In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Four more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It is horrifying
Resignations of CDC staff directly related to misinformation, weaponizing of public health, which is coming from RFK Jr. Untenable situation for them to serve under these conditions. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
![In his resignation letter, Daskalakis wrote, “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health.”
Houry’s resignation letter spoke about the continued spread of misinformation around vaccines.
“Recently, the overstating of risks [of vaccines] and the rise of misinformation have cost lives, as demonstrated by the highest number of US measles cases in 30 years and the violent attack on our agency,” Houry wrote.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreiboml2a3p7qlqb4qmlbhb76rzanvnpkvlpw34wggsq6wsv27wvy5m@jpeg)
Bruh this is totally functional actually
You need to see the recent Rachel Maddow show. It will alarm you.
Republicans think the earth is only 6000 years old. So there’s that.
Drain the swamp meant clear out all of the experience, the experts, the intellectuals, the science, the independent thought, the rational minds.
They are doing all they can do to stand up to a dictator. We need to all do the same and refuse to go along with their takeover of America
From the info in a couple of their resignation letters NBC reported including "the weaponizing of public health", plus the CDC agencies' specific functions like Emerging Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases, maybe Trump and RFK Jr. want another global pandemic to rip and kill millions. Sheer insanity.
This is the plan! Sickness and death to as many as possible! Everything they do causes harm! Evil Incarnate
Come North. We are hiring. 🇨🇦
A functioning Congress would demand accountability the moment something like this surfaced. The fact that they don’t shows how broken the system is when politics overrides responsibility.
Again, IF YOU DID work for Vladimir Putin and Russia, what would you be doing DIFFERENTLY than this administration???
We really took having a functioning government for granted back then, didn't we???
Except Congress already knows exactly what’s going on: Kennedy is brain damaged and unable to discern fact from fiction. They’re cool with it. They knew it before they voted him in.
In a Trump administration it’s just a Wednesday
🚨🚨🚨👀
one would think pharmaceutical companies would put a stop to this.
Paging Dr Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy, you’re up, pal.
Nothing MAGA hates more than science and facts.
I think I would honestly feel better with Dr. Nick Riviera in charge of HHS.
Banana Republic.... won't matter if there no Medicare or Medicaid cuts, we'll all be dead.
The Russians haven’t even had to fire a shot at mainland America. They just had to have an asset in the highest office in the land.
This and the school shooting, and it's just another Wednesday during Trump 2.0
There is your Problem. The MAGA Congress won’t do squat and defer the the executive branch, after all the President Knows what he is doing.
Oh boy I can't wait for this administration to prove they CAN do worse than COVID
They want the resignations
This is frightening . This man should never have been given this amount of power!
in a functional government Kennedy would never have been appointed in the first place
This was my fear on the day he was confirmed. The damage MAHA has done to public health is horrifying and tragically, many lives will be lost.
“I only hire the best really the best ask anyone just the best I demand it” 😂😂🤮🤮🤮 just an unbelievable 🤡 who won’t go away!!
Well ..at least we have M&M’s
Everyone knows what is going on.
RFK Jr. is a eugenicist. If you're "flawed," you don't deserve to live.
Trump & RFKjr will kill us all.
It is all being dismantled.
I haven't seen the CDC functional in at least 6 years. Trump already destroyed it the first time.
They. Do. Not. Care.
They are happy to gargle Trump’s balls so long as Ds never have power again.
I wonder how many children people die and preventable diseases pandemics arise before folks get sick of RFK Junior the #Truemed #AlternativeMedicine #Grifter
We no longer have a functional government. We have a mentally ill despot who hired completely unqualified people because they kissed his ass. We are sinking faster than the Titanic.
Where is Sen Bill Cassidy in all this?
They know what's going on.
SHE DIDN’T RESIGN. She just issued a statement through her lawyer Abbey Lowell saying she’s not resigning.
Waiting for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to write a strongly worded letter.
I'm sure that Donny will hire someone from Burger King to fill the void…
7th district inGeorgia is one over from CDC HDQ. He votes only for trump:
Dr. Rich McCormick is a decorated veteran and Emergency Room physician who serves Georgia’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House
Correct @schumer.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov @blumenthal.senate.gov
We're so screwed and there is nowhere or way to escape.
And if humans could not lie, Kennedy would simply reply, "All according to plan."
