Profile banner
Profile picture

Amanda Sankey

@wannapeanut.bsky.social

Yep. (she/her) Mom. Wife. Household animal wrangler. Democrat. Sometimes Actor. Always hater of Nazis. Signal: wannapeanut.17

created August 11, 2023

1,827 followers 1,545 following 644 posts

view profile on Bluesky

Posts

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

go go gadget Kennedy Curse

4/9/2025, 2:54:56 PM | 135 18 | View on Bluesky | view

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

If we survive this fascist treason, we’re going to need serious Nuremberg-like trials. No half-assed Merrick Garland shit. Prominent people need to be clapped in irons.

4/9/2025, 2:44:04 AM | 2000 474 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KittyAKAJody (@kittywestmeow.bsky.social) reposted

#SoCal this looks fun! 9/27 👇🏼👇🏼

image
3/9/2025, 10:45:43 PM | 102 55 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Just listened to an interview with The New York Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg. Someone who attended prep school with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recalled watching him place metal cutlery under the dining hall table and holding a lighter to them. This was so the boy clearing the table would burn his hands.

3/9/2025, 10:47:37 PM | 3986 1551 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Soraya Nadia McDonald (@sorayanadiamcdonald.com) reposted

surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity

4/9/2025, 4:24:19 AM | 7827 1721 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I know no democrat is perfect but I would like any of them, ever, to explain why they voted for ANY Trump nominee.

4/9/2025, 4:35:24 AM | 82 11 | View on Bluesky | view

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

🚨This U.S. combat vet was arrested for conspiracy to impede or injure officers after joining a demonstration against ICE — The demonstration was A MONTH AGO!!! 1/2

3/9/2025, 9:14:29 PM | 1440 821 | View on Bluesky | view

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

As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.

3/9/2025, 6:45:11 PM | 31798 7555 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.

California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility
3/9/2025, 6:18:55 PM | 3878 1113 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth. It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.

3/9/2025, 5:45:07 PM | 9652 2602 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo (@digitalwarrior.bsky.social) reposted

Here’s a bit of good news you may not have been aware of. Yet another Trump attorney disbarred for their unethical and illegal actions. Cheers. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

image
3/9/2025, 4:44:47 PM | 217 106 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) reposted

the two americas

BREAKING Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates The state would be the first to scrap requirements that children be vaccinated to attend school, among other rules. 2 min read Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3/9/2025, 5:11:50 PM | 5262 1289 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted

And now I just learned our president ordered the murder of 11 people. Every day a new low.

3/9/2025, 2:00:49 AM | 4801 832 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted

I’m old enough to remember when we had 47,000 congressional hearings over Hunter Biden allegedly making money off his father’s name. Meanwhile, Trump’s corruption, in the billions, gets openly celebrated.

image
2/9/2025, 11:42:15 PM | 2103 864 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted

also they never fuckin shut up about it of course people do not want to hang out with them

2/9/2025, 11:34:42 PM | 887 106 | View on Bluesky | view

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

image
2/9/2025, 11:10:24 PM | 1975 409 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted

It’s corruption, plain and simple.

image
2/9/2025, 10:00:20 PM | 6742 2307 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted

Another protest in Washington, D.C.!!! Women dressed in red lined the street for almost a block!! What a strong statement by women who took time off to protest on a Tuesday!! Thank you so much!! 💗

2/9/2025, 7:07:28 PM | 888 336 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted

In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago. These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer. This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.

Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.
2/9/2025, 9:12:00 PM | 6801 1802 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

2/9/2025, 8:20:30 PM | 30788 8020 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.

2/9/2025, 8:30:17 PM | 12205 3849 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CAP Action (@americanprogressaction.org) reposted

Who is THIS keeping safe?

2/9/2025, 4:30:32 PM | 27 20 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Blue Jazz (@jazzisblue.bsky.social) reposted

Every time someone tries to tell me how Harris wasn't perfect enough, I consider things like this. I don't trust people that don't have sense enough to know what the right decision was.

2/9/2025, 1:54:23 PM | 170 50 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted

I just received notice there’s going to be a military flyover of DC tomorrow at 11am, just in time to distract from the 10:30 press announcement about the Epstein victims. Surely the timing is coincidental.

Flyover announcement
2/9/2025, 4:09:40 PM | 1114 442 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DrakenKnight (@drakenknight.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

They called it "Operation Silent Harvest" The regime knows what they're doing is illegal and just flaunting it at this point www.reddit.com/r/law/s/iXvx...

