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"He's quite concerned about the integrity of the scientific enterprise," Dr. Lurie (a former FDA associate commissioner) said, "and I share his concern that the secretary is making truth subservient to his own personal beliefs, which appear not to be grounded in science."

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#USA #USGov #health #PublicHealth #vaccines #COVID

nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us

Dr. Marks did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for H.H.S., issued a statement Friday night: "If Peter Marks does not want to get behind restoring science to its golden standard and promoting radical transparency, then he has no place at F.D.A. under the strong leadership of Secretary Kennedy." Dr. Marks steered the F.D.A's vaccine program during the tumultuous years of the coronavirus pandemic, guiding the agency and its outside advisers through multiple decisions about the kind of evidence that was necessary to grant emergency authorization for the vaccines produced under the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed initiative. In June 2022, he pleaded with a committee of outside experts to consider the danger the virus posed to children younger than 5; the panel voted later that day to recommend vaccines for that age group. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
"We have to be careful that we don't become numb to the number of pediatric deaths because of the overwhelming number of older deaths here," Dr. Marks said at the time. Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert from Baylor University, said he spoke with Dr. Marks regularly during the pandemic. "He was extraordinarily committed to using science to help the American people," he said. "He was one of the heroes of the pandemic, so I'm sorry to see him go." Dr. Peter Lurie, a former F.D.A. associate commissioner, called it "a real tragedy" when someone like Dr. Marks runs afoul of "these alleged distortions." "He's quite concerned about the integrity of the scientific enterprise," Dr. Lurie said, "and I share his concern that the secretary is making truth subservient to his own personal beliefs, which appear not to be grounded in science." https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
Mr. Kennedy was confirmed by the Senate after a tense two days of hearings that included his repeated pledges to uphold the importance of vaccinations. But he has already begun to show signs that he is continuing the type of activities he engaged in for 20 years to deeply undermine vaccine confidence. During the measles outbreak in Texas, he has promoted the value of alternative medicines and issued tepid advice for people to get vaccinations. Despite a federal hiring freeze, his agency recently hired a prominent researcher in the anti- vaccine movement to study the long- discredited link between vaccines and autism. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
And on Thursday, Mr. Kennedy said on NewsNation that he planned to create a vaccine injury agency within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He said the effort was a priority for him and would help bring "gold-standard science" to the federal government. Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said the study of vaccine injuries has already been a priority for decades. "I fear this is a way to emphasize vaccine injuries in a way that's completely disproportionate to what the real risk is," he said. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
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Top F.D.A. vaccine official resigns (under pressure), writing:

… that RFK Jr.’s “aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”

And further:

“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.” 👀

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nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us

Top F.D.A. vaccine official resigns, citing Kennedy's 'misinformation and lies.' The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, resigned Friday. Greg Nash https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public. "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies," Dr. Marks wrote to Sara Brenner, the agency's acting commissioner. Dr. Marks resigned under pressure, according to a person familiar with the matter who said an official with the Department of Health and Human Services told Dr. Marks on Friday that he could either resign or be fired. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
Hours earlier in West Virginia, Mr. Kennedy asserted that Covid did not kill healthy people, contrary to research showing that 30 percent of those who died early in the pandemic did not have underlying conditions. Mr. Kennedy has also extolled the value of vitamin A as a treatment during a major measles outbreak in Texas, while downplaying the value of vaccines. On Thursday, he announced that he was creating a new office to study vaccine injuries. Dr. Marks noted in his letter that measles, "which killed more than 100,000 unvaccinated children last year in Africa and Asia," because of complications, "had been eliminated from our shores." He added that he had been willing to address Mr. Kennedy's concerns about vaccine safety and transparency with a series of public meetings and by working with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, but was rebuffed. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
"Undermining confidence in well- established vaccines that have met the high standards for quality, safety and effectiveness that have been in place for decades at F.D.A. is irresponsible, detrimental to public health, and a clear danger to our nation's health, safety and security," Dr. Marks wrote. He went on to express his desire for the current administration's damage to be limited. "My hope is that during the coming years, the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation comes to an end so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the breadth of advances in medical science," Dr. Marks wrote. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
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Kristi Noem got all gussied up—

Apparently with fake eyelashes, hair extensions...

And a $50,000 Rolex watch

To stand in front of the prisoners locked up in a crowded El Salvador prison cell

and film her saber-rattling video shoot.

At a Prison Appearance, a $50,000 Watch Stands Out Kristi Noem's trip to a prison in El Salvador drew social media attention for the homeland security secretary's choice to wear a gold Rolex in such a setting. Listen to this article - 4:26 min Learn more https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/style/kristi-noem-venezuela-prison-rolex-watch.html Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 1605 PST
Rolex Daytonas, like the one Ms. Noem wore in El Salvador, were first introduced in 1963. Pool photo by Alex Brandon https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/style/kristi-noem-venezuela-prison-rolex-watch.html Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 1605 PST
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(cont.)

A reporter asked Vance if they have specific evidence that China or Russia is encroaching on Greenland (good for the reporter).

Vance said he didn’t want to get “too specific” and, “Why wouldn’t they be interested in Greenland?”
Then he re-iterated how beneficial Greenland would be for the U.S.

#vance#trump#USGov
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Vance says the Trump admin supposedly respects the self determination of the people of Greenland ( 😉 ) but, they will be a lot safer under with US protection
(he said Russia and “communist China” are encroaching on #Greenland .)

His tone is harsh and he sounds like he’s yelling at the people of Greenland, really, and my opinion— you’ll be a lot better off, dammit, give us your country already— kind of thing.

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“… the president has no legal authority to tell states how to run their elections—

But he’s trying to threaten states anyway, with the pulling of federal election assistance funding and with unspecified action from his Justice Department, in hopes they comply.”

~ The implicit threat in Trump’s push to change election rules~
The president just set the stage to challenge election results he doesn’t like.

#trump #USA #USGov #USPol #elections

vox.com/politics/405990/trump-

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Vox · Trump is threatening states to change their election rulesBy Andrew Prokop
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And as part of his “Transformation to Make America Healthy Again” restructuring, RFK Jr. announced that he will create “a new subdivision called the ‘Administration for a Healthy America,’ which will combine offices in HHS that address addiction, toxic substances and occupational safety among others, into one central office that will focus on chronic disease prevention programs and health resources for low-income Americans.”

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The Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) under RFK Jr. plans to cut 10,000 employees —

🔻3,500 from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
🔻2,400 from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
🔻1,200 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
🔻300 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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hhs.gov/about/news/hhs-restruc
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wsj.com/politics/policy/rfk-jr

WASHINGTON-Health and Human Ser- vices Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would significantly cut the size of the department he leads, reshaping the nation's health agencies and closing regional offices. Kennedy on Thursday said the agency would ax 10,000 full-time employees spread across departments tasked with responding to disease outbreaks, approv- ing new drugs, providing insurance for the poorest Americans and more. The worker cuts are in addition to roughly 10,000 employees who opted to leave the department since President Trump took office, through voluntary separation offers, according to the department. The voluntary departures and the plan, if fully implemented, would result in the department shedding about one-quarter of its workforce, shrinking to 62,000 fed- eral health workers. It will also lose five of its 10 regional offices. HHS said essential health services won't be affected. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/rfk-jr-job-cuts-health-human-services-bdec28b0 Accessed: 27 March 2025 at 1110 CST
As part of the 10,000 workers who will be let go, according to HHS documents, the Trump administration plans to cut: 3,500 full-time employees from the Food and Drug Administration-or about 19% of the agency's workforce 2,400 employees from the Centers for Dis- ease Control and Prevention—or about 18% of its workforce • 1,200 employees from the National Insti- tutes of Health—or about 6% of its work- force 300 employees from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-or about 4% of its workforce The CDC will be "returning to its core mis- sion" of preparing for and responding to epidemics, according to HHS documents. The CDC cuts wouldn't come from divi- sions focused on infectious disease, an HHS official said. Republicans have charged the CDC in the past with straying from its mission by researching topics such as the health impacts of gun violence. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/rfk-jr-job-cuts-health-human-services-bdec28b0 Accessed: 27 March 2025 at 1110 CST
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Thomas Fricke (he/him)

Absurdity now has a logarithmic scale.

@signalapp has initially been funded by the @OpenTechFund
and is used by the #usgov to plan bombings in #jemen

#doge destroys the funding of the #otf while @TheAtlantic has been invited to this chat.

Signal (Open Whisper Systems) | OTF
opentech.fund/projects-we-supp

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

Going to lose the overview? 🤣

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She wrote an op-ed expressing her feelings about the situation in Gaza and how the Palestinians were suffering. She said the university should disclose its investments and divest from companies with direct ties to Israel.

Over a year later, her student visa was revoked by the #Trump admin and she was arrested in broad daylight by non-uniformed masked people.

The allegations claim she supported a terrorist organization (Hamas).

#USA #USGov #Gaza #Israel

apnews.com/article/tufts-stude

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This freaking nonsensical gaslighting and deflection—

Now the #trump team is apparently arguing against intent (to unlawfully dispose of government records) because Michael (Mike) Waltz changed the messages to disappear in four weeks rather than one 🥴

#USA#USGov#Signal
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