Why are they so desperate?
Why are they gaslighting us with tales of implacable viral bogeymen?
What is it that they aren’t telling us?
It might be something, it might be nothing. I suspect it’s this: They like it.
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Rachel Levine sworn in as first openly transgender four-star admiral
Former Pa. health secretary became nation's highest-ranking openly transgender official in March
U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine became the first openly transgender four-star officer in the uniformed services on Tuesday after she was sworn in as the first female four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that Levine was ceremonially sworn in as a four-star admiral, making her the highest ranking official in the commissioned corps and leading 6,000 Public Health Service officers.
The former Pennsylvania health secretary became the nation's highest-ranking openly transgender official in March after being nominated by President Biden.
HHS said in a press release that the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is one of eight uniformed services – "and the only one dedicated solely to protecting, promoting and advancing America’s public health" by providing health care to "underserved and vulnerable populations or advancing practice, policy or research."
The department described Levine’s swearing-in as a "major step forward" in creating "a more inclusive society."
"This is a momentous occasion and I am pleased to take this role for the impact I can make, and for the historic nature of what it symbolizes," Levine said in the release. "May this appointment be the first of many like it as we create a more inclusive future."
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra called Levine a "cherished and critical partner in our work to build a healthier America."
Can someone tell me what parallel universe this idiot lives in ? “
By Harper Neidig,
The Department of Corrections violating the civil rights of January 6th defendants.
Judge holds DC corrections officials in contempt over treatment of Jan. 6 defendant
A federal judge on Wednesday found D.C. corrections officials in contempt over the treatment of a Jan. 6 defendant and referred the matter to the Department of Justice for a civil rights investigation into whether other Capitol riot defendants are facing similar conditions.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said he would not issue contempt sanctions against D.C. Jail Warden Wanda Patten and Quincy Booth, the director of the D.C. Department of Corrections, after a long delay in turning over medical records related to a defendant’s injury that required surgery.
Lamberth had found that the officials did not turn over records that were needed to approve the operation for defendant Christopher Worrell, a Proud Boys member charged with four felonies over the Jan. 6 riot.
“I find that the civil rights of the defendant have been abused,” Lamberth, who was appointed by former President Reagan, said at a hearing Wednesday morning, according to The Washington Post. “I don’t know if it’s because he’s a January 6th defendant or not, but I find this matter should be referred to the attorney general of the United States for a civil rights investigation into whether the D.C. Department of Corrections is violating the civil rights of January 6th defendants … in this and maybe other cases.”
The order is likely to have ripple effects for other Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom are still fighting detention orders after being denied bond.
Worrell, who is also being treated for non-Hodgkins lymphoma and contracted COVID-19 while incarcerated, broke his hand in jail in May and was recommended to have surgery the following month. In August, his lawyers said that corrections officials had done nothing other than provide anti-inflammatory medicine like Tylenol.
Lamberth reportedly said during Wednesday’s hearing that corrections officials’ failure was “more than just inept and bureaucratic jostling of papers.”