Rachel Weigert
@rmweigert.bsky.social
Pediatric emergency medicine physician, firearm injury prevention researcher and advocate. Protector of children, no matter where they’re from, how they identify, or what language they speak. All views, posts, reposts and comments are my own.
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JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And, of course, avoid undercooked dead birds.
How can I protect myself from bird flu?
Avoid raw dairy products
Avoid raw or under cooked meat (cook chicken to internal temp of 165°F, ground beef to 160°F, cut beef to 145°F)
Avoid dead birds
Report dead birds and sick or dead chickens (see links below)
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/pre...
Avoid raw dairy products
Avoid raw or under cooked meat (cook chicken to internal temp of 165°F, ground beef to 160°F, cut beef to 145°F)
Avoid dead birds
Report dead birds and sick or dead chickens (see links below)
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/pre...
February 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
And, of course, avoid undercooked dead birds.
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Russell Vought is the architect of Project 2025, the force cutting NIH funding. But it's thanks to NIH-funded research that Vought’s daughter had access to some treatments.
“We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's then-wife wrote in 2021.
“We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's then-wife wrote in 2021.
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Russell Vought is the architect of Project 2025, the force cutting NIH funding. But it's thanks to NIH-funded research that Vought’s daughter had access to some treatments.
“We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's then-wife wrote in 2021.
“We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's then-wife wrote in 2021.
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@aoc.bsky.social We’d like your help organizing a March on Washington to ensure protester safety and secure permits. We’re aiming for a Saturday at least two weeks out to allow for travel planning.
February 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
@aoc.bsky.social We’d like your help organizing a March on Washington to ensure protester safety and secure permits. We’re aiming for a Saturday at least two weeks out to allow for travel planning.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Senate Democrats have set up a whistleblower complaint portal for federal workers to submit any reports of what they see as unlawful activities in their respective agencies in response to Elon Musk and his group’s efforts to downsize the federal government.
To watch Musk, Senate Democrats start whistleblower platform for workers
Democrats are hoping federal employees will provide information regarding the president and Elon Musk‘s efforts to slash government agencies.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Senate Democrats have set up a whistleblower complaint portal for federal workers to submit any reports of what they see as unlawful activities in their respective agencies in response to Elon Musk and his group’s efforts to downsize the federal government.
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Tell your representatives to Stop Elon Musk! actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...
Tell your Representatives to Stop Elon Musk!
Elon Musk shouldn’t have access to sensitive information like your Social Security Number. Tell your Representatives they MUST use every procedural tool available to stop this unprecedented overreach ...
actionnetwork.org
February 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tell your representatives to Stop Elon Musk! actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...
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@altfema.bsky.social grew so fast in the first hour that @bsky.app flagged the account as potential spam.
Y'all rock!!
We've notified @support.bsky.team and are awaiting correction.
Thank you so much for your support & continued engagement with your reps.
We can do this!
Y'all rock!!
We've notified @support.bsky.team and are awaiting correction.
Thank you so much for your support & continued engagement with your reps.
We can do this!
February 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@altfema.bsky.social grew so fast in the first hour that @bsky.app flagged the account as potential spam.
Y'all rock!!
We've notified @support.bsky.team and are awaiting correction.
Thank you so much for your support & continued engagement with your reps.
We can do this!
Y'all rock!!
We've notified @support.bsky.team and are awaiting correction.
Thank you so much for your support & continued engagement with your reps.
We can do this!
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Proud to see Oregon on this list. Trump’s obsession with everyone's genitals and telling people how to live their lives is going to lead to more suicides and more dead kids.
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Proud to see Oregon on this list. Trump’s obsession with everyone's genitals and telling people how to live their lives is going to lead to more suicides and more dead kids.
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Breaking news: The Trump administration cut billions in biomedical funding. Researchers say it imperils work on cancer and other illnesses.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration cut billions in biomedical funding. Researchers say it imperils work on cancer and other illnesses.
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Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to fund President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, proposing to spend close to $350 billion on immigrant detention facilities, deportation raids and national security priorities.
Live updates: Trump holds joint news conference with Japan’s prime minister
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to fund President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, proposing to spend close to $350 billion on immigrant detention facilities, deportation raids and national security priorities.
These funds also help support scientists who are medical professionals, physicians, professors nationwide. The impact to colleges and hospitals is being completely missed by the general public (and likely a lot of our lawmakers as well).
is it woke to want to end cancer?
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
February 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
These funds also help support scientists who are medical professionals, physicians, professors nationwide. The impact to colleges and hospitals is being completely missed by the general public (and likely a lot of our lawmakers as well).
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⏳ Time is running out to stop the 🪱
📱 CALL YOUR SENATORS
(202) 224-3121
“Hell NO RFK Jr.
