RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo RFK Jr. fired infectious disease specialist Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who told CBS News she was put on leave after questioning actions taken by Trump appointees.

The intellectual purge continues.

Last month Marrazzo said she had been silenced when she and her colleagues pushed back against NIH officials who questioned the importance of childhood flu vaccines and canceled long-running clinical trials.

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The Republican shutdown means clinical trials will stop enrolling new patients for life-saving treatment.

But, hey, at least construction on Donald Trump's golden ballroom for his billionaire buddies will continue.

Lutnick on being invited over to his then-neighbor Jeffrey Epstein's house: He invites us in and there's a massage table in the middle of the room. I say, "Massage table in the middle of your house? How often you have a massage?

And he says, "Every day...and the right kind of massage."

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

Trump Fires Members of Humanities Council The White House told members of a group of scholars who advise the National Endowment for the Humanities that their positions had been terminated.

The White House has fired members of an outside advisory group to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the latest effort to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities.

Priorities.

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.

They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.

Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

I feel you put this man’s job in jeopardy by showing this close up. They will figure out who he is and fire him .

What’s the plan, Senator Murphy?

“I told Pete [Hegseth], we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military, because we’re going into Chicago very soon, that’s a big city with an incompetent governor,”

-Donald Trump

Yes, this is deeply troubling and I hope you do more than just post about it .

Very dangerous and what will you do about it if he tries this?

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

I’m appalled, and frankly worried that the President mentioned using US cities as training grounds for our military. I hope you, our VA senators and others come out opposing this concept.

A very cute dog!

#GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🇺🇸

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I certainly hope you’re right but I have my doubts

Real post on another network:

Hold strong! Don’t cave!

Hold strong! Don’t cave!

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Trump brags about White House upgrades as Americans struggle with high prices

Credit where credit is due!

@crow.house.gov thank you for your service and for speaking out in support of democracy! I hope others in Congress are willing to jump with you.

Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Wage Drug Trafficking War

A draft Authorization for Use of Military Force, circulating in exec branch & on the Hill, would grant Trump the power to kill people he deems narcoterrorists and to attack any nations he says are aiding/harboring them (e.g. a Venezuela regime change war). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

There goes the First Amendment.

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has vowed to improve anti-American sentiment he sees in Canada, no matter how many illegal tariffs, forced annexations, or literal bombs it takes to do it.

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve

outside the detention/“processing” facility in broadview, illinois:

a crowd of protesters, some of whom showed up before 5 am, is heckling ice agents arriving to work.

a few minutes ago, special response team agents came out to push protesters away from the driveway. pepper balls already flying.