I guess if I was a member of Congress I would be pretty unhappy that an agency leader talk to me informally would be considered a fireable offense.
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I think a political appointee turning to friends in Congress in an effort to stymie the policy goals of the White House is a fire- able offense in *any* presidential administration. Appointees, after all, serve at the pleasure of the President.
aug 28, 2025, 1:30 am • 0 0 • view
But it's a smart move to stay until she has received official notice of being fired. Because now Trump has a choice to make. He can expend political capital over RFKjr, or he can dump him. Either way, she's generated big headlines over the politicization of the CDC.
aug 28, 2025, 1:32 am • 9 1 • view
And the stakes are going up as more and Center directors and other high ranking civil servants resign.
aug 28, 2025, 1:33 am • 3 0 • view
Huh? The director of the CDC is serving the nation, not the pleasure of the President. She's not a White House advisor.
aug 28, 2025, 2:52 am • 1 0 • view
You'd agree that she wasn't leaking anything, as Kennedy claimed. Also, isn't she senior enough to speak to Senators? She's the head of a big agency.
aug 28, 2025, 2:46 am • 3 0 • view
The idea that the director the CDC is barred from speaking to a Senator who has oversight responsibilities over said agency is utterly ridiculous. How is the Senate supposed to be informed when the Secretary of HHS is behaving in a reckless manner that will literally do harm to the nation?
aug 28, 2025, 2:54 am • 2 0 • view
Also this makes Cassidy look like a pathetic little man.
aug 28, 2025, 2:46 am • 2 0 • view
Why would the head of an agency not be allowed to talk to a member of Congress? That doesn’t equal trying to “stymie the goals of the administration.” In this case, her job is to help control disease. Anything she does (or anyone she talks with) in pursuit of that is literally her job.
aug 28, 2025, 3:01 am • 4 0 • view
Let’s see what Congress does when they return next week. But I’m not holding my breath.
aug 28, 2025, 1:17 am • 1 0 • view
Bill Cassidy enabled RFKj appointment and more than most sitting Senators knows better. Worsening medical outcomes for America is on his shoulders Cassidy prob forgot hippocratoc oath "Do no harm"
aug 28, 2025, 1:29 am • 26 2 • view
This putz? He DGAF. www.politico.com/news/2022/05...
aug 28, 2025, 1:37 am • 18 1 • view
Yes, but you are assuming they care about more than their stock portfolios.
aug 28, 2025, 1:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Hmm, something about a law that permits you to speak to Congress as some type of protected communication… and something to do with an agency cannot retaliate. This administration has proven time and time again, it’s either loyalty to a man, and not the constitution, or you out of a job. It’s sad.
aug 28, 2025, 1:22 am • 29 3 • view
I don't think you need a law for that. Cassidy has oversight duties over the CDC.
aug 28, 2025, 2:50 am • 3 1 • view
Sometimes the laws address this and purportedly provide protection. Though, this administration is keen on retaliation no matter what the statute might say.
aug 28, 2025, 2:12 am • 1 0 • view
Cassidy isn’t going to anything about this. He’s literally the reason why RFK is Secretary of HHS. He claimed that vaccines would be protected, but he surely knew that wouldn’t be the case. He just lied in a pathetic attempt to cling to power for power’s sake.
aug 28, 2025, 5:14 am • 2 0 • view
we should all donate to help with legal fees for those standing up to the nazis
aug 28, 2025, 1:35 am • 2 0 • view
@markzaidesq.bsky.social is this woman’s lawyer if you want to look into donating
aug 28, 2025, 8:45 am • 1 0 • view
That typo is going to be the death of me. Why can't we have an edit feature?
aug 28, 2025, 2:43 am • 1 0 • view
aug 28, 2025, 12:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Wait - talking to a Senator is _leaking_? He understands it's a _science_ agency, right?
aug 28, 2025, 2:48 am • 9 1 • view
Perhaps Kennedy should think less about vaccines and more about the causes of paranoia - for his own health.
aug 28, 2025, 1:41 am • 6 0 • view
Mmmm maybe if you weren’t a feckless toadie…
aug 28, 2025, 1:53 am • 0 0 • view
So Bill Cassidy didn’t just lie to Americans, but he literally betrayed them? What a creep.
aug 28, 2025, 1:50 am • 12 1 • view
Bill Cassidy has a choice. He promised unprecedently close access and that he wouldn’t allow RFK Jr to do these things. And he’s continuing to choose silence and inaction. He should resign in disgrace
aug 28, 2025, 1:20 am • 84 11 • view
Cassidy isn’t running again, and DGAF.
aug 28, 2025, 1:34 am • 14 1 • view
Is disgrace even a thing any more? Do any of them have any shame?
aug 28, 2025, 2:44 am • 3 0 • view