If you vote to confirm him we will primary you.
We will ensure your constituents know just how many kids you helped kill.” ⚰️⚰️⚰️
📱 CALL YOUR SENATORS
(202) 224-3121
“Hell NO RFK Jr.
If you vote to confirm him we will primary you.
We will ensure your constituents know just how many kids you helped kill.” ⚰️⚰️⚰️
February 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
⏳ Time is running out to stop the 🪱
📱 CALL YOUR SENATORS
(202) 224-3121
“Hell NO RFK Jr.
If you vote to confirm him we will primary you.
We will ensure your constituents know just how many kids you helped kill.” ⚰️⚰️⚰️
📱 CALL YOUR SENATORS
(202) 224-3121
“Hell NO RFK Jr.
If you vote to confirm him we will primary you.
We will ensure your constituents know just how many kids you helped kill.” ⚰️⚰️⚰️
Little late my dudes.
A federal judge issued an emergency order early Saturday prohibiting Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing personal and financial data on millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department, noting the possibility for irreparable harm.
Federal judge blocks Musk’s DOGE from access to Treasury Department material
The judge also ordered Musk and his team to “immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from Treasury Department’s records and systems, if any.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Little late my dudes.
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::MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS::
A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low.
Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.
A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low.
Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.
February 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
::MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS::
A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low.
Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.
A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low.
Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.
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Don’t mess with @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Don’t mess with @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social
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The Office of Personnel Management, now overseen by Elon Musk, just issued a memo to all heads of federal agencies ordering a startling change in the status of CIOs.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
Trump White House moves to allow for a Musk takeover of government IT
The Office of Personnel Management is trying to make it easier to put ideologues and cronies in key tech roles.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Office of Personnel Management, now overseen by Elon Musk, just issued a memo to all heads of federal agencies ordering a startling change in the status of CIOs.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
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🧑⚖️ A judge has HALTED the “resignation” program for federal workers until they can determine if it’s legal. There is a hearing on Monday. We will update as we learn more.
a woman wearing a tiara and a sash with the words fork yeah on it
Alt: a woman wearing a tiara and a sash with the words fork yeah on it
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🧑⚖️ A judge has HALTED the “resignation” program for federal workers until they can determine if it’s legal. There is a hearing on Monday. We will update as we learn more.
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Federal folks at risk of layoffs and resignations - confirm your coverage eligibility post-termination with your insurance company. Fill prescriptions, etc. in case you lose benefits. Get your info from a trusted source.
Beware of a DOGEy-looking site with sketchy fine print:
Beware of a DOGEy-looking site with sketchy fine print:
February 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Federal folks at risk of layoffs and resignations - confirm your coverage eligibility post-termination with your insurance company. Fill prescriptions, etc. in case you lose benefits. Get your info from a trusted source.
Beware of a DOGEy-looking site with sketchy fine print:
Beware of a DOGEy-looking site with sketchy fine print:
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Craig McLean, who had been at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for nearly 40 years, spoke out about Sharpiegate, a move that led to serious professional repercussions.
McLean talks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social about what he anticipates in Trump’s second term.
McLean talks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social about what he anticipates in Trump’s second term.
I paid the price for speaking out about “Sharpiegate.” Scientists can’t be silent now, either.
"In elections, you elect policy. You don't elect science."
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Craig McLean, who had been at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for nearly 40 years, spoke out about Sharpiegate, a move that led to serious professional repercussions.
McLean talks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social about what he anticipates in Trump’s second term.
McLean talks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social about what he anticipates in Trump’s second term.
Um, duh?
The Trump administration's gutting of USAID is just a start: Elon Musk and President Trump's Cabinet and advisers are combing through agencies to purge those deemed to be anti-Trump, anti-American or too "woke," top officials tell Axios.
Trump's gut-it-all plan for D.C.'s "Deep State"
But the speed and tactics of Trump's vengeance-fueled cost-cutting efforts have been surprising.
www.axios.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Um, duh?
They have no idea what the implications of each of these sweeping actions has. I’m awaiting total economic collapse at this point.
Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.”
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
wapo.st
February 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
They have no idea what the implications of each of these sweeping actions has. I’m awaiting total economic collapse at this point.
This is the energy we need from the Democratic Party. Time to look alive and b-e- aggressive.
I’ve got the morning shift. This guy is dangerous and unfit to serve and I’m about to explain why. Tune in: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
February 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is the energy we need from the Democratic Party. Time to look alive and b-e- aggressive.
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several of my peers are getting emails saying that NIH can’t conduct federal/grant interviews or do ANY recruiting until the executive order is lifted. insane
February 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
several of my peers are getting emails saying that NIH can’t conduct federal/grant interviews or do ANY recruiting until the executive order is lifted. insane