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Probationary Status: “It is sad, a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that’s a lie.” Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate most fired probationary staff. Meanwhile, Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department. And a “federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked parts of President Trump’s executive order targeting a prominent law firm for its representation of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and for causes unpopular with his administration. Can the courts hold the line against these attacks on government and the rule of law?
+ Well Done, Weldon! Aside from Matt Gaetz, is any nominee bad enough for the GOP Senate to reject them? Shockingly, yes. Congratulations to Dr. Dave Weldon. White House withdraws controversial pick to run the CDC.
+ Global Virus: So much for American exceptionalism. A lot of the self-inflicted trends afflicting us are afflicting the rest of the world as well. Measles highest in 25 years in Europe, WHO says. We’re also exporting some afflictions. NYT (Gift Article): Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally. These programs don’t cost much. Cutting them doesn’t gain a single MAGA vote. So what’s the point other than cruelty? Speaking of which: U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents.
+ Bald Truth: “Soon after taking the medicine, Millich said he felt strange symptoms. He woke up one day anxious, dizzy and slurring his words. Later his libido plunged, and his genitals shrank and changed shape.” WSJ (Gift Article): They Wanted a Quick Fix for Hair Loss. Instead, These Young Men Got Sick.
+ Oversharing? Meta is trying to block ex-employee’s book alleging misconduct and harassment. “An arbitrator has instructed the book’s author and its publishers to stop publishing the book.”
+ Come as a Revelation “It wasn’t until my early 20s that I learned women don’t urinate out of their vaginas. If sperm are stupid, so are men. At the same time, while humanity’s future may feel difficult to imagine, some people are already living in it. And they’re designing technology that is next-level bonkers, both reassuring and frightening in terms of fatherhood, which may destroy traditional ideas of reproduction altogether.” Rosecrans Baldwin in GQ: Are men in a spermpocalypse?
