Shande Farmisht
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Shande Farmisht
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Please keep talking about the HHS RIF of thousands of Feds who lost their jobs on April 1st

@nicholasbednar.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @alt-hhs.altgov.info
RFK Jr. concedes “targeted cuts” at HHS “would have been better”
The Health and Human Services secretary told podcaster Theo Von that DOGE should have done its job differently when it came to job cuts at HHS.
www.ms.now
February 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
#AHRQ wins by losing! Dec 2025 OPM data 5 fewer Feds than Nov = 103
64% staffing decline from before early 2025
FY2026 budget $345M only 6% less than last yr
Illegally fired Feds could use some help….
@vanhollen.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @degette.house.gov @delauro.house.gov
February 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
#AHRQ defunded PSNeT 4/25. Fired all Comms Feds - 4/25. Renewed multiple comms contracts since 4/25 adding new comms contractor staff to AHRQ as recent as last week.

Patient safety? Where is the oversight?

@donmoyn.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Sharing one of the most powerful videos I've seen in our fight against Trump....

Watch this incredible testimony from a citizen making the case against ICE's building of a "detention" center in Surprise, Arizona. Watch, and then share, and share again.....
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-know-en...
"We Know Enough" - Powerful Testimony From Arizona Against ICE's Building Of A Massive "Detention" Center There
Watch and share this incredible video from an Arizona town meeting last night
www.hopiumchronicles.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#AHRQ federal employees by GS series using OPM data as of Nov 2025. Running an Agency with no finance, grant, IT, contract & comms Feds. All replaced by contractors and farmed out to other agencies.

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February 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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The Government Accountability Office found in a Monday report that the Education Department spent $28.5 million to $38 million on nine months of paid leave for employees in its Office for Civil Rights before ultimately reinstating them to their positions. buff.ly/VUw20qC
Education Department spent up to $38M paying employees not to work before reinstating them, watchdog reports
The Government Accountability Office also reported that the caseload for the department’s Office for Civil Rights increased by an average of 98 cases per week during part of the time that these…
www.govexec.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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CBS censored Billie Eilish saying “Fuck ICE” at the Grammys. Here’s the uncensored version:
I heard it all! 😂😂😂😂
February 2, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too

the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:

www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Purge the Public Servants
The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.

Needed 60.

Zero Democrats voted for it.

SEVEN Republicans opposed it:

Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville

(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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This.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Opinion | Local Prosecution Is the Answer to Federal Lawlessness
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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A group of Health and Human Services Departments employees can proceed in their efforts to pursue a class action lawsuit over their layoffs, a federal judge ruled Thursday evening. buff.ly/Wbdqrcn
Laid off HHS employees win judge approval to seek class action suit
Employees say they are entitled to financial compensation for the errors HHS made when trying to force them out.
www.govexec.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:07 PM
“recent workforce reductions…created an opportunity to reset expectations and rebuild around core competencies” WTF

Who will stand up for AHRQ? & FIRED FEDS

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Federal Health Research Agency Refocuses on Patient Safety After Ideological Shift - Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Roger Klein: After Decade of Drift, Trump Returns Health Agency to Core Mission
morninganswerchicago.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:27 AM
HHS - Nothing to rehire illegally Fired Feds (April 1 RIF)
Funding for #AHRQ - w/no accountability
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @alt-hhs.altgov.info
Committee Releases Conferenced Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bi...
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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🚨 Salmonella Outbreak: 45 people sick in 21 states with 12 hospitalizations. Do not eat Live It Up Super Greens supplement powders.

Notes place sold Amazon, eBay, and Walmart.
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Super Greens Supplement Powders
This page provides info about a Salmonella outbreak linked to super greens supplement powder.
www.cdc.gov
January 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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We are collecting information on terminated SAMHSA grants at Grant Witness: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...

If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.

He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
@academyhealth.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com

The irony of this crap - it’s evidence of the sham RIF that fired more than 110 AHRQ staff. Functions that were eliminated in the RIF continue & no reorg. Just more evidence for MSPB appeals!
After decade of drift, Trump returns health agency to core mission | Opinion
The AHRQ is back on task after the Biden administration redefined what counted as fundable science.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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ATTENTION! All of USA's government is under a gag order. No one with gov is allowed to commemorate and or promoting World AIDS Day, Dec 1.

THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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HHS leaders are doubling down on harm. Their new “report” on gender-affirming care for minors is junk science. Skip it.

Check this out instead:
sph.washington.edu/news-events/...
It links to real evidence-based research

Bottom line: Gender-affirming care improves mental health and saves lives
🏳️‍⚧️🫶🏳️‍⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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And from CIDRAP, just to provide a trustworthy reference for the CNN article I just shared. Yep, no true healthcare professional should trust anything from CDC going forward.
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Justice delayed is justice denied for ILLEGALLY FIRED (RIF-ED) FEDS! MSPB HAS OVER 20K APPEALS.

wonder how many live in VA, Sen Kaine?

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@kaine.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov

www.mspb.gov/Recent%20ROF...
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Getting ready for the upcoming ACIP meeting, I see. If your kids haven’t had their first MMR dose, get it as soon as you can.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM