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Sean Masterson

@seanmasterson.bsky.social

created August 12, 2023

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Profile picture Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted

Wow.

3/9/2025, 2:29:02 AM | 816 212 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted

Trump administration have just released the video of the strike on the Venezuelan vessel. It’s the size of a very small fishing boat, blasted to pieces by multi-million dollar US hardware. It doesn’t look strong. It’s embarrassing.

2/9/2025, 11:34:41 PM | 698 172 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Once upon a time, an attack of this nature would’ve guaranteed a congressional hearing. Wanna bet on what happens now?

3/9/2025, 1:09:41 AM | 682 181 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kerry Reid (she/her) (@kerryreid.bsky.social) reposted

A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.

Sign at rally with picture of Malort bottle reading Go Ahead...Chicago Drinks Tear Gas By The Ounce.
2/9/2025, 1:36:53 AM | 4724 1154 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Woke = Accepting Reality. Anti-Woke = Horseshit like this.

3/9/2025, 1:07:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

2/9/2025, 8:56:43 PM | 26953 7670 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted

🤡

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2/9/2025, 8:08:41 PM | 3093 1027 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

They seem to think they can kick out all the support beams holding up society and that afterwards they’ll be just fine. History has shown: that’s not how this works. 🤷‍♂️

2/9/2025, 8:41:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

💯💯💯🔥👇🔥

2/9/2025, 8:26:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Phew! That was close. Oh, well back to MSM’s favorite pastime: amplifying POTUS lies w/ zero pushback or curiosity for the truth. 🙄

2/9/2025, 7:29:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Never Again*

2/9/2025, 6:55:07 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

She was groomed by the Heritage Foundation RW Coup machine to remove Roe v. Wade and empower a chaos agent aligned w/ Russia & China.

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2/9/2025, 6:22:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

New York does not miss. The bleach did it for me. 😭

2/9/2025, 11:57:30 AM | 28495 7180 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Oh…great job MSM 🙄

2/9/2025, 4:52:14 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone who remanufactures these as programmable remotes (complete w/ buttons that do a loud click) could make a fortune. But they’d have to move quick, the potential customer base is dying out. 😉

2/9/2025, 4:44:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture captain bleach (@blainecapatch.bsky.social) reposted

(Fred Schneider voice) i wanna fuck you like an ANIMAL

1/9/2025, 4:29:29 PM | 677 123 | View on Bluesky | view

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

WATCH: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mizzwelch.bsky.social & Pumps on Cuomo defending Netanyahu’s war crimes at the ICC after resigning in disgrace — showing an “affection for authoritarian right-wing strongmen” Full @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social episode: youtu.be/PM88cTxx0hw?...

2/9/2025, 4:04:38 PM | 448 118 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Get it?

2/9/2025, 4:05:14 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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

The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.

2/9/2025, 5:45:31 AM | 10565 3038 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

Trump on the cover of French magazine Le Point. Translation: “Man from Moscow” Le Point is a major French weekly news magazine. It is considered a center-right / conservative-leaning publication.

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1/9/2025, 10:02:43 PM | 2496 996 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate Starbird (@katestarbird.bsky.social) reposted

An excellent essay on the rejection of experts, ignorance, RFK Jr., and "not-knowing, as a way of claiming the authority of ignorance." www.the-reframe.com/your-ignoran... Reminds me of this adage: "Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."

1/9/2025, 5:42:33 PM | 229 59 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org) reposted

#ChalkCrime #ChalkCrimeDC

1/9/2025, 8:10:14 PM | 374 57 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

🤔

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1/9/2025, 8:05:55 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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

I'm just gonna flip on some corporate media really quick... ABC: ads CNN: ads Back to CNN: Trump's Chicago "immigration enforcement" MSNBC: Protests in Chicago Back to ABC: A "federal judge getting in the way of Trump's immigration crackdown" Back to CNN: Weekend travel Nothing about Trump MIA

1/9/2025, 6:08:55 PM | 6078 1342 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Resist and restore democracy in 2026 (@defendamerica.bsky.social) reposted

@governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @govwesmoore.bsky.social you want to create waves?? You want to REALL FIGHT BACK? You want to SAVE AMERICA and DEMOCRACY? THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT!!

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1/9/2025, 6:15:43 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eli Friedmann (@eligit.bsky.social) reposted

Just the simple truth:

1/9/2025, 3:46:49 PM | 12 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

God, they just LOVE democracy. 🙄🤦🏼‍♂️😡

1/9/2025, 5:22:41 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

🤔 youtu.be/ePv-3nnuhU8

1/9/2025, 5:21:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

MAGA is unfit to govern. They are power hungry nincompoops who fail at safeguarding the public. They’re in politics for the shit posting and the grift.

1/9/2025, 5:20:06 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Get it?

1/9/2025, 5:14:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Get it?

31/8/2025, 9:59:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Can’t hide the smell.

31/8/2025, 7:12:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

🤦🏼‍♂️😔😡🔥👇🔥

31/8/2025, 7:07:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Horseshit. He denies any and all facts that don’t fit his RW blame-game narrative mission to link “trans” people to the majority of school shootings. Truthiness is not reality, no matter how badly he wants it to be. Most recent shooter came from a RW MAGA household. As does the majority of them.

31/8/2025, 6:46:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Coming soon: RFKjr’s CDC approved Heroin Diet!

31/8/2025, 6:39:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 5:40:32 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lupita Nihongo (@otsumamiboy.bsky.social) reposted

If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.

31/8/2025, 3:46:31 PM | 14450 2853 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Isacson (@adamisacson.com) reposted

We talk a lot about “organizational culture” at US border and migration agencies. Yes, it sounds like jargon. But look at this exchange between a CBP official and the husband of a permanent resident mother of 4. This is a rotten culture, reinforced by leadership. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...

When Rosa asked about his wife’s medical care, the agent cited HIPAA laws as a barrier to knowing her health issues. Taken aback, Rosa pointed out that doctors can share medical information with law enforcement when a patient is in custody, which is specifically outlined in HIPAA. “He said a very disgusting joke after that,” Rosa recalled. “He said, ‘We’ll notify next of kin if she dies.’ And at that moment, I knew that I was no longer dealing with humans.” “I knew I was dealing with someone that is sick in the head, and this was the person who made the decision to incarcerate her,” Rosa said.
30/8/2025, 5:13:53 PM | 216 79 | View on Bluesky | view

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

CNN vs Democracy Docket. Why does CNN simply repeat Trump's lies without noting he has ZERO authority to do this?👀 Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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31/8/2025, 4:34:20 PM | 1768 485 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Punish the Villains (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted

Not sure whose fault it is primarily that most people don't seem to know that the president is basically a manager whose job is to carry out the will of Congress, and not The Country's Boss

31/8/2025, 1:39:32 PM | 6343 1182 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture SandyLee🍁 (@leeram.bsky.social) reposted

Margaret Atwood knows.

29/8/2025, 7:10:55 PM | 496 189 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

First call she makes:

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30/8/2025, 7:26:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

He did.

30/8/2025, 6:59:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Agreed.

30/8/2025, 6:58:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

‼️‼️

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29/8/2025, 6:13:25 PM | 18579 4851 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Syphilis incarnate.

30/8/2025, 6:13:51 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Journeydude (@scottishinsider.org) reposted

🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

29/8/2025, 5:49:15 PM | 15112 3068 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

In Florida, the ThoughtPolice™ are on it! 🙄

30/8/2025, 6:08:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

What are the white troops doing. 🤔🤦🏼‍♂️🙄😡

30/8/2025, 5:41:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robin Marty (@robinmarty.com) reposted

Ouch…

Four panel cartoon. First panel has female presenting white person with long dark hair, glasses and a green shirt saying “today we are going to learn about insurance!” Second panel has woman talking to the edge of a brown desk, with bubble that reads “hey insurance, I am injured and I need some of that money I give you for in case I get injured.” Third panels is the woman sitting at a desk with a nameplate reading “insurance.” She wears a black top hat and a gold necklace with a dollar sign, and piles of bags with dollar signs on them are behind her. The bubble above her head says “no.” The fourth panel has the woman back to regular dress saying “and that is how insurance works!”
30/8/2025, 4:31:08 PM | 11461 2191 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

It. Was. A. Heist.

30/8/2025, 4:39:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Acosta (@jimacosta.bsky.social) reposted

Like a deadly virus, created in the lab of bad public policy at the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 has been let loose on our nation with impacts we are all just beginning to comprehend. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

29/8/2025, 11:08:29 PM | 6420 1908 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Stone Cold Jane Austen (@abbyhiggs.bsky.social) reposted

RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC

29/8/2025, 11:04:20 PM | 16179 2752 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Undo Damage (@humanecosystem.bsky.social) reposted

I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.

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29/8/2025, 8:05:49 PM | 11518 2687 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Agreed.

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30/8/2025, 12:27:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

“…once the Tesla Robot Women breeding app is enabled, then I can abandon my current vessel!”

30/8/2025, 12:26:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mindi (@flawdbizkit.bsky.social) reposted

yes, please🖤

this and not knowing what day it is. lady floating on her back on a lake with mountains and the sky in the background and absolutely no fucks were given
29/8/2025, 9:19:00 PM | 6988 649 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Dow Smith (@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social) reposted

I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.

29/8/2025, 11:50:21 AM | 10226 2452 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

None. Of. These. Goofs. Are. Serious. People. All. Are. Deeply. Compromised. Which. Makes. Them. Extremely. Dangerous. When. Given. Positions. Of. Power.

29/8/2025, 5:34:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Every. Hallmark. Film. Is. Baby. Boom. It. Is. The…

29/8/2025, 4:57:46 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

No prankster needed. He’d do it w/ full knowledge of who he was. Fellow traveller.

29/8/2025, 4:55:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted

What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”

29/8/2025, 12:43:11 PM | 5727 2871 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Grifters gonna grift. 🤷‍♂️

29/8/2025, 4:19:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Reminder: these creepy pedophiles have zero ability to actually govern.

