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Tonight one of the CDC’s top public health leaders, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, has resigned from his post.

Below is his full resignation letter.

You should read every word.

This is a truly scary moment for public health in America.
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Epstein's sweetheart deal? Cut by a Republican administration.

The guy who cut it? Trump put him in his first Cabinet.

Epstein's mysterious death? During Trump's first term.

Trump promised to release the files. Now he's not.

This is a Republican scandal. What is Trump hiding?

Robert Prevost @drprevost JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others ncronline.org/node/292716 via @NCRonline

From the account of the new Pope.

This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

Sign reading "so tired of living in an Onion article"

An important message.

Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do. As the president’s “Liberation Day” nears, it’s time to liberate ourselves from the vicious cycle of Democrats having to clean up the GOP’s messes.

Here's one statistic for you:

→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.

That is not a typo.

ICYMI, new piece/thread from me:

Bill Kristol is doing it. You can do it too. You can stop writing false equivalence op-eds and donating to Third Way.

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

“I couldn’t care less” makes Page One in Kansas City

@kansascity.com $GM $F

a group of south park characters are standing in front of a sign that reads south park ALT: a group of south park characters are standing in front of a sign that reads south park

So fucking bizarre

I think it’s fair to assert that no Congress before the Trump era would have failed to investigate such cartoonish corruption.

This is the most unhinged government email I have seen since January 20 — and, likely, ever (and I reviewed all of the Clinton White House's DOMA records).

Remember the Greatest Generation? Today’s GOP Is the Worst Generation Republican pols, I listened to you prattle on for years about fascism and freedom. You were lying the whole time.

"Cowardice is contagious, just as is courage." —Stuart Stevens

This has distinct echoes of media coverage of Bush in 2002-2003, when lots of journos conspired to pretend that the stuff Bush was saying was based in real things, even though any 5 year old could see that there wasn't a shred of legitimacy to any of it

major North Korean vibes from Kudlow's show today (check out the bug in the bottom corner)

“Change your entire business model in a month to appease my insane plans. You’re welcome!”

In the last two weeks:

1. biggest drop in retail sales in nearly two years
2. biggest drop in personal spending since Feb 2021
3. jobless claims, biggest gain in five months
4. ISM Mfg prices paid, highest since June 2022

Moscow’s vision, which has focused on a push to reclaim influence over much or all of the former Soviet Union and defeat liberal democracy, has made Russia a pariah to the West.

Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s instructions were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president in the Oval Office.

Slowly, then all at once.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has paused cyber offensive against Russia The change comes amid President Trump's efforts to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Something odd here.

CBS News confirms other media reports: "Hegseth has issued a directive to U.S. Cyber Command to pause planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions."

The CBS News then notes that National Security Advisor Michael Waltz said he's unaware of the directive.

I’ve been suggesting on TV and podcasts—without actual evidence(!)—that it may turn out that DOJ will wind up not having enough lawyers to defend all the lawsuits challenging this administration’s illegal conduct.

Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉

Marco Rubio just sat there like a useless sack of shit. What a global embarrassment.

Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.

The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.

It's a coup.

The start of week three:

I've been cross stitching "I told you I wasn't hysterical" throw pillows for days now, yes

Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.

Trump decried the fact that FAA hired controllers with a range of disabilities that he listed at the news conference.

That program was launched during his first term.