Horrible but when you put a weird ass psycho in charge of an important Department what was expected? Every member of the Senate that voted for him needs to speak out as why they did that, what was their thought process?
But in our case, this was just page 36 of the Project 2025 scheme or whatever.
We're screwed.
Its simple Don,RFK Jr is the reincarnation of Joseph Mengela,end of fucking story,his push to destroy the progress the mRNA vaccines made in 4 short years is proof of that, we just need someone with the balls to stand up to him and end his reign of misinformation and terror
The GOP congress could not care less about their constituents’ survival
In a functional government...
The best in the world is now nothing thanks to the stupidity of voters! What a country, from best to worst in 8 months!
💯!!
And if they are replaced…. Sycophants
And his answer would be: "What? It's all going according to plan!" :(
In a functional govt that would be true, but nothing is functional in the republican party. Today yet more sweet, beautiful children were massacred and this is 100% on EVERY REPUBLICAN in the country who vote for more guns, larger magazines/clips, automatic assault rifles, so dysfunction, continues.
Fact check please:
because who wants to work for an idiot
How is one lunatic, Cabinet head or not, able to exercise such control and exert his will on as vast a bureaucracy as the Department of Health and Human Services?
It is a five alarm fire, but sadly all the alarm bells were already ringing. Let's hope they at least relent on the Covid vaccine. I'm of course all for Kennedy being fired, with prejudice, right now. Trump can do it over at Lie Central.
You mean: in a functional democracy?
When the reckoning comes these folks won't be in the group facing charges for endangering the lives of Americans. The ones that went along with the Mad Kennedy won't be so lucky.
Congress must Impeach him. At the very least it will be a record that someone somewhere tried
every resignation is a coward abandoning their commitment to public health
These are the darkest days of our republic.
We are in desperate times.
He’s ruining the entire health care system along with the Big Ugly bill. Expect out of control chaos if the vindictive ignoramus stays in his job. He should bum rushed out of the administration. He has no medical expertise or even common sense. Get rid of him.
Key word, functional. Which it is not
Release the names of your sources. Torch them as unreliable.
Somehow it will get spun to make the democrats look out of touch with voters 😂
I see leeches, ivermectin and tallow injections in our future
It looks like the CDC is a lost cause for the next few years, possibly even an enemy of public health. Let's hope that independent medical professionals and organizations can set up health advisory committees to replace at least some of the CDC's traditional functions.
Except we already know.
Yep. It's exhausting living in a full-on moronocracy. Agent Orange and his Misfit Toy Cabinet could use a little oversight.
If he had any integrity - or spine - Bhattacharya would resign as well.
"He lacks any relevant government, financial, management, or medical experience," she said. "His views on vaccines are dangerous and willfully misinformed." - Caroline Kennedy RFKjr cousin and former US Ambassador
The plague is nigh.
Key word "functional"
This is just UNBELIEVABLE! UNBELIEVABLE! Robert Kennedy Jr with assistance from DODGE, is singlehandedly DESTROYING American Public HEALTH protections. He has these crack pot ideas that if we would all just hit the gym and do pull ups we would all be healthy as hell. Push Ups protect from viruses!
It's functioning exactly as MAHA wants it to, when you realize eugenics is the end goal
In a functional democracy people would get off their asses and physically do something about it.
The republican party is dead!
Paging Congress. Come in, Congress.
Hey @governor.ca.gov jointly with @govpritzker.illinois.gov please hire these dedicated people immediately and resurrect the CDC into a functioning organization buffered from a brain-worm addled incompetent drug addict and the fascist leader he works for.
RFK Jr. Is a NATIONAL HEALTH HAZARD!
Same at Defense/War!
Hello??? Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy…hello??? Didn’t Kennedy promise he wouldn’t do this? What are you going to do about it?
No one wants to do the heavy lifting ( or their job ) 😒
Just a recommendation to help people to stay informed since RFK is demolishing the CDC and our health
The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.
I really think Kennedy should be trmps physician, after all trmp believes Kennedy knows more than everyone else, so.. he's the best and only the best will do for big D
Congress needs to do their job.
Trump is trying to close America in. Through diseases the borders will shut. He really is a monster. I dont understand. Everyone in the Republican party is scared of him. If he has shit on you, man up. Pay your dues. BUT STOP LETTING HIM OWN YOU. VERY SIMPLE. MAN UP.
