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Bich Nguyen"The leadership uncertainty comes amid a year of disruption and dismissals at the Atlanta-based institution, from which more than 3,000 public health workers are now gone. That includes staffers the Trump administration terminated and workers who accepted early retirement."
Demoralized CDC Workforce Reels From Year of Firings, Funding Cuts, and a Shooting - KFF Health News
Thousands of employees are gone and last summer’s shooting resonates still at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters and among the large public health community in Atlanta.
Wordmarkjust another "normal" day in #usa people killing each other on the streets #crime #criminals #violence #gunviolence
TheAuroraSentinelPERRY: Aurora wants better businesses on the East Colfax corridor. Better pay up
'If you really want to reduce crime, start with increased and very, very visible police patrol, lighting, design and consistent enforcement'
EditorDavePerryPERRY: Aurora wants better businesses on the East Colfax corridor. Better pay up
'If you really want to reduce crime, start with increased and very, very visible police patrol, lighting, design and consistent enforcement'
"I interviewed more than 40 people who work at the C.D.C. or who left during Trump’s second term. Some sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared that speaking out would cost them their jobs or subject them to retaliation from the administration."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/23/magazine/trump-rfk-jr-cdc-vaccines-maha.html
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News BeepQuadruple amputee cornhole player arrested in Maryland fatal shooting
A county sheriff’s office in Maryland said Monday that a professional cornhole player who’s also a quadruple amputee…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/450004/
Marty Cormack@MarkBrigham
Thanks for posting this.
I retired as an educator 7 years ago yesterday. I HATED the active shooting or lockdown drills. During one, I had a student in my office as a planned but unannounced drill started. As we huddled under the desks (my office had a wall of windows), the student, an 11th grader, experienced an anxiety attack. They did not know it was just a drill, so I had to quickly reassure them.
What, to America’s schoolchildren, is the Second Amendment?
MarkThis is heart-wrenching and important. And kind of personal (my bride grew up 2 blocks south of Annunciation, went to school & mass there; I’ve attended some services and weddings there some decades ago).
#MassShootings #GunViolence #AssaultRifles #2a #SchoolShootings #MNastodon
SEN. TOM SULLIVAN: Courage, data, and the responsibility to act on gun violence in Colorado
'The proliferation of ghost guns and 3D-printed firearms presents new risks that did not exist decades ago'
