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A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr.
CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.
www.msnbc.com
Damn right we want answers. Is Secretary Kennedy going to be held responsible for his rhetoric & lies causing this? Is anyone in the trump admin going to even comment on the attack on a federal facility or death of Officer Rose?
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White House changes course and will now be demolishing the entire East Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
White House changes course and will now be demolishing the entire East Wing.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Telling the pharmacist I’m physically inactive so they’ll give me the Covid booster
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Telling the pharmacist I’m physically inactive so they’ll give me the Covid booster
“The beatings will continue until morale improves” is the GOP solution to their government shutdown.
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“The beatings will continue until morale improves” is the GOP solution to their government shutdown.
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Trump has begun dismissing federal workers, with furloughed staff at the Department of Health and Human Services now facing permanent layoffs. The cuts are hitting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention especially hard.
October 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Trump has begun dismissing federal workers, with furloughed staff at the Department of Health and Human Services now facing permanent layoffs. The cuts are hitting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention especially hard.
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Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”
… but what is plenary authority?
… but what is plenary authority?
October 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”
… but what is plenary authority?
… but what is plenary authority?
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“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
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October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Trump administration forced the government to shut down because they control all branches of the government. They have furloughed the majority of CDC employees which ensures that only a few (absolutely not all) mission-critical activities will actually continue during the shutdown.
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Trump administration forced the government to shut down because they control all branches of the government. They have furloughed the majority of CDC employees which ensures that only a few (absolutely not all) mission-critical activities will actually continue during the shutdown.
In my decade with the federal government I have never seen anything like this.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...
Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown
Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."
www.thehandbasket.co
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In my decade with the federal government I have never seen anything like this.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...
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FDA approved the abortion pill mifepristone 25 years ago.
So why is RFK Jr. raising questions about it now? He's trying to roll back abortion access nationwide.
I'll keep fighting against attempts to restrict access—because medication abortion is safe and effective. Period.
So why is RFK Jr. raising questions about it now? He's trying to roll back abortion access nationwide.
I'll keep fighting against attempts to restrict access—because medication abortion is safe and effective. Period.
September 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
FDA approved the abortion pill mifepristone 25 years ago.
So why is RFK Jr. raising questions about it now? He's trying to roll back abortion access nationwide.
I'll keep fighting against attempts to restrict access—because medication abortion is safe and effective. Period.
So why is RFK Jr. raising questions about it now? He's trying to roll back abortion access nationwide.
I'll keep fighting against attempts to restrict access—because medication abortion is safe and effective. Period.
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Kash Patel will likely be the next to face prosecution, given his repeated false statements during Senate hearings, now that this precedent has been set. No one is above the law.
September 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Kash Patel will likely be the next to face prosecution, given his repeated false statements during Senate hearings, now that this precedent has been set. No one is above the law.
Lmao, since when has congress given two shits about being lied to? Looking at you, rfk jr.
🚨BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two criminal counts days after President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue his perceived enemies more aggressively. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Obeys Trump, Indicts Comey Days After Order to Pursue President’s Foes
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Lmao, since when has congress given two shits about being lied to? Looking at you, rfk jr.
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⚠️ CDC quietly updated its webpage to caution pregnant people about acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
Medicine and Pregnancy: An Overview
Learn how common it is to take medicines during pregnancy and what you should do if you're pregnant.
www.cdc.gov
September 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
⚠️ CDC quietly updated its webpage to caution pregnant people about acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
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As of 8am CDC's ACIP website does not have the proposed vote language for today's COVID vaccine recommendation posted. How is the public able to engage and provide informed comments? I testified before Senator Cassidy and @sanders.senate.gov on Wednesday- this is not radical transparency.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
ACIP develops recommendations on how to use vaccines to control disease in the United States.
www.cdc.gov
September 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As of 8am CDC's ACIP website does not have the proposed vote language for today's COVID vaccine recommendation posted. How is the public able to engage and provide informed comments? I testified before Senator Cassidy and @sanders.senate.gov on Wednesday- this is not radical transparency.
“With vaccine rates falling worldwide and outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases increasing, it is important for clinicians to be prepared to recognize and manage diseases they may have never seen before, including rubella.”
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Clinical progress note: Rubella
Rates of rubella infection and congenital rubella syndrome decreased significantly since the introduction of the rubella vaccine in 1969. Endemic rubella was declared eliminated in the United States ....
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“With vaccine rates falling worldwide and outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases increasing, it is important for clinicians to be prepared to recognize and manage diseases they may have never seen before, including rubella.”
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Rfk has been telling you for years. Cassidy should be ashamed.
Many in the media today are acting like it’s news that RFK Jr. intends to change the childhood vaccine schedule.
We have been telling you this for months, and it is very frustrating that you did not listen.
We have been telling you this for months, and it is very frustrating that you did not listen.
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Rfk has been telling you for years. Cassidy should be ashamed.
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Hiding the truth.
September 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hiding the truth.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...