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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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Carville: USAID spent $41 billion the federal budget is 6 trillion. Actually comes to something like .014%. So take that and put it against the 6 trillion and see what you have done when your president is responsible for more federal debt than any president in the history of the United States.

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ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.

submitted 14 hours ago • 453 comments

Time for drug tests for DOGE.

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Hey everyone! I did an emergency live over on Substack, reminding us all that we will win this thing! Take a look! adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

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NEW: Minnesota was just ranked a top state both to retire and to raise a family. By investing in the things that matter – economic opportunity, health and safety, and strong communities – we’re building the best state for all Minnesotans from childhood through retirement.

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The Pentagon is now pausing their mass firing of civilian employees in order to evaluate potential impacts on military readiness. I’m just spitballing here, but maybe a readiness assessment should have been the first step. 🤦‍♂️

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The Trump admin has told organizations that provide federally funded legal representation to unaccompanied migrant children to halt the service. "The administration's decision to suspend this program undermines due process." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Bannon has been saying this a lot lately. They are for sure planning to honor the people who attacked the Capitol at the Kennedy Center.

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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.” See below 👇

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The Trump presidency is a threat to the well being of the American people.

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Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’

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Today's release is the first time Hamas has handed over the bodies of hostages during the war, although several have been recovered by Israeli forces in Gaza and returned to Israel.

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Daniel Dale, as ever, doing the Lord’s work:

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I had no idea there was a left leaning podcast that had any real traction… and this one is out ranking Joe Rogan! 😳 57 million vs. Rogan’s 50 million plays a month. #podcast #podcasts #joerogan

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We have added @trumpgolftrack.com to Bluesky. Please follow and pass on!

submitted 2 days ago • 301 comments

Remember this when Trump talks about wildfires. The US Forest Service needed more staff, not less.

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The Press needs to stand with the AP. Imagine how fast Trump would lose it if CNN and MSNBC went 24 hours without saying his name and covered other stories. Maybe focus on Elon instead and say "The Administration," leave Trump's name out of it. The AP would be front of the room by Friday morning!

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it’s so cool that we are at the whims of this reactionary force of groypers that don’t understand anything, lead by the dumbest guy ever seen in history

submitted 3 days ago • 402 comments

Ukraine and Europe made to sit outside as US and Russia sharpen their carving knives

submitted 3 days ago • 87 comments

⚖️Constitutional crisis — Trump WH is now openly defying a federal court order to fund USAID & other State dept foreign aid. ➡️Will DOJ follow the law & enforce a court order against Trump/Rubio, or will Pam Bondi’s DOJ follow America’s new unconstitutional autocrat?

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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

submitted 3 days ago • 802 comments

Nothing to see here, just the president of the United States of America siding with war criminal Vladimir Putin and lying about Ukraine starting the war. My god.

submitted 3 days ago • 147 comments

It’s a conundrum. 🤷‍♂️

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This afternoon, the top FDA food official responsible for overseeing America's food safety and inspections resigned from the federal government.

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10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX.

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Sudan paramilitary group kills more than 200 people in three-day attack, activists say

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MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.” MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."

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A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

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It really is this simple.

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Headline: Exploding rocket company to oversee changes to airplane safety. buff.ly/3X86gt4

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Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

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First page of the termination letter sent to probational staff. “performance has not been adequate” regardless of actual performance. Probationary doesn’t just mean new people. It’s also people who have been there for years but promoted to a new supervisory position within the past 12 months.

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The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract. ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...

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Robert Taylor recently lost his wife to a long-term illness he linked to chemicals produced by a nearby plant in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley." Now the Trump admin is preparing to scrap pollution reforms in the area. Critical story via @oliverlaughland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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#3E #USProtests #fiftyfiftyone #Feb17 St. Paul, MN -5⁰ below zero

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“U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce”

submitted 4 days ago • 85 comments

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

submitted 5 days ago • 670 comments

Since Elon’s shitty AI and a handful of teenagers are running things, it seems as though people have been put in the Fork resignation program that didn’t sign up for it. DO NOT VALIDATE RESIGNATION. See below:

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FFS! 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying

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An hourly reminder that DOGE is not about Elon Musk cutting government money waste, it is about wasting more government money on Elon Musk. Here is Elon cutting NASA, a government agency that his private company competes with for federal funding. They aren't even bothering to hide the corruption.

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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

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ATTN HHS EMPLOYEES: Firing notices are going out. I am in receipt of an email saying they will revoke your access as soon as you read the email that you've been fired. Please download everything you need before you open that email. SHARE FAR & WIDE. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-e...

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