Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat

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Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.

"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."

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Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.

Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.

Fabulous!!

OMG

This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.

Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t. An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.

I spoke with the Washington Post about why the Trump administration is so focused on US history: because authoritarian regimes rewrite history to legitimize their projects and normalize their chaotic, violent governance. Gift link: wapo.st/4cdjRFQ

Oh dear. I wasn’t kidding about the sorrows of poor Elise.

Are we great again yet?

Judge Boasberg gets a new case.

If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.

This.

OMG

It’s not going to be a fun week.

One of the question that keeps me up at night these days is whether the courts are up to the job ahead of them.

Tragic. Care for our veterans should be a top priority.

DOGE workers quit, refuse to "dismantle public services" on Musk's orders "We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE's actions," they wrote in a letter.

More than 20 Department of Government Efficiency employees resigned, saying that DOGE's actions are incompatible with their mission as civil servants.

Awful!

VA fires 1,400 more staffers in second round of workforce reductions About 2,500 VA workers have been forced out of their jobs in the last few weeks.

1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:

"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."

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This was the most disgusting firing spree yet! They’ve all been disgusting, but this anti-constitutional act was actually beyond disgusting!

Shame on every single person who voted “yes” to his appointment.

The single MOST thorough précis of the week thus far. (It’s only Thursday!)

February 19, 2025 The past week has solidified a sea change in American—and global—history.

February 19, 2025

After talks with Russia, Trump criticizes Zelensky Trump's comments about Ukraine's domestic politics will likely put more pressure on Zelensky ahead of possible negotiations to end the war.

BREAKING: Trump made a series of stunning criticisms of Zelensky, after U.S. officials met for talks with Russia, from which Ukraine was excluded.

Jack Smith among 900 former prosecutors alarmed by Trump's DOJ They said they've "watched with alarm" as DOJ leadership has tested values they swore to uphold.

In an open letter organized by Justice Connection, some 900 former prosecutors emphasized that the oath they swore "was to the Constitution—not to the President, Attorney General, or any other individual."

Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.

"DOGE wanted access to SSA’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at Labor and Treasury — and the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, and she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works.

“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."

It’s remarkable how quickly the Trump team has sabotaged all the things that actually made the U.S. influential on the global stage.

Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …

The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

DISGUSTING