lj412.bsky.social

lj412.bsky.social

@lj412.bsky.social

Blue dot in red PA, cyclist, lover of nature, concerned for the future of our country.

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Governor JB Pritzker
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Under the House GOP’s budget plan, the lowest-income taxpayers would see a LOSS of $1,125. The richest 0.1 percent of taxpayers, on the other hand, would see a more than $180,000 GAIN. This is trickle down economics on steroids.

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Mark Cuban
@mcuban.bsky.social

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

Remember this the next time that some savvy centrist pundit or reporter tells you that Trump and the GOP ran as the anti-establishment, pro-worker party:

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social

Objectively pro-fraud www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/c...

cnbc.comCFPB drops lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo over Zelle fraudSince Acting Director Russell Vought has taken over the CFPB, the agency has dropped at least a half dozen cases brought by his predecessor, Rohit Chopra.

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Molly Jong-Fast
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social

A lot of people are going to die from this

J. Offir, PhD@joffirphd.bsky.social

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

nytimes.comF.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu ShotsThe cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

The reason: a diseased population is easier to control. The goal is to destroy America for the benefit of the autocracies these people are allied with.

Berkeley Lovelace Jr.@berkeleyjr.bsky.social

An FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in next season's flu shot has been canceled, according to a panel member. Officials did not offer an explanation for the scrapped meeting. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

nbcnews.comFDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shotsThe canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.

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Aaron Parnas
@aaronparnas.bsky.social

The Trump Administration is currently conducting mass layoffs at agencies responsible for tracking weather and ensuring that Americans are prepared in advance of natural disasters. Let that sink in.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.

nytimes.comAndrew Tate and His Brother Are Said to Leave Romania for the U.S.Andrew and Tristan Tate, the online influencers, are facing investigations in Romania and Britain, including accusations of human trafficking and sex crimes.

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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social

The way we're already pricing in authoritarianism is very, very bad. Trump is using his power as president to openly retaliate against a law firm for representing Jack Smith and it's barely news. The signal this sends is chilling to anyone who would oppose him. What else will he do to his opponents?

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

This tweet is setting up the Trump administration to thrust the U.S. into a constitutional crisis and obliterate our system of checks and balances as we know it.

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Laurence H. Tribe
@tribelaw.bsky.social

ALERT TO FEDERAL WORKERS: The Thursday “deadline” set by Musk isn’t a thing. Congress hasn’t appropriated the funds to pay you what he promised should you resign by today — nor has Congress authorized anyone to threaten you with losing anything for staying on. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

washingtonpost.comDOGE broadens sweep of federal agencies, gains access to health payment systemsAssociates of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the federal government in recent days, alarming some career employees.

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

Trump during the election: No new wars! Trump after inauguration: We’re going to send the U.S. military in to conquer Gaza, Greenland, Canada, Mexico, and the Panama Canal!

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Ron Filipkowski
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

This is what happens when 49% of the voters in this country are stupid enough to make a demented psychopath president. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

REPORTER: You are talking tonight about the US taking over a sovereign territory. What authority would allow you to do that? Are you talking about a permanent occupation? TRUMP: I do see a long term ownership position