Nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies — including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — has been stopped until further notice through multiple directives from the Trump administration.
[…]
NBC News obtained a copy of the memo, which advises leaders of the CDC, the NIH and the Food and Drug Administration to “refrain from publicly issuing any document” or communication, including regulations and press releases, “until it has been reviewed and approved by a Presidential appointee.”
And a senior press officer for the CDC declined to answer questions about whether the agency’s seasonal flu report, expected to release on Friday, will be posted.
Instead, the press officer deferred questions to HHS, which has not responded to requests for comment.
Similar requests sent to CDC and FDA went unanswered.
On Wednesday, NIH employees received an email saying that all government travel is suspended until further notice “in compliance with guidance from HHS.”
“Staff currently on official government travel can complete their trip, as long as they are not presenting, but must return to their original point of departure,” the email, which was shared with NBC News, read. “Future requests for any reason are not authorized.”
Without grants, scientists are unable to start any new research, from asthma and pediatric cancer to Covid and Ebola. The NIH awards more than 60,000 grants each year, supporting at least 300,000 researchers.
Republican leaders like Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Tommy Tuberville are avoiding questions about the pardoned January 6th insurrectionists, Bishop Marianne Budde got under Trump’s skin with her sermon at the National Cathedral, and more details are emerging about problematic alcohol abuse by Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.
There is another fire spreading north of us at Castaic Lake, Mike Johnson is playing politics with federal aid to our state, Florida got nine inches of snow today and people were having snowball fights on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the Mayor of Philadelphia misspelled the name of their hometown football team, Trump is headed to LA on Friday to survey the damage from the fires and share his deep understanding of how we could easily get out of this mess, he has reportedly made ten billion dollars from the new crypto coin he launched right before the inauguration, the mass deportations Trump promised are underway, he signed an order to lift all government DEI requirements, Pete Hegseth is facing some disqualifying allegations in his bid to be Secretary of Defense, one of the J6ers that Trump pardoned was the self-proclaimed QAnon Shaman, today we celebrate Donald & Melania’s 20th wedding anniversary, and he introduces new 20th Anniversary Commemorative Plates.
query: are the civil lawsuits by any of the injured law enforcement officers still active? seems to me officers fanone and ganell would have slam dunk cases against the perpetrators, including DOTUS, whatwith the extensive evidence admitted in their criminal cases.
I see Google has put back Biden in the list of US Presidents, but I have screenshots to prove it happened. Can’t trust anything anymore. That’s what the n@zis want. Chaos monsters.
Being an abusive drunk is one thing but the main thing is that he is totally unqualified for the position. He’s only been nominated for FFF (French Fry Face) to see what he can get away with, a test for his gop toadies.
IN NO WAY QUALIFIED.
DANGEROUS MENACE.
Keep your eyes on the ball, Senators.
craig, like your idea in yesterday’s comment but why not publish a trail cookbook?
Send Your Recipes
I’m organizing my recipes and building a Trail Feed page in case anyone would like to contribute their favorite recipe. Post here in comments or email to me..
PatD, I saved that pic for our Trail Mix page when I build it — when I get more recipes. Right now just have mine and BlueBronc’s..
Post yours here or send to help@craigcrawford.com
The National Archives needs folks who can read cursive to transcribe documents, if anyone needs a hobby to distract them from our national nightmare.
Adolf is going after the comedians, just like Judy Gold said. It’s like we’re in a terrible game; it’s repeating itself, but we’re a level up. Hitler’s failed insurrection didn’t keep him out of power, nor the Shitler’s attempt. It’s all the same. Marginalizing folks, destroying education, pushing women back into domesticity, ending birthright citizenship and deporting to camps, privatizing everything for the benefit of himself and his oligarchs. It’s all the same and I still can’t get folks to see it.
My late-January resolution is to not say anything more to the family about the new administration & the oligarchs running the show. They know, and I know they know I know. The horse is at the water trough and I’m walking away. Whether it drinks or stubbornly keels over from thirst is beyond me.
Giving the last of the seeds to the birds. Hope none of them are carrying anything.
“The pause is in effect through Feb. 1, the memo said. Agencies subject to the HHS directive include the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration — entities that fight epidemics, protect the nation’s food supply and search for cures to diseases.”
On Monday, Trump issued an executive order terminating “illegal DEI and ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear.”
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) must be next. Compliances cost a lot of money. Crippled people, who needs them?
Craig – that was not me. It was a former co-worker. Several others in departments other than US Dept of Agriculture are being attacked. ACLU is one of the big legal organizations stepping in to the fight. Right now a wrench in the works to stop the execution of the EO is needed.
“Criticising “woke ideology” in a passionate speech at the World Economic Forum, Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Thursday defended the “innocent” hand gesture made by US billionaire Elon Musk this week.”
“The libertarian leader praised Musk and other likeminded leaders such as Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele.”
Yep, that’s just a menu of appetizers. It’s sad that they are sticking with labeling him a “libertarian.”
“Slowly an international alliance has been formed of all those nations that want to be free and that believe in the ideas of freedom,” he was quoted as saying.
According to comments on the FB-posted version of this Chronicle of Higher Education article, some English professors are getting around AI by requiring in-class writing of essays in longhand. How long before those teachers get fired?
A sampling of thoughts: “We continue to degrade our critical thinking skills and ability to effectively communicate with each other; you know, those things that make us uniquely human.”
“This is why I make students write with pencil and paper in front of my face.”
“I believe it will become an even more specialized skill. We’re handwriting in my classroom.”
And finally: “it’s just a job. Grade it and move on. Get a life.”
(This will be the winning attitude in less than four years.)
“Since 1965, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act has helped protect workers from being treated unfairly because of their race, gender, religion, or national origin. Trump’s new order, signed on January 21, 2025, eliminates many of these rules.”
So, women can be fired for being pregnant, or just not hired because employers think they might (or should) have kids.
“President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration, according to two memos obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.”
“Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice,” one of the memos said.”
“Another memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of any settlements or consent decrees — court-enforceable agreements to reform police agencies — that were finalized by the Biden administration within the last 90 days.”
“It said the new administration “may wish to reconsider” such agreements, raising the prospect that it may abandon two consent decrees finalized in the final weeks of the Biden administration in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
The president moved to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs throughout the federal government with a flurry of executive orders, upending decades of policy.
Bid
on the J6 arrest.
They were just waiting, there are so many convoluted laws around gun possession.
Back in the old neighborhood we had a gang war problem. 2 gang leaders got in a fight about a girl. The idiot kid across the street was involved and got his mother’s house shot up by a drive by.
The police arrested him om a gun charge. while he was out on bail he was stopped and had a gun on him. It was an automatic 5 years. Federal charges.
Jack
BB
I am reminded of back in the Reagan days. When they invaded Grenada one of the political appointees ordered no women were to be part of the operation. It didn’t work as they quickly found out women were an important part of the support for combat personnel.
Trumps people will find out the same thing I suspect. Especially when numerous pissed off coworkers start “working to rule” .
Jack
Grandma’s cake recipe.
Most of her grandchildren have this one committed to memory.
The chant starts like this.
Cup of sugar
Cup of cream
cup and a half of flour
1 egg 2 if you have them
2 teaspoons of baking powder
teaspoon of vanilla
half teaspoon salt.
Combine the dry ingredients sift, add egg cream stir put in a greased pan bake until done.
This is the basic cake, but you can play with it.
If you want a chocolate cake substitute a quarter cup of coco for same amount of flour.
Spice cake add tablespoon of cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon allspice.
Gingerbread, add 1/4 cup dark molasses tablespoon of cinnamon, Tablespoon of ginger (you may want to reduce this as I really like ginger).
This is a great cake to play with, add dried fruit, nuts if you want too.
Jack
My Mom used to scribble down the recipes as fast as she could in shorthand while watching Ina Garten. Big part of why they’re illegible.
