I love this guy
I love this guy
Michelle Obama: "please I'm begging you feed kids just one (1) vegetable" RFK: "some children deserve to die. there's a healthy way to eat deep fried burgers" Media: "these are the same, to me"
Oooowww
NEW: This morning, DOJ's Drew Ensign confirmed that the last of 76 children the Trump administration tried to put on planes & send to Guatemala in the middle of the holiday weekend are back in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the result of a well-timed lawsuit & fast-moving judge.
🚨🚨🚨Heads up, Chicago!!!! The gestapo is headed your way on September 5!!!! Download the @iceblock.app if you haven’t already, start using Waze for your navigation to get and make alerts of ice, and start planning in your communities for active, peaceful resistance!!!!! This is all hands on deck!!!!
EPA Fires ‘Dissent’ Statement Signers The EPA fired agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-... as Labor Day weekend started.
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Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
This guy thinks doctors should have to compete on the open market and that organs should go to the highest bidder. This doesn't bode well for average citizens in this country. Video of him in the comments.
As a federal operation looms, Chicago's mayor signed an executive order looking to safeguard the city. “Unfortunately we do not have the luxury of time. We have received credible reports that we have days, not weeks, before our city sees some kind of militarized activity by the federal government.”
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ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
When Sooknanan wraps up, counsel for plaintiffs tell her that their understanding is that the planes with the children have been grounded but that the children have not been deplaned. Sooknanan asks Ensign for an explanation, he says it might be that they're waiting for resolution of this hearing
Sooknanan: And from the plaintiff's perspective, you do not think that that's true? Plaintiff's counsel: We know that is not true for all the children in the class...and even if it were, the provisions the government cites as legal basis does not override other protections in the statute
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Here's the complaint filed late last night. One of the named plaintiffs is as young as 10. Judge Sooknanan already entered a TRO to bar the removal of named plaintiffs, and a new TRO just hit the docket for the larger putative class. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
White House moves forward on plans for a Department of War, WSJ Reports reut.rs/4nbuv4b
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
The lesson of the Trump campaigns, and particularly his second term, should be "Wow you can really do anything." Anyone who runs as a Democrat and acts like their hands are regrettably tied is either lying or doesn't have what it takes to win anyway
ICE is currently (officially) using 193 facilities and holding a record 61,226 people, per the latest analysis by Austin Kocher and Adam Sawyer. austinkocher.substack.com/p/discover-a...
To be able to say things like this with a straight face, you have to know with certainty that you are talking to babies
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
The Trump administration continues its campaign to dismantle federal sector unions on an extremely dubious reading of the FLMRS’s national security provisions.
Is this like a honeypot operation?
President Trump balked when asked whether he would send National Guard troops to Republican-led cities with high crime rates: “Sure, but there aren’t that many of them." Of the 30 U.S. cities with the highest number of violent crimes, more than half were in red states. trib.al/fa7nEgq
Donald Trump on Saturday taunted the governor of Illinois, saying, "We're coming.
Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert apnews.com/article/trum...
One of the things the Nazis did when coming to power was push propaganda that Jews were criminals and prone to violence by focusing on crime committed by Jews or fabricating crime they falsely attributed to Jews. The last 36 hours on X has been this on a massive scale against trans people.
colleagues in an email Friday that he was submitting what he called an “involuntary resignation.” He explained that ever since his whistleblower complaint became public, the agency’s actions against him amounted to retaliation that ultimately drove him out of his position.
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
The President of the United States on an alleged incident involving stonework at the White House.
"The President, on his own, can't tax the American people. That's what King George III tried to do – we had a revolution about that." Neal Katyal
Everyday Americans are held to a higher standard, facing serious consequences for even small mistakes, while those in power from the so-called “party of law and order” keep breaking the rules without accountability.
We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.
💚💚 We stand with & support our brave EPA colleagues who took the courageous step to sign a public Declaration of Dissent to their administrator. They do this BECAUSE of their commitment to protecting the environment and American people. Tonight, the EPA illegally fired many of the public signers.
More bravery of our civil servants. @chuckborges5.bsky.social 💚✊💚 (Also - read the resignation letter. What the admin is doing with all our personal data is terrifying.)
For others, this is a sequel to whistleblower.org/wp-content/u...
@altssa.altgov.info @altdhs.altgov.info @altnps.bsky.social did you read SSA CDO Charles Borges’ resignation letter? It’s fire old.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
NEW figures show that 61,226 people are currently in ICE detention — the highest number ever in US history. According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
They do have a choice. They could resign like I did.
Kennedy is not a doctor. Kennedy is not a scientist. Kennedy is not a foremost expert on health. Kennedy has such questionable eating habits he has a dead worm in his brain and gave himself mercury poisoning. What does he know about health?
‼️ALERTA‼️ MPD y Agentes Federales parando vehiculos que van hacia el este en New York Ave NE cerca de Target (16th St NE) a partir de las 9pm 8/28
‼️ALERT‼️ MPD and Federal Agents stopping cars heading east on New York Ave NE near Target (16th St NE) as of 9pm 8/28
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge for a gag order against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and their subordinates. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
Lead us!
Adam Schiff voted for five of Trump's cabinet-level jobs: Sean Duffy Brooke Rollins Doug Collins Marco Rubio Lori Chavez-DeRemer ...and too many lower level nominees to count: John Caine (Joint Chiefs of Staff) Dale Marks (Asst Secretary of Defense) Luke Pettit (Asst Sec of the Treasury) etc, etc
"O’Neill, who served in the George W. Bush administration as a senior health official before becoming a close ally of investor Peter Thiel, was confirmed by the Senate in June to serve as HHS deputy secretary."
Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK
Trump's DOJ Can Now Make Any Lawyer an Immigration Judge migrantinsider.substack.com/p/any-lawyer...
