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Jay Dee

@oceansfourlife.bsky.social

News junkie and concerned about our #democracy and our descendants. No bots. #recycle #keepoceansclean

created December 31, 2024

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Profile picture Michael McDonald (@electproject.bsky.social) reposted

A lot of MAGA just lost their retirement savings

2/9/2025, 10:38:05 AM | 59 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 (@emmalbriant.bsky.social) reposted

US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out www.ft.com/content/b86b...

2/9/2025, 10:41:18 AM | 26 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TizzyWoman (@tizzywoman.bsky.social) reposted

#MorningVibe The right side of history is never the one that violates human rights. The USA was added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a tool publicizing the status of freedoms & threats to civil liberties worldwide. 🔗 tinyurl.com/34w2j4en 🗣️ slcook52 (IG)

2/9/2025, 10:45:10 AM | 229 130 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paul Eric Scannell (@pauleric70.bsky.social) reposted

The Smithsonian Museum just removed Harriet Tubman’s Hymnal book from its display! Trump is trying to erase black history period! 😡

2/9/2025, 4:17:58 AM | 28 22 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marko Silberhand (@markosilberhand.bsky.social) reposted

. THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . . ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ .

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2/9/2025, 7:13:39 AM | 11086 4519 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jonathan Cohn (@jonathancohn.bsky.social) reposted

Record-breaking levels of corruption

1/9/2025, 8:41:23 PM | 259 78 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 (@strictlychristo.bsky.social) reposted

This is so anti-military and anti-veteran. This is not what the National Guard was intended for.

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2/9/2025, 3:35:29 AM | 1109 474 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture #VeryAsian Eric (@ektaka.bsky.social) reposted

Trump is costing the American taxpayers a million dollars a day deploying the National Guard for gardening and janitorial work on the D.C. streets. How about releasing the actual gardeners and janitors from ICE detention and letting the National Guard go back to their civilian jobs?

2/9/2025, 1:57:49 AM | 171 80 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine (@papootx.bsky.social) reposted

Texas AG Partizan Attack On Beto Ken Paxton threatens to arrest Beto O'Rourke for fighting the illegal gerrymander of five congressional seats. Speech is no longer Free in Texas! open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...

31/8/2025, 2:19:59 PM | 3364 1271 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

RUSSIA backs Hungary Hungary backs heritage foundation Heritage Foundation pushes project 2025. Which part don't you get?

1/9/2025, 10:46:49 AM | 2371 1156 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted

You guys see where this is going? Right?

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1/9/2025, 2:11:17 PM | 13655 3859 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔

31/8/2025, 11:20:26 PM | 9286 3144 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Vin Gupta (@vinguptamd.bsky.social) reposted

Since the best in healthcare no longer serve at the top of the Federal Government, we are bringing them directly to you at Meidas Health. Don’t miss Episode 14 with the President of the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social Jam packed with useful information! @meidastouch.com

1/9/2025, 3:57:47 PM | 1268 326 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

Myself and a lot of other people around the world will never understand how he was elected a second time.

1/9/2025, 4:58:47 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Sipher (@johnsipher.bsky.social) reposted

“I’ve never met anyone else remotely like him…He is and was profoundly stupid, completely lacking in intellectual curiosity.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

1/9/2025, 4:00:26 PM | 300 97 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted

The tenth chapter of The Autobiography of Mother Jones—a 1925 collection of sketches from the life and career of labor organizer and urban reformer Mary G. Harris “Mother” Jones—offers this account of the “March of the Mill Children.”

1/9/2025, 4:01:00 PM | 271 93 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Intercept (@theintercept.com) reposted

Advocates for immigrants and low-wage workers said the companies owe it to their drivers to speak out.

1/9/2025, 4:07:00 PM | 451 146 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting

1/9/2025, 2:27:11 PM | 16909 3912 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted

On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.

1/9/2025, 4:14:05 PM | 2461 773 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted

If you needed any more reasons to hate Kyrsten Sinema:

1/9/2025, 4:14:24 PM | 1382 217 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture praying mantis (@gentlem.bsky.social) reposted

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e... #vonderLeyen

1/9/2025, 3:42:08 PM | 17 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) reposted

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29/8/2025, 10:31:20 AM | 117 68 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted

Why is Trump honoring J6 rioter Ashli Babbitt and not Capital Police Officer Brian Sicknick — both lost their lives: Babbitt attacking The Capitol. Sicknick protecting The Capitol. Can anyone explain?

30/8/2025, 10:16:49 AM | 1976 557 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

FOX: *plays clip of Gavin Newsom pointing out that crime is higher in Louisiana than in California* FOX: Your response? MIKE JOHNSON: He needs to go an govern his state and not be engaging in this

29/8/2025, 1:36:20 PM | 12401 3177 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

🤣🤣

30/8/2025, 11:19:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Daw (@andrewdaw.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

He didnt win every single swing state in the same election that he barely “won” the popular vote Are we supposed to believe that ALL 88 counties that “flipped” allegiance went to a single party for the first time since 1934? Hell no He lost The data proves it Pass it on♻️ bsky.app/profile/andr...

29/8/2025, 8:58:00 PM | 203 60 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

Wasn’t that Vought’s plan all along? Make them uncomfortable? Guess he didn’t think about the fallout. HE is now vulnerable too.

30/8/2025, 11:12:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.

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29/8/2025, 8:13:08 PM | 17256 6424 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WIRED (@wired.com) reposted

Plus: China’s Salt Typhoon hackers target 600 companies in 80 countries, Tulsi Gabbard purges CIA agents, hackers knock out Iranian ship communications, and more. www.wired.com/story/doge-s...

30/8/2025, 10:34:45 AM | 170 62 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

DOGE wasn’t a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.

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30/8/2025, 10:24:22 AM | 6210 2320 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

😭 Send the pic to you know who. Maybe the letter writer as well.

30/8/2025, 11:09:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted

This is Anhelina, two years old, celebrating her birthday. Anhelina and her mom, 24-year-old Nadiia, were killed by Russia in #Kyiv on August 28.

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30/8/2025, 10:37:53 AM | 642 300 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Physicians for a Healthy Democracy (@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social) reposted

abcnews.go.com/Health/covid...

30/8/2025, 10:58:43 AM | 75 27 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 (@depechemodefan101.bsky.social) reposted

PEDO TRUMP......

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29/8/2025, 11:39:30 PM | 68 21 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted

Thank you, Trump voters.

29/8/2025, 11:39:55 PM | 997 379 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joey Blue (@jp262.bsky.social) reposted

Court: You are breaking the law! Donald: Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it? Court: Nothing. Just letting you know. Carry on and have a great holiday weekend!

CBS Breaking News alert: A federal appeals court rules many of the tariffs imposed by President Trump are illegal, but did not halt them.
29/8/2025, 10:38:14 PM | 373 127 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Greg Greene (he/him/his) (@greene.haus) reposted

“Our job is lethality and readiness and warfighting.” – Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense 🥴

29/8/2025, 11:34:56 PM | 442 105 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, no bright students are coming here. Hell our scientists and researchers are leaving for other Countries.

29/8/2025, 1:40:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌎 🌳💧🧬 ✨ 🪐 (@curiousearth.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

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28/8/2025, 10:48:50 PM | 30 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

They are turning their heads away from the insanity. Thats how privileged Americans have become. No one knows how to fight for their country and freedom anymore.

29/8/2025, 1:34:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. Absolutely.

29/8/2025, 1:30:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

National Guardner? National Park Service workers laid off, and now the National Guard is doing landscaping in DC. Felon Trump really turned soldiers into gardeners.

29/8/2025, 11:27:40 AM | 2458 1046 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted

Trump regime operatives exposed in plot to undermine Denmark and overthrow the government in Greenland. Regime operatives attempted to disrupt democracy through misinformation and disruption operations aimed at recruiting traitors and collaborators to help sway public consensus towards the US.

Greenland protesting the US
29/8/2025, 12:25:06 PM | 2154 947 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Light (@johnalight.bsky.social) reposted

The New York Post claims Trump has begun to use Russ Vought's "pocket rescissions" gambit to override Congress' power of the purse. nypost.com/2025/08/28/u...

29/8/2025, 12:48:26 PM | 106 75 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

I absolutely blame the six members of SCOTUS for this mess, Inaction by Congress and blind voters. Power and greed certainly ruined this Country and it will ruin mankind all over the world. We are no longer the beacon of light and hope in the world.

29/8/2025, 1:11:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jamie Schler (@lifesafeast.bsky.social) reposted

“This is a reality TV show with sick and cruel content and the volume knob set to 11.” Wow! Possibly the most powerful political opinion piece I’ve ever read. From @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Read it now. www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...

29/8/2025, 12:16:41 PM | 406 138 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted

I don't want to live in a country where 10-year-olds are on the news talking about how their friends saved them by lying on top of them during a shooter incident... and got shot. Thanks, GOPNRA.

28/8/2025, 1:06:00 AM | 4438 981 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: “No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics…He’s getting his information from somewhere”

29/8/2025, 3:16:35 AM | 8280 3173 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jacob T. Levy (@jacobtlevy.bsky.social) reposted

That about sums it all up.

29/8/2025, 1:59:47 AM | 354 96 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.

28/8/2025, 7:05:42 PM | 10658 3628 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

If Ashli Babbitt's parents really wanted to avenge her death they would, instead of pitifully whitewashing her legacy, be suing Fox News for filling their child's gullible head with dangerous nonsense that directly led to her death.

28/8/2025, 11:26:52 PM | 14922 3185 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🇨🇦 NanaGale (@nanagale.bsky.social) reposted

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28/8/2025, 5:40:01 PM | 15894 4848 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven Jessup (@undercoverofdark.bsky.social) reposted

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28/8/2025, 6:22:06 PM | 130 59 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted

If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.

29/8/2025, 2:54:14 AM | 8271 3111 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

📌 Scientists are not in the business of advancing missions antithetical to public health. ✊🏼

28/8/2025, 11:41:41 PM | 9303 2304 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

“A dangerous crank — what on Earth are you on about??!” @chrislhayes.bsky.social goes in on RFK Jr. for claiming he can diagnose kids just by looking at them.

29/8/2025, 2:31:32 AM | 4457 1324 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

BUT WE NEED A NEW BALLROOM!!! 😭😭

29/8/2025, 5:52:20 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mockingbird, MPH, CHES (@amockingbird.bsky.social) reposted

Four million dollars. They’re cutting a program to test treatments for children with brain cancer to save four million dollars a year.

29/8/2025, 4:04:26 AM | 758 418 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris.bsky.social) reposted

Trump’s Border Patrol raided a Washington wildfire camp, forcing firefighters to pause their work for hours. "Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller and their ilk are going to burn the country to the ground if that’s what it takes, so they can rule over the ashes," says Chris Hayes.

29/8/2025, 4:21:44 AM | 1237 439 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted

The New Yorker…

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29/8/2025, 1:32:26 AM | 5233 1406 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

This. I have been fearing this for months.

29/8/2025, 5:45:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mike Brock 🇺🇸 (@brockm.bsky.social) reposted

We are going to experience the collapse of the U.S. dollar, aren't we? These motherfuckers want to tank the dollar so they can be crypto feudal lords. Americans should be CRAZY alarmed about this.

29/8/2025, 3:55:12 AM | 166 68 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted

"The job-fair attendees I spoke with said the defend-the-homeland message and Donald Trump’s presidency were big draws. 'I want to stand up for my beliefs and protect America from foreign invaders. I’d like to be there for others who can’t defend themselves. God is pushing me down this path.'”

29/8/2025, 3:52:55 AM | 132 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Social Media Lab (@socialmedialab.ca) reposted

"The Pentagon is putting back up a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the military academy, as the Trump administration seeks to restore honors for American figures who fought to preserve slavery." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...

29/8/2025, 4:10:00 AM | 68 42 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

I have no idea why that made me smile with all the crap going on in this Country. But it did.

29/8/2025, 5:41:47 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rex Huppke (@rexhuppke.bsky.social) reposted

I have a column on this going up in the morning, but I'm telling you folks, there's an immediate need for people to light up lawmakers' phones and clang pots and pans and protest and do whatever the hell can be done to get RFK Jr. booted, or at least constrained. This is a five-alarm fire.

29/8/2025, 3:57:52 AM | 555 159 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Rinkunas (@susanrinkunas.com) reposted

I got an NYT push alert about Taylor Swift getting engaged, but not about the United States spying on Greenland

29/8/2025, 3:48:53 AM | 2107 506 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. (@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social) reposted

LYING LEAVITT OF THE LARGE CROSS Leavitt says Monarez was fired because she wasn't aligned with "Trump's Mission. If she wasn’t, it’s unclear why that wouldn’t have been determined in April when he nominated her, or any time after. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

29/8/2025, 1:10:08 AM | 95 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture gostin.bsky.social (@gostin.bsky.social) reposted

With Jim O'Neill appointed as Interim CDC director, we're seeing a pattern First, RFK fires eminent scientists Then he appoints loyalists without credentials He then takes the advice of loyalists Finally he says, "you see, I have restored trust in science." RFK did the same thing with ACIP

28/8/2025, 11:58:15 PM | 121 47 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) reposted

Robert E. Lee killed more U.S. troops in battle than Adolph Hitler and Osama bin Laden combined

29/8/2025, 3:45:52 AM | 2038 748 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julie Zebrak (@juliezebrak.bsky.social) reposted

Thanks, Republicans. A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

29/8/2025, 3:33:11 AM | 213 158 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 (@laylabelle3.bsky.social) reposted

28/8/2025, 10:34:22 PM | 816 380 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.

28/8/2025, 6:12:53 PM | 23008 6652 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

Don’t look away

29/8/2025, 2:39:39 AM | 13585 7685 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Welch: He claims that he's the law and order president. But we all know that's a lie because he's a convicted felon. He pardons convicted felons, he surrounds himself with obsequious people that kiss his all day, every day

29/8/2025, 2:10:02 AM | 19136 5619 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted

Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

29/8/2025, 12:23:39 AM | 37713 5904 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. We must have a new ballroom, we must not lasted gold all over the White House. Maybe this Christmas you get one doll instead of two. So tired of people keeping their head in the sand because “I want to enjoy the life I have left … I don’t want to know what is going on”.

