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Melody Schreiber
@melodyschreiber.com

There's no ACIP in the US right now -- and there won't be for the foreseeable future because RFK Jr isn't reconstituting the group. That is already having consequences for new vaccines, which don't have ACIP recommendations. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com‘It’s a mess right now’: RFK’s sweeping changes place new vaccines in limboHealth secretary’s effort to alter makeup of ACIP panel means no new recommendations coming – even as new vaccines are approved
K ript
@kbrift.bsky.social

A difficult, but important read. There's myriad horrors and tragedies being delivered on this country daily; I don't think this story made it into my regular dose of dismal news.

Mr. Dan Zak@mrdanzak.com

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Mike Drucker
@mikedrucker.bsky.social

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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Dana Milbank
@danamilbank.bsky.social

The Washington Sun rises today. I hope you’ll join our orbit. The Sun aims to do nothing less than reinvent the newspaper for the digital age — and to prove that there is a market in the capital region for local news and sports coverage. washingtonsun.com/perspectives...

washingtonsun.comDana Milbank: The Washington Sun Rises Today. I Hope You’ll Join Our Orbit.My boss, Tim Grieve, posted a photo on X last week of a shipment of office chairs that had just arrived at the Arlington, Virginia, headquarters of our new publication, The Washington Sun. “It's fun t...

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MacRumors.com
@macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Releases New Polishing Cloth

macrumors.comApple Releases New Polishing ClothApple today released a new version of its Polishing Cloth on its online store. In the U.S., pricing is now set at $9, down from $19 for the previous version of the cloth. We have yet to determine if the new Polishing Cloth is smaller than the original or has any other notable changes beyond lower pricing. Apple says the cloth continues to be made with soft, nonabrasive material that can be used to clean any Apple display, including those with a nano-texture coating.Tag: Polishing Cloth This article, "Apple Releases New Polishing Cloth" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes
@ldobsonhughes.bsky.social

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

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Sophie Hurwitz
@hurwitz.bsky.social

People detained in GEO Group facilities like Delaney Hall are forced to work for $1-4 per day, according to an official GEO Group “detainee handbook” I obtained. If they refuse to work, they can be put in solitary, or even criminally charged. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comThe Delaney Hall strikers are hitting GEO Group where it hurtsThere's a lot of profit in paying immigrants a dollar a day to run their own jail—until they refuse.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed

theguardian.com‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombedResidents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape * Middle East crisis – live updates * Iran threatens to attack oil facilties across Gulf after Israeli strikes Thick black smoke was still rising in the sky, soot covered the streets and cars, balconies filled with black gunk, and the toxic air had filled the lungs as Tehran woke up after a night of airstrikes on the city’s oil depots on Sunday. In messages and voice notes sent to the Guardian, people described the situation in their homes and on the streets, some calling it “apocalyptic”. With the sun blotted out, disoriented people in Iran’s capital had to turn on their lights to see through the gloom. Continue reading...
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@kbrift.bsky.social

Friday dump: More Ep stuff dropped. Arresting journalists. Be careful out there around feds. The admin needs moar distract so when they bullshit attack Iran it'll be 3rd page news...which nobody follows & is overwhelming. Damn I miss the reprieve when we weren't doing insane shit constantly.

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Justin Baragona
@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.

Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social

News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports. “The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

status.newsPost Parting DepressionLooming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

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Walker Bragman
@walkerbragman.bsky.social

There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it. We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics. What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.

arstechnica.comFDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s alliesThe agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media. We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

BREAKING The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community. Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.

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@kbrift.bsky.social

Some really charming personalities on this panel, not only anti-scientific, but scapegoating large groups of people. Sadly, I'm not shocked by this. My god. Wtf is this country DOING!?

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc... ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner: "'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."

ms.nowRFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newbornsThe CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

The Trump Admin's assault on working people continues. They are now trying to restrict student loan assistance for many in critical professions, including nurses. These Americans provide essential functions for all of us. This attack will make staffing shortages worse & harm everyone.

newsweek.comFull list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump adminCertain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
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@kbrift.bsky.social

Finally they got somebody with an MD on board...oh wait. I feel so sorry for future generations.

NPR@npr.org

Louisiana's surgeon general Dr. Ralph Abraham, who has praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as health secretary and called COVID vaccines "dangerous," will become the second-highest ranking official at the CDC. n.pr/49Af0z8

n.prLouisiana's top health official, a critic of the COVID vaccine, will be CDC deputyLouisiana's surgeon general Dr. Ralph Abraham, who has praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as health secretary and called COVID vaccines "dangerous," will become the second-highest ranking official at the CDC.
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@kbrift.bsky.social

Watched the first 45 min of Warfare (til I couldn't), then a video of a whale and giant squid and other scrolling on this app. Should make for some ... dreams.

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Carl Quintanilla
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

Steely Dan releases “Aja” 48 years ago today — their most commercially successful album, which now sits in the Grammy Hall of Fame. It’s fun to watch Jay Graydon replicate his guitar solo from “Peg”. 🎸

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Mike Elk
@mikeelk.bsky.social

450 were napped by ICE at a Hyundai construction site in Georgia, where 3 workers had been killed. Workers complained about the deaths to Trump's OSHA, which did nothing. Instead, ICE showed up in an act viewed as retaliatory. paydayreport.com/450-napped-b...

paydayreport.com450 Napped by ICE at Hyundai Georgia Plant, Where 3 Workers Were Killed PreviouslySince the Trump Administration took over and began cutting back on federal workplace safety enforcement, two workers have died at the plant in just two months.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

"Bustillo-Chinchilla moved to North Carolina from Honduras when she was 8 years old. She graduated from Crest High School in Shelby and earned a scholarship to attend Gardner-Webb University, with hopes of becoming a nurse." What is the sense in imprisoning and expelling this person?

Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com

www.wfae.org/race-equity/...

wfae.orgAfter six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to HondurasA 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.

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Patrick Chovanec
@prchovanec.bsky.social

Replying to @prchovanec.bsky.social

We are living in a post-truth society. Don't like the jobs numbers? Call them fake. Crime stats aren't alarming enough for you? Say someone's making them up. Basically, believe whatever you want to believe. We'll program AI to tell you that you're right anyway.

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Jessica Schulberg
@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social

pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...

huffpost.comPro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.

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Sherrilyn Ifill
@sifill.bsky.social

Someone (@lewfoo) posted a long thread on the THREADS app about this. I’m posting the @npr.org story on which her thread was based here. PLEASE READ & SHARE. It’s so important. @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social www.npr.org/sections/the...

npr.orgWhen The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High SchoolersIn 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.