#RFKJr. forces out Peter Marks, #FDA’s top #vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent #measles outbreak shows how confidence in #science & #PublicHealth is being “undermined.”
#Trump #idiocracy #medicine #disease #pandemic #health #healthcare #kakistocracy #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/
At least we know what the going rate is for getting the convicted felon to pardon a convicted felon, just in case anyone is contemplating turning to a life of crime. 
I've taught dystopian fiction, Buddhist compassion, and other subjects for nearly 30 years now.
Holy fuck, I tried.
Now, I'm going to just quit my job, exit the Authoritarian workforce, retire early, get a reverse mortgage, and move out of Floriduh to my house on the Oregon Coast, and just try to live my best life with what little time I have left.
If it gets too bad, we will move back to Japan.
Good luck, people.
It's been real.
#Kakistocracy
#Trump’s instructions to his team late this week remained to attack #JeffreyGoldberg & #TheAtlantic, & not “produce a scalp” by firing any members of his Cabinet, in the words of one outside adviser consulted by the White House who described the discussions to us.
#law #NationalSecurity #military #intelligence #SignalGate #Signal #idiocracy #kakistocracy #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-hegseth-waltz-signal/682220/
#Hegseth added:
“1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME).”
This text was two hours in advance of the strikes.
“1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package).”
And then, “1536: F-18 2nd Strike Starts — also first sea-based Tomahawks launched.”
That text gave almost three hours’ notice.
He & other pilots said that each day since Mon, when #TheAtlantic published an article about the chat disclosures, had brought a stunning new revelation. First came the news that #Hegseth had put the operational sequencing, or flight schedules, for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the #Houthi militia in #Yemen on March 15 in the unclassified #Signal group chat, which included several other snr #Trump ofcls.
The #intelligence breach was bad enough, current & former #FighterPilots said. But #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth’s refusal to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive info about when American fighter pilots would attack sites in #Yemen, they said, was even worse.
On #AirBases, in #AircraftCarrier “ready rooms” & in communities near #military bases this week, there was consternation.
#Signal Chat Leak Angers US #Military Pilots
Men & women who have taken to the air on behalf of the #UnitedStates expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans.
“You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
#law #NationalSecurity #Trump #SignalGate #Signal #idiocracy #kakistocracy #USIntelligenceAgencies #JDVance #Hegseth #TulsiGabbard #Ratcliffe #MikeWaltz #MarcoRubio #SusieWiles #Witkoff #StephenMiller
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/pilots-signal-leak.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7E4.ZPcI.ZHMyML38GPF9&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
American Oversight v. #Hegseth (#Houthi #Signal Group Chat)
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge James E. #Boasberg: Motion Hearing held on 3/27/2025 re 6 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by AMERICAN OVERSIGHT. Oral arguments heard. Order forthcoming. (Court Reporter Tammy Nestor) (znbn)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69788832/american-oversight-v-hegseth/
Image content: a Bluesky post by Gillian Branstetter: “No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.”
#kakistocracy #fascism #concentrationCamps https://thepit.social/@peter/114235140901587311
The #DOJ is considering merging the lead agencies enforcing #drug & #gun laws in a major shakeup as it moves to follow #Trump's instructions to sharply *streamline* the govt.
In addition to merging the Drug Enforcement Agency #DEA & Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives #ATF, DOJ leaders are considering eliminating field offices that handle #antitrust & #environmental cases, according to a March 25 memo seen by Reuters.
#law #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-considers-merging-dea-atf-major-wave-cuts-memo-shows-2025-03-27
“This chat was alleged to have included #classified information pertaining to sensitive military actions in Yemen. If true, this reporting raises questions as to the use of unclassified networks to discuss sensitive & classified information, as well as the sharing of such information with those who do not have proper clearance & need to know,” the senators wrote.
#Senate #ArmedServices Cmte requests #Pentagon's acting #InspectorGeneral to investigate #Signal chat
Senate Armed Services Cmte Chair #RogerWicker, R-MS, & ranking member #JackReed, D-RI, sent a letter today requesting the #Defense Dept’s acting IG to launch an investigation into the leaked Signal chat about US #military strikes in #Yemen.
#law #NationalSecurity #Trump #SignalGate #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-administration-signal-chat-musk-doge-immigration-live-updates-rcna197447/rcrd75592?canonicalCard=true
The #Trump admin on Thursday announced that 10,000 employees of #HHS would be dismissed, as part of a major reorganization designed by *#Health* Secy #RFKJr. The layoffs are a drastic reduction in personnel for the health dept, which now employs ~80,000 people.
#USpol #PublicHealth #science #medicine #research #labor #law #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/10000-federal-health-dept-workers-to-be-laid-off.html?smid=url-share
Oh then there’s this…
#DerSpiegel found private phone numbers, email addresses & passwords for #MikeWaltz, #TulsiGabbard & #PeteHegseth online.
#NationalSecurity #InfoSec #law #Trump #SignalGate #Signal #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
I mean, this is just…, seriously?!?
#MikeWaltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
A WIRED review shows #NationalSecurity adviser Mike Waltz, #Trump WhiteHouse chief of staff #SusieWiles, & other top ofcls left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
#InfoSec #law #Trump #SignalGate #Signal #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.wired.com/story/michael-waltz-left-his-venmo-public/
#Republican Rep #DonBacon of #Nebraska spoke after #TheAtlantic published the screenshots from the #Signal “Houthi PC small group” texts.
Bacon, a retired #AirForce general, scoffed at #Hegseth’s assertion that no war plans had been shared on the text chain.
“That’s baloney,’ Bacon told reporters.” Just be honest & own up to it.”
Ok folks, it’s now 45 mins after the 4PM ET #Trump Press conference. He is a no-show.
Coward.
