The Idiot Pam Bondi Places AUSA In Maryland On Leave, For Failing To "Zealously Advocate" A Patently Unlawful Course, In That Grabbed Dad Case... OMG!

Well -- at least the lawyer will get full pay indefinitely, now -- and not have to go to the office.

And. . . they will have preserved their. . . integrity. They will be snapped up by any number of great law firms. Law firms that still respect the rule of law, in America. Here's that story. In any other era, this would be considered "Twilight Zone" stuff. In the time of Tangerine 2.0, it is. . . a regular Friday:

. . .Sources said Erez Reuveni, the acting deputy director for the Office of Immigration Litigation, was told by officials at the DOJ that he was being placed on leave over a "failure to zealously advocate" for the government's interests.

"At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Saturday. "Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences. . . ."

Since when does the "government interest" include KNOWINGLY dumping the WRONG MAN in a hell-hole Salvadoran prison without so much as a due process hearing?! Since. . . it embarrassed Kristi Noem and her $50,000 gold and diamond encrusted Rolex, in front of lots of shirtless prisoners -- on her prison porn tour, in El Salvador last week. Damn.

Heh -- old Pammy's gonna' find out that these [nationwide] AUSAs are not just political hacks [in Ruby-red Florida districts] any more. They are in the main -- a much higher caliber of counsel. Ones who will not traffic in their integrity.

Buckle up, butter-cup.

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[U: I Win Women’s, Too.] With Duke’s Loss, Both 44 And I Are Done Scoring. I Win 118 to 107.

Updated: UConn bests South Carolina in the women's final. For the first time ever, both my brackets come out ahead of Mr. Obama's. Woot!

So. . . I get one. Finally. But in the women's brackets, Mr. Obama bests me if South Carolina wins it all.

In any other women's outcome. . . I beat him, even though my ultimate pick for the national champion, UCLA, is already out.

In truth, am pretty far ahead now, but I'd say the Gamecocks. . . are likely to be the women's champ -- giving BHO44 that crown. We shall see.

G'night, one and all -- I am hearing there were probably 200,000 people marching in the Chi today -- and maybe nearly a million, nationwide. Excellent.

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USW Local 10-86 President: Merck Offering "Worst Set of Proposals Ever" During Collective Bargaining...

It is a highly uncertain time, for unionized labor, in general -- with attacks from Trumpians, on all sides. This is then a "knock-on effect" story, as big businesses are no longer sure of their profit margins, under this insanely chaotic tax/tariff regime. So they "pull back" -- in labor cost projections.

And so too, it seems, are large pharma concerns (and their CEOs) -- via tough bargaining stances, with union workforces. In this case, at WestPoint, PA. Here's the latest, locally:

. . .More than 200 members of the United Steelworkers Union Local 10-86 at Merck & Co. rallied outside Building 53 near Gate 1 at the Upper Gwynedd pharmaceutical giant Wednesday afternoon in support of its collective bargaining team, who are in middle of negotiations with the company on a five-year contract, which, according to the union president, has been “one of the worst set of proposals ever put across the table. . . .”

“In light of the company’s insulting, one-sided proposals, it’s time we made our position loud and clear,” said the flyer. “We’re calling on every union member to stand together and show our strength.”

Local 10-86 President Kevin McCafferty said the rally is part of the action items the union does with every contract to show support. . . .

“We’re at a midway point, with little to no movement on either side,” McCafferty said. “I’m in my fifth contract negotiation, and this is the worst set of proposals ever put across the table. . . .

[T]he announcement of the impending closure of the Cherokee plant in Danville, PA, which will affect 163 employees starting next month, is on the minds of Local 10-86 as well. McCafferty said the Upper Gwynedd location continues to expand and build more facilities.

“The Cherokee plant in Danville was sold and bought back and closed,” he said. “A lot of the same proposals we are getting now, they were given as well. . . .”

Now you know -- off to a protest at Daley Plaza here, at noon -- marching south. Onward.

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Ms. Chung Is About To Show The World That Kristi Noem Had No Plausible Basis To Grab Her Off The Streets Of Manhattan...

We've all seen it, on video, via TikTok and YouTube and the legacy TV-news stations -- a broad daylight snatch and grab -- by ICE and DHS. Yunseo Chung's a lawful resident student at Columbia, for chrissakes. Tonight, her lawyers have filed to get a look at the (largely bogus) documents ICE says it was relying on, for a warrant to detain her, and search her residence.

