CURRENT EVENTS - May 1 - May 7

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“… Much of the work at NIOSH, an arm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had already stalled after an initial round of layoffs on April 1 at the agency ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

New requests for investigations of firefighter injuries and workplace health hazards had already stopped being accepted. A CDC plan to help Texas schools curb the spread of measles infections was also scrapped due to the layoffs.

NIOSH employees receiving layoff notices late Friday included some workers for the World Trade Center Health Program, miner safety, and firefighter health programs. Some workers for those programs had been asked to temporarily return to work for another month or two, after pleas from members of Congress.

Among the layoffs to NIOSH's World Trade Center Health Program were nurses and scientists, two CDC officials said. Staff dealing with enrollment, member services and other administrative duties were also cut. …”
 
nycfan said:


“… Much of the work at NIOSH, an arm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had already stalled after an initial round of layoffs on April 1 at the agency ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

New requests for investigations of firefighter injuries and workplace health hazards had already stopped being accepted. A CDC plan to help Texas schools curb the spread of measles infections was also scrapped due to the layoffs.

NIOSH employees receiving layoff notices late Friday included some workers for the World Trade Center Health Program, miner safety, and firefighter health programs. Some workers for those programs had been asked to temporarily return to work for another month or two, after pleas from members of Congress.

Among the layoffs to NIOSH's World Trade Center Health Program were nurses and scientists, two CDC officials said. Staff dealing with enrollment, member services and other administrative duties were also cut. …”
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“… Stalled work includes changes needed to meet new standards issued by the National Fire Protection Association for this year. No equipment is currently certified to meet those standards, nor has the agency been able to issue refunds to application fees paid for by manufacturers.

Efforts to spot and warn of counterfeit personal protective equipment was also halted due to the layoffs, officials said. …”
 
altmin said:

John Fetterman’s Wife Reportedly Told Staff She Was at a ‘Breaking Point’​

Gisele Fetterman has continued to publicly stand by her husband, but according to reporting from​

New York Magazine ​

she and his former staffers are concerned about the Pennsylvania's senator's mental state.​

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There is definitely something wrong with him. He went from a firebrand, AOC-type progressive to a docile Trump apologist overnight.

I really do think that stroke re-wired his cognitive abilities.
 
finesse said:
The gauleiters fought, feuded and conspired all the time as well.
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I learned a new word today - gauleiters. I love being about to touch a word on my screen and have the definition pop up! I also love being able to touch a word in what I write and have the correct spelling pop up.
 
WaynetheDrain said:
He went from a firebrand, AOC-type progressive to a docile Trump apologist overnight. I really do think that stroke re-wired his cognitive abilities.
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Now do Sinema. You might be right about his cognitive abilities, but it's not exactly unprecedented for Dems to campaign as progressives and then wind up as something different. I don't know if they were faking when running, or corrupted after winning, but it happens.
 
superrific said:
Now do Sinema. You might be right about his cognitive abilities, but it's not exactly unprecedented for Dems to campaign as progressives and then wind up as something different. I don't know if they were faking when running, or corrupted after winning, but it happens.
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Sinema was never progressive. She was always middle-of-the road, which is why she was able to defeat McSally in Arizona. Her entire purpose in politics was to use it to further her personal wealth and future opportunities outside of politics, and she realized early on that it’s easiest to do that when you straddle both sides of the aisle.
 
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So far this year it would appear that the rest of the democratic world is rejecting Trumpism and Trumpist politicians in their nations - and often decisively. Too bad Americans won't do the same. Instead his personal cult adores him as much as ever.
 
nycfan said:
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Not to quibble, because VE Day is obviously important, but WWII ended for the USA when the Japanese surrendered in August 1945 …

Anyway, May 8 is Victory Day already, Victory in Europe (VE Day), but fine Victory Day it is. November 11 was Armistice Day, then Veteran’s Day and now Victory Day WWI I guess?
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WaynetheDrain said:
Sinema was never progressive. She was always middle-of-the road, which is why she was able to defeat McSally in Arizona. Her entire purpose in politics was to use it to further her personal wealth and future opportunities outside of politics, and she realized early on that it’s easiest to do that when you straddle both sides of the aisle.
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Not early in her career in the AZ state house. That's how she got so many progressive fans in the first place. She really wanted to get things done.

I'm not sure the corruption really happened until she hit the Senate, and it might have been only after the pandemic. I remember reading an article about how Sinema was selling so much shit on facebook, presumably a whole bunch of stuff she bought online. Like, so much stuff (as I remember it) that it would burn though a Congressional salary in like 3 months.

Whatever the case, glad she's gone and hopefully Fetterman gets his shit together.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
So far this year it would appear that the rest of the democratic world is rejecting Trumpism and Trumpist politicians in their nations - and often decisively. Too bad Americans won't do the same. Instead his personal cult adores him as much as ever.
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If we have free and fair elections, I believe the US will reject Trumpism in 2026 and 2028. Unfortunately, I don’t believe we will have free and fair elections, maybe ever again.
 
Healing said:
“ever again” is too far, but otherwise agree. Dictatorships fall with regularity, and democratic elections frequently occur in the aftermath.
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The problem is that the easiest group to unite when it happens is white Christians who still favor Trump. I'm not going to want even an attenuated Trump.
 
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