He’s a fuckin moron! It’s obvious to everyone! Just grifting the dopes dumber than he is! Ridiculous
In a functioning government Kennedy would be nowhere near having that job.
time for another dead Kennedy
This thoughtful and informed scientist strongly supports RFK Jr. CDC is a disgraced organization that should be abolished. Since that's not possible, we're all best off if we support RFK Jr's decisions re. the CDC.
Every single D senator voted "no" on RFKjr. Only one R senator voted "no", Mitch McConnell. All of the supposed "more moderate" R senators, who knew exactly who he is - Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Langkford, Cornyn, etc., all voted "yes". They've all got blood on their hands. Eternal shame awaits
"Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun." ~Demetre C. Daskalakis MD, MPH.
Why can't the Dems do it?
So, Project 2025, the abridged version, is we are all supposed to die - one way or another.
Um, they're on recess so they don't have to talk about the Epstein Files
I'm sure this is fine.
Guess who's writin' a letter?
That's because this is the goal. Fire or push out anyone who is not a trump ass kisser who is not willing to lie and manipulate numbers for political gain.
Are they going on principle pr being pushed? I assume if they stayed it would compromise their reputation and they'd probably be publically defamed etc, but its a damn shame.
These officials see what’s coming next and it scares them shitless. Expect them to do away with limited liability for vaccine companies. Which would most likely kill them entirely.
Wow. The rudderless ship just got rudderlessier. Um, I mean, less ruddery...or...um. Oh, nevermind.
He is going to kill you all….
And escorts him the f*ck out of the building immediately.
Yet another Republican shitshow
In a functional govt, we never would have gotten anywhere close to this point.
Stand strong, CDC. “ This, too, shall pass”.
It is beyond five alarm. Kennedy has no credibility. I don't know anyone who would put any creediance in what he says. He's a bro and his testosterone levels are great.
MAHA - Make America Hallucinate Again
CDC was doing just fine prior to trump and rfk
Contact your provider and pharmacy for availability of vaccines you need NOW. Rest assured more vaccines than COVID are going away!🤬
It’s dysfunctional, regressive and oppressive and must not stand. If the Congress can’t or won’t do anything, the people must remove them from office.
That’s because you don’t have a functional government. And Congress won’t stop the assault on science and public health because they are their millions of rabid voters support it.
Y’all voted for this.
They’re thrilled with the idea of replacing every competent person with an idiot. This isn’t a fire to the republican morons, this is retribution against expertise.
The transition to idiocracy is almost complete.
And there you have it. When enough people walk away the CDC will cease to have any power left. And RFK wins. Surely walking away is defeatist? Surely staying and fighting as a collective would serve better? Or maybe l missed something.
I dunno, I always thought high turnover was a sign of a bad manager. But what do I know?
They're scared. They cannot escape justice.
SOMEBODY PLEASE LAUNCH AN ALT CDC! We'll follow your sound, scientifically, research based guidance!
Well, @TheRickWilson was right. ETTD ...and his hands are all over this nation.
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Betcha theyre reading the autism report and their heads are exploding
Unfortunately we live in a dumpster fire
In a functional government, none of these evil loons would have made the final list of nominees for any position, especially at the Cabinet level.
But her counsel Mark Zaid says it didn't happen.
She did not resign and has not been fired bsky.app/profile/mark...
The cabinet is a group of incompetent loyalists, and the Republican party is now a cult of personality. So it won't happen.
Yes, good qualifier - "functional government." This one is anything but.
So...please inform me why resigning is the answer instead of staying and fighting for what they believe in.
The five alarm mutual aid fire arsonist Road Kill Eater Kennedy, Jr., started at CDC. Pig politicians, Hog Parasite Billionaire's are on the menu for this bad boy.
Join the call for RFK Jr. to be removed from office. Peoples lives are at stake:
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Write Congress. Text ‘sign PKQVZZ’ to 50409
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FDI, DOJ, CDC, all having mass resignations.
The white male 18-25 demographic group should be awash in job opportunities these says.
The new director didn’t believe in the depth of WOO that RFK Jr does, so she had to go, too woke. That a person who shot a slow poison into his veins for 15 years now leads our country’s medical establishment shows how far we have fallen.
Hey, Congress, or at least
@ossoff.senate.gov @warnock.senate.gov @hankjohnson.house.gov @repnikema.bsky.social @mcbath.house.gov
This is your turf. Fix this.
Democrats would like nothing better. Unfortunately, they don't get a say.
