Dr CatLady (she/her)
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What a remarkable, piercing, and perfect assessment of these malignant moronic monsters.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
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Vecna (aka RFK jr) can’t keep his dusty, mind-flaying tentacles out of your tax funded public health system.
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Vecna (aka RFK jr) can’t keep his dusty, mind-flaying tentacles out of your tax funded public health system.
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
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The CDC is Not Dead. But Its Autism Page Now Tells Us The Fight Has Changed
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
The CDC is Not Dead. But Its Autism Page Now Tells Us The Fight Has Changed
The CDC website language change on autism is not the agency’s death knell. Instead, it’s the starting gun of a new race that must be run differently.
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The CDC is Not Dead. But Its Autism Page Now Tells Us The Fight Has Changed
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
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My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
Video Former CDC chief on agency webpage saying autism, vaccines link ignored
Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned from her position as chief medical officer of the CDC in 2025, called the change on the CDC’s website "disturbing."
abcnews.go.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
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"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social
We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.
www.ms.now
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social
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Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
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The right-wing war against public health means that now a person has refused to cooperate with a case investigation that exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the risk to others.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Measles outbreak investigation in Utah blocked by patient who refuses to talk
The person refused to even tell health officials their address.
arstechnica.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The right-wing war against public health means that now a person has refused to cooperate with a case investigation that exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the risk to others.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
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1/6
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
Biography: Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine became the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in U.S. history when she was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health in March 2021.
www.womenshistory.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
1/6
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
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2/6
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
2/6
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
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3/6
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
3/6
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
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4/6
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
4/6
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
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5/6
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
5/6
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.
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6/6
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
6/6
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
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LOL. No.
Federal workers must now 'clearly' show support for Trump on year-end reviews: report
Federal workers must now 'clearly' show support for Trump on year-end reviews: report
The Trump administration has added a new requirement to its performance reviews this year that requires workers in the Department of Health and Human Services to produce evidence that they “clearly and demonstrably support implementation” of President Donald Trump's agenda, according to a new report...
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
LOL. No.
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Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
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We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
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Republicans control all 3 branches of the government and claim they’re leading us into a “Golden Age.” But they can’t figure out how to end a government shutdown, and they want us to blame the party that controls exactly zero branches of government.
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Republicans control all 3 branches of the government and claim they’re leading us into a “Golden Age.” But they can’t figure out how to end a government shutdown, and they want us to blame the party that controls exactly zero branches of government.
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💡Did you know: SNAP benefits have a contingency fund that can be used during a gvt shutdown?
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump administration won't tap contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo says
The Trump administration says it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
💡Did you know: SNAP benefits have a contingency fund that can be used during a gvt shutdown?
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
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Why it matters: ~42 million people (~10% of the US pop) could lose access to affordable groceries. And if the stores aren’t getting the business from SNAP recipients, that means we all pay higher prices and food becomes less affordable for everyone.
The cruelty of these asshats knows no bounds.
The cruelty of these asshats knows no bounds.
October 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Why it matters: ~42 million people (~10% of the US pop) could lose access to affordable groceries. And if the stores aren’t getting the business from SNAP recipients, that means we all pay higher prices and food becomes less affordable for everyone.
The cruelty of these asshats knows no bounds.
The cruelty of these asshats knows no bounds.
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I feel like America is the way it is because not enough white men got punched in the face when they deserved it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I feel like America is the way it is because not enough white men got punched in the face when they deserved it.
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The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊
Shutdown Assistance
docs.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