Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies in the Spring - KFF Health News Amid concerns that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is undermining trust in vaccines and public health science, some states are seeking new sources of scientific consensus and...

Wary of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine activism, some states are making their own vaccine policy. Colorado changed a law to let the state set its own recommendations. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Influenza can cause or trigger a brain condition called ANE. Beckett experienced it last flu season.

With vaccines, we hope he doesn't have to again.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Statement on Federal Employees Back Pay

“Federal employees are guaranteed back pay at the end of any shutdown by law without question or exception. This is clearly...stated in the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, which Congress passed nearly unanimously in 2019." - @RepDonBeyer (D-VA08) bluevirginia.us/2025/10/virg...

That is fucking going to happen!

Check the timestamps. On CNN’s website, the uploaded interview starts at 2:52. On their YouTube page, the upload starts at 2:47. The “plenary authority” comment by Miller was at 2:41, as shown in my side-by-side video post. CNN should be reporting on what Miller said. It’s news!

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My quote of the day

If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started.

John McCain

a husky puppy is hanging over a fence . ALT: a husky puppy is hanging over a fence .

Hang in there everyone!

This was SUCH a great campaign from the CDC. It’s the Wild to mild vaccine. This poster shows a tiger and a cute little cat. The wording says “A flu vaccine can take flu from Wild to mild” More info here about this fabulous campaign: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/whats-new/2023-2024-new-campaign-wild-to-mild.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fflu-resources%2Fphp%2Fshareable-resources%2Findex.html

It’s flu season! Get your shot today 💉

🔗 getmyflushot.org

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(Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)

Happy Birthday!

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@fedworkersunited.bsky.social is hosting a whistleblower rights session on Thursday, 10/9 at 8 ET:

She’s an embarrassment and should be embarrassed.

Yes, but they are not working because of them. They shutdown the government.

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The YLE Team 💖

Federal employees crowdsource resources to support each other during shutdown Several nonprofits and state and local governments are offering assistance to civil servants due to the lapse in federal funding.

Proud to be a part of 27UNIHTED. Proud of everyone involved in this effort. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

#LongCovid

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My quote of the day

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

282 Ex DOJ officials open letter: “We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it”

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I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

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and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

One thing I dont miss about the early 2010's was all that "*clap* *clap* HEY!" music and that damn xylophone/ukulele music every single damn tech start up used for their promo videos X_X

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

I have always told my mentees that the most important decision they can make in their lives is the partner they choose. And it always felt much more existential for the females. Just a fact!

Every air traffic controller should walk off the job, especially now with threat of no back pay. Consider these mental health days.

The Fear Factor The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.

6 out of 6 Surgeons General confirm that RFKJ is bad for America’s health.

Seriously, though, what’s it gonna take to get him fired? So many organizations and individuals have called for his resignation.

Maybe we need to donate a gold-plated bust of Mussolini for the new White House ballroom?

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

White House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law — NPR A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

Laws? We don’t follow no stinkin’ laws.

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