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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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“I shake my head as people actually think DOGE has identified waste, fraud and abuse in 5 days. What they are doing is gutting programs they don't like according to Project 2025. They haven't done any analysis and don't even know the functions of the depts they are cutting.” - Henry M. Rosenberg

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Please pay attention to this and remind everyone you know and love.

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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Great question

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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This would be good…

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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Believe Jamie Raskin.

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Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."

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Hey everybody, just for the heck of it, let’s all post a picture of the Gulf of Mexico.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Great advice. Pass it on!

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Beautiful! And a reminder of one of my favorite poems, “The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth. I’m often in a pensive mood these days.

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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

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This says it all

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It will always be the Gulf of Mexico to me! Are you nuts, Google?

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Stay alert and engaged. President Trump is using chaos; swift executive orders, attacks on diversity, and unchecked authority, to push his agenda. 1/2

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BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

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Thought of the day.

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Spell it out

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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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Good info

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This feels like we’re in one of the Jurassic Park sequels where a lot of us were like “hey let’s not try this again because last time the dinosaurs got loose” but other people were like “well, maybe the dinosaurs won’t get loose this time.”

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Think about it.

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I have had this exact thought so many times. Now that the season is over, can we focus on what’s going on each day as democracy is eroding?

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Not even once.

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Truth

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I agree with Mark.

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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.

“I shake my head as people actually think DOGE has identified waste, fraud and abuse in 5 days. What they are doing is gutting programs they don't like according to Project 2025. They haven't done any analysis and don't even know the functions of the depts they are cutting.” - Henry M. Rosenberg

Please pay attention to this and remind everyone you know and love.

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

Great question

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

This would be good…

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Believe Jamie Raskin.

Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."

Hey everybody, just for the heck of it, let’s all post a picture of the Gulf of Mexico.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Great advice. Pass it on!

Beautiful! And a reminder of one of my favorite poems, “The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth. I’m often in a pensive mood these days.

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

This says it all

It will always be the Gulf of Mexico to me! Are you nuts, Google?

Stay alert and engaged. President Trump is using chaos; swift executive orders, attacks on diversity, and unchecked authority, to push his agenda. 1/2

BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

Thought of the day.

Spell it out

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

Good info

This feels like we’re in one of the Jurassic Park sequels where a lot of us were like “hey let’s not try this again because last time the dinosaurs got loose” but other people were like “well, maybe the dinosaurs won’t get loose this time.”

Think about it.

I have had this exact thought so many times. Now that the season is over, can we focus on what’s going on each day as democracy is eroding?

Not even once.

Truth

I agree with Mark.

Waking up to Trump blathering at the National Prayer Breakfast is the first puke inducing moment of the day. Shut the guy up!

www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...

I would love a bakery crawl! Yum!

Disgusting

Sometimes you just have to say “fuck you” with a flourish