Sprinkle Stuff
1 hour ago
luckily i got through the denial phase quickly in 2016, have been in the bargaining phase since, guess i’ll chill here in the anger phase for the rest of my days
picked the wrong decade to quit drinking
Sprinkle Stuff
1 hour ago
hey btw skum did that salute right after saying America would be great for “centuries”
i’ll bet he meant 10!
Sprinkle Stuff
1 hour ago
Capitalism is a zero-sum game so for all these lofty economic goals to be attained, they gotta start stealing shit, ya know, like the nazis did
jack, that variation on your granny’s basic recipe to make gingerbread sounds great.
did she top it with anything like a glaze, icing or just the old-fashioned powdered sugar coat?
any chance she had a recipe for molasses cookies? been hankering for some.
Sprinks, it goes back even to ‘Enery da Eighth dissolving the monasteries, taking their gold and redistributing the lands to his lord-of-the-manor buddies, but only the ones who kissed his ring.
Sprinkle Stuff
43 minutes ago
supreme executive authority is derived from a mandate by the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony!
A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends.The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump.A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement.
“Militias tend to prize law enforcement ties; during an armed operation, it could be useful to have police see you as a friend. But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.”
Flurry of excitement when a flock of 20 or so robins showed up for a backyard birdbath, but Mr. Cooper Hawk came in right behind them so they scattered. No casualties, just feathers.
HHS official halts CDC reports and health communications for Trump team review
HEALTH WARNING: you’re on your own now
stephen last night
Republican leaders like Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Tommy Tuberville are avoiding questions about the pardoned January 6th insurrectionists, Bishop Marianne Budde got under Trump’s skin with her sermon at the National Cathedral, and more details are emerging about problematic alcohol abuse by Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.
There is another fire spreading north of us at Castaic Lake, Mike Johnson is playing politics with federal aid to our state, Florida got nine inches of snow today and people were having snowball fights on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the Mayor of Philadelphia misspelled the name of their hometown football team, Trump is headed to LA on Friday to survey the damage from the fires and share his deep understanding of how we could easily get out of this mess, he has reportedly made ten billion dollars from the new crypto coin he launched right before the inauguration, the mass deportations Trump promised are underway, he signed an order to lift all government DEI requirements, Pete Hegseth is facing some disqualifying allegations in his bid to be Secretary of Defense, one of the J6ers that Trump pardoned was the self-proclaimed QAnon Shaman, today we celebrate Donald & Melania’s 20th wedding anniversary, and he introduces new 20th Anniversary Commemorative Plates.
query: are the civil lawsuits by any of the injured law enforcement officers still active? seems to me officers fanone and ganell would have slam dunk cases against the perpetrators, including DOTUS, whatwith the extensive evidence admitted in their criminal cases.
I see Google has put back Biden in the list of US Presidents, but I have screenshots to prove it happened. Can’t trust anything anymore. That’s what the n@zis want. Chaos monsters.
I paid $2.83 for a dozen Safeway-brand eggs yesterday. Can’t complain.
Silencing CDC. They’re suppressing information about the bird flu just like they did on COVID, got a million Americans killed.
Being an abusive drunk is one thing but the main thing is that he is totally unqualified for the position. He’s only been nominated for FFF (French Fry Face) to see what he can get away with, a test for his gop toadies.
IN NO WAY QUALIFIED.
DANGEROUS MENACE.
Keep your eyes on the ball, Senators.
craig, like your idea in yesterday’s comment but why not publish a trail cookbook?
suggested cover for it:
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.G7cFnMri0qFehO3fbG3beAAAAA?pid=ImgDet&w=191&h=176&c=7
Try again to read that cursive.
Something else to write home about: nieces can’t read their grandmother’s recipes, they have to be transcribed for them.
Also birthdays, they can’t read a handwritten card, I’ve resorted to printing them, or better, texting gifs.
Can we actually read the Constitution anymore?
PatD, I saved that pic for our Trail Mix page when I build it — when I get more recipes. Right now just have mine and BlueBronc’s..
Post yours here or send to help@craigcrawford.com
https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions/revolutionary-war-pension-files/tagging-mission
The National Archives needs folks who can read cursive to transcribe documents, if anyone needs a hobby to distract them from our national nightmare.
Adolf is going after the comedians, just like Judy Gold said. It’s like we’re in a terrible game; it’s repeating itself, but we’re a level up. Hitler’s failed insurrection didn’t keep him out of power, nor the Shitler’s attempt. It’s all the same. Marginalizing folks, destroying education, pushing women back into domesticity, ending birthright citizenship and deporting to camps, privatizing everything for the benefit of himself and his oligarchs. It’s all the same and I still can’t get folks to see it.
My late-January resolution is to not say anything more to the family about the new administration & the oligarchs running the show. They know, and I know they know I know. The horse is at the water trough and I’m walking away. Whether it drinks or stubbornly keels over from thirst is beyond me.
Giving the last of the seeds to the birds. Hope none of them are carrying anything.
HOUSEKEEPING: I noticed the default word count limit was a bit short before breaking up comments with a “Read More” button, so I expanded it.
So, no food recall notices until February 1st? I guess everyone is in their own. Hope Shitler & MuskRat get food poisoning.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-communications-cdc-hhs-fda-1eeca64c1ccc324b31b779a86d3999a4
“The pause is in effect through Feb. 1, the memo said. Agencies subject to the HHS directive include the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration — entities that fight epidemics, protect the nation’s food supply and search for cures to diseases.”
Gonna need some recipes for grass
That’d be great, Sprinkle
Once again, CNN’s Jim Acosta holds the line:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) must be next. Compliances cost a lot of money. Crippled people, who needs them?
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/nx-s1-5271588/trump-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-federal-workers-government
Craig – that was not me. It was a former co-worker. Several others in departments other than US Dept of Agriculture are being attacked. ACLU is one of the big legal organizations stepping in to the fight. Right now a wrench in the works to stop the execution of the EO is needed.
HA!
Our cook book is ready to go — Thanks again Patd for the nifty icon pic:
https://www.firstpost.com/world/trump-fan-milei-detects-woke-cancer-in-davos-declares-musks-hand-gesture-innocent-13855721.html
“Criticising “woke ideology” in a passionate speech at the World Economic Forum, Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Thursday defended the “innocent” hand gesture made by US billionaire Elon Musk this week.”
“The libertarian leader praised Musk and other likeminded leaders such as Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele.”
Yep, that’s just a menu of appetizers. It’s sad that they are sticking with labeling him a “libertarian.”
“Slowly an international alliance has been formed of all those nations that want to be free and that believe in the ideas of freedom,” he was quoted as saying.
Ah, getting the old Axis Powers together, again?
According to comments on the FB-posted version of this Chronicle of Higher Education article, some English professors are getting around AI by requiring in-class writing of essays in longhand. How long before those teachers get fired?
https://www.chronicle.com/article/ai-and-the-death-of-student-writing?
A sampling of thoughts: “We continue to degrade our critical thinking skills and ability to effectively communicate with each other; you know, those things that make us uniquely human.”
“This is why I make students write with pencil and paper in front of my face.”
“I believe it will become an even more specialized skill. We’re handwriting in my classroom.”
And finally: “it’s just a job. Grade it and move on. Get a life.”
(This will be the winning attitude in less than four years.)
Trail Feed! Love that. Clever wordplay is clever thinking!
https://www.newsweek.com/equal-employment-opportunity-act-donald-trump-2019538
“Since 1965, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act has helped protect workers from being treated unfairly because of their race, gender, religion, or national origin. Trump’s new order, signed on January 21, 2025, eliminates many of these rules.”
So, women can be fired for being pregnant, or just not hired because employers think they might (or should) have kids.
Too bad so many have passed on across the bar, probably a lot of great recipes among them. The older you get the more things you lose along the way.
https://apnews.com/article/civil-rights-division-justice-department-trump-2dcb45cca7c9c9cdaea78282d4279c35
“President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration, according to two memos obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.”
“Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice,” one of the memos said.”
“Another memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of any settlements or consent decrees — court-enforceable agreements to reform police agencies — that were finalized by the Biden administration within the last 90 days.”
