Maryland)
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Washington County says feds’ plan for immigration detention near Hagerstown cannot be stopped
The federal government moved quickly over the last month to establish a foothold in Maryland, notifying Washington County officials of its intentions just days before inking the deed giving it full ow...
www.thebanner.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Homeland Security department has indeed purchased an 825,000-square-foot facility and its 53.5-acre property for $102.4 million from a private entity
Don't forget Trumps offshore accounts with proceeds from the stolen Venezuela oil tankers
institutions are crumbling. 1st Amendment rights are going wobbly, charges against a journalist covering #Minneapolis . We still don’t know the names of the officers who killed Alex Pretti. And the president is sucking up all the taxpayer money he can. www.thebulwark.com/p/defang-ice...
Defang ICE → Save the Midterms
The fight over ICE isn’t just about civil rights. It’s about free and fair elections, too.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Don't forget Trumps offshore accounts with proceeds from the stolen Venezuela oil tankers
Remember Tillis contributed to all of these issues. He isn't a "good guy"
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Remember Tillis contributed to all of these issues. He isn't a "good guy"
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Justice Department pulling down pages that mention Trump...
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Justice Department pulling down pages that mention Trump...
I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders.
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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"This is the crux of the American shortfall in life expectancy—it reflects a lot of people dying way younger than they should, not just a couple years taken off at old age."
jenndowd.substack.com/p/live-free-...
jenndowd.substack.com/p/live-free-...
Live Free and Die: US Life Expectancy Has a Problem (But It's Not Seed Oils)
We deserve to live until we are old
jenndowd.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"This is the crux of the American shortfall in life expectancy—it reflects a lot of people dying way younger than they should, not just a couple years taken off at old age."
jenndowd.substack.com/p/live-free-...
jenndowd.substack.com/p/live-free-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:13 PM
LOL so DOJ is refusing to release about half of the Epstein documents it has.
What an absolute joke.
What an absolute joke.
January 30, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.
The fleecing of America
We’ve said it before, and here we are again. Mass detention + privatized cost controls + infectious disease = a public health nightmare--one that harms detainees and puts us all at risk.
Case of measles confirmed in Arizona ICE facility | CNN
The US Department of Homeland Security says a person in detention at an Arizona Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility has measles, a highly contagious virus that can cause high fevers and a distinctive rash.
edition.cnn.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 AM
The fleecing of America
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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
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(1/2) MMWR: Measles Outbreak Linked to Air Travel — Colorado, 2025
An unvaccinated traveler exposed others during an international flight and at Denver International Airport, leading to:
• 9 secondary & 1 tertiary case in Colorado
• 7 more cases in other states
• 4 hospitalizations, mostly unvaxxed
An unvaccinated traveler exposed others during an international flight and at Denver International Airport, leading to:
• 9 secondary & 1 tertiary case in Colorado
• 7 more cases in other states
• 4 hospitalizations, mostly unvaxxed
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 AM
(1/2) MMWR: Measles Outbreak Linked to Air Travel — Colorado, 2025
An unvaccinated traveler exposed others during an international flight and at Denver International Airport, leading to:
• 9 secondary & 1 tertiary case in Colorado
• 7 more cases in other states
• 4 hospitalizations, mostly unvaxxed
An unvaccinated traveler exposed others during an international flight and at Denver International Airport, leading to:
• 9 secondary & 1 tertiary case in Colorado
• 7 more cases in other states
• 4 hospitalizations, mostly unvaxxed
Excellent point
Playing a different line from the same sheet music, it's @joshtpm.bsky.social:
“A whole framework of anti-accountability … has infiltrated our civic discourse. The people with all the power need to have even more power to protect them from the effects of being so powerful in the first place.”
“A whole framework of anti-accountability … has infiltrated our civic discourse. The people with all the power need to have even more power to protect them from the effects of being so powerful in the first place.”
ICE Masks, Billionaires and the Politics of Anti-Accountability
Masks have become the central symbol of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Excellent point
Dumb crap
I mean, wow, this is our NIH Director spouting really bizarre conspiracy theories—saying that public health protections such as shelter in place were tools that states & governments used because they, um, felt guilty about covering up a lab leak that they themselves caused 🤯🤯🤯
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Dumb crap
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If you ban masks, there's a good chance you cripple ICE, in terms of personnel. A lot of these guys won't be willing do the job while showing their face.
January 30, 2026 at 1:05 AM
If you ban masks, there's a good chance you cripple ICE, in terms of personnel. A lot of these guys won't be willing do the job while showing their face.