2/9/2025, 4:21:58 PM | 26 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted

This was $12 at the beginning of the year

image
2/9/2025, 11:32:22 AM | 1101 451 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julianne Wingate (@julieannewingate.bsky.social) reposted

This is just OBSCENE...................

image
28/8/2025, 11:06:50 PM | 458 238 | 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 | 29848 7491 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nicole Chung (@nicolechung.bsky.social) reposted

the only Trump announcement I care about is one he won't be able to give 🤷🏻‍♀️

2/9/2025, 2:01:16 PM | 712 70 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amanda Sankey (@wannapeanut.bsky.social) reply parent

Loved it!

2/9/2025, 4:55:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.

1/9/2025, 2:57:40 PM | 22139 7826 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted

A screenshot of a post on X. It's a double quote tweet. The original post is a photo of bacon in a frying pan and the caption says,
1/9/2025, 11:16:00 PM | 42915 5040 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TommyBoy (@tampatom69.bsky.social) reposted

Recognize this for what it was: A Russian attempt to assassinate the President of the EU! Putin is a mass murdering war criminal and the head of a terrorist state.

image
1/9/2025, 10:18:09 PM | 75 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started (@gothamgirlblue.com) reposted

Every Labor Day I remember that the holiday was moved from May 1 to September not only for the Haymarket attacks but to break up the possibility between the US and the international labor movement (which celebrates in May). And it worked!

1/9/2025, 3:36:58 PM | 798 356 | View on Bluesky | view

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

🚨 “The people united will never be divided!” Happening in OUR nation’s capital today. 1/2

31/8/2025, 7:52:23 PM | 8065 3424 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted

NEW: Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will hand out $67 BILLION to companies next year to "incentivize" research these companies did YEARS ago. That means next year, the federal government will spend five times more on these handouts than what it spends annually on child care.

image
31/8/2025, 10:45:54 PM | 1058 371 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wil Wheaton (@wilwheaton.net) reposted reply parent

Talk to anyone who lives on Los Angeles, and find out for yourself, from firsthand sources, that this is not even a little bit true. Los Angeles is awesome and vibrant and wonderfully diverse. We look after our neighbors. We are a proud city of immigrants. Noem is a Nazi and a liar.

31/8/2025, 4:29:19 PM | 227 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jen Grünwald (@jengrunwald.bsky.social) reposted

This whole thing is great but the highlighted bit made me laugh out loud. 😂 Marlon on Snoop:

image
31/8/2025, 3:47:34 AM | 15858 4485 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted

Little kids with brain cancer. That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.

image
30/8/2025, 11:21:32 PM | 3234 1197 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted

If you don’t believe that Trump’s authoritarianism can be defeated, look at how scared MAGA is of chalk:

30/8/2025, 9:53:17 PM | 2550 734 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alan Baxter (@alanbaxter.bsky.social) reposted

This isn't doomscrolling, it's schadenfeed.

30/8/2025, 8:20:22 AM | 851 122 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted

Frustrated about the difficulty in getting a COVID19 shot and wondering who to blame? It’s not healthcare workers, pharmacies, public health or Big Pharma. It is Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. and every Republican Senator who voted to confirm him, especially Bill Cassidy.

30/8/2025, 3:05:26 PM | 1050 308 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Yikes, JD Vance better hope JD Vance doesn’t hear about this!

30/8/2025, 6:41:43 PM | 2094 747 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Demetre Daskalakis (@drdemetre.bsky.social) reposted

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

28/8/2025, 3:38:47 AM | 5323 2449 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) reposted

Dr. Dmitri Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC says that RFKJr said he believes that Avian flu should be allowed to "burn through" the chickens and then children and others, so we can propagate a "stronger species". RFKJr believes in eugenics. RFKJr needs to resign or be fired.

29/8/2025, 2:14:17 AM | 3737 1432 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Duncan Jones (@manmademoon.bsky.social) reposted

Fuuuuck. Hard truths here.

30/8/2025, 7:50:01 PM | 100 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amanda Sankey (@wannapeanut.bsky.social) reply parent

So very sorry. Dogs are the best and we don’t deserve them.

30/8/2025, 8:54:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted

Just had a great time protesting in Aliso Viejo at the weekly Indivisible event. Tomorrow I’ll be at the Huntington Beach city hall protest from 1-2:30. Make sure you stay hydrated out there this weekend, it’s hot as balls!