Salute to all of the USPHS Officers I can see in their service khakis. Just like our military sisters and brothers, it is illegal to follow an illegal order, it's a really tough position to be in.
BREAKING: CDC STAFF STAGE MASSIVE WALKOUT AGAINST RFK. JR. AND TRUMP’S DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES.
Current and former DOJ lawyers say Leo Terrell, Trump’s pick to lead an antisemitism task force, has voiced open disdain for what he calls “lawyer talk,” berating staff who try to follow proper procedures for investigating civil rights complaints.
Apparently, if you have questions please call the local border patrol office. 360-565-7300. One of my followers called the fire camp and this is the number they referred them to. #MaliciousCompliance
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)
One of the firefighters arrested is an Oregonian. My office has been in touch with his lawyer who says he can't locate his client. My office is working to get more information on his whereabouts ASAP.
The most radically transparent administration ever?! Shedding light on corruption?! Yeah right 🙄 Susan Monzarez wanted materials for vaccine recommendation meetings posted on CDC webpages, TRANSPARENTLY, ahead of time HHS said no www.reuters.com/business/hea...
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
The term is, double-speak.
A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip. Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Hang onto this image of CDC's full list of underlying conditions tied to severe risk of COVID. If you're an adult aged 18-64, RFK Jr. is now making you show some proof of one of these underlying conditions in order to get a COVID vaccine.
this is a scene straight out of a war zone. the president has declared war on his own country.
2/For this reason, we reject notification Dr. Monarez has received as legally deficient and she remains as CDC Director. We have notified the White House Counsel of our position."
Today, Mandy Cohen said she is concerned about RFK being a leader of HHS. Google her & see if she was concerned in the last 5 years about disinformation RFK produced. Not a single statement. He participated at tons of antivax events, the House hearings, etc. Where was she?
Institutions & organizations were afraid to stand up for what was right because they cared about memberships, applicants, etc. They were afraid to be political because they wanted to ensure they survived under any administration. They wanted to survive, not to do what was right.
I wasted 5 years of my life trying to prevent this from happening. I blame medical establishment, organized medicine, & academic institutions that looked at us like we were crazy & never joined the fight. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
We are close to wiping out all professionalism from the agencies of the United States government.
I'm tired of this theater where Donald Trump asks Republicans to do something, they seem to push bank and then cave. The only two factions of the current GOP are proud MAGA and scared MAGA. Anyone who thinks Republicans are acting in good faith is delusional.
Denmark summoned the top U.S. diplomat over a report that Americans with ties to President Trump had carried out covert influence operations in Greenland. “We do not spy on friends,” said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
Sean Duffy rides Obama’s rail order and Biden’s funding, then brands it Trump’s “vision.” At Union Station, he sells NextGen Acela as a MAGA achievement, omitting the IIJA funding and earlier procurement.
Appears this was not an immigration enforcement operation but MPD is absolutely assisting with immigration enforcement in a way they never have before and it has predictably poisoned their relationship with the community. The fear and assumptions are rational and by design bsky.app/profile/krha...
Heroes in our public service are making sharp sacrifices to stand against extremist attacks on our institutions. What a contrast to what others are doing.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing” And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
Explaining this: As a presidential nominee who was confirmed by the Senate, Trump has to fire her, and her lawyers say that has not happened yet, so she is still in office.
Here are their statements: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Oh, in the Times story, here's some nuanced reporting on what has happened this week. We knew some of this already, but this clearly puts it together and adds some notes: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
Re-reading the report of the Social Security whistleblower, it is striking how many times good people within SSA tried to keep DOGE from committing crimes. Here's my understanding of the timeline 🧵
We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
“The attack on Dr. Monarez is a warning to every American: our evidence-based systems are being undermined from within.” -- Mark Zaid & Abbe Lowell, lawyers for ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez ....Well, hot damn.
“This is the work of a death cult.”
So much of their power flows from the way people quietly bow out of their way, forcing them to expend essentially no political capital to shred vital and popular institutions. And then, having done so, they look even stronger, and it’s even easier next time.
Monarez is playing her weak hand perfectly, and should be a model for institutional resistance for the next four years: 1. Make them fire you 2. Don’t go along to get along 3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role 4. Always escalate the conflict
one that annoys me is that what these people think is cutting edge new political thinking is just warmed over slaveholder ideology
Can anyone help me identify this shirt and shoes from my Halloween costume?
NBC reports — as of now — four senior CDC officials are out, in addition to the director. CDC director pushed out, flood of top resignations follow www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
🚨 The CDC as we know it is being severely altered tonight. In addition to the CDC director being ousted, the Post is reporting that several senior leaders are leaving as well. Here are from two of the resignations:
BREAKING: Judge Xinis issues order barring Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia “until further order of the Court.” The admin stated earlier that it would not deport him during this habeas consideration. Also per today’s order, the habeas hearing is set for Oct. 6.
😡 So CDC is important enough to national security that we’re banned from having union bargaining units. But not important enough to merit a mention by the president after we endure a domestic terrorist attack. Got it. #fireRFKJ #FDJT
"If you can humiliate the National Guard by making a couple thousand guardsmen stand around to assert power over the nation’s capital...what else can you get the guard to do if need be?" @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org on what the National Guard is up to in D.C.
Sounds like things are going great over at the CDC today
Update: At least three other high-ranking officials in CDC have also resigned. “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health,” one of the officials said in a note to staff.
Trump is an idiot child
This WaPo piece about the Airbnb/DOGE guy who is now the head of design in government ignores that: *DOGE fired the actual talented design people in government, including Social Security! *IRS had a beautifully designed tax filing system that DOGE killed *USDS already did online passport renewals
