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Seems like this should’ve been a bigger deal. 🤷🏼‍♂️ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Musk staffers are in the process of seizing control of the Peace Corps’ headquarters.

This week trump canceled billions of dollars of COVID-19 funds sent via CDC to health departments, stating, “the COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic…” Funds were not being wasted. That is a lie.

#factcheckfriday

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

"Maybe they'll rename it after him, and we can finally be free" -- Dunning and Kruger

A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price. The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.

NEW: The move to funnel $15 million for sexual assault survivors through a GOP-controlled commission is part of a pattern by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature and judiciary to deprive elected Democrats of resources and powers.

By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...

The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.

By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social

Boy do I hate when I randomly wake up at 1-2am and cannot get back to sleep…. Ugh.

2025 is such a dumpster fire…. Got back from my one week of respite on JoCo Cruise to: the need to find the next steps of care for my Mom, news that one friend passed away unexpectedly 4 days shy of finishing initial cancer treatment, and another has cancer removal surgery in a few days. Enough!

Block lists are your friend.

This one’s for my JoCo folks :-)

*hugs*