“It said the new administration “may wish to reconsider” such agreements, raising the prospect that it may abandon two consent decrees finalized in the final weeks of the Biden administration in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-trump-rearrested-gun-charges-1235243994/
“PARDONED JAN. 6 RIOTER ALREADY REARRESTED ON GUN CHARGES”
Clarence’s work is finished now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/23/trump-dei-affirmative-action/
So much for crop tops with the pregger bellies. Girls gonna start wearing overcoats to work like the old days.
Bid
on the J6 arrest.
They were just waiting, there are so many convoluted laws around gun possession.
Back in the old neighborhood we had a gang war problem. 2 gang leaders got in a fight about a girl. The idiot kid across the street was involved and got his mother’s house shot up by a drive by.
The police arrested him om a gun charge. while he was out on bail he was stopped and had a gun on him. It was an automatic 5 years. Federal charges.
Jack
BB
I am reminded of back in the Reagan days. When they invaded Grenada one of the political appointees ordered no women were to be part of the operation. It didn’t work as they quickly found out women were an important part of the support for combat personnel.
Trumps people will find out the same thing I suspect. Especially when numerous pissed off coworkers start “working to rule” .
Jack
this is where I’m at…
Gonna be rolling back the handicap parking stickers. Why should they be getting all the good spaces by the door?
Craig
Grandma’s cake recipe.
Most of her grandchildren have this one committed to memory.
The chant starts like this.
Cup of sugar
Cup of cream
cup and a half of flour
1 egg 2 if you have them
2 teaspoons of baking powder
teaspoon of vanilla
half teaspoon salt.
Combine the dry ingredients sift, add egg cream stir put in a greased pan bake until done.
This is the basic cake, but you can play with it.
If you want a chocolate cake substitute a quarter cup of coco for same amount of flour.
Spice cake add tablespoon of cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon allspice.
Gingerbread, add 1/4 cup dark molasses tablespoon of cinnamon, Tablespoon of ginger (you may want to reduce this as I really like ginger).
This is a great cake to play with, add dried fruit, nuts if you want too.
Jack
My Mom used to scribble down the recipes as fast as she could in shorthand while watching Ina Garten. Big part of why they’re illegible.
luckily i got through the denial phase quickly in 2016, have been in the bargaining phase since, guess i’ll chill here in the anger phase for the rest of my days
picked the wrong decade to quit drinking
hey btw skum did that salute right after saying America would be great for “centuries”
i’ll bet he meant 10!
Capitalism is a zero-sum game so for all these lofty economic goals to be attained, they gotta start stealing shit, ya know, like the nazis did
jack, that variation on your granny’s basic recipe to make gingerbread sounds great.
did she top it with anything like a glaze, icing or just the old-fashioned powdered sugar coat?
any chance she had a recipe for molasses cookies? been hankering for some.
Sprinks, it goes back even to ‘Enery da Eighth dissolving the monasteries, taking their gold and redistributing the lands to his lord-of-the-manor buddies, but only the ones who kissed his ring.
supreme executive authority is derived from a mandate by the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony!
*eats dirt*
Sent my recipe for Bread Pudding.
Trumps Attack on Diversity Programs sends US Agencies Scrambling
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-attack-diversity-programs-bureaucracy-sends-us-agencies-scrambling-2025-01-23/
Summary
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends.The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump.A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement.
“Militias tend to prize law enforcement ties; during an armed operation, it could be useful to have police see you as a friend. But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.”
More info on how to find pages to transcribe from the National Archives
Tutorial on how to transcribe from the National Archives
How to Transcribe in the National Archives Catalog
Jamie – It’s giving Rolf in “The Sound of Music” literally blowing the whistle on the Von Trapp family.
Jamie, you once gave me a recipe for British flapjacks, not the pancake kind, more like a granola bar. I still have it somewhere.
Flurry of excitement when a flock of 20 or so robins showed up for a backyard birdbath, but Mr. Cooper Hawk came in right behind them so they scattered. No casualties, just feathers.