In Vindiciam Libertatis

Listening to ACIP meeting which is a catastrophe, as predicted. I’d like emphasize in all this that the CDC subject matter experts and leads have been tremendous and continue to represent good science on our behalf. I am very grateful for their dedication, despite internal and external pressure.

Straight up quackery being served up at ACIP.

The real “post vaccine syndrome” is increased antibody protections against covid!

It's "Working Group", not that it lends any added credibility to the wild claims he's now making...

Sandra Fryhofer - liaison to a little organization known as the American Medical Association.

Amazing that they'd cut her off like that. But maybe not, given the level of "experts" we're working with here

She is the AMA liaison.

And they cut her off.

I thought the new ACIP was all about debate? But won't even listen to the AMA for 30 seconds...

AMA representative is tearing the current ACIP a new one, suggesting they are biased and cherry-picking data.

One of the new ACIP goons is advocating for randomized, placebo controlled trials of the MMR vaccine. This would be like now randomizing seat belts for kids or car seats for infants.

It’s so laughable that people this stupid are in charge of our health.

JFC! The RFK Jr ACIP members did not understand what Vaccines for Children, the biggest provider of childrens vaccines, even is. They were clearly confused on what they were voting for. They ended up with DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PAYOR! That is outrageous.

One *almost* gets the sense that this new "expert" committee, isn't.../s

One did - Cody Meissner. God bless the poor Dr for trying to bring some sanity to these utterly unreal proceedings all day.

Sloppy, unprepared, and incompetent. They don’t even understand VFC or CHIP or know what their votes mean. Complete amateur hour. God bless the CDC scientists who have to endure this
#ACIP

Dan Bongino has a nice cry on Fox & Friends: "I gave up everything for this. I mean, my wife is struggling... I stare at these 4 walls all day in DC, you know, by myself, divorced from my wife. Not divorced, but I mean, separated. And it's hard."

(Note that Brian Kilmeade has to encourage him lol)

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We all know their names, though. Can someone let the civil servants know?

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It's also going to make it a hell of a lot easier for them to identify potential leakers/resistance/troublemakers...

This - I know people who are on the ASD spectrum. You know what none of them has ever done??
Give two Nazi salutes within 10 seconds while on live TV, that's what. Even if Musk is neurodivergent, it's no excuse.

Boy, it's a good thing no-one has codified that POTUS has absolute immunity against breaking laws in the course of his duties then...

Oh.

Exactly, and now USAID *de facto* no longer exists as an agency, and Musk has the ability to stop any funding he wishes directly via the Treasury.
All probably illegal, but that's irrelevant because POTUS has absolute immunity thanks to SCOTUS.

Well, I guarantee you that every Fed is watching the USAID situation closely to see what support those civil servants receive in the face of Musk and Trump illegally shuttering their agency, before deciding if personal sacrifice is worth it. So far, the country is more interested in Beyonce.

Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.

For what? Every career Fed who has told these people "No" has been fired within hours, and Musk's cronies have not been stopped from accessing anything by it.
Until there's some kind of organized opposition to what's going on, you can't ask other people to sacrifice their livelihoods/freedom.

It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.

Here’s a recap of what’s happening:

Do you have any idea how often I hear “you don’t work, you work for the government” and politely chuckle.

You can’t hurt us! We’re the Buffalo sports fans of adults. We no longer feel pain or humiliation.