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Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out thousands of layoffs during shutdown • Georgia Recorder This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with the thousands of layoffs it initia...

“…ready, fire, aim,” Illston said.

Opinion | Kennedy’s Guide to Confusing and Scaring New Parents

Kennedy’s Guide to Confusing and Scaring New Parents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

CDC Firings Are ‘Intentional Attack on the American People,’ Ex-Employees Say A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs

Former agency employees doubted the administration’s claim that some dismissals were caused by coding errors. “It really speaks to their incompetence,”

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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Breaking News: RIFs in reverse. Some CDC workers have been brought back, in latest whiplash. This is breaking news.

This is the most chaotic, cruel, and incompetent administration ever.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

RFK Jr. 'Endangering the Health of the Nation,' Former Surgeons General Say They criticize his actions harshly but do not explicitly call for his resignation

Former Surgeons General Say

"Science and expertise have taken a back seat to ideology and misinformation. Morale has plummeted in our health agencies, and talent is fleeing at a time when we face rising threats -- from resurgent infectious diseases to worsening chronic illnesses."

The greedy grifters are destroying the U.S.

The U.S. is a mafia state.

The Big Hurry: Why So Anxious For Dictatorship Right Now? Behind the rush job to collapse the rule of law.

MAGA is destroying the U.S.A. From within.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

The hypocrisy is unbelievable.
#MAGAweaponizingGov

Public Health Infrastructure in Crisis: HHS Workforce Cuts, Reorganizations, and Funding Reductions: Impacts and Solutions - TFAH

“The consequential changes occurring in federal public health agencies impact every community and the lives of every American. State and local health departments, which are on the frontlines of protecting the health of their residents rely on the federal government, particularly CDC, …”

The Autism Community’s Civil War Junk science and political circus acts divide families while Medicaid and real supports get gutted behind the scenes.

“And while the community divides, the real destruction happens off stage. Medicaid is gutted. Human services are starved.”

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

“Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says”

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Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause.

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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump about autism, Tylenol and pregnancy President Donald Trump has announced his administration is recommending women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless necessary.

Vaccines save lives.
Lies cost lives.

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

Autism report prep, Covid peaking, bad ACIP headlines, falls and loneliness climbing, and more The Dose (September 22)

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The Top 5 Ways Project 2025 Would Hurt Disabled People Project 2025 would directly harm disabled people by removing basic civil rights protections and making it harder for these individuals to access necessary resources and services.

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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Disney’s Message To Employees: Shut Your Trap

#CancelCountry

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Measles and Hep B vaccine changes: What it means for you Today's ACIP meeting

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“I could have kept the office, the title, but I would have lost the one thing that can’t be replaced - my integrity.” Dr. Susan Monarez to Senate HELP Committee.