Aaron Gerwer
@aarongerwer.bsky.social
Father, educator, creator, occasional destroyer. Site Director @ Aveson Global Leadership Academy, Altadenda
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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves.
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
Port: It's not just about kids, and it's not just libraries
Legislation under consideration in Bismarck wouldn't just restrict access to books in schools and libraries. The language of the bill also applies to private book stores.
www.inforum.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves.
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
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“Please tell everyone you know who is at a university to file complaints about foreign students and faculty who support Hamas,” Rand wrote on Facebook. https://interc.pt/3WJNKXM
February 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Please tell everyone you know who is at a university to file complaints about foreign students and faculty who support Hamas,” Rand wrote on Facebook. https://interc.pt/3WJNKXM
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Trump and his supporters often dehumanize #immigrants as “animals” or “aliens.” A human rights scholar warns that dismissing such rhetoric as bluster overlooks how words are a first step toward discriminatory and violent policies.
‘Aliens’ and ‘animals’ – language of hate used by Trump and others can be part of a violent design
Hateful language used to demonize particular groups of people had been used long before the era of Donald Trump, including by the Nazis.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Trump and his supporters often dehumanize #immigrants as “animals” or “aliens.” A human rights scholar warns that dismissing such rhetoric as bluster overlooks how words are a first step toward discriminatory and violent policies.
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“People in the halls are getting texts saying to log off of all government equipment and leave the building," a USAID official says of the agency’s environment.
“People are walking around, whispering and crying. It’s like watching a sniper work through a captive crowd."
“People are walking around, whispering and crying. It’s like watching a sniper work through a captive crowd."
'Fear' and 'chaos' grip federal workers as Trump rapidly remakes the government
More than a dozen civil servants detailed to NBC News their experiences over the past 10 days as Trump moves to quickly upend the federal workforce.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“People in the halls are getting texts saying to log off of all government equipment and leave the building," a USAID official says of the agency’s environment.
“People are walking around, whispering and crying. It’s like watching a sniper work through a captive crowd."
“People are walking around, whispering and crying. It’s like watching a sniper work through a captive crowd."