Shannon Valiga
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Shannon Valiga
@mnwintersong.bsky.social
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The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the U.S. declared the disease eliminated in 2000, federal scientists told state officials in a meeting on Monday.
Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000
Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Harvard's Steve Levitsky, coauthor of How Democracies Die: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." Must-listen interview - remarkably clear about the severity of the situation we now face www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
Harvard professor offers a grim assessment of American democracy under Trump
Steven Levitsky studies how healthy democracies can slip into authoritarianism. He says the Trump administration has already done grave damage: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime."
www.npr.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”
April 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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"Unusual Machines said: “We have no reason to believe that Don Jr. breached his non-disclosure agreement...”

"Dominari did not respond to a request for comment on whether it imposed any such conditions on Trump Jr or Eric Trump..."

www.ft.com/content/1d9e...
April 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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About 1 in 5 Republicans has confidence that Vladimr Putin will do the right thing regarding world affairs. This poll result suggests that millions of people think a dictator whose army murders children and rapes women is really a good guy. Right-wing propaganda is poisoning American minds.
Republican Opinion Shifts on Russia-Ukraine War
Republicans are less likely than last year to say Russia is an enemy and to say the U.S. has a responsibility to help Ukraine defend itself.
www.pewresearch.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says the quiet part out loud: “We are all afraid… I am oftentimes very anxious about using my voice because retaliation is real.”
April 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Thank you, @redwineblueusa.bsky.social
for a great webinar with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @repjasmine.bsky.social talking about the implementation of
Project 2025 by this regime. RWB is tracking it all here. Please read and share! social.redwine.blue/s/PvNfL7Xj
Track Project 2025
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April 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.

We can't. We need answers.
April 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.
April 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.

It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Unearthed flight data now reveals that a member of the unsecured Trump admin war planning group chat was in Russia during the time it was being used.
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
As top Trump cabinet members sent texts in a Signal group chat, CBS News analysis shows one of them, Steve Witkoff, was in Russia.
www.cbsnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

On @therecordmedia.bsky.social

therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM