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This is a United States Senator MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities BANKS: You probably deserved it MACK: Why did I deserve it? BANKS: Because you look like a clown

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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.

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Trying to understand what this means for the large banks. Is he saying that the supervisory stress tests do not even model for this as a possible adverse scenario?

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This is what happens when people speak up.

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To all the law firms that have not yet caved..... wapo.st/4jefGLV

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Craven.

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Not only aiding in the future but erasing history. #paulweiss #supportdemocracy

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The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

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This is driven in part because they are still mad that some people in government and academia wanted fewer than the million-plus we saw die to, you know, die

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Musk has been given more power over the federal government than any other private individual since the founding. This is the world that the Supreme Court’s campaign-finance deregulation efforts have created.

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An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there. CDC's entire FOIA office is gone. The FDA's communications and web office were cut. "The FDA as we know it is gone."

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I've been out for the past week, back and catching up now. I spoke to several AIDS/HIV researchers and clinicians just before I left about what would happen if their CDC funding was cut. Then sweeping cuts went through: www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...

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US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs. Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling. #MomSky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Dozens of free #measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut by the Trump administration. Many clinics had been planned at schools with low vaccination rates as measles continues to spread rapidly. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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My advice is if your law firm can't say this, get yourself a new law firm. "Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."

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No one voted for this. There are no words for the disgust I feel for the Trump regime and the most unqualified HHS Secretary in history. This is not right! None of it! #MomSky

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RFK Jr.'s HHS cuts include the entire LIHEAP team. Read that again. The entire team. This leaves no federal staff to help the more than 5 million households that rely on affordable heating and cooling. Without staff, the program is at risk of grindingto a halt.

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NEW: Another Skadden attorney has resigned in protest, citing the law firm’s decision to strike a deal with Trump. “Skadden is on the wrong side of history. I could no longer stay knowing that someday I would have to explain why I stayed,” the lawyer, Thomas Sipp, wrote in his resignation letter.

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NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today. One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease. By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:

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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?

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Whew.

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👏👏👏

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So embarrassing. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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NEW: The CDC has been gutted this morning. Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die. from me, @makenakelly.bsky.social, @knibbs.bsky.social:

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I called my senators (WA) today to support Sen Booker and that they themselves should find more opportunities to push back and throw sand in the gears of this insanity. My calls took less than 3 minutes total. It is easy.

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wapo.st/42dVyTk No joke.

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BREAKING: Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz used GMAIL to discuss NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. That's LESS SECURE than Hillary's private email server. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Let's remember that these EOs do not have the force of law the way some would like to believe. This is performative and meant to grab headlines and change the debate. Stay focused! #fightautocracy #democracymatters

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Please stop treating a clearly defined matter as an open question. It is newsworthy that Trump is saying he is “not joking” about defying the Constitution, but treating it as a possibility, turning it into a “debate,” only serves Trump’s interests. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Thank you Senator @corybooker.com! That’s the post…

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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

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Elon Musk promised he would eliminate the nearly $2 trillion budget deficit in year one. But DOGE won’t just fall short of Musk’s deficit-reduction goals, Jonathan Chait writes. It will, in all probability, increase the deficit—by a lot. theatln.tc/HHz6dJrj

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Cory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u... An inspiration to all of us. Don't just despair. Do something.

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Right now, Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor like a combination of Jimmy Stewart in "Mister Smith Goes to Washington" and Jerry Lewis in the last hours of his telethon. Compelling viewing! (On C-Span and Youtube)

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Breaking News: The Trump administration began laying off 10,000 federal health workers, with some FDA workers discovering they had lost their jobs when their security badges didn’t work.

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being decimated right now. Mass layoffs happening across agencies (NIH, FDA, CDC etc). Some employees found out by security badge being denied. Others got email. Line outside Health Resources and Services Administration this AM shared with me:

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Cory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

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"To state this plainly: DOGE forced out the directors and staff of a nonexecutive agency, installed one of its own GSA staffers as president, and that person is now attempting to hand the institute’s $500 million headquarters over to the agency he came from, at zero cost." @brbarrett.bsky.social

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This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/Bot5mE4O

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Excellent overview & analysis of the administration’s track record in court to date

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When ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Actually Means the Opposite www.thebulwark.com/p/when-make-...

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For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

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Thank you ! Are you going to overlay any other agencies and their cuts ?

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