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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Aug 27
Good night, friends

Truth to power - right on the windows riddled w/ bullets from a shooter poisoned by anti-vaccine lies. Fuck RFKJ
(However, from a public health standpoint, we strongly advise against anyone fucking 🧠🪱)

✨Huge respect for the courage it took to put up that sign. Absolute legend❤️‍🔥✊
“Fuck RFK” poster hanging on a window that is riddled with several bullets from the 8/8 CDC shooting Because, well, fuck RFK Jr and his dangerous anti-vaccine rhetoric.
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Trust for America's Health (TFAH) @tfah.bsky.social · Aug 26
National Immunization Awareness month is almost over but the importance of staying up to date on vaccine schedules remains. www.tfah.org/story/immuni...
Immunizations are a Critical Public Health Tool to Support Both Individual and Community Health - TFAH
Observed annually in August, National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) highlights the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. Some vaccines prevent the spread of diseases, while others pr...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 24
Earlier this year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced massive cuts to federal health agencies.

The Trump administration has refused to say how many workers have been lost so far. But a new ProPublica analysis gives a detailed view.
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Aug 20
"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..."

www.savehhs.org
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emwitz.bsky.social @emwitz.bsky.social · Aug 17
An important thread 🧵
skiles.blue John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · Aug 17
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵

An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
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Trust for America's Health (TFAH) @tfah.bsky.social · Aug 14
In response to the attack on CDC, the public health community mourns the loss of police officer Rose and denounces acts of harassment and violence against the public health workforce. 20 public health organizations released a statement of support for CDC and its critical work tinyurl.com/bdmp8vby
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · Aug 9
Fired But Fighting’s statement on Friday’s shooting at CDC. For the full statement, visit firedbutfighting.org. Stay tuned for more info.
The shooting targeting CDC, which resulted in the death of a police officer was horrific, and it was completely preventable. Cuts to CDC programs that reduce gun violence and support mental health, and anti-science rhetoric from political appointees set the stage for this senseless act of violence. Something needs to change.
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Benjamin Mazer @mazer.us · Aug 9
He called the CDC a cesspool of corruption that lied about the COVID vaccines. Now someone has committed violence because of the same misinformation.
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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · Aug 9
Four CDC buildings shot up. Employees under lockdown and in fear for hours. Public health is physically under attack, and the silence from the administration is deafening.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · Jul 25
🚨Alert:🚨RFK Jr says he will remove all members of USPSTF.
He will replace with his cronies who promote junk science. Members could negatively impact health insurance coverage for preventive screenings, HIV testing, and much more.

📞Call☎️ your reps NOW! Ask for RFK Jr to resign!
#ResignRFKJr
US Health Secretary Kennedy to oust members of US preventive task force, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Jun 10
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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emwitz.bsky.social @emwitz.bsky.social · Jun 9
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emwitz.bsky.social @emwitz.bsky.social · Jun 5
12.36 Scaramuccis. That’s how long Trump and Elon’s friendship lasted since Trump’s inauguration.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · May 30
You were right the first time Sec Kennedy: none of us should take medical advice from you.

This administration and HHS Sec are ensuring that the USA loses its measles eradication status this year. We would be better off listening to CDC scientists during this outbreak of measles.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · May 10
The Trump/Musk chainsaw massacre of public services continues.

The Trump Admin has said that these patriotic public servants have been fired for performance. That was a BIG LIE. If poor performance were the test, it’s Trump, Musk and the billionaire cabinet who should be FIRED.
HHS moving to fire probationary employees again, officials say
Many probationary workers at the Department of Health and Human Services had been put on paid leave amid court battles with the Trump administration.
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emwitz.bsky.social @emwitz.bsky.social · May 1
Thank you @thedailyshow.com for amplifying the voices of fired federal employees! #FiredButFighting

m.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeb...
Meet the DOGE Layoff Victims That Elon Musk Deemed Wasteful | The Daily Show
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emwitz.bsky.social @emwitz.bsky.social · Apr 28
Though I do wish you had brought back Jeff the Diseased Lung when talking about the elimination of CDC’s Office of Smoking and Health. Suggestion for next time!
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emwitz.bsky.social @emwitz.bsky.social · Apr 28
As an illegally fired CDC employee, THANK YOU @lastweektonight.com for last night’s profile of RFK Jr.’s disastrous cuts to public health.
a person is holding a sign that says " do n't play politics with public health protect hhs "
ALT: a person is holding a sign that says " do n't play politics with public health protect hhs "
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Apr 23
Here is a list of critical federal health programs for families that they want to cut.

Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty.

Call your reps.
Programs for Children and Families Eliminated ACF Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demo ACF Head Start ACF Preschool Development Grant ACF Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness ACL ACL University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Developmental Disabilities Projects of National Significance ACL Lifespan Respite Care ACL Long-term Care Ombudsman ACL Preventive Health Services ACL Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (Investigate group home abuse) ACL State Councils on Developmental Disabilities CDC Adolescent and School Health CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) CDC Asthma CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning CDC Firearm Injury & Mortality Prevention Research CDC Newborn Screening and Molecular Biology CDC Oral Health CDC Reproductive Health CDC Smoking and Health CDC Youth Violence Prevention CMS Medicaid and CHIP Budget of $129.6 million? Is this a joke? GDM Children's Interagency Coordination Council GDM Discretionary Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs GDM Still Birth Taskforce GDM Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program HRSA EMS for Children HRSA Family Planning HRSA Healthy Start HRSA Universal Newborn Hearing Screening IHS Preventive Health OASH Office of Population Affairs SAMSHA Childhood Mental Health SAMSHA Children and Family Programs SAMSHA Consumer and Family Network Grants SAMSHA Health Transitions Infant and Early SAMSHA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health SAMSHA SAMSHA Interagency Task Force on Trauma Informed Care Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) SAMSHA STOP Act Pregnant and Postpartum Women SAMSHA Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative
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Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · Apr 10
Nearly half of CDC's developmental disabilities and birth defects center is now off the job

Secy Kennedy's layoffs included entire team working on sickle cell disease

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cut...
CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Nearly half of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities was laid off.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · Apr 8
This is Scott – a CDC researcher working to help screen coal miners for black lung.

His entire department was eliminated last week, leaving miners across the country at greater risk of sickness and death. I’m fighting back.
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emwitz.bsky.social @emwitz.bsky.social · Apr 6
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WOFAVA @wofava.bsky.social · Apr 5
WofA at the peaceful DC Hands Off! Rally! Thank you all for showing up today!! #handsoff #april5 #use #nova #dc #dmv
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Apr 5
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...
Opinion | Trump and Musk Have Created a New Kind of Opposition in Federal Workers (Gift Article)
Federal workers can become the standard bearers of the Democratic opposition.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Apr 5
“It is up to all of us to fix this. It’s not going to be because somebody comes and saves you.” - President Obama yesterday

We must organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Join an event near you for tomorrow’s nationwide day of action: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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