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Randy Paul

@randinho.bsky.social

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US citizen in Brazil. Dog daddy to Pérola. Jazz fan. Film lover. Proud liberal. Truth always matters above all. Married to the same woman since 1994. Profile photo is me from 1993.

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 1d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 11d

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Hypocrisy remains the tribute vice pays to virtue.

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 13d

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Natália Viana, co-founder of Agência Pública, wins Cabot Prize for leadership in Brazilian independent journalism

Natália Viana, co-founder of Agência Pública, wins Cabot Prize for leadership in Brazilian independent journalism Awards and Opportunities. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The...

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 15d

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Awkward . . .

Camerawoman Captures Scott Bessent’s Texts, Exposing White House Panic

Why we all need screen protectors, feat. Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary.

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 19d

Justice Department Turmoil Bubbles Up to the Surface prospect.org/justice/2025...

Justice Department Turmoil Bubbles Up to the Surface

While DOJ continues to weaponize the legal system, the resignation of Pam Bondi’s chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, signals possible accountability for pay-to-play corruption.

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 21d

The Democratic superlawyer Trump can’t silence: ‘We are in the break-glass moment of American history’

A profile in courage.

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The Democratic superlawyer Trump can’t silence: ‘We are in the break-glass moment of American history’

Elias has long defended high-profile Democrats and election law, resisting Trump’s crackdown on his opponents

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 21d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better.

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 22d

Gotcha!

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 22d

Fulfill that bucket list! Give yourself a couple of days.

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 22d

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This always calms me and lowers my blood pressure.

Frank Lloyd Wright Room

The Frank Lloyd Wright Room was originally the living room of the summer residence of Frances W. Little, designed and built between 1912 and 1914 in Wayzata, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 22d

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So Sinclair is refusing to carry Jimmy Kimmel on its ABC affiliates. This is just a reminder as to how thoroughly scummy Sinclair’s founder and Executive Chairman is.

Sinclair Chairman David Smith Caught With Hooker | Law & Crime

Sinclair Broadcast Group's Executive Chairman David Smith is apparently a big fan of sex workers. This proclivity led to his conviction for a sex crime in 1996.

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 22d

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Sinclair Chairman David Smith Caught With Hooker | Law & Crime

Sinclair Broadcast Group's Executive Chairman David Smith is apparently a big fan of sex workers. This proclivity led to his conviction for a sex crime in 1996.

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · 22d

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Sinclair Chairman David Smith Caught With Hooker | Law & Crime

Sinclair Broadcast Group's Executive Chairman David Smith is apparently a big fan of sex workers. This proclivity led to his conviction for a sex crime in 1996.

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Sep 14

The stasification of America.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Sep 14

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Sep 7

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The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy | Rebecca Solnit

Democracy means a society and system in which everyone’s rights matter. Rapists count on this being untrue – and Trump is proving them right

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Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Sep 7

Also worth remembering that Pinochet was behind the car bombing in 9/1976 that killed Orlando Letelier and US citizen Ronni Moffitt in DC. The only state-sponsored act of terrorism in the US capital in history

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Sep 7

Also worth remembering that Pinochet was behind the car bombing in 9/1976 that killed Orlando Letelier and US citizen Ronni Moffitt in DC. The only state-sponsored act of terrorism in the US capital in history

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Sep 7

Also worth remembering that Pinochet was behind the car bombing in 9/1976 that killed Orlando Letelier and US citizen Ronni Moffitt in DC. The only state-sponsored act of terrorism in the US capital in history.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Sep 6

If you're conversant in the lingua franca of the online right, you know the helicopter emojis the official White House account is using here are a reference to the Pinochet dictatorship's practice of flying people above the ocean and dropping them to disappear them.

That's what they're threatening.

White House official Twitter account tweeting helicopter emojis

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Opinion | Cartoon by Dana Summers

Dana Summers cartoon on Florida planning to end state vaccine mandates.

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Sep 4

#Griftersgonnagrift

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Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them

A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Aug 31

Gift article. wapo.st/45YzxK8

Opinion | My workers voted for Trump. Now they’re absorbing the impact.

Business was growing for our aluminum foundry. Then came the tariffs.

Randy Paul @randinho.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Alert the media: The White House is lying about Trump's health

Their explanations are absurd and it's time to start asking questions.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

My resignation letter from CDC.

Dear Dr. Houry,

I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested.

This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough.

While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles.

The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.

It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC.

Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc.

I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information.

The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.

The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed.

For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision.

Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically.

Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.