Jona, IBCLC
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IBCLC. Fierce mama bear. 🏳️🌈 She/her.
Happy Labor Day, or some such.
President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time
President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
n.pr
September 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy Labor Day, or some such.
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My heart. Members of the US Public Health Service (the uniformed service branch no one has ever heard of, who serve at the CDC and elsewhere in the US), massed within the CDC property, saluting their departing uniformed leaders who were escorted out by security today after resigning on principle.
A higher resolution pic than my screenshot that captured the salute, from Alyssa Pointer (Reuters) – press weren’t allowed past the front gate for security reasons.
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
My heart. Members of the US Public Health Service (the uniformed service branch no one has ever heard of, who serve at the CDC and elsewhere in the US), massed within the CDC property, saluting their departing uniformed leaders who were escorted out by security today after resigning on principle.
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Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
This is spot on.
Democracy doesn’t mean whoever wins a slight plurality in the national vote gets to rewrite every American institution to satisfy their own whims. The president is not an elected king. If we let him become one, the project of American democracy is over.
January 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is spot on.
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Dude. I'm Pissed.
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youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...
What The F***?!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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January 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dude. I'm Pissed.
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youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...
Today’s small moment of joy: snuggles with my college kids over Thanksgiving break.
November 29, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Today’s small moment of joy: snuggles with my college kids over Thanksgiving break.
Currently embracing two coping strategies: building community and connection with actual humans in my life and looking for the small moments of joy in the world.
The first is taking the form of coffee dates and texts to stay connected. Mary Oliver had something to say about the other.
The first is taking the form of coffee dates and texts to stay connected. Mary Oliver had something to say about the other.
November 20, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Currently embracing two coping strategies: building community and connection with actual humans in my life and looking for the small moments of joy in the world.
The first is taking the form of coffee dates and texts to stay connected. Mary Oliver had something to say about the other.
The first is taking the form of coffee dates and texts to stay connected. Mary Oliver had something to say about the other.