Wow: Jeff Grant, a top career official at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, retired today. On his way out, Grant sent this letter excoriating Jeffery Anoka, who carried out the DOGE firings, and said Anoka is "ethically and legally bound to restore" the jobs of the fired employees. - ThreadSky

bobjherman.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Wow: Jeff Grant, a top career official at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, retired today. On his way out, Grant sent this letter excoriating Jeffery Anoka, who carried out the DOGE firings, and said Anoka is "ethically and legally bound to restore" the jobs of the fired employees.

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wilkos.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah yes, because Ethics have proven to be such a strong deterrent over the last decade

dianamc.bsky.social•2 days ago

These guys preaching as they walk, no Run out the door?
Sounds like decent rhetoric but the dudes should stay & fight till they get fired, not quit.

anfield77.bsky.social•2 days ago

You stick around and work in an absolute shit show after 41 years. FFS.

laustia.bsky.social•2 days ago

I support

#Handcuffs4Traitors

Help round up a shakedown from Trump/Vance, to Doge, to J6, to Fox, to Bezos, to Cabinet members, to judges, to human traffickers, to congress members who co-conspired to aid Putin in the takeover of America.

tdcheetah.bsky.social•2 days ago

Four (final)

tdcheetah.bsky.social•2 days ago

Three

tdcheetah.bsky.social•2 days ago

Two

tdcheetah.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks for posting this news, Bob. Could you please use alt-text for images w/text going forward? It makes the news more accessible and also visible in Bluesky search.

bobjherman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep — need to get into a habit of doing that, thanks for flagging.

tdcheetah.bsky.social•2 days ago

Appreciate that! Help where I can and toggled my own Settings to require myself to do alt-text for images, but ymmv.

kdorg.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

loyaltypurge2025.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for posting Bob and casting a light on behalf of CMS that impacts Feds but also health coverage for millions of Americans. There is A LOT to come over next several months.