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Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril

NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.

That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I'm at the airport feeling sympathy for all these people who have to work but aren't getting paid, while our politicians are building ballrooms, going to fancy restaurants, hosting parties and not giving a fu*k about the average citizen.

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

So many

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

Today I simply cannot

The Future of Music Therapy in Florida Florida music therapists face major Medicaid changes after MTM’s contract ends—delays, rate cuts, and a system-wide restructuring.

There is a very real (and difficult) funding issue happening in Florida right now impacting music therapists and the clients (mostly children) we serve.

This post by Stephen Choate that clearly outlines the issue: musicmed.org/blog/the-fut...

Y’all…policy matters!

#musictherapy

Plenty of money for private jets. No money for your health care.

Music Therapists have known this for decades, but my bigger concern is the potential to cause harm to patients if those providing the music are not trained to recognize or plan for it

U.S. marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in Los Angeles, officials say

Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.

One more symptom of the assault on higher ed is that the more prestigious research institution in the dominant producer of science in the world is slashing investments in the people who generate new knowledge.

as is mine

On #NoKings Day I present the Dept of Education spending for fiscal year 2025--a more than $230 *BILLION* dollar cut in spending totally unauthorized by Congress in just eight months

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.

When a picture says a thousand words… Photo of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson biting his lip #TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

When a picture says a thousand words…

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

Hugs

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"It allowed illegal immigrants to be deported to countries where they have never been and may be tortured or executed"

The horror and intentional cruelties of the Roberts Court can not be exaggerated....the Roberts court has brought fascim to America..

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize This is a breaking news story.

This is a breaking news story.

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

Thou shalt not shoot pastors in the head with smoke bombs. I shouldn’t have to say this.

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

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I would argue they do. This way they don't have to say them out loud.

Tell me why I now want to have a Teams chat and have the app on all the times now.

This strikes me as pretty bad

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.