30/8/2025, 7:50:36 PM | 558 28 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Catbus (@hayao.lol) reposted

Remembering a mistake I made fifteen years ago

25/8/2025, 1:46:19 AM | 780 138 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat (@lorenzothecat.bsky.social) reposted

Our country is being destroyed. But hey, look at these eight Maine Coon kittens.

image
30/8/2025, 6:12:10 PM | 14171 1175 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Michael Stipe (@michaelstipe.bsky.social) reposted

I can

I can
30/8/2025, 5:14:21 PM | 15673 3777 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amanda Sankey (@wannapeanut.bsky.social) reply parent

Cowards.

30/8/2025, 4:52:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. William Horne (@wihorne.bsky.social) reposted

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we don’t need to fight fairly against fascism. We just need to fight.

29/8/2025, 10:12:21 PM | 1674 410 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

image
30/8/2025, 1:03:47 PM | 37209 11682 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted

I think there’s only one sentence u need to understand Stephen miller, excesses and all, and that is: He is a Jew whose preferred immigration policy is an American law from the 1920s that famously made the holocaust deadlier and more dangerous for Jews

30/8/2025, 3:17:46 PM | 856 164 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jerry Chen (@jcsalterego.bsky.social) reposted

long weekend at bernie's

30/8/2025, 4:04:51 AM | 5504 513 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture @janettes-999.bsky.social (@janettes-999.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I reiterate that immigrants should NOT go to immigration court. They can comply by setting up a Zoom meeting. Call 888-462-5211 for help completing and submitting a Motion to Change Hearing Format form. Please pass on this information!

29/8/2025, 7:24:02 PM | 457 303 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amanda Sankey (@wannapeanut.bsky.social) reply parent

I haven’t drank in a few years, might have to make an exception

30/8/2025, 4:15:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

29/8/2025, 11:51:24 PM | 674 56 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

The damage this man has done is incalculable.

image
29/8/2025, 9:06:24 PM | 26944 7816 | View on Bluesky | view

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

‼️‼️

image
29/8/2025, 6:13:25 PM | 18588 4853 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription. CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and MN.

29/8/2025, 5:57:53 PM | 1674 1158 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jerad Walker (@jeradwalker.bsky.social) reposted

Happy Skynet day to all who celebrate!

A scene from terminator 2: Arnold: It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29.
29/8/2025, 5:39:53 PM | 620 175 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted

No notes

image
29/8/2025, 2:14:40 PM | 14613 4147 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted

This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...

29/8/2025, 5:05:57 PM | 9030 2758 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Zach Rabiroff (@zachrabiroff.com) reposted

For 12 months, America had a limited proof of concept for universal healthcare, and it was so uniformly successful we had no choice but to obliterate our society

29/8/2025, 2:22:37 AM | 6768 2047 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture the Mountain Goats (@themountaingoats.bsky.social) reposted

they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.

29/8/2025, 2:07:00 AM | 3337 1064 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Rothschild (@davmicrot.bsky.social) reposted

RFKjr is monster who is going to kill millions of people. Any attempt to justify or normalize any aspect of his war against US, justifies & normalizes his overarching goal of killing millions of people. He needs to be opposed completely.

28/8/2025, 10:28:04 PM | 482 125 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Lynch's Worlds (@davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social) reposted

image
28/8/2025, 2:31:29 AM | 26 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kepano Kolohe (@alala55.bsky.social) reposted

image
28/8/2025, 2:19:52 PM | 5567 1815 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CHOAM Nomsky (@samthielman.com) reposted

My brother sent me this

image
28/8/2025, 7:38:00 PM | 2142 356 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted

Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3

28/8/2025, 4:19:25 PM | 11202 3269 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey JUST CALLED FOR a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons. Who’s with him?

28/8/2025, 7:45:52 PM | 15649 4010 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Patrick Vallely (@pjvphotography.bsky.social) reposted

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

A pika sits on a mossy rock. Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head. An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye. An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.
28/8/2025, 4:18:28 PM | 41829 10371 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Katelyn Jetelina (@kkjetelina.bsky.social) reposted

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo

image
28/8/2025, 6:59:50 PM | 13467 3408 | View on Bluesky | view

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

Just in case you forgot…

image
28/8/2025, 5:29:48 PM | 10172 5059 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."

