CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
heather
@heldincontempt.bsky.social
Lawyer, mom, music lover, malcontent. Underestimate me; that will be fun.
We are in such, such profound danger. They are doing the Reichstag fire to the most crucial and foundational payments layer of the Federal Government.
The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— Oh wait.
Breaking news: A judge temporarily blocked President Trump from imposing a sweeping pause on federal spending, after the new White House policy disrupted programs that fund schools, provide housing and ensure low-income Americans have access to healthcare.
Federal judge blocks Trump federal spending freeze after a day of chaos
The federal government fell into chaos Tuesday as officials braced for potential interruptions to programs that range from protecting food safety to responding to natural disasters.
washingtonpost.com
funniest possible end game event has entered the field of play
This photo was blown into our yard during the Eaton Canyon fire. Anyone from Pasadena/Altadena recognize these people?
Oh my god you fucking simpleton, the CA is for California. Ontario, CA is in San Bernardino County.
In the space of 24 hours, Naomi Wolf has claimed that the fires in LA are an actual war or foreign invasion, a plot to kill people to destroy evidence of Covid vaccine adverse effects, weather manipulation, a deliberate bombing campaign, and mass spraying of mood stabilisers.
i am sorry to my gen x coworkers but you have to understand i am never, under any circumstances, going to answer a teams call without a message outlining why we need to talk first
NBC News confirms: Matt Gaetz paid two women for sex while he was a member of the House, the women's attorney told NBC News. nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Matt Gaetz allegedly paid an adult woman for sex in 2017, attorney says
The woman, who was 19 at the time, said she encountered Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department at an invitation-only party in Orlando, Florida.
nbcnews.com
I love Maine and I spent many summers there and if they re-elect Susan Collins after two more years of her being Concerned and strategically voting against Trump only when her vote is not needed I will burn the place to the ground
Congratulations to Matt Gaetz on breaking the Susan Collins concern-o-meter.
the chess ban makes sense to me. i’m always crushing up my estrogen pills into a fine dust and throwing it into the eyes of my cis woman opponents, allowing me to rearrange the pieces while they rush to the chess arena’s eyewash station
boss: you failed the drug test me: I had an everything bagel boss: they found high levels of ketamine in your blood me: yeah I put it on the bagel
I can’t help sounding like that all the time it’s just how God made me