🌈CitizenKayS 🌱🌻

🌈CitizenKayS 🌱🌻

@citizenkays.bsky.social

Naturalist, gardener, pro-democracy neighboring human. Felonious Fascist 47 & MAGA true believers really do want to burn it all down. Cruelty & chaos is the point. —>Don’t let them

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Another one bites the dust

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Exclusive: Jennifer Shuford, the CDC’s deputy director and chief medical officer, is leaving the administration after a short tenure. “I am leaving to spend more time with my family,” Shuford said in a statement.

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Exclusive: Jennifer Shuford, the CDC’s deputy director and chief medical officer, is leaving the administration after a short tenure. “I am leaving to spend more time with my family,” Shuford said in a statement.

washingtonpost.comCDC’s deputy director to leave Trump administration after six monthsJennifer Shuford, who had been Texas’s health commissioner, was part of a team hired to restore confidence in the agency.

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At least 18 early voting centers in rural Alaska have not opened as of Friday, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski says. The commonality? All the affected areas have at least a 60% Alaska Native population — with nearly a dozen having Alaska Native populations upwards of 90%: https://demdock.com/4yTW5Ze

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Israelis from Tel Aviv and West Bank settlements, from Jerusalem and overseas, poured into polling booths Tuesday for its first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fights for political survival.

washingtonpost.comIsraelis head to the polls, with nation’s future and Netanyahu’s fate on the lineIsrael is holding its first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fights for political survival.

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“Talk of looking for threats is doubly ominous in an administration running a mass deportation campaign fundamentally based on a lie — that there are 100 million people (roughly one-third of the country) who should be deported…”

aclu.org$100 Million ICE “Intelligence” Program is a Domestic Secret Police Agency in the Making | ACLUAdministration that has ordered agencies to target activists and nonprofits would hire “intelligence” agents within ICE to identify “threats” and investigate “relationships”

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60 people have now died in ICE custody since Trump's return to office. Our country is set to spend $268 BILLION on mass deportations and detentions through the end of Trump's term. Instead of death and cruelty, imagine what we could have invested that money in instead?

youtube.comThe Hidden Cost of Trump’s CrueltyRemember when Trump claimed his cruel deportation agenda would help American workers?He couldn’t be more wrong. Watch.

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‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass www.theguardian.com/science/2026... omfg this is beyond rad—it’ll add so much to so many experiences….& change how light is incorporated in dining & all kinds of art & performance WOW wow wow! Cc @sonaar.bsky.social

theguardian.com‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glassExclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries

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Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

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NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

democracydocket.comAlaska Natives’ early voting hampered by unlawful closuresAt least 18 early voting sites in Alaska Native communities have yet to open, which is hampering turnout among a historically disenfranchised population.

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Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

Great event - generous hosts, terrific dancing Dems, fabulous fish

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The Winning Team at the East Henrico Fish Fry & Early Voting Rally! LET'S GO!! @bluevirginia.bsky.social @markwarner.bsky.social @mcclellan.house.gov @shannontaylorva.com @laurenunderwood.bsky.social @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social @chesterfielddemsva.bsky.social

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A must-read from @donmoyn.bsky.social and @pamherd.bsky.social. If Trump accounts sound too good to be true, it's because they are. Much to unpack, from entrapment (you can't opt out!) to corruption potential to surprise disability benefit cutoffs. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/automating...

donmoynihan.substack.comAutomating the Bribe StateTrump accounts use automation to help the wealthy, while making social programs inaccessible

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With the defeat of Orban and Vucic, the bipartisan backlash against the Trump administration's alignment with the Kremlin over NATO allies and Ukraine, and the failure of Russia's attempt to advance on the battlefield, Putin's not having his best year. www.rferl.org/a/serbia-vot...

rferl.orgVucic Concedes Defeat In Pivotal Serbian Parliamentary ElectionAleksandar Vucic, Serbia's former president and dominant political figure for more than a decade, has conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in the country's pivotal parliamentary electio...

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He voted for tariffs that made your life more expensive, health care cuts that cost people their insurance, a war on Iran that drove up gas prices AND he voted to overturn election results on January 6th. Vote for @shannontaylorva.com. We can’t afford Wittman.

richmond.comWittman: My roots, my record and my commitment to VirginiaRep. Rob Wittman makes his case for reelection in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, highlighting his record on affordability, healthcare, education, infrastructure and constituent services.

Good news! Another authoritarian has been booted out of office by voters. Next up: Brazil, Israel and US

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Bangladesh is battling to contain the world’s worst measles outbreak, a crisis exacerbated by weak data, inadequate outreach and vaccination gaps that experts say offers a warning to other nations about the deadly risk of falling vaccine rates.

nbcnews.toMeasles outbreak in Bangladesh is a ‘real warning’ to other nations, experts saySince the crisis began in March, 1,147 people have died of the highly contagious disease, with 94% of reported deaths among children under 5 years old, the WHO said.

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Full update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come. Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.

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😡😡😡 “Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian ​President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by ‌restrictions during [Brazil’s] election” & that Meta “recommended the profile ​of challenger…Flavio Bolsonaro” & “his ​WhatsApp channel…” 1/

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What Sikorski says is true and most Americans don't believe it because they're received a steady drip feed of rubbish about Ukraine for years from US corporate media. bsky.app/profile/noth...

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Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski: basically calling Trump a liar. “The US no longer finances this war since January of last year. In other words, for more than a year and a half. The US has not contributed a single cent to the defense of Ukraine. We are doing it. Europe.”

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A woman was on a video call when a Russian strike exploded by her building in Kyiv, Ukraine, sending a blast wave up behind her.

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"The Republican polling firm Fabrizio Ward found Medicaid cuts to be one of the most 'resonating negatives' in recent surveys of rural Republicans. 'One out of two Republicans either are, have been or have a family member that is or has been on Medicaid'..." www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ne...

washingtonsun.comNebraska Went First With Its Medicaid Cuts. Now It’s Resonating in the Midterms.Work requirements that are theoretical in other states have barred more than 1,000 Nebraskans from health insurance, and Democrats are taking advantage.

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Ballou: The ads say “Paid for by the U.S. Government,” which is absolutely not allowed. Turns out what happened is they have misappropriated $20 million that was supposed to be spent on other things, specifically for these campaign ads. Obviously, that’s illegal.

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Trump dumped tons of debris containing lead, chromium, and arsenic in a PUBLIC PARK from his east wing teardown & ballroom build & now he is trying to turn a historic community golf course & park into mini Mar-a-Lago We will see you in court tomorrow! More on @MS.Now 👇

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🔥🔥🔥 HOLY DEEP DISH!!! Chicago’s massive #NoKingsDay turnout filled the streets and marched straight to a Trump-branded tower!!! 🇺🇸