28/8/2025, 3:13:40 PM | 15314 4115 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amanda Sankey (@wannapeanut.bsky.social)

There are no fucking guardrails

28/8/2025, 9:51:40 PM | 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.
28/8/2025, 1:01:28 AM | 6711 2430 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted

Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who chose to break into an unauthorized area during an insurrection against the repeated warnings of law enforcement. She ignored those warnings and got killed through no one's fault but her own. She was a traitor. She doesn't deserve full military honors.

28/8/2025, 12:46:14 PM | 11643 2633 | View on Bluesky | view

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

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.

28/8/2025, 2:33:05 PM | 17413 6798 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture April Sharp, MD (@ansharp.bsky.social) reposted

Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country

28/8/2025, 11:17:20 AM | 14245 1921 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted

Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.

28/8/2025, 12:02:27 PM | 30961 7184 | View on Bluesky | view

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

A Border Collie and Aussie both letting each other know they Are not a threat... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky

28/8/2025, 9:28:42 AM | 9072 1055 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome.bsky.social) reposted

"Donald Trump’s tariffs proved to be the final nail." 😢 www.wethefifth.com/p/mailbucket...

image image
27/8/2025, 7:33:59 PM | 101 39 | View on Bluesky | view

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

image
27/8/2025, 6:03:50 PM | 2844 833 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Craig Harrington (@craigipedia.bsky.social) reposted

Imagine living in a proper country.

27/8/2025, 7:42:41 PM | 73 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture SiriusXM Progress (@siriusxmprog.bsky.social) reposted

"That's exactly what that asshole did." @repbonnie.bsky.social tells @deanobeidallah.bsky.social that what Trump us accusing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook of is exactly what he's done in the past.

27/8/2025, 7:47:50 PM | 64 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@ocasio-cortez.house.gov) reposted

School just started, and we are already mourning two children killed and dozens more injured as they prayed during mass. It doesn’t have to be this way. Congress must act to keep our kids safe.

27/8/2025, 7:51:31 PM | 11591 2232 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted

this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following

A parent runs toward the school after the shooting Wednesday at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
27/8/2025, 6:38:45 PM | 4336 1252 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bren (@kindofnerdy.bsky.social) reposted

The Trump admin would rather blow money gilding the Oval Office & hosting trashy events than preventing 🇺🇸's children from drowning. Drowning is, "the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 and is one of the top causes of death among children ages 5 to 14." www.npr.org/sections/sho...

27/8/2025, 7:42:53 PM | 226 189 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted

Lifelong Republican, and legislative staffer, Ryan Davenport, speaks out against Trump’s Texas redistricting scheme. ‘We can’t vote for Republicans anymore because you abuse every ounce of power you are given and the only option we have left is to join the Democrats….’ Boom 💥

27/8/2025, 6:46:13 PM | 1520 811 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) reposted

This is Jetty. He never wants to hear you complain about his barking again. 13/10 (IG: ullalynn3)

a golden retriever sits on a living room floor looking over his shoulder. he looks extremely nonplussed. on the gray sofa in front of him, two kids are perched practicing trombone. the dog is going to work on his poker face before their first recital.
26/8/2025, 6:59:59 PM | 9066 1041 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rep. Jamie Raskin (@raskin.house.gov) reposted

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A MASTERMIND OF TRADE. WE ARE NOW PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE FOR OUR BASIC NEEDS. YOU BROKE YOUR PROMISE TO LOWER PRICES ON DAY ONE BUT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PROMISE TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILE, SIR!!

image
27/8/2025, 1:28:49 PM | 3784 1479 | View on Bluesky | view

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.

27/8/2025, 2:34:29 PM | 8332 2413 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bloody Disgusting (@bloody-disgusting.com) reposted

We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most. Learn more:

27/8/2025, 4:14:29 PM | 7458 2609 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Larry Tenney (@larrytenney.bsky.social) reposted

Yes Chef!

image
26/8/2025, 9:57:51 PM | 1427 544 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com) reposted

Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.

27/8/2025, 1:02:55 AM | 5216 1655 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

There are lots of rumors flying around about what might happen to COVID vaccine access, but please note we still do not have any official news yet. While we wait, there are things you can do: 1️⃣ Wear a mask to prevent COVID transmission 2️⃣ Push your elected officials to speak up about vaccine access

26/8/2025, 6:38:11 PM | 1465 482 | View on Bluesky | view