To my members: upon your return next week, there needs to be an immediate investigation into what is happening under RFK Jr at HHS. This is disastrous for the health of the nation.
@klobuchar.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov @repilhan.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
#CDC
I am still trying to figure out why he is not being prosecuted for lying to congress. His angry comments about David Geier’s conviction being overturned (for practicing med without a license) and winning a $10M lawsuit are patently false. That NEVER happened.
But this government is incompetent and determined to reduce the population!
Doesn't even seem to be a government never mind functional. Related: do dictatorships have governments?
Well, Congress isn't even in DC, and if it were in session, the majority of the members don't give two $h!+5 if their constituents live or die, as long as Peepaw Trump doesn't primary them so they have to get a real job. Human life? It's NOTHING compared to staying in power.
thank you Dr. Cassidy.
Thank you Susan Collins.
You knew who he was when you confirmed him.
Our congress are clowns
What the fuck, Bobby Brainworm?!? You resign. You are the clear common denominator in all these problems there. RESIGN, ANTIVAXXER BRAINWORM ADDICT POS.
I know that we're all numb to the Congressional Republicans' shocking dereliction of duty but this is truly outrageous. They should be hounded out of office immediately.
Worm Brain is in charge!
a functional government never would have allowed a disgraceful fool like RFK Jr anywhere in the administration.
Meanwhile Schumer and Jeffries will continue to sit on their asses, only waking up to chastise any member of their caucus who comments on it
Imagine.
And yet...
Alas, functional government stopped on Jan 20, 2025.
Great now Kennedy can hire witch doctors …..
Oh please! 🙄 Trump’s been walking around for 6 years with iv infusion marks on the back of his hand 👇 and the media shrugs. Nothing about him truly matters, so that’s why he gets away with everything.
In a functioning government RFK, Jr. would never have been named to his position, and now is the time to dismiss him. It’s way past time to remove him.
Except that Kennedy probably doesn’t know. It’s all Vought.
Since Sen Cassidy has a 'collaborative' relationship with RFK, I'm sure everything is fine. Cassidy's sincerely concerned about public health and nothing should be amiss.
She’s refusing to resign!!
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And Senator Cassidy reigns in humiliation
This is why I'm so angry about what's going on. Another pandemic is right around the corner and we're going to be woefully unprepared, just like last time. And they'll say it was unavoidable, but we're all calling it out from now. I have young kids. Trying to keep them healthy is an uphill battle.
Too bad Congress is on summer vacation
Let’s not forget that #SenCassidy [Bill Cassidy], an MD, voted in favor of #RFK ’s nomination.
As tho Congress has any authority They handed that off to trump ages ago
She hasn’t resigned or been fired according to her attorney.
Send those people up to Canada. We will lead.
The resignations are considered a win by Republicans. They would prefer if every city had a kindly old man as its one doctor and that would be our CDC.
Trump will probably appoint Scott Baio and Kevin Sorbo to these positions - because they are so good at what they do they can probably act like medical scientists.
How many Americans will this insane moron kill before he's hauled out of his job?
I could make rational argument that our government has rarely been rational since 9/11
That ship sailed when we handed the office of president to a lunatic with nothing good on his mind for America. Big shout out to the billionaires basking in their yachts and msm still playing pretend. For ego and financial? Rewards. Who knows?
what congress?
Oh who needs the silly old CDC anyway.
In her recent interview, Ghislaine Maxwell, unprompted, said RFK was an associate of Epstein. He is very likely vulnerable to blackmail, is killing us and our children, and must GO.
Trump already committed crimes against humanity by sabotaging public health (while profiteering & collecting political favors) in 2020, resulting in 40% more Covid deaths than our wealthy/medically advanced nation shoild have had. He will keep killing us until he is stopped.
A medical journal compared the number of US COVID-19 deaths — the highest in the world — with the deaths in similarly wealthy countries.
In a functional democracy, the press would be doing the same.
I said it on Day 1 after DOGE walked into the first alphabet soup agency... "The leaders/execs of all the other agencies need to have a 'data destruction' system in place in the event they are ousted".
I would rather rebuild the CDC or SSA from the ground up later, than give it away tomorrow.
It's part of the plan.
Oligarchs do not have CDCs. What would be the point?
Well....😒
Orange Dictator is trying to kill Americans!
Do republicans know they can get communicable diseases?
All these positions to fill, Fox will be crapping themselves, they won't have enough people to report the "news"
