ICYMI, while not receiving the endorsement, the SF Chronicle called my policies thoughtful! Want someone different? An authentic progressive? A scientist? Vote Nathan Deer. #deerSF #ca11

Hey, so as long as hostilities haven't ceased, how about that War Powers Act? U.S. strikes at least two locations in Iran, American official says www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/u...

U.S. strikes at least two locations in Iran, American official says

The attacks were in response to an Iranian attack, the official said.

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What amazing things we could accomplish if only all billionaires agreed that "paying taxes is their national duty" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Samsung family pays off record $8bn inheritance tax bill

The bill is tied to the estate left by the firm's late chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died in October 2020.

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Absolutely this. The US should not support Israel's continued genocidal conquest of Gaza, or wars against Lebanon and Iran. Gift link to article below.

Ocasio-Cortez Says She Will Oppose All U.S. Military Aid to Israel

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Hope to see you all out there today. And if you can't make it in person, remember there are other ways to stay involved. www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Reminder that tomorrow you have the opportunity to make your voice heard. The people united, will never be defeated. #nokings #protest #fightforyourrights

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑@50501movement.bsky.social · 4mo ago

June: 5M. October: 7M. This Saturday? The LARGEST protest in U.S. history!! Join us March 28th nationwide for #NoKings. This is one for the history books folks, you won’t want to miss it!!! 📢 FIND a protest: NoKings.org 📢 Download the No Kings STENCIL: bit.ly/328stencil

My first endorsement!

American Voice of Resistance | #RainbowWave2026@diamondgamerr1.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Nathan Deer, is a non-aligned progressive with no party preference. An immunologist, public transport advocate, and proponent to #AbolishICE, so I ask you as San Franciscans, to vote for Deer to replace Pelosi this fall. Proud to have Rainbow Wave endorse him. nathandeer2026.com/legislative-...

A fantastic, even if only temporary, development. The HHS recent changes to vaccine schedule risk undermining the decades of progress we've made in reducing or eliminating the prevalence of diseases. Requiring ACIP members to undergo rigorous vetting is the bare minimum requirement.

Axios@axios.com · 5mo ago

JUST IN: Judge blocks RFK Jr. advisers' vaccine changes

𝗜’𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗺 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗔-𝟭𝟭. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆: 🔬 𝗜’𝗺 𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁: I believe policy must be rooted in data, not dogma. 🌉 𝗜’𝗺 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻: I want our city to be a blueprint for a future that works for the many, not the wealthy few.

I would translate the war being "very complete" to "I'm saying this so the markets don't drop any further, but we're still going to continue with this illegal war"

There's a nonzero chance that I'll try to watch the SOTU tonight, but an almost 100% chance that I won't last past the first three lies. Upper limit on that has to be 5 minutes, right?

I'd like to take this day to remind everyone that "Never Again" is meant for everyone. There is justice for none of us, and neither are we free, unless we all share in justice and freedom.

Maybe a hot take, but it shouldn't take a court to inform ICE that they shouldn't tear gas observers

I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you that Republicans can end this shutdown whenever they want, even without engaging Democrats. The 60 vote threshold preserves the filibuster. Get rid of that, and a simple majority vote works. But they want cover for the day they're out of power.

Just your regular reminder that tariffs are a tax increase on the average consumer, just not reflected on a W-2

Axios@axios.com · 10mo ago

President Trump's tariffs will cost businesses more than $1.2 trillion this year, with most of that cost being passed on to customers, according to a new study from S&P Global.

Thune and Johnson keep using the word bipartisan, and I'm pretty sure that word doesn't mean what they think it means.

As the judges effectively point out, again, the DOJ has significantly more evidence that it could release without judicial approval. So what's the delay?

Reuters@reuters.com · 12mo ago

Trump admin better-placed than courts to release Epstein files, judge says reut.rs/4mqjZWH

Just so we're clear, a sitting Senator for the state of California was forcefully removed from a press conference in his home state, and then detained for attempting to ask a question of the DHS secretary 1/

We're at the stage of the fascism speed run, where Congress writes into the budget that courts can't hold the administration in contempt for failing to comply with court orders. If you need a place to focus your resistance, this is it. (Reposted to add alt text)

The warning was sounded: either everybody has rights or nobody has rights. And now the brown shirts have moved on to initiating deportation proceedings against citizens. Fight back.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last yr.

A U.S.-born American citizen is being detained at the request of immigration authorities despite an advocate showing his U.S. birth certificate in court and a county judge finding no reason for him to be considered an “illegal alien” who illegally entered Florida.

When even the Cato Institute is sounding the alarm, you'd have to be willfully ignoring the government's gleeful charge into authoritarianism.

US Citizens Don’t Have First Amendment Rights If Noncitizens Don’t

But until the Supreme Court reaffirms that the First Amendment protects noncitizens in the United States from banishment for their speech—and until President Trump obeys the Supreme Court—we do not li...

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In the early 20th century, anti-tax GOPers tried to appease progressive Republicans by passing a corporate income tax, incorrectly predicting it would be so unpopular as to quell the growing income tax movement. This wasn’t their last miscalculation. By @jeisinger.bsky.social

No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t A Mistake. But It Was an Accident.

While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for “reasons unknown to mankind” and caused the Great Depression.Here’s the real history.

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Once upon a time, a Liberian man with a suspected case of Ebola entered the US. The conservative media machine responded with outrage. So far, 2 children have died from a vaccine preventable disease which had effectively been eradicated from the US. So when can we expect RFK's resignation?

Axios@axios.com · last yr.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advocated for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine during a visit to West Texas today to comfort 2 families whose children died of the disease.

I guess that's one way to keep people in their older and more inefficient vehicles

Chip Bok for Apr 01, 2025, by Chip Bok

Chip Bok for Apr 01, 2025, by Chip Bok

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A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website, called RestoredCDC.org, as it appeared the day President Trump was inaugurated. "I felt that we could restore any data sets that people might not have access to anymore because these were publicly funded data."

Volunteers revive pre-Trump CDC website

Restored CDC provides the same critical data and information and user experience as the previous CDC website.

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Because their profits are more important than your well-being or the continued survival of our species www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

EPA urges White House to strike down landmark climate finding

The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.

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The grift continues in broad daylight. Reading between the very widely spaced lines is the proclamation that his cronies can't compete on merit. apnews.com/article/fcpa...

Trump's halt of US law banning business bribes abroad raises specter of a 'Wild West' of dealmaking

President Donald Trump's decision to pause enforcement of a law banning companies from bribing foreign government officials threatens to upend a half-century of U.S. policy embraced by both Republican...

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The alarm bells continue to ring, as the Presidency continues to attempt to usurp the powers of Congress www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

House Democrats denied entry into Education Department

Lawmakers were told they have to have an appointment or get an escort to enter the department.

politico.com

While I've been silently enjoying Bluesky, I think it's finally time for an intro post. Hi, I'm Nathan. I'm an expert in flow cytometry and have been in the clinical biomarkers field for a few years now. And I think it's time that I found my voice.