@mary-gaeddert.bsky.social
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Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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It is easy to feel discouraged.
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It is easy to feel discouraged.
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
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The CDC’s vaccine panel is meeting. RFK Jr. is on a mission to make measles great again.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The CDC’s vaccine panel is meeting. RFK Jr. is on a mission to make measles great again.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Because of the hepatitis B birth dose and completion of the infant series of the vaccine, the U.S. has made significant progress in reducing chronic hepatitis B. Eliminating the birth dose would reverse this progress and put children's health at risk. Read more:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Because of the hepatitis B birth dose and completion of the infant series of the vaccine, the U.S. has made significant progress in reducing chronic hepatitis B. Eliminating the birth dose would reverse this progress and put children's health at risk. Read more:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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"Now, almost 80 projects have been saved by a matchmaking service run by Rosenbaum & other former USAID staff, that has found them $110m (£82m) of new funding. The team behind the Project Resource Optimization(Pro) initiative estimates it will benefit 40 million people, including many children <5."
‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’
After the Trump administration closed the organisation down, a group of former staff secured new funding for almost 80 programmes, benefiting an estimated 40 million people
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Now, almost 80 projects have been saved by a matchmaking service run by Rosenbaum & other former USAID staff, that has found them $110m (£82m) of new funding. The team behind the Project Resource Optimization(Pro) initiative estimates it will benefit 40 million people, including many children <5."
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“There is something deeply broken within the Democrat system.”
@ezralevin.bsky.social joins Jen Rubin to break down why Democrats cut a deal that left healthcare, and its future, unprotected.
Watch now on Substack.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/incandescent-rage-ezra-levin-on-the
@ezralevin.bsky.social joins Jen Rubin to break down why Democrats cut a deal that left healthcare, and its future, unprotected.
Watch now on Substack.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/incandescent-rage-ezra-levin-on-the
Incandescent Rage: Ezra Levin on the Eight Democrats Who Put Americans Last
"What do we do to demand a better party, a party that actually fights back?"
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“There is something deeply broken within the Democrat system.”
@ezralevin.bsky.social joins Jen Rubin to break down why Democrats cut a deal that left healthcare, and its future, unprotected.
Watch now on Substack.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/incandescent-rage-ezra-levin-on-the
@ezralevin.bsky.social joins Jen Rubin to break down why Democrats cut a deal that left healthcare, and its future, unprotected.
Watch now on Substack.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/incandescent-rage-ezra-levin-on-the
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📣Join the American Public Health Association on the National Mall on Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 2:30-4 p.m to Rally for the Public's Health 💪
CDC's own Aryn Backus will be speaking 💚
www.apha.org/events-and-m...
CDC's own Aryn Backus will be speaking 💚
www.apha.org/events-and-m...
Rally for the Public’s Health
Join us on the National Mall to rally for critical public health issues and initiatives.
www.apha.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📣Join the American Public Health Association on the National Mall on Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 2:30-4 p.m to Rally for the Public's Health 💪
CDC's own Aryn Backus will be speaking 💚
www.apha.org/events-and-m...
CDC's own Aryn Backus will be speaking 💚
www.apha.org/events-and-m...
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I’ll never forget my first few weeks as CDC director. It was in the midst of the H1N1 epidemic and we needed to manage the outbreak effectively. I was grateful to walk into a building of public health experts and a full team of support.
Sadly, more than 1 in 4 of them are no longer in place today.
Sadly, more than 1 in 4 of them are no longer in place today.
The U.S. Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe
States and cities offer a way forward for public health
tomfrieden.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’ll never forget my first few weeks as CDC director. It was in the midst of the H1N1 epidemic and we needed to manage the outbreak effectively. I was grateful to walk into a building of public health experts and a full team of support.
Sadly, more than 1 in 4 of them are no longer in place today.
Sadly, more than 1 in 4 of them are no longer in place today.
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More CDC Cuts 💣💥
Gone is the Employee Assistance Program. They help staff deal with many things, among them coping with the trauma of being the victim of a terrorist attack 2 months ago.
Also gone, every policy and communications role left, eliminating any communication function at CDC.
Gone is the Employee Assistance Program. They help staff deal with many things, among them coping with the trauma of being the victim of a terrorist attack 2 months ago.
Also gone, every policy and communications role left, eliminating any communication function at CDC.
October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
More CDC Cuts 💣💥
Gone is the Employee Assistance Program. They help staff deal with many things, among them coping with the trauma of being the victim of a terrorist attack 2 months ago.
Also gone, every policy and communications role left, eliminating any communication function at CDC.
Gone is the Employee Assistance Program. They help staff deal with many things, among them coping with the trauma of being the victim of a terrorist attack 2 months ago.
Also gone, every policy and communications role left, eliminating any communication function at CDC.
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Our leaders who spoke truth to power were just escorted off Roybal campus by security.
Speak out and you’re gone? Go ahead - we’re not afraid. 🖕
Speak out and you’re gone? Go ahead - we’re not afraid. 🖕
August 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our leaders who spoke truth to power were just escorted off Roybal campus by security.
Speak out and you’re gone? Go ahead - we’re not afraid. 🖕
Speak out and you’re gone? Go ahead - we’re not afraid. 🖕
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New: In 7 months, Kennedy has broken the CDC, perhaps irreparably. For all he’s done with mass firings, gutting expertise, and attacking vaccines, Wednesday’s loss of its most senior and competent leaders—truly the CDC’s backbone—is the most consequential attack yet.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
‘People will die because of this’: How RFK Jr. drove out the CDC’s senior leaders
On the same day Susan Monarez was fired, four of the agency’s top leaders quit.
www.msnbc.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New: In 7 months, Kennedy has broken the CDC, perhaps irreparably. For all he’s done with mass firings, gutting expertise, and attacking vaccines, Wednesday’s loss of its most senior and competent leaders—truly the CDC’s backbone—is the most consequential attack yet.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk - www.reuters.com/business/imm...
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk
www.reuters.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk - www.reuters.com/business/imm...
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This is horrifying.
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is horrifying.
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From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
June 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
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Bill Cassidy (R) at RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing:
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) without changes”.
Today, RFK Jr. fired every single member of ACIP.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) without changes”.
Today, RFK Jr. fired every single member of ACIP.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
RFK Jr. fires entire CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted all 17 members of a panel that advises the CDC on the safety, efficacy and clinical needs of vaccines.
www.usatoday.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Bill Cassidy (R) at RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing:
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) without changes”.
Today, RFK Jr. fired every single member of ACIP.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) without changes”.
Today, RFK Jr. fired every single member of ACIP.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
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June 9, 2025
June 9, 2025
At 10:19 last night, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media: “Stand with ICE.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
June 9, 2025
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In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
n.pr
June 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
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Ahead of No Kings Day, a couple trainings we have coming up that might be useful:
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
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_**Gather in-person with your planning and safety team to participate in this virtual training.**_
Get together a team of fellow No Kings organizers IN PERSON and dial in as a group for this virtual ...
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June 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Ahead of No Kings Day, a couple trainings we have coming up that might be useful:
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...