28/8/2025, 1:45:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted

We're witnessing the creation of the second Confederacy, and this time the president is on their side.

28/8/2025, 1:22:19 PM | 243 117 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested. This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough. While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people. It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC. Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc. I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information. The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun. The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed. For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision. Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically. Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.
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Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted

Important.

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Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

Bingo. Greed wins again. Power and greed, the downfall of mankind.

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Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

Horrible. Older Americans out and the conscious effort for newborns.

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Profile picture Grant Stern (@grantstern.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Over 100 Immigration Judges have quit or been fired - yes, fired! - since Inauguration Day, only seven months and eight days ago. The DOJ hires and fires Immigration Judges because it is an Administrative Court run by the Executive Branch. 2/

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Profile picture BlueCrew community 💙💙 (@libertyovergov.bsky.social) reposted

@governor.ca.gov: “This is a real and serious moment. Every Republican should be ashamed about this. He is weak. He’s weakness masquerading as strength. And that makes him more dangerous.” #BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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Profile picture Caitlin Kelly (@caitlinkelly.bsky.social) reposted

Not great! Not great at all! www.wired.com/story/center...

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Profile picture Jay Dee (@oceansfourlife.bsky.social) reply parent

I am glad I am old. I look at our young ones and just want to cry. Their future will be so, so very different than ours. 😢

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Profile picture jen 🌻 (@bunnibytz.bsky.social) reposted

via @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Trump admin authorizes itself to appoint ANY government attorney as a temporary immigration judge—even if they have zero relevant experience. Currently, only former immigration judges or DOJ attorneys with 10+ yrs of experience can be temporary immigration judges.

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Profile picture Michael McFaul (@mcfaulmike.bsky.social) reposted

Communist regimes: Own companies Control their central banks Use tariffs to insulate their economies Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition Idolize their leaders with posters & praise Sound familiar?

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Profile picture The Contrarian (@contrariannews.org) reposted

A president has no legal authority to remove a Federal Reserve governor, yet Trump is moving to oust Lisa Cook. Michael Franklin reports on how the attack echoes a larger pattern of overreach.

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Profile picture RAOK (@evolvingempathy.bsky.social) reposted

www.rawstory.com/immigration-... This is Miller's sadistic plan Cosplay Barbie is just a rubber stamp 👿👇🏼

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Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

Republicans are trying to force the Fulton County Board of Commissioners into installing two far-right activists – Julie Adams and Jason Frazier – on Georgia’s largest county’s elections board. atlanta.capitalbnews.org/fulton-commi...

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Profile picture Senseidai2547 (@senseidai.bsky.social) reposted

Convicted Felon Donald Trump is filled with pure hate. Where are the alleged "family values" and "devout Christian" Republicans? Oh, I know-worrying about getting re-elected. /1 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

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Profile picture CherylBlueWave: LFG AZ! (@cherylbluewave.bsky.social) reposted

Two Children are Dead, and Seventeen Others Have Been Injured #ProudBlue tinyurl.com/u29xpd48

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Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

Don't get it twisted. Trump is having the National Guard pick up trash to debase them. He hates the military. He is incapable of understanding anyone who would make sacrifices for the greater good. He thinks they are suckers and losers, and he's treating them as such.

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Profile picture AltSSA (@altssa.altgov.info) reposted

This is honestly hard to read. So many of us tried so hard to stop DOGE. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Profile picture David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted

A core paradox of this administration is that while they seek control of everything their record proves they are actually not capable of running anything.

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Profile picture RAOK (@evolvingempathy.bsky.social) reposted

Unfortunately for our country a lot of these treasonous low life Jan 6th thugs that were pardoned by Trump are now getting paid ridiculous amounts of money working for ICE 🧐👇🏼🤨

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Profile picture Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted

If China is America's strategic adversary, India is the natural partner as a counterweight in Asia. Picking a big trade fight with India is self-defeatingly stupid. Especially since one reason is India not going along with Trump's lie that he personally stopped India and Pakistan from a major war.

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Profile picture Tim O’Brien (@timobrien.bsky.social) reposted

Bill Dudley wasn’t worried about Trump imperiling the Fed. Now he is: “The threat to the Fed’s independence — along with the risk of uncontained inflation, much higher long-term borrowing costs and a significantly weaker dollar — isn’t going away.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Profile picture Steve Alkire (@sea008.bsky.social) reposted

What we're facing is the greatest fear of those who designed the Constitution- an autocratic tyrant who disregards the rule of law. Having arguably seized all three branches of government, the safeguards of the Constitution appear to be failing.

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