This should concern every person in America who believes we all have the right to peaceably oppose the policies of our government. Here's that filing, and a bit:

. . .[We] respectfully request that the Court: (1) unseal the rider, supporting affidavit, application, and any other materials underlying the warrant issued on March 13, 2025, authorizing federal law enforcement to search for and seize documents from Ms. Chung’s Columbia University-owned residence (“the Warrant”); (2) provide those materials to the parties for 24 hours so that the parties may propose limited redactions; and (3) after reviewing and deciding any request for limited redactions, order the release of the materials to the public. . . .

[The Warrant was executed] at Ms. Chung’s Columbia-owned residence, ostensibly seeking documents including any occupancy or lease agreements, travel records, and immigration records. The Warrant cited only one law that had supposedly been violated, 8 U.S.C. § 1324. This provision, known as the “harboring” statute, criminalizes the harboring of persons unlawfully present in the country.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche then publicly stated that Columbia University is under investigation for “harboring and concealing illegal aliens on its campus.” The Warrant would only have been properly supported factually if the materials submitted to the issuing Magistrate Judge, including under oath, stated that Ms. Chung was unlawfully present in the United States. But Ms. Chung is a lawful permanent resident, see Compl. ¶ 23, and Secretary Rubio does not have the unilateral authority to revoke her status, see id. ¶¶ 91-92, 153-75. Ms. Chung remains a lawful permanent resident unless an immigration judge rules otherwise, and a final order of removal ensues.

Until then, Ms. Chung, a lawful permanent resident, cannot be “harbored,” and the statute in question could not have been properly cited to support a warrant to search her residence.

Therefore, it is difficult to imagine how a warrant could have been lawfully obtained to authorize the search of Ms. Chung’s residence in connection with an ostensible investigation into Columbia’s supposed violation of the harboring statute.

The materials underlying the Warrant will supply much needed clarity to Ms. Chung and the public. . . .

Democracy. . . dies. . . in darkness. Let us see them. These are our courts, and our streets, afterall. Onward.

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The Maryland Dad, Grabbed For Having A Bulls Jersey On... Has Been Ordered Flown Home From The Salvadoran Prison Just Now. Stick It, Kristi!

“This case is certainly important to Abrego Garcia and his family,” the judge said. “In recognition of that, I feel like I can’t wait on giving my order. . . .”

Here's the latest, from The Guardian (UK):

“. . .To all the wives, mothers, children who also face this cruel separation, I stand with you in this bond of pain,” she said during the rally at a community center in Hyattsville, Maryland. “It’s a journey that no one ever should ever have to suffer, a nightmare that feels endless. . . .”

Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation, described by the White House as an “administrative error”, has outraged many and raised concerns about expelling noncitizens who were granted permission to be in the US.

Abrego Garcia had a permit from the Department of Homeland Security to legally work in the US, his attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said. He served as a sheet metal apprentice and was pursuing his journeyman license. . . .

We are better than this, America. You KNOW we are.

[Second graphic here is from five years ago, when then MAGA SD Gov. Kristi Noem tried to arrest indigenous tribal leaders for refusing the feds passage across their tribal lands and roads, to reach Rushmore. It was Tangerine they were not granting permission to, so she threatened to arrest them (claiming they were "illegals") on their own private property. Damn.]

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As Of 3 PM Eastern On Friday... Mr. Khalil Must Wait Until Next Week, For An Order Of Release...

Updated -- the able USDC Judge in Newark has ruled that Mr. Khalil's orders are immediately appealable. That mightily speeds the case along, but thus far, he has not ordered Mr. Khalil's return to Newark, from Jena, Louisiana -- in a private prison. His habeas petition though, may be properly heard in Newark, starting next week. End, update.

That's all for now. But it is all rather hard to understand -- since Mr. Khalil is charged with NO CRIME (and this is purely a civil proceeding) -- how his detention remains. . . appropriate. We are coming up on three weeks without any offer for bond -- on a non-violent civil matter. That's unusual (at least in the prior four years -- and the eight before the four of Tangerine) in immigration matters. He has a green card -- and that status cannot be revoked without due process of law (no matter what Kristi Noem bleats on and on about).

Onward.

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Our 14th Amendment / "Birthright Citizenship" -- At The Supremes, This Morning...

Here is the very capable brief arguing this morning that Tangerine's Black Sharpie cannot strip the Constitution.

