#Trump’s EO also revokes a #Biden admin order from 2021 designed to promote #access to voting.

The admin is calling it “the farthest-reaching executive action taken in the history of the Republic to secure our elections.”

After signing, Trump said more #election actions would be taken in the coming weeks.

#DOGE has sought access to a powerful database of nearly all US workers’ earnings kept by the #health dept’s #ChildSupport office, setting off another disagreement w/career staff over demands for legally #protected records, acc/to 4 people familiar w/the matter.

Over the last several weeks, #billionaire #ElonMusk’s team has clashed w/ #CivilServants over attempts to #access privileged #information or systems kept by the #Treasury Dept, #IRS & #SocialSecurity, among other agencies.

Wouldn’t it be great, #Musk offered, if he had #access to the #computers of the #FederalGovernment?

Just give him the passwords, he said jocularly, & he would make the govt fit & trim.

What started as musings at a dinner party evolved into a #radical takeover of the #FederalBureaucracy. It was driven with a frenetic focus by Musk, who channeled his #libertarian impulses & resentment of #regulatory #oversight of his vast #business holdings into a singular position of #influence.

I really hope I'm wrong. Really really REALLY hope I'm wrong.

But for those of us reliant on #USA-manufactured medications (for whatever condition or purpose), we might want to start checking in with our pharmacies and even #HealthCanada regarding ensuring ongoing access to safe and effective #prescriptions.

Happy to hear further thoughts on this matter.

11/fin

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The association said that it had been given no warning of Leavitt’s announcement & that there had been no prior discussions about it with the White House. “The WHCA will never stop advocating for comprehensive #access, full #transparency & the right of the American public to read, listen to & watch reports from the White House, delivered without fear or favor,” Eugene Daniels, the president of the association, wrote.

Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said buffer zones are necessary to ensure safe #access to #health-care centers.

“No #patient should have to encounter #threats, #intimidation, & #attacks while seeking #healthcare — & no #medical provider or health center staff should be threatened because of their work to deliver #abortion care to patients in need….Buffer zones & bubble zones help to create a safer environment for patients, providers, & staff.”

In the coming weeks, the docs show, #DOGE has planned for the #Trump admin to trim staff from dozens of offices across the executive branch, including those that protect employees’ #CivilRights & others that investigate complaints of employment #discrimination in the federal workplace. Among the groups targeted are a #VeteransAffairs office that works to ensure all #veterans receive #equal #access to care & an office within #HHS that provides info about the #health of minority populations.

#GaryPeters doesn’t have plans for after he leaves the #Senate, but a teaching job in academia or #policy work at a think tank fit his interests. He wants to continue to play a role in developing public policy, he said, particularly around ensuring #equitable #access to changes in #technology like #ArtificialIntelligence.