“It’s kind of like if you were a firefighter trying to put out a house fire, & somebody is standing on the hose trying to have a philosophical debate with you about whether water is good or not,” he said.
#RFKJr #Trump #idiocracy #PublicDisservice #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #AntiVaxxers […]
The #virus has jumped between under-vaccinated groups of people across the state. Dr. Leisha Nolen, the #Utah state epidemiologist, said that #measles cases had emerged in 22 of the state’s 29 counties. Most of the counties that have been spared have very small populations, she added.
#RFKJr […]
#Utah Becomes the New Center of #US #Measles Cases
Nearly 600 people have been sickened across the state, which has seen an increase in recent #vaccine exemptions among #children.
#RFKJr #Trump #idiocracy #PublicDisservice #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #AntiVaxxers #ConspiracyTheories […]
“We are not even going to pretend that we are trying to figure it out,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, #Republican of Alaska, one of those bound for Germany. “It doesn’t look great.”
#Congress #Republicans #PublicDisservice #shutdown
The Capitol emptied out Thursday, a full day before the midnight Friday deadline for funding #DHS. Lawmakers who were deadlocked over new restrictions on #immigration officers jetted off to Munich for a security conference or headed home for a weeklong recess, seemingly unconcerned with the […]
Projection
#Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by #Democrats seeking #healthcare for the people
The government #shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as #Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with #Democrats. Millions of people could lose #FoodAid benefits, #health #care […]
#GOP senator blocks #Democrats bill to #pay all federal employees during #shutdown
Sen #RonJohnson (R-WI) objected to a request by Sen #ChrisVanHollen (D-MD) on Thursday for the #Senate to immediately consider & pass a bill to pay all #FederalWorkers, members of the #military & federal […]
Because he just doesn’t care, #Trump cancels White House meeting with #ChuckSchumer & #HakeemJeffries despite risk of a #government #shutdown
Trump has abruptly canceled this week’s planned meeting with congressional Democratic leaders, refusing to negotiate over their demands to shore up […]
“The fact that 180 people signed onto the letter, with a supermajority of them still working in the building, & dozens of those people wanted to attach their real names signifies the severity of the problem,” Jeremy Edwards, a former press secretary for #FEMA who signed the letter, said in an […]
At least 2 #FEMA staff members who had been part of the federal response to July’s #Texas #flooding #disaster have now been placed on leave, acc/to an agency employee & another person familiar wi/ the situation.
One employee who manages cases for all #disasters, including TX helped orchestrate […]
By Tuesday evening, the #FEMA office of the administrator had sent several people letters informing them that effectively immediately, they were on an administrative leave, operating “in a non-duty status while continuing to receive pay & benefits.”
Last month, the #Trump admin also put nearly […]
The #Trump admin placed #FEMA employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of #dissent about the agency’s leadership….
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials, arguing the current leaders’ inexperience & approach […]
#Trump puts #FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing the administration in open letter
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials protesting the agency’s leadership & direction.
#EmergencyManagement #Climate #ExtremeWeather […]
Taxpayers are being asked to pay $2BILLION to *beautify* DC, yet the #FederalGovernment is unable to serve the public in a real [not Trump imagined] crisis.
#FEMA staff warn #Trump officials’ actions risk a Katrina-level #disaster
About 180 FEMA employees signed a letter to #Congress arguing […]
Sen #LisaMurkowski (R-AK) joined #Democrats on the #hospitals vote & a separate Democratic motion to prevent the #legislation from shifting some #FoodStamps costs to states.
On a party line vote, #Republicans also dismissed a motion by Democrats to strike any provision that would cut #Medicaid […]
In the runup to a final #Senate vote on #Trump’s big bill of tax cuts & spending cuts, #Republicans have voted down #Democratic amendments to strike portions of the bill that would reduce funding for rural #hospitals, #FoodStamps & #Medicaid.
Sen #SusanCollins (R-ME)joined #Democrats on an […]
The #Republican bill’s largest category of spending cuts is in #healthcare, where reductions to #Medicaid & the #AffordableCareAct #ACA / #Obamacare] total roughly $1 trillion & will result in 10.3 million more Americans losing #HealthInsurance, according to new estimates from the [#CBO […]
To defend their #legislation, some #Republicans & White House aides have taken to attacking the #CBO as politically motivated & unreliable typical #Trump, shoot the messenger]. But several nonpartisan independent groups that have analyzed the bill have also concluded that it would add […]
In the #House version of the bill, #Republicans also turned to some well-worn gimmicks in a bid to lower the sticker price of the #legislation. Several of the bill’s tax cut provisions, including #Trump’s campaign pledges to not tax #tips & #overtime pay, would last for only a few years. Those […]
The bill now heads to the #Republican-controlled #Senate, where it will likely be changed further in weeks of debate.
The 1,000-page #legislation would extend #TaxCuts for #corporations & #wealthy individuals that passed in 2017 during #Trump's first term, cancel many #GreenEnergy incentives […]
At a news conference Friday, #StLouis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson described at a path of destruction that began on a major #Missouri thoroughfare during afternoon rush hour before moving east over a river into southern #Illinois.
More than 5,000 homes suffered damage, St. Louis Mayor Cara […]
As #Trump dismantles #FEMA & guts #NOAA…
At least 16 dead in #Missouri, #Kentucky as severe #storms sweep central #US
At least 7 people have died in Missouri & 9 in Kentucky, authorities say, as severe weather including tornadoes, hail & storms sweeps through the #Midwest.
#ExtremeWeather […]
Federal judges have rejected their #research on #autism & #vaccines as too unreliable to stand up in court.
David Geier’s new #US govt role has stunned #PublicHealth experts, who had already expressed concerns about #RFKJr’s decisions to cancel a long-held #vaccine meeting & to cut grants […]
#RFKJr Turns to a Discredited #AntiVaxxer for #Autism Study
#DavidGeier has been hired as a senior data analyst at #HHS. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between #vaccines & autism that were debunked long ago.
#science #medicine #research #USpol #Trump […]
Since #ElonMusk’s so-called #DOGE took over important govt #technology teams within the #GSA & what was formally known as the #USDS, around 200 technologists have either resigned or been fired, jeopardizing around a decade’s worth of work dedicated to everything from #PublicHealth to #passport […]
#DOGE Is Putting Major Government #Efficiency Projects at #Risk
“18F was the people’s tech shop,” one fired #18F worker tells WIRED. “There’s a giant hole left by the closure of 18F. Requests from across the country for help far outpaced 18F’s capacity before the closure.”
#USpol #Musk #Trump […]
Republican #House Speaker #MikeJohnson urged fellow Republican lawmakers on Tues to avoid #public #TownHall meetings with #voters after some events turned into angry confrontations over #Trump's moves to fire #FederalWorkers & defund government programs.
#cowards #PublicDisservice #Republicans […]
More than a dozen of the senior leaders at the #FEMA, including those w/the most #experience in leading #disaster recovery, have either been fired or have resigned, thinning its management ranks weeks ahead of #hurricane season.
The departures in the senior ranks are IN ADDITION to job cuts & […]
The #IRS will end leases or close offices at 120 sites
The leases of ~120 IRS offices across the country will be terminated or allowed to expire, including sites that provide #taxpayer services….
The latest plan to end leases of IRS offices — which include public-facing taxpayer service […]
The #House has passed the #Trump #budget blueprint 217 to 216.
1 Republican voted no Rep Thomas Massie of KY.
That said, this will not pass a vote in the #Senate, so it’s really just a waste of time by your State’s #taxpayer paid #Republican Representatives.
Included in this are cuts to […]