It will win the day.

. . .Being directed to follow the law as it has been universally understood for over 125 years is not an emergency warranting the extraordinary remedy of a stay. This Court should deny the federal government’s request.

Many aspects of constitutional interpretation are hotly debated, but not the merits question in this case. For over a century, it has been the settled view of this Court, Congress, the Executive Branch, and legal scholars that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause guarantees citizenship to babies born in the United States regardless of their parents’ citizenship, “allegiance,” “domicile,” immigration status, or nationality.

President Trump, however, seeks to unilaterally upend this longstanding consensus by executive order. Unsurprisingly, every court to evaluate the Citizenship Stripping Order has found it unconstitutional. . . .

Now you know. Smiling. . . ever, smiling.

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China “Returns The Favor” — With 34% Taxes/Tariffs; Begins Anti-Dumping Probe Of Medical CT X-Ray Tubes

Well. . . this was utterly foreseeable.

Mr. Xi has hit all US goods with an across the board 34 per cent matching tariff.

And of perhaps greater impact (to lithium supplies needed, for car batteries and computer parts) he's imposed export controls on Chinese rare earth minerals. And hit out at medical suppliers as well. Here's the rough impact of rare earth exports to the US from China last year:

. . .China's exports of rare earth minerals rose 6% in 2024, customs data showed on Monday, as sputtering economic growth limited domestic demand.

The world's largest producer of rare earths last year shipped 55,431 metric tons of 17 minerals used in the making of products ranging from electric vehicles to consumer electronics, General Administration of Customs data showed.

That was the highest volume since Reuters' records back to 2014, but the total value of the exports slumped 36% to $488.8 million, the data showed, reflecting falling prices last year amid ample supply. . . .

The penguins? They simply. . . "smiled, and waved boys". Out.

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[U, 04.04.25: Certified For Immediate Appeal To Third Circuit.] And A THIRD Big One, For Tomorrow: Mr. Khalil's Habeas, In New Jersey...

Updated -- the able USDC Judge in Newark has ruled that Mr. Khalil's orders are immediately appealble. That mightily speeds the case along, but thus far, he has not ordered Mr. Khalil's return to Newark, from Jena, Louisiana -- in a private prison. His habeas petition though, may be properly heard in Newark, starting next week. End, update.

Yes -- much is likely to transpire in real time in the federal courts, tomorrow.

This one will be heard in Newark. But I cannot find a live link for the audio. We will see if someone is liveblogging from inside the courtroom tomorrow. Here is the bit of the excellent letter for Mr. Khalil, who is still being held in a private prison in rural Jena, Louisiana at the moment:

. . .As the Court explained, the gaping hole in [Tangerine 2.0's / Noem's] Respondents’ position is that it “does not reckon” at all with the clear text of a controlling federal statute. Op. 25. On appeal, Respondents would have no argument against the Court’s invocation of section 1631’s mandate to treat the petition “as if it had been filed in. . . the court to which it [wa]s transferred.” Op. 26. Given that statutory command, they would have no argument against the Court’s straightforward application of the Endo Rule. Op. 36–46. And they can no longer argue that the petition did not name Petitioner’s immediate custodian. Op. 56 n.32; see Second Am. Pet. (ECF forthcoming); see also Op. 46–63. . . .

[Trump and Noem] Respondents claim that the Court’s opinion decided an issue of “tremendous and recurring importance.” ECF 157. But a 1292(b) motion is not a petition for certiorari. And besides, the order is most important to one person in unique circumstances. The Court’s decision does not “affect[] every habeas matter brought.” Gustafson v. Williams, 2010 WL 4316750, at *4 (D. Nev. Oct. 25, 2010). It disturbs no federal policy. It does not bind the government in other cases anywhere, including in this courthouse. It does not put “issues of national security. . . at stake.” Padilla ex rel. Newman v. Rumsfeld, 256 F. Supp. 2d 218, 222 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).

It will not subject the government to discovery into war efforts, nor arguably affect military detention policy, after a court’s application of a brand-new Supreme Court constitutional test to a far-away theater of war. Al Maqaleh v. Gates, 620 F. Supp. 2d 51, 56 (D.D.C. 2009). True, the Court’s ruling might subject Respondents to litigation that it has a long shot of wiping out. But litigants raise jurisdictional objections and lose them all the time. . . .