29/8/2025, 3:16:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted

Vance measuring the curtains so publicly is kind of hilarious.

28/8/2025, 10:44:26 PM | 605 72 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Republicans have a history of outing our undercover CIA spies. Remember Valerie Plame? 🤔🤦🏼‍♂️😡

29/8/2025, 1:43:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture PoliticsGirl (@politicsgirl.bsky.social) reposted

They LIED to you… youtube.com/shorts/6d7QL...

28/8/2025, 11:59:19 PM | 483 179 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted

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.

28/8/2025, 8:59:43 PM | 22568 6720 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted

Two factor authorization successful! 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky

28/8/2025, 5:41:28 PM | 8781 839 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted

Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW

28/8/2025, 4:46:02 PM | 26202 8853 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) reposted

One upon a time, 20 years ago he told truth about himself.

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28/8/2025, 7:19:47 PM | 135 71 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted

If the Democratic Party intends to win this fight, it must stop functioning solely as a party & instead step into its moment in history: to lead a pro-democracy movement capable of confronting this authoritarian threat. https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stand-up-america-the-time-for-a-pro?r=2lckc

28/8/2025, 3:30:13 PM | 5927 2000 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted

“This is the work of a death cult.”

28/8/2025, 2:59:33 AM | 822 256 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

Seems like the kind of thing federal agents could handle if they weren’t busy tracking down America’s most wanted DoorDash delivery drivers in DC.

28/8/2025, 1:31:22 PM | 2427 755 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dennis Goris (@dennisgoris.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Fred Wellman (@fpwellman.bsky.social) reposted

She was a criminal and now they are giving her the honors of an American hero at the same time that the Republicans in the House refuse to hang a plaque honoring the hundreds of Capitol Police that defended them. Just disgusting. thehill.com/policy/defen...

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Profile picture Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted

It’s the damndest thing that this administration can just put the crazy on parade every day and that gets it treated like normal.

28/8/2025, 12:04:08 AM | 390 78 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

“Trust the plan”

28/8/2025, 2:03:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

Good. 🍊is harassing the Fed. These people know exactly what he’s trying to do, and it’s the opposite of making America “great”.

28/8/2025, 2:02:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Shimomura (@unwinnabledavid.bsky.social) reposted

As we keep seeing more and more stories about ChatGPT leading to deaths it's important to frame it as a faulty product born from hubris whose true costs are passed on to everyone but the people who made it.

27/8/2025, 2:06:56 PM | 1149 251 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

All of them thinking: “Still not safe. Just a couple more…” 🙄🤦🏼‍♂️🤷‍♂️

28/8/2025, 1:38:06 AM | 0 0 | 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 Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Nope. Also… I wouldn’t leave him alone with them for any length of time. 😬

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Profile picture Thomas A. Nguyen DO (@tom.medsky.social) reposted

In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.

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

Shuler: Thirteen billionaires in one picture—four of whom now run agencies of our federal government. If you’ve ever met someone who says the word “oligarchy” is too confusing or too complicated, well, you can explain it with that one photo.

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

AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”

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Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Ten Republicans could stop this, if they so wanted. They do not.

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Profile picture Fred Guttenberg (@fredguttenberg.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Jake_Vig (@jakevig.bsky.social) reposted

The fact that all major news sources in the United States have daily lead stories like "Experts weigh in on the most delicious ice cream" and not "Democracy is dead" is one of the greatest derelictions in duty in the history of the country.

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Profile picture Mark Thompson (@sonofathomp.bsky.social) reposted

Hold on. You’re telling me the five time draft dodger and President who skipped a war memorial service due to a light drizzle, has assigned National Guard to pick up trash in D.C. parks? No.

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Profile picture Greg Proops (@gregproops.bsky.social) reposted

Yes on Prop 50 California To Save Democracy #Yeson50

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Profile picture Shivam Bhatt (@shivambhatt.bsky.social) reposted

Its wild to say this in 2025, but the senate and scotus are full of royalists. Wild to realize that it took almost three hundred years for us to properly lose the revolutionary war.

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Profile picture illumi (@vinnievinson.bsky.social) reposted

The funniest thing about the online Cracker Barrel controversy is that the people who eat there don’t even know how to get onto the internet

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Profile picture Graendoll (@graendoll.bsky.social) reposted

People keep blaming the rise of fascism on the books women are reading but you know what I think the real cause is? Giving stupid people's opinions the same merit and consideration as the experts.

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Profile picture captain bleach (@blainecapatch.bsky.social) reposted

CELEBRITY SIGHTING! Art of Noise using the Coinstar at Albertsons

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Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

“I stop crime” 🤦🏼‍♂️😂😂😂😂 Dude, you ARE crime.

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Profile picture Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) reposted

Y’all are wild

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Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social) reply parent

Algorithm decides what we care about now. 😔

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Profile picture Sean Masterson (@seanmasterson.bsky.social)

💯 sure that if Russia tried to invade Alaska, our Petulant Child King would just give it to them.

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