FDA is partly funded by pharma. Historically that is to speed up new drug review times which FDA couldn’t do in a timely fashion with Federal funding. If we cut staffing at FDA the level of funding from pharma increases at the same time increasing risk of conflicts of interest.
The conflict is already there! Often FDA people end up working for pharma, leaving FDA after approving the drugs, former one and approved. Look at the Sacketts.
How come these agency heads can’t fight back and say no and call police and ask for help call the military ask for help?
I’m asking this question seriously because these were the checks and balances, I thought.
Trying to see the upside for Trump driving the effort to gut national health systems. Not seeing the the political/personal benefit for him and the GOP. When bird flu jumps to humans, and no national action is possible anymore, guessing his political status will take a hit ala Covid response.
We may lament the treasure we lose as all that expertise walks out the door, but I question whether we appreciate the blood involved; namely, the people those health professionals might have saved.
Well, Joyce, for heaven's sake. Did you think that just cuz their tariffs-will-replace-income-taxes plan fell through, they were gonna say, "Welp, guess now we can't reenact the '17 mega tax cuts for corporations and billionaires and maybe cut them to zero"?
RFK Jr. is a steaming pile of misdirection useful to con RFKs supporters, and keep us spinning.
ALL DEPARTMENTS will be shut down and any assets privatized.
They’ll keep the military. Who can guess what other depts they’ll keep?
How about new departments? I’ll go first: Department of Religion.
Is it bad to hope for a pandemic that will wipe this Country clean because I’m actually hoping for one? I see no other alternative but to massively reduce the population in hopes that it will take some of the evil ones.
And who will enforce that order when the employees get locked out? This is leading to a constitutional crisis, because the judicial branch relies on the executive branch to execute any judicial order.
Cannon wouldn’t. Bondi didn’t and now she’s AG. He’s cleaning out anyone that isn’t a sycophant and installing those that are. Remaining calm and ‘following the rules’ is what got us here. 🤷♀️
Also: narcissistic psychopaths don’t care about rules. Especially ones that have never, ever been held accountable for anything they’ve ever done in their entire lives.
If they stop complying with the courts, then what? Elon was interfering in Italian politics too and calling for an Italian judge to be fired because they upheld their constitution. Something that even Georgia Meloni didn’t demand, because she doesn’t have the power. Elon will do the same in the US.
And what does you social media post do? How does it help? Other than to instill fear in others? Knowledge is power. Facts matter. Social media doesn’t enforce either of those
I don’t understand the endgame. Fire all federal workers. Privatize everything. Billionaires buy up everything. Billionaires happy. 🙂
But…
No one makes any money. Everyone unemployed, starving, dying. No one is buying anything. Revenue falls to the floor. Stocks worthless. Billionaires sad. ☹️
I think that's the point. They want to cull the population, raid all the resources--of Earth, not just the US, since they are invested worldwide--then create a utopia for themselves on mars. The colonized on Earth will only have essential needs met to continue to withdraw resources.
I'd like Gates, Bloomberg or other smart money types to set up a big-ass emergency research center in Canada for refugee American scientists to continue their work. Bypass President Musk!
Trump and Musk are wrecking the lives of so many people. These people have obligations to their families. Those idiots that voted or not voted for him at all have to feel miserable
So at a time when potential for bird flu to become a widespread risk to humans and an even greater risk to the Nation’s food supply these folks want to drastically cut back on the health workforce in place to protect us and prevent this from happening. Have they learned nothing from past failures?
I think the stuff is hitting the fan. At work I tried all afternoon to fax the federal office of personnel management and the phone just rang and rang. We’ve faxed them before. But now we have no idea if they’ve shut down or what. This nonsense is going to affect businesses.
R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N!
If it gets bad for us, it gets worse for them! They are scared to death of their culture wars stopping and the real targets revealed.
If they manage to quickly fire hundreds of thousands of Americans, that will throw our economy into a depression. Just mentioning that, in case you hadn't thought about it.
I am not suggesting that they will not still be rich. But, the oligarchs are using their excess wealth to control our government and, in turn,control us.Taxing them is better than France’s solution in 1789.
Just textbook bad practice after bad practice. Revenge, domination and ideologically driven. No sophistication, no systems thinking, no risk analysis, no empathy in sight for how this affects others.
Do these clowns not understand how American science and medicine are major drivers of our economy. Where are the pharmaceutical and medical device and hospital and universities???? Make your voices heard
The pharmaceutical & medical device companies hate the FDA. They make the rules that make them prioritize patient safety over progress. As far as they're concerned, we're just guinea pigs for progress. The government is supposed to PROTECT YOU from them.
That was literally trumps plan last time. For people that had fatal disease or something. Let them take the stuff big pharma is making like a guinea pig. He said why not, they were going to die anyway. God I hate the people that voted him in, if they actually did which I still don’t believe.
There is nothing that any of them - pharma/device and healthcare institution alike - would like more, thab never having to face another FDA inspection to make sure they're not killing anyone.
Trump and Musk are learning what authority they have to RIF employees of the government. So we need to get a step ahead and figure out how to stop them from demanding 95% personnel cuts that prevent delivery of funded govt services.
I’m looking at it and wondering about the effect this could have on hospitals, clinics, and doctors ability to be paid from medicare, medicaid and ACA.
Didn't realize that Republicans don't get diagnosed with diseases including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, Multiple Sclerosis, etc., etc. The people making and agreeing with these horrific decisions have brains the size of a raisin and frozen hearts.
"Cut a certain percentage of employees"
...not because it's been determined that their jobs are redundant or unnecessary. Just cut the given percentage.
Republicans are experts at breaking government, then pointing to the smoldering wreckage and saying "See, we told you government sucks!"