These Noem people are. . . utterly shameless. And Un-American in their attempts to circumvent the rights we all possess -- to access the federal courts of this land. Onward.

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[U: Live on the call; Bonding out, next week!] And Another Big [Potential] Release Hearing, Tomorrow At 11 AM In Manhattan -- Mr. Panton.

The Judge is going to rule that he may be detained, for now. Counsel for Panton will move for release/bail/bond. Hearing is adjourned. If more than a few weeks elapse, she will revisit this decision.

"As a human being, not a judge", she encouraged the Noem-ites to allow for release/bond by mid-next week -- so that his health care needs may be addressed. End update.

This is another case we've not mentioned before, but it seems likely Mr. Panton may win his release as early as tomorrow at 11 am, Eastern.

The Kristi Noem-ites are trying to deport him to Jamaica, I think. And I think they will fail. The able USDC Judge has indicated (as you can see below) that she is likely to rule from the bench tomorrow. Here's the audio link / detail, for tomorrow's hearing:

. . .Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Katherine Polk Failla: Show Cause Hearing held on 4/3/2025:

Petitioner present with attorneys Charles Roth, Ruben Loyo, Sarah Telo Gillman, and Olivia Abrecht. AUSA Anthony Jan-Huan Sun representing Respondents present.

The Court anticipates issuing its ruling tomorrow, 4/4/2025, at 11:00 a.m., via video conference (using the same link as today's conference). The conference will be accessible to the public via an audio-only line at (855) 244-8681, access code 2315 780 7370.

The recording and/or rebroadcasting of the conference is prohibited. (Video Conference set for 4/4/2025 at 11:00 AM in telephone or video conference before Judge Katherine Polk Failla). . . .

Do stay tuned -- tomorrow will be full of all kinds of news, again. Onward.

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Big Hearing In Baltimore, Tomorrow In The Social Security Data Access TRO Matter Before The Able USDC Judge Hollander.

The number of places where the Musk/Tangerine 2.0 teams are being "handed their John Brown hindparts". . . is now approaching triple digits. Flawless!

Tomorrow, in Baltimore -- Musk will learn (again) that his minions are not free to filch Social Security data -- since they've articulated no legitimate need for such personal information -- as individuals' earning histories. Here's the latest -- we will try to find a live feed or live blog, tomorrow:

. . .The Court has received the Administrative Record submitted by the defendants. See ECF 86; ECF 86-1 to ECF 86-6; ECF 100; ECF 100-1, ECF 100-2. The submission was provided to the Court, under seal. See ECF 85, ECF 88.

Nevertheless, it contains substantial redactions. See, e.g., ECF 86-2 at 6–8, 10, 14–17. Given the extensive redactions, the grounds for sealing are unclear.

Today, plaintiffs moved to supplement the administrative record. ECF 96. The motion is supported by a memorandum (ECF 96-1) (collectively, “Motion to Supplement”). Alternatively, plaintiffs seek limited discovery. Id. In addition, plaintiffs filed an opposition (ECF 94) to the motion for protective order that the government filed yesterday. ECF 84.

As you know, by Order of April 2, 2025 (ECF 91), I arranged a telephonic hearing for tomorrow to address the government’s motion for protective order (ECF 84). But, with the growing number of disputes, I believe a hearing in court is appropriate. Therefore, in lieu of a telephone hearing, I will hold the hearing tomorrow in Courtroom 5B, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

As of now, I will consider the Motion for Protective Order (ECF 84); the Motion to Seal (ECF 85); and the Motion to Supplement (ECF 96).

Despite the informal nature of this letter, it is an Order of the Court and shall be docketed as such. . . .

Like I've said earlier today -- there are LOTS of balls in the air. Onward. I did get a call from some penguins though -- and they remain puzzled as to why their Eskimo Ice Cream Bars now cost double what they did. . . yesterday. Ugh.

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In First Three Months Of '25, Africa Has Seen SIX Months' Worth (Of 2024 Mpox Case Levels): Ominous Signs Dept.

CIDRAP has done the analysis -- and the trend is. . . deeply disturbing.

It is all the more troubling, because we are led by luddites who are ignorant of the science behind pandemic abatement -- and have largely defunded it altogether. Damnation. Here's the latest:

. . .Mpox activity continues to fluctuate among different countries in Africa, but as a whole the situation continues to escalate, with the region in the first 3 months of the new year nearly reaching 50% of the cases reported for all of 2024, the head of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said today at the agency’s weekly briefing.

