Sunday, March 30, 2025

Louisiana Sen. Dr. Bill Cassidy abandons guiding medical principle: First, do no harm (chapter 22)

 
Dr. Bill is chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP).  He voted to confirm RFKjr as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  He should have known better but couldn't find his spine.

Headline: Animal Legal Defense Fund, 3/27/2025
On February 24, 2025, the Animal Legal Defense Fund joined nearly 30 public interest groups calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to release updated public information critical to tracking and combatting the escalating bird flu outbreak. 
This urgent request for the latest information on the bird flu’s spread comes as the Trump administration “accidentally” fired 25% of the federal staffers in the office coordinating the response to the outbreak, yet another of the administration’s sweeping actions over the past few weeks to gut critical government programs. 
Over the past month, the CDC has stopped publishing regular reports on its bird flu response activities and has reportedly omitted numerous studies on the outbreak from its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. For weeks the administration also withheld information from the public indicating that house cats may be transmitting the virus to humans. [emphasis added]

Dr. Bill chose to preserve his political future over saving lives.  Unconscionable!  America deserve an explanation and an apology!


Related posts:
Chapter 1.  (3/10/2025)   Censored
Chapter 2.  (3/10/2025)
Chapter 3.  (3/10/2025)
Chapter 4.  (3/11/2025)
Chapter 5.  (3/12/2025)
Chapter 6.  (3/12/2025)
Chapter 7.  (3/13/2025)
Chapter 8.  (3/14/2025)
Chapter 9.  (3/14/2025)
Chapter 10.  (3/14/2025)
Chapter 11.  (3/14/2025)
Chapter 12.  (3/14/2025)
Chapter 13.  (3/15/2025)
Chapter 14.  (3/18/2025)
Chapter 15.  (3/19/2025)
Chapter 16.  (3/19/2025)
Chapter 17.  (3/21/2025)
Chapter 18.  (3/22/2025)
Chapter 19.  (3/26/2025)
Chapter 20.  (3/28/2025)
Chapter 21.  (3/29/2025)

GET ME REWRITE: Conservative, anti-abortion, pro-insurrection misogynist and candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court Brad Schimel tries to distance himself from Elon Musk at last minute

 
Headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/29/2025

Molly Beck reports:
Musk, a close ally of Trump, has poured about $20 million into the race to back conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel through spending from his own coffers and via two outside groups. 
Schimel has sought to distance himself from Musk's event in recent days. 
"We have no plans to be there. We have a very aggressive campaign calendar," Schimel told reporters Friday. "I have no idea what he's doing. I have no idea what this rally is."


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March 2025

Not likely on their Bingo card: Plane crashes into home while on vacation

 
Screengrab and headline:  Des Moines Register, 3/29/2025

Kyle Werner, Corey Schmidt, and Mark H. Bickel report:
One neighbor told the Star Tribune they believed the residents of the home were on vacation.  
[snip] 
There were no survivors in the plane, Brooklyn Park Fire Chief Shawn Conway announced at an afternoon press conference. Conway said he did not know how many people were on the plane or their identities. 
 The rear of the house is completely destroyed, charred by the fire. Only a small portion of the home’s exterior walls still stand.