MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Indiana Republicans are under significant pressure to do something they know is wrong: rig the maps and silence voters. Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.

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Before it was banned for being woke, we used to talk a lot about the social determinants of health. @niniandthebrain.bsky.social has a phenomenal summary of how these factors influence health and why comparisons to Europe miss the point. 🧵1/10

Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS. Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.

The AP has quoted my statement from yesterday that ACIP is an epidemiological crime scene, because it is.

Wow. This is quite the read.

great/alarming read from @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

Nov 25, 1976. Happy Last Waltz Day! youtu.be/ki3zzZ-GsGI?...

Meanwhile, in the district court in Rhode Island.... @altcdc.altgov.info @altfda.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ghislaine Maxwell is an unrepentant child sex predator. So why would an American President even consider commuting her sentence? This would be a national disgrace. @democrats-judiciary.house.gov want answers.

Hey MAGA: why would Ghislane Maxwell be receiving “concierge style treatment?” WHY?

Here is a great explanation of why Justice Jackson ruled this way. www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

Do we still have a House of Reps? Asking for a country… 🫠 Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀 #CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob

To this point, someone's gotta ask the Orange Fella how he managed to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas, but somehow can't get in a room with House and Senate leadership. I mean, he said he hated seeing starving in Gaza, but seems perfectly OK with it here. 🙄 @raskin.house.gov

Hey folks.. I'll keep this short and simple. I want you to remember that the current president of the United States is doing the absolute bare minimum required by court order to ensure that American citizens are not suffering. Remember that.

Q:"Mr. Speaker, your reaction to last night's election results?" "Haven't seen it."

Great/devastating interactive dashboard from our friends at @firedbutfighting.bsky.social! CDCDataProject.org

*The president is all powerful and can fire civil servants, impound spending, redirect money and deploy troops despite numerous constitutional and legal restrictions but he can't spend emergency money for food stamps set aside specifically for shutdowns* is all-time amazing messaging.

@raskin.house.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov There can be no agreement to end the shutdown without guaranteed adherence to the 2019 law that Trump signed.

👀 @altcdc.altgov.info @altfda.altgov.info storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We’re barreling towards the GOP’s full-blown national health care crisis. Democrats are reporting for work to stop the crisis and reopen the government. Why are Republicans on extended paid vacation?

Moral of the story: If you don’t want Trump to send the military into the streets of your city, have a tech bro billionaire call him.

I find it amazing too that Republicans’ boycott of Washington isn’t the biggest story of them all. The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.

Adding up firings, forced retirements, and resignations since January, CDC has lost 30% of its workforce 1 in 3 CDC staff are gone. We have never been less ready for a large-scale emergency response than we are now CDC, our union is fighting these illegal firings. Join today www.afge2883ga.org

I don't think this is the winning argument Sen. Thune thinks it is. We already knew that (R)s didn't give a crap about Americans' health care costs---but thanks for clarifying it for us. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @smith.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

I look forward to these being crushed by a giant dwarf after the Whte House hires an incompetent designer who builds to the models' exact specifications. #stonehenge

Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

general reminder that government shutdowns (and “essential government employees) were invented largely by accident by the carter administration’s benjamin civiletti and the entire foundational basis of it is just a DoJ legal opinion that could just be changed at any time

Please notify President Trump and Vice-President Vance immediately. Isn’t this a mandatory one-year jail sentence—or is this a kind of flag desecration they have no problem with?

We held a press conference this morning. “This round of firings, as with all the others experienced at CDC in the last 10 months, was an intentional attack on the American people and the public’s health.” stated Abby Tighe with National Public Health Coalition. Help us save public health.

Spreading the word. The CDC community will remember Officer Rose's sacrifice forever. 💚💚💚💚💚

I think what is troubling about some of the current layoffs that are still underway is CDC can’t do its work. When the entire HR office is laid off, they can’t bring people on. The whole conflict of interest office is laid off, so they can’t look at COI for leaders or advisors, a priority for HHS

Senate is back in session today. 1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown. You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

Oh, hey, what's this? Bipartisan approved House and Senate Labor/HHS/Education subcommittee bills that require Congressional notification before reorganization. Seems kinda important in light of Friday's nonsense, no? @altcdc.altgov.info @altfda.altgov.info @altnih4science.bsky.social

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health. Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious. Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.” “That sounds terrible.” “What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

More RIFed themes…. Getting rid of leadership. Because when you remove the people with vision and priorities, you make room for 🧠🪱 and his idiot cronies to grab the wheel — and drive us all straight into chaos.

RIFed Civilians in Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)-CDC’s Disease Detectives Read about this rigorous training program 👇 "They are not household names but over the years they were first to confront the outbreaks that became known as hantavirus, Ebola & AIDS." This decision will haunt our future

RIFed: Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas. You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.) Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

RIFed: National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Office of Director OD sets tone for the rest of the center, determine priorities, review high profile science, etc NCIRD focuses: Flu. Whooping cough. Polio. Covid. Meningitis. Yeah, you want this center to fully function 🤯

Reduction in force (RIF, I.e. firing) email and page 1 of the RIF memo. CDC, this is absolutely illegal and our union (AFGE) will be suing. afge2883ga.org The union is asking that you send your RIF notice to: [email protected] with Name CIO/division/branch FTE status & tenure

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Will there be a separate count against his mustache?

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

Orion's Boner: constellation or baseball moment? You decide.

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.