Uganda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounted for 95% of the confirmed cases last week, but Africa CDC Director Jean Kaseya, MD, MPH, said the full picture in the DRC is hazy, because test coverage is low, at 18.4%, due to ongoing conflict in the eastern part of the country and problems collecting samples and transporting them to labs owing to foreign aid cuts. . . .

Now you know -- and there are many balls in the air at the moment -- we must keep our eye on all of them. They are all. . . critical. Onward.

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Pharma Spared Tariff Pain For Now... And Why Were Russia, And North Korea NOT Added -- If The Penguins On Heard Island... Were?!

Sure -- those countries are on sanctions lists. . . but if Trump is going to place tariffs on. . . penguins (uninhabited frigid islands), then at least go "global", man. More substantively, he has left multinational (but US domiciled-) pharma off the naughty list. For now, at least.

This is causing a temporary "relief rally" of sorts in pharma and life science names like Merck, Lilly, Amgen and Pfizer. But the man is. . . irrational. So it may not last. Moreover, I expect he will fold his tent in a few weeks, when car- and truck- prices in the US go up by 20%. We shall see -- but this is pathetically stupid.

Yesterday, he claimed that the Great Depression of the 1930s was due to a lack of tariffs. Sheesh. Economists almost universally agree that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 in fact exacerbated, and extended -- that nearly decade-long depression. What an economically-illiterate dolt. Here's a bit:

. . .Drugmaker stocks gained a temporary reprieve on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump spared pharmaceutical products from reciprocal tariffs, but executives and analysts warned it was premature to celebrate as tariffs may still come. . . .

Trump imposed a 10% tariff on most U.S. imports, as well as much higher levies on dozens of rivals and allies alike, but temporarily exempted some goods, including pharmaceuticals, benefiting major exporters including India, Japan and Ireland. . . .

Well. . . it would all be. . . comical, were it not so profoundly moronic. Onward, just the same -- and no, Chicago Bulls jerseys are not co-terminous with. . . Venezuelan gang membership. Dammit Trump, shut your pie-hole.

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[Update: "You're FIRED"?!?] Not Only Did Elon's Millions Tank A MAGA WI Sup. Ct. Candidate -- It May Win Him... Bribery Charges!?

Oh my -- that junior-size "stable genius" Elon Musk -- over the weekend, on video, at public rallies in Wisconsin, was heard boasting about "giving" $1 million each to people who registered to vote GOP... and then a president of one of the college GOP clubs. . . won $1 million. Imagine that.

But that wasn't nearly the half of it. Of course, Crawford won by 10 points -- mopping the floor, with Elon's attempted bribes -- and Brad Schimel.

Now it seems a woman who sells. . . various things. . . made a video on X-itter (since deleted), in which she said Elon paid her to vote GOP/MAGA.

That may well end in a visit from the FEC -- and the revocation of his PAC's lawfully registered status, at the FEC. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

From the local Milwaukee paper of record, then:

. . .On Tuesday, Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, pulled a video from X featuring $1 million giveaway winner Ekaterina Deistler in which she said she received the money, in part, to “vote.” X is owned by the tech billionaire.

“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler,” she said in a video posted Monday morning. “I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”

But the video was taken down yesterday, and America PAC posted a new video of Deistler on X on Tuesday afternoon.

“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler, and I’m from Green Bay, Wisconsin,” she said in the new video. “I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, and now I have a million dollars. . . .”

Yeah -- hang out with the mongrels -- and you get. . . fleas. Take heed those of you who think the mid-terms are going to help MAGA/Tangerine/Musk. Don't bet on it.

They aren't smart enough to avoid. . . being indicted, even. Again.

Hilarious. Out -- with high praise for the good people of Wisconsin who will not be fooled -- or bribed, it seems. And so ends. . . the "bromance".

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A Unanimous Supreme Court Delivers A Sharp Rebuke To The MAGA / Activist Wing In The Fifth Circuit... AGAIN -- On Vape Products.

We haven't mentioned this case before, but the activist/"rad" right Texas/Louisiana wing of the Fifth Circuit had ruled against the FDA -- despite a clear statutory command, of long-standing -- purportedly for not approving a certain novel brand of e-cigarette, or vape. In doing so, it went well-beyond the decision in the Texas trial court below, and ignored copious evidence that FDA had solid scientific bases for the decisions it made. [And an ADA challenge brought years later would not be the appropriate vehicle to complain about the FDA ruling, in any event.]

So, this morning, as expected, the Supremes reaffirmed FDA's primacy, when looking at novel devices that directly impact human health.

What is a little unexpected is that all NINE Justices agree that this is a central function of FDA. Even Thomas and Alito.

Here's the opinion, and a bit:

. . .The FDA has long had the responsibility to determine whether manufacturers may market new drugs, but it was the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 (TCA) that first gave the FDA broad jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products.

Although the Act barred the FDA from banning all regulated tobacco products outright, see 21 U. S. C. §387g(d)(3), it prohibited a manufacturer from marketing any “new tobacco product” without FDA authorization, see §387j(a)(2)(A). One pathway to authorization of a “new tobacco product” is the submission of a premarket tobacco product application. See §387j(c)(1)(A)(i). The TCA requires the FDA to deny such an application unless an applicant shows that its product “would be appropriate for the protection of the public health.” §387j(c)(2)(A). . . .

That is. . . game over. Onward -- on a soggy gray day, here. Resolute -- just the same.

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Also Courtesy Anon., Here Is A Still-Evolving List, On The Tangerine/Musk 2025 RIF/Cuts Across HHS/NIH/CDC/NIOSH, Etc...

We are deeply indebted to the courage of the people curating and adding to this list.

From time to time, we may post updated versions of it. If you look in the comments to the immediately previous post, you can go directly to the as-updated url. Here's the awful news:

. . .This is a running list including information shared from employees across HHS. 

Have something to add? Message marisakabas.04 on Signal or email MKwrites4000@proton.me

Centers for Disease Control (CDC):

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)

 Karen Hacker, Center Director - reassigned
Division of Reproductive Health/FSB (Field Support Branch)
Division of Population Health
BCSB
Epi branch
Office of Smoking and Health
Division of Oral Health
Translation Branch

National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP)

Jono Mermin, Center Director - reassigned/admin leave
Division of TB Elimination
Communication, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch
Division of Viral Hepatitis
Lab
Division of STD Prevention
Lab
Disease Intervention and Response Branch
Division of HIV Prevention
Prevention Communication Branch
Division of Behavioral & Clinical Surveillance Branch
Capacity Development Branch
Qualitative Sciences Branch
HIV Research Branch
GHC

Kayla Laserson, Center Director - reassigned
Division of Global HIV and TB
SPIN (Special Initiatives Branch)
All Detailees to State/GHSD riffed
SPC: Strategic Policy and Communications Branch
PBEMB (Program Budget and Extramural Management Branch)
MCHB (Maternal and Child Health Branch) - Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems, Associate Administrator Michael Warren
HIDMSB (Health Informatics, Data Management and Statistics Branch)
EHSRB (Economics and Health Services Research Branch)
SIB: Scientific Integrity Branch


NCEH

Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP) entire division
Asthma and Air Quality Branch
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Emerging Environmental Hazards and Health Effects Branch (includes radiation program)
Environmental Public Health Tracking Branch
Water, food and EH services branch
The Climate and Health Program was in the division OD
Division OD is gone (comms, policy, management)

NCIRD

Immunization Services Division (ISD)/Partnerships Branch

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) – all of NIOSH except World Trade Center and DCAS

Miner safety
Health effects lab division
Respiratory health division
National Personal Protective Technology Lab (PPE)
NIOSH Office of the director
Office of extramural coordination
Office of DDMOCP
Human capital management office
Facilities management office
Fiscal resources management office
IT
Policy planning and evaluation
Division of science integration
Education and information division
Information resources branch
Science application branch
Social science and translation
Training research and evaluation
Risk evaluation branch
Emerging technologies branch
Office for Agriculture Safety and Health
Center for Maritime Safety and Health Studies
Western States Division
National Center for birth defects and developmental disabilities (NCBDDD)

Office of the Director
Disability Health
Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics
Division of Human Development and Disability (one Branch, not certain which one)
NCIPC

 Division of Violence
Prevention (except for surveillance branch)
Division of Injury Prevention (except for suicide prevention)
Office of Informatics

IOD

Office of Health Equity (All: OD, Office of Women's Health, Office of Minority Health)
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
CDC Office of Communications

Media Office
Digital (web, social/content engagement, CDC-INFO, visual design/graphics, enterprise technology branch)
Broadcast

OCOO

Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA) - entire office
OCIO - Chief Information Officer (reassignment), customer engagement office, digital services office
OFR Office of Acquisition Services (only OD remains)
OHR (in and out processing, transformation activity, CareerReady, human capital workforce solutions, performance management, training and development, hiring policy and quality review, executive services/ESRO, comms, data analytic sand technology, and more)
CFA

Dylan George, Center Director - reassigned
Technology Branch
NCHS

Office of Informatics, Governance, and Assurance
OLSR

National Laboratory Response - one staff member impacted
NCEZID

Seth Kroop, DDMOCP - reassigned
OPHDST

Sue Lin, DDMOCP - reassigned
CDC Washington

Jeff Reczek, Director - reassigned

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

• Communications

• GCS/procurement

• SSBG

• LIHEAP

• Office of regional operations- NYC, Chicago, Boston, Seattle/SF

• Family & Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)


NIH Office of Science Policy

• Division of Clinical and Healthcare Research Policy


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

• Health Care Financing and Public Health divisions within Health Policy

• Data and Technical Analysis division within Human Services Policy

• Office of Science and Data Policy

• Office of Planning and Policy Support

HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)

-Division of state and community health (DSCH) Eastern branch

-Office of strategy, innovation and external affairs

-Office of Communications at the agency level

-Program Coordination Branch, Division of Women's Health

-Office of Special Health Initiatives

-Bureau of Primary Healthcare


FDA:


Center for Tobacco Products:

-Office of Management

-Office of Health Communication and Education

-Office of Regulations

-Office of Compliance and Enforcement

-Division of External Programs and -Resource Management

-Division of Business Operations


Office of the Commissioner:

-Office of Digital Transformation

-FDA Library

-Office of Minority Health


Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC)


Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

-Health Services & Value Research


Office of Science

-Director Matthew Farrelly

-Deputy Director Todd Cecil

-Center Director Brian King


Center for Veterinary Medicine

-Office of the Director

Office of Management


Office of investigation and inspection (OII)

-Office of management


NIH/NIAID:


NIAID Office of the Director

-Only Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo (Director)


Office of Administrative Services (OAS)        

-Office of Property and General Services (OPGS)        


Office of Administrative Services (OAS)        

-Human Capital Branch (HCB)        


Office of Communications and Government Relations (OCGR)

-Legislative Affairs and Correspondence Management Branch (LACMB)        


Office of Communications and Government Relations (OCGR)        

-New Media and Web Policy Branch (NMWPB)        


Office of Communications and Government Relations (OCGR)        

-News and Science Writing Branch (NSWB)        


Office of Communications and Government Relations (OCGR)        

-Communications Services Branch (CSB)        


Office of Workforce Effectiveness and Resources (OWER)        Workforce Planning and Analysis Branch (WAPB)        

-Possibly all of the division


Division of AIDS (DAIDS)        

-Workforce Operations, Communications, and Reporting Branch (WOCRB)        


Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID)

-Dr. Emily Erbelding (director) so far, maybe more


Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)        

-Office of Acquisitions (OA)        

-Office of Knowledge and Educational Resources (OKER)


National Institute on Aging (NIA)

-Office of Communications and Public Liaison

-All leadership at NIA scientific director Luigi Ferrucci


National Center for Toxicological Research

-Office of Management


Department of Clinical Bioethics

-Christine Grady, Director


National Institute on Drug Abuse

-Office of Acquisition (OA)

-Office of Science Policy and Communication (OSPC)


Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

-DDI gone except PHS (15-20)

-Call center phones off

-Most of ORP gone

-Most of OCOMM gone

-Cutting 39% of contract

-External and media affairs

OMQ policy

-Most of OSP




Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

-Legislative affairs team

-National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory

-Office of Minority Health

-Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ)

-Office of Population Surveys and Office of Treatment Services



 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ):


-Office of the Director (except Acting Director)

-Staff from Office of Commissioner

-Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP)

-Division of Priority Populations (DPP) and Division of Scientific Review (DSR)

-Office of Management Services. . . .

Now you know. What an absolute disaster this will turn out to be. Count on that, for our nation. Damnation.

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Tangent: Goldman Sees Japanese Yen At $140; Hedge Against US Tariff Lunacy.

As the lunacy that is Tangerine 2.0’s Tariff-Pa-Looza rumbles through another head-fake / iteration / propaganda cycle, the esteemed firm of Goldman Sachs is recommending that savvy investors hedge their currency bets — by going long in the Japanese Yen.

The firm recommends selling Bitcoin and/or US dollars, in order to overweight toward the Yen.

I will simply chuckle at the idea that Trump thinks this is America first, when he damages the strength of the dollar as the global reserve currency. . . and point out that if nothing else, Bitcoin will never be a hedge against lunatic economic policies like these.

Bitcoin has had its worst quarter in over three years, due to Trumpian fecklessness.

So yes, I expect that Riot will also be six or below in the next couple of weeks.

Now you know. Be careful out there.

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The Able USDC Judge In Newark Will Wait Just One More Day, To Hear "One Paragraph" Of A View From Noem -- As To Appealability -- But Mr. Khalil Is Likely Coming Back East...

We have a very satisfactory 67 page answer, tonight -- but ever cautious, the court asks whether Tangerine 2.0 lawyers intend to appeal the order allowing the habeas proceedings in New Jersey.

The able USDC Judge has ruled that venue is proper in New Jersey, given Ms. Noem's immediate, and blatant, attempts to hide him away from his lawyers, in a private prison in rural Jena, Louisiana. But he will wait until tomorrow afternoon to think through appealbility issues.

Here's the excellent, plain-English 67 page opinion -- and the more salient bits:

. . .A lawful permanent resident was detained, and filed a habeas corpus petition seeking his release.

The respondents, various federal officials, have moved to dismiss, arguing the Court does not have jurisdiction.

The motion to dismiss is denied. . . .

[Team Tangerine 2.0/Noem's] New Jersey–focused immediate custodian argument is not persuasive. The Petitioner did not name as a respondent his immediate New Jersey custodian. But he did not need to. That custodian was not only unknown to the Petitioner’s lawyer, but virtually unknowable to her. And so the Petition could clear the bar by doing what it did --- naming the Petitioner’s ultimate custodian [Kristi Noem], the Secretary of Homeland Security. . . .

[A]pplying the unknown custodian exception in this case is in the interest of the equitable concerns that the Supreme Court has long invoked in habeas law. . . .

Now you know. Not even a $50,000 gold tank / diamond encrusted Rolex. . . will deliver to Ms. Noem the "time" she wants, in dank Jena, Louisiana now. She must play by the rules Judge Bork (yes, that guy!) interpreted / announced nearly four decades ago. Welcome to the real world, Kristi -- the privileges of your old governor's mansion lie. . . a long stretch -- from here, in bustling Newark.

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Deplorable: HHS/NIH Staff Being Let Go This Morning... Altogether, Over 10,000 Health Care and Science Related Professionals Being RIF-ed. Damn.

This is thanks to our fine anonymous commenters.

See below. I have very few words left -- except that (again!) we will all reap the whirlwind for this (and undoubtedly many will ultimately be reinstated, with all back and front pay):

. . .RIFs happening now. Across HHS. Long lines of staff waiting at doors to building. Supervisors meeting staff with folders for RIF. Those who are RIFFEd are escorted to desk and given box to move out. . . .

This is deeply idiotic -- and dangerous to the nation's health care. The chaos is the point -- and it will last for a good while. Do know that our thoughts and meditations are with you -- as are our. . . federal lawsuits.

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In The Supremes: TRO In Class Action, For People Snatched Away Without Due Process, And Sent To Notorious El Salvador Prison... The Plaintiffs Explain Their Case.

The plaintiffs are defending the nationwide TRO already entered in DC -- one that Tangerine/Noem has improperly taken up with the Supremes this week. TEMPORARY orders (i.e., TROs) cannot be appealed to the Supremes, as they are not "final" orders. Pretty simple.

And now even Noem is admitting that in several cases, including one infamous one out of Maryland, she let her goons grab US citizens without process, at all -- and it turns out they are not even Venezuelans, let alone gang members. She did so based on clothing and tattoos -- not any form of real police work. The government is going to end up paying tens of millions of dollars to these people wrongfully detained, and deported to brutal prisons -- even temporarily. That's... just disgusting. Here's the case, as stated by the plaintiffs to Chief Justice Roberts this very morning:

. . .The government has not satisfied its exceedingly high burden to warrant the extraordinary relief it seeks: vacating unappealable Temporary Restraining Orders ("TROs") that merely preserve the status quo while a pending preliminