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The White House and the director of the CDC, Susan Monarez, were engaged in a tense standoff on Thursday after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to fire her and multiple high-ranking agency officials resigned. The dispute now appears to be in the hands of President Trump.

Lawyers for the agency’s chief, Susan Monarez, insist that the impasse with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can only be resolved by President Trump.

CDC Standoff: RFK Jr.’s Push to Fire Director Devolves Into Chaos

Lawyers for the agency’s chief, Susan Monarez, insist that the impasse with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can only be resolved by President Trump.

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  2. cidelson.bsky.social profile picture

    Charles Idelson @cidelson.bsky.social

    Let's face it. After ranting about his love for Hannibal Lecter the entire campaign, @realDonaldTrump just decided to appoint Lecter to run our entire public health system. How's that working out?

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    @robjohanson.bsky.social

    You guys act like you are still living in a democracy, but you do not anymore. Time to wake up and do your job. Learn from the newspapers in Russia who had to flee and got their rent and buildings, advertisers corrupted by the regime.

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    cidonnelly1 @cidonnelly.bsky.social

    What is her strategy here?

    The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serves at the pleasure of the president.

    The CDC director is a political appointee who can be removed at any time by the sitting president for any reason or no reason at all.

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    @thebiggietall.bsky.social

    The three stooges of the Trump Apocalypse: Kennedy Hegseth Gabbard

    All broken or warped human beings and all need to be far away from anything important.

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    BarrV @barrv.bsky.social

    Kennedy is just a junkie fool living off his family name. Had he been born Smith or Pobsnodski, he wouldn't have the education he has nor would we have ever heard his name.

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    Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social

    “When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted,” - Susan Monarez lawyers

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    West is West @west-is-west.bsky.social

    Is it fair to blame RFK Jr?

    Don't forget he has an actual worm, alive in his head, literally eating up his brain.

    Perhaps we blame the worm, not the man?

    Or blame the GOP Senate for confirming an aggressive worm as the head of a huge U.S. executive dept.

    But RFK? He's an innocent worm victim.

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