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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

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How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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Computers and phones used to make way less ridiculous grammar suggestions. I swear the people who develop operating systems and word processing nowadays are functionally illiterate.

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Congressional Republicans want to give more money to billionaires and big corporations... Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Today I honor the late great Congressman John R. Lewis on what would have been his 85th birthday. If folks know about my clapbacks, understand this is my version of “Good Trouble.”

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I am at the GA State Capitol this morning to highlight the importance of public health and specifically the CDC.

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On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was shot to death in New York. Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned. All were eventually paroled. (Convictions of two of the men were dismissed in 2021) Read more: t.ly/2NyWx

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This is a solidly red district in Georgia. Republicans are really starting to feel the pressure — let’s keep turning up the heat. Your representatives are back home for congressional recess and we’ve got events planned around the country (including Tesla dealerships). LFG: indivisible.org/muskorus

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happy friday! just leaving this here...

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Is it too much to ask to want the government to stop the president from doing the illegal stuff?

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You could do more and call out the AltGov accounts on the front lines scooping major media.

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Elon Musk, and all the DOGE people, and sympathizers are fucking terrorists!

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Our national debt is driven up by Republican tax cuts that want to make life easier for the top 1%. While the GOP fights to cut taxes for their deep-pocketed donors, Democrats are fighting to lower costs for working families.

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I attended a democratic fundraiser tonight where they sold raffle tickets for a dozen eggs… Genius.

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It's no understatement to say the Elon Musk is the most dangerous man alive. He's an existential threat to everyone on this planet if he's not stopped.

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I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired directly by the Founding Fathers The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

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x.com/bluestein/st... Fed worker salary is 4% of fed budget Keeping feds is LESS expensive than firing/rehiring and losing services Probationary workers are not "duplicitous" They're setting up the argument "we had to cut medicaid cause we didn't fire enough feds" Why doesn't Elon do more with less

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As Attorney General, I took on the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations to protect Hanford workers who work with dangerous radioactive waste. The Trump administration's new layoffs are putting Hanford workers at risk once again. They can't afford this needless chaos.

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This has always been eugenics. ALWAYS.

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"Moderate" Republicans vote for Trump Nominee A after A assures them they won't do X. After confirmation, they immediately do X. "Moderate" Republicans say Nominee B assured them they won't do X. After confirmation, they immediately do X. Repeat with Nominees C, D, E, F, G, etc.

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'Stand up for us!' Republican shouted down as he defends DOGE cuts at town hall: Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) tried to tout massive federal spending cuts proposed by tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency task force at a town hall in his heavily Republican district on…

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Every day is a good day to remind you NOT to get medical advice about your healthcare or vaccines from people who are not trained or qualified to make these kinds of recommendations. If I am in legal trouble I talk to a lawyer If I want to learn about vaccines I talk to my doctor.

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What if, and hear me out here, folks who used their moment before a huge audience to whip out a sieg heil had to live the rest of their lives in fear?

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84% HUD staff cuts will cause irreversible harm to towns still recovering & trying to rebuild from recent disasters. Trump is giving tax breaks to his rich friends over ensuring HUD can deliver resources to you. Hear 👏🏾 Me 👏🏾 Clearly 👏🏾 He doesn't care about you!

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So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

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one of the people being laid off from all this DOGE chicanery is someone I've known for 13+ years who has been a federal government employee for two decades, in two different federal departments, and he is so incredibly angry

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The more of us copy what AOC and other Dems are being investigated for by DOJ the more people they have to waste money investigating. Let’s all give out “Know Your Rights” cards and talk about how we have to bring our biggest arms to this fight against the oligarchy.

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Everyone should watch this from @ericswalwell.bsky.social We are living in a moment where people are angry, scared, and exhausted. He affirms those feelings and concerns without trying to sugarcoat what’s happening. He also provides some actions we can take now: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2fta6yq/

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I hope these spineless cowards are haunted by nightmares any time they close their eyes even if it’s just to blink.

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