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More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

nytimes.comNobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s NominationElevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

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Supreme Court 18-year term limit bill should be just the beginning: — 13 justices — 7 clerks per justice — single 18-year term — binding code of ethics with punishments all the way up to impeachment — full investigation of corrupt gifts to Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, et al.

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Remember that stupid article in the NYT about how inscrutable Elon’s politics were?

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Trump during the campaign "I know nothing about Project 2025" Opposition: "Trump owns Project 2025!" Legacy Media:"well, he says he doesn't, so you opposition folks are lying about him." Trump picking cabinet and staff: majority worked on Project 2025.

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This is important

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social

The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

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🔥I would encourage everyone and anyone to get their vaccines if you are due or overdue ASAP. Not only will our access be potentially restricted to receiving them, our insurance plans no matter if it’s private, ACA, Medicare or Medicaid may not pay for them! Share EVERYWHERE!

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The incoming Commander in Chief is an adjudicated rapist, convicted felon, admitted sexual assaulter, proven money-launderer, and insurrectionist. Just a reminder for the talking heads focusing on his noms/appointees, who couldn’t be bothered to broadcast these facts about him during his campaign.

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The whistle-blower report states that Pete Hegseth had to be restrained while drunk from joining the dancers on the stage of a strip club and that he and other members of his team sexually pursued female staffers, whom they divided into two groups—the 'party girls' and the 'not party girls'.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

The New Yorker acquired a whistleblower report on Pete Hegseth's tenure at Concerned Veterans for America, which describes him as being repeatedly intoxicated while acting in his official capacity—to the point of needing to be carried out of group events. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...

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Gosh. And Elon promised us Grok wouldn't be woke.

E. Rosalie@erosalie.infoepi.com

I asked Grok if Musk's accusation of treason against Alexander Vindman was true. Grok said, "...these accusations appear to be based on personal animosity or political disagreement rather than factual evidence." https://x.com/i/grok/share/3geYdFwpqtGCM9dDQXXCo6N0J

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He is deliberately scaring these people. It's not terrorism—but it is politically motivated abuse intended to cause fear. Americans will learn in the coming years that it would have been wise to listen to a Trump and Musk biographer who's called both men evil (at least in the way any human can be).

cnn.comElon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN BusinessWhen President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ...

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The insanity of launching a trade war on Canada and Mexico will only benefit one country: China. They will look at every country the U.S. partners with and go “See? This is who you’re relying on?”

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Tonight’s #FridayLimericks look at Trump’s Dumbasses Of Giant Ego. #LimerickRhyme When a couple of non-confirmed jerks Don’t at all understand how this works, They will tinker with spreadsheets, Then piss in their bedsheets While sporting their ill-informed smirks.

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48,000 homeless veterans in the U.S., yet Elon Musk gained $83B in 18 days, since election, bringing his wealth to $347.8B. He could’ve put a lifelong fund of $1.7M to each vet or $127K to every homeless American (653,104 people) and still had $260B left.

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Republicans in Congress fussing over who can use what bathrooms meanwhile the GOP lead House has failed for two years to reauthorize the Farm Bill Trump 1.0 tariffs devastated farmers Wait 'til they face the impacts of new Trump 2.0 tariffs

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I tried to warn the American Muslim community working against Biden/Harris that Trump has a plan to purge/deport them on his own campaign website. They called me a "fear monger." Agenda47: Protecting Students from the Radical Left and Marxist Maniacs Infecting Educational Institutions

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Some genuinely terrible people whining about the "block culture" here on Bluesky is how you know the block culture is working, keep blocking those genuinely terrible people, folks, soon the only people they'll be able to bother here is each other

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Creating the blueprint for the coming DC purge

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

This is chilling. In September, as Elon Musk began buying Trump a presidency after Trump promised him a federal department he could use to destroy his enemies, Trump agents at the Heritage Foundation began filing FOIA requests to find anyone in government who had ever mentioned Musk in any document.

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An academic study found that on July 13, 2024 — the day Musk endorsed Trump — there was a systemic change across Twitter resulting in massive increases in reach for Musk and other accounts supporting Trump. This should be a scandal.

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The FTC is suing corporate monopolies. It banned noncompetes. It's challenging phony pharma patents that keep Rx costs high. And it announced a Click-to-Cancel rule that will make cancelling a subscription as easy as signing up for one. It's government working for the people.

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