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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

They have since admitted it was a mistake and then rehired all the white ones.

[–] NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Everyday these fucking assholes. That's why I stopped speculating what else fucking damage they would do -- stop giving the bastards ideas.

They need to be stopped completely.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 43 points 12 hours ago

RFK is on track to have one of the highest kill counts for a powerful US figure in the first quarter of the 21st century. That is an intimidating sentence and yet it seems to be undeniably true, I don't see how we can swerve from the path of mass amounts of unnecessary death in the US from disease. Shame on us.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Time for the sane states to create a "Hub of Pathological Management and Deterence" as a replacement lol. Travelers from non-member states get quarrantined.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 50 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Another reason not to visit the US. They can't prevent disease and aren't even trying. All they want is your money.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Are you kidding? I want your heathcare.

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 62 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

My country is being destroyed right in front of me. What a time to be alive!

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

I'm just sitting waiting for it to either kill me or fail trying. And all I can do in the meantime is try to live life pretending like it's not on a time limit

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I remember the time when every weekend there was good news like NASA launching a new space station component on the space shuttle. They did have bad news like the shuttle blowing up and the NASDAQ dropping 10 points on the same day. But usually news had puppies being adopted and new vaccines or a new animal discovered.

Now its all about what I can't do anymore starting this week. Like bikes are not allowed anymore. Or you can't kiss in public or below the chin. Can't wear colored shirts or shorts but pants may still be blue. If you're lucky you could be illegal this week too!

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

As a kid I remember Tom Brokaw droning on about the collapsed soviet union and eventually Kuwait but all that bad news was offshore, domestic news was all about how great 3Q was going to be and how the malls and airports would be swamped for Christmas, great movies in theaters, optimism. I had no idea it was the last time I'd experience it.

[–] GEESELICHIC@lemmy.zip 35 points 14 hours ago

Meanwhile, the pedo in chief got his flu & COVID booster. These fucking people…

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 35 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Historically fascists leave office when they die

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 11 points 14 hours ago

I'm fine with that.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 57 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

9% of the remaining staff.
Another 4,000 government employees were fired across other vital programs.

We are still leas than a year into this 4 years presidency.

There isnt just gonna be a fixing this. The US is going to have to take decades to rebuild itself from scratch whenever this fascist agenda ends.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 21 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

~~whenever~~if this fascist agenda ends.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 37 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

That's one of the few silver linings of fascism, it always ends. It's inherently unstable.

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago

But it'll kill me first so I'd really prefer to just stop it now by any means necessary, including the things I'm not allowed to say

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[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 30 points 15 hours ago (14 children)

Other countries should just stop tourists from the USA from entering - the damn place is a biohazard at this point.

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[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 60 points 18 hours ago (7 children)

The USA is simultaneously broadcasting to militaries around the world that America is going to ignore the Geneva convention/greenlight warcrimes, and they're dismantling the infrastructure that would've been used to defend themselves against biological weapons.

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[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 84 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

“This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared.”

No, they should be mad. Mad as hell that this government is dismantling all the safe-guards that keep them safe.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 11 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

I get that every member of this admin has the intention of destroying America, but what do they think happens when they succeed. They think they gunna be the madmax style warlords? Like once their accumulated wealth is worthless do they think they are ruthless enough to take that mantle? I look forward to some pretty wild news of their demise.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They think they won’t be affected personally and therefore don’t care. Most will take advantage and prosper.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

Can't wait to prove then wrong.

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

They're planning to 'restructure' into a new country. They assume that the military will fall in line. Maybe it will. Idk. But they're aiming for something like the collapse of the ussr but faster and more controlled.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 80 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Many, many people are going to die because of this.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 27 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I always thought 5% (1/20) of the USA population would not survive this administration.

But not from violence: instead they will die, without headlines, from lack of medicine for simple things like high blood pressure and diabetes; not screening cancers; complications from malnutrition; infectious diseases; and combinations of these.

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[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 57 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

this feels like the USSR breakup. EVERY STATE FOR THEMSELVES

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 13 points 16 hours ago

Yeah I've been thinking this for awhile. The US isn't all that dissimilar to the Soviet Union was just before it collapsed. When people start thinking their ideology will magically solve a nation's problems instead of having skilled people working on those problems, that's not a country that can function for very long.

You never know, the US could turn things around. But right now it seems to be running on fumes. There's still people working in government in agencies that were formed when the government was run by somewhat competent people, so they're keeping the lights on. But if these ideological purges (not to mention general malaise) continue, there won't be enough to keep the lights on.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

When I suggested the US balkanize I was hoping it'd be the States idea, not that the Fed would just literally crumble in front of our eyes.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 134 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Remember a couple of minutes ago when the world shut down because we were woefully unprepared for a pandemic?

This is a smart money saving measure, theres no way a pandemic can happen twice.

[–] verdi@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Considering the US is the highest polluter per capita in the world (by a country mile), this just sounds like a good thing. Now we just need nature to take its course.

[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 44 points 18 hours ago

You kidding? The Trump regime was rooting for the virus initially because it was killing "liberals". Then they realized it was killing more of their supporters.

Don't be mistaken - this is meant to kill people. This is an attack on every man, woman, and child in the US.

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 273 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Even if the US somehow manages to have another election and elect a sane president, it will be an almost impossible task to undo all the damage the Trump regime did.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 209 points 1 day ago (17 children)

I believe that is the point of all of this

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 147 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

They literally laid it all out in Project 2025. There are some nuances to how it's unfolding but this is what they wanted.

Exactly. I don't know why anybody is surprised about this shit. They literally wrote down what they'd do once they came back into power. Project 2025 is their Mein Kampf.

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Why would you need to do science when all of the answers are on instagram already

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