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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 9h

Yah I am a little disappointed to see my former colleagues put their names on something so credulous without at least pointing out that Trump's doctors have often, in the past, said complete BS about his health.

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 9h

repeating non-falsifiable claims undermines the entire premise of journalism

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 12h

But even as cuts at SAMHSA became clear, confusion set in at CDC, where it appears many of the layoffs were suddenly revoked on Saturday evening. It remains how many CDC employees have actually lost their jobs.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 12h

guys i'm beginning to think they haven't thought this through

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 23h

RIF notices also sent to the CDC’s 2023 and 2024 class of civilian EIS officers known as its main disease detectives, per sources. These are the people who are typically the first responders in an outbreak. 4/4

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22h

Call them propagandists, not provocateurs: @gregsargent.bsky.social on the difference between "plucky showmanship" and "industrial-strength" MAGA agitprop meant to help Trump invent emergencies so he can expand presidential power. Starring Noem and Miller, of course. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot overstate what a huge loss this is to everyone in the country. State health officials are going to have to scramble to replace this on their own, and fast.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

States report shit to the CDC and the CDC synthesizes that into a heads-up report.

Firing a good chunk of the staff who put that together is essentially blinding the country on public health. Trump has hated it since 2020 because they published stuff (the truth) contrary to what he was saying

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 1d

For more than 20 years I relied on the MMWR for news every week on what was going on, disease-wise, around the country. You often got excellent blow-by-blows about disease outbreaks.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 1d

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 1d

None of these little short stories saying "the arrangement is not unusual" is sufficient. The arrangement most certainly IS unusual. It may not be unique or unprecedented, but it deserves a whole lot more explanation than this.

Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho

The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

www.scrippsnews.com

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Gift link for those who want it: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT?

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 1d

exsqueeze me?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 1d

Also, people who use comma splices.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 1d

"I'd rather put a gun in my mouth." Exactly.

Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 1d

Ari Shapiro, this line of questioning is profoundly disappointing.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 1d

“Children who use VFC have been deprived the updated vaccine for weeks while we have been waiting for a signature,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2d

"In North Carolina and other states, low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable to order Covid-19 vaccines through the VFC program."

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/h...

Low-income families are still waiting on Covid-19 vaccines for kids, but states say they’re coming | CNN

Many low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids through the Vaccines for Children program have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable...

www.cnn.com

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2d

6 in 10 adults disapprove of Kennedy's work; even among MAHA supporters, 30% disapprove. via @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/h...

Trust in federal health leadership is failing under RFK Jr., new poll finds | CNN

Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s erosion of trust in reliable vaccine inf...

www.cnn.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 3d

They are calling it "Ice Fishing" and it's hilarious.

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 3d

Appeal to any 23 and me users. Have your ancestry results changed significantly in the latest update and in a way that confused you? Contact me for a possible story. #genetictesting #dna #consumer #ancestry maybe #whitewashing (literally)

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