Do they even give a thought to how all these people are going to find other jobs? I'm sure they don't and don't care either. But they're also making it more difficult to get help if they have trouble finding employment. Many will have families to support.
This is a plan to make other countries healthier by seeing the healthiest, most employable and financially stable Americans flee for more sane locations.
Yo, we have bird flu poised to jump to humans, and a strain of annual flu that is making people severely ill, spreading rapidly, causing schools to close. Felon Trump decides that right NOW, is the perfect time to cut people from the government health agencies, right when we need them most!
Trump works for Putin, Trump main objective is to MURDER as many Americans he can, while at the same time Elon Musk empty the treasury and transfer all the money to Russia.
There is a process in place for reduction in force (RIF) that has a lot of rules around this and takes some time to implement. I expect it may grow sand in the gears unless they have found a way around that.
Somewhere around the corner, there's a ministroke waiting, so he won't be able to speak and he'll get infected by an incurable illness with pustules all over his body, that itch terribly.
Is there an Article Two scholar who can refute everything that this monster has done since 1/20? Yes, it can execute EOs but don't they have to be supported by the other powers of this Article? Like asking Congress, UPHOLD laws, for chissake.
All of these cuts are an attack on everyone in the US, destroying the very departments, agencies and networks that keep us safe, and make our daily life possible. Not to mention destroying democracy and leading to death and suffering worldwide. So fucking cruel.
The MAGA GOP cult is a clear and present to public health. Truly astonishing this cult hates science and ironic it views vaccines as “my body, my choice” (where have we heard that before?). Angry. Disgusted.
A nation of humans that sit idle while A.I. Absorbs everyone’s livelihood. A small group lives in absolute opulence while the rest slowly disappear.
Who could possibly benefit from such an outcome?
Destroying the country from the inside. It’s as if it’s not America First after all. Trump, Elon, Putin & Netanyahu enriching themselves. This is a coup. Republicans MUST step up and help our country, help us save democracy. This is insane!
I think we need to demand to see the dollar amount on every one of these decisions. I'm under the impression most of these divisions were already underfunded. Showing some cuts then giving trillions in additional tax breaks is not gonna play well.
Not so sure. Just saw $10 / dozen eggs at local discount grocery. Many of these people have big appetites, fixed budgets and loose political loyalties.
My worry is there will be future legitimate elections. Look at Nort Korea, Russia and Ghy-NA!
If you’re waiting for the goddamn midterms to do anything then you might as well give up now. With everything’s that’s happening now, America might soon experience total collapse and be placed under martial law with no elections.
Thousands more unemployed Americans.
Loss of health insurance.
Loss of income.
Thousands not creating wealth and paying taxes that we all benefit from.
No pension?
Now they have to depend on the government even more to get by.
And the Democrats will let it happen. Right now, I don't think there is one Democrat that has any idea how to stop the carnage this administration has been planning since the 1980s. They let an alien billionaire buy the presidency...
does Trump realise how unpopular he’s becoming and when US society collapses, martial law won’t save him? Or are the Project2025 cronies and oligarchs like Elon just lying to him and other staff?
Cutting a specific percentage of the workforce kind of sounds like a quota. I thought they were against quotas, but maybe that’s only for affirmative action type things 🙄🤷♀️🤦♀️
Vote for protect 2025 and get project 2025 🤷♀️ I am beyond pissed the Dems never considered or made a plan to counteract this doomsday scenario. They had the blueprint for over a year
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I’m asking this question seriously because these were the checks and balances, I thought.
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ALL DEPARTMENTS will be shut down and any assets privatized.
They’ll keep the military. Who can guess what other depts they’ll keep?
How about new departments? I’ll go first: Department of Religion.
What’s the over/under from Vegas as to when we have to pay for this good news?
I'm sure there will be a special cell in *** H*LL *** for them.
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But…
No one makes any money. Everyone unemployed, starving, dying. No one is buying anything. Revenue falls to the floor. Stocks worthless. Billionaires sad. ☹️
Felon 47 should do more thinking and less Sharpie art
This is the same form linked to the patient who died in Louisiana.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-dairy-cows-infected-2nd-form-bird-flu/story?id=118507519
Millions will die.
Millions will lose their homes.
It will result in the largest financial catastrophe this country has ever seen. Will make the Depression look like a garden party
If it gets bad for us, it gets worse for them! They are scared to death of their culture wars stopping and the real targets revealed.
#Resist
When constantly bombarded by nonsensical stupidity, a healthy brain will go insane/ cease to function properly.
https://neurolaunch.com/the-psychology-of-stupidity/
Send them an invite, moving stipend and pathway to citizenship.
Become the leader in medical research vaccines etc
DOGE, MAGA, NAZI.
https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social/post/3lhk432grgs2z
get used to hearing it.
...not because it's been determined that their jobs are redundant or unnecessary. Just cut the given percentage.
Republicans are experts at breaking government, then pointing to the smoldering wreckage and saying "See, we told you government sucks!"
Do they even give a thought to how all these people are going to find other jobs? I'm sure they don't and don't care either. But they're also making it more difficult to get help if they have trouble finding employment. Many will have families to support.
Right??? D:
Who could possibly benefit from such an outcome?
Here's his info!
Tell him what you think!
#RESIST
#3E
#LockHimUp
#Impeach47
The Spoon Emoji, 🥄
The spoons are a "fork you" to the Trump Administration.
2026 midterms are coming.
My worry is there will be future legitimate elections. Look at Nort Korea, Russia and Ghy-NA!
Loss of health insurance.
Loss of income.
Thousands not creating wealth and paying taxes that we all benefit from.
No pension?
Now they have to depend on the government even more to get by.
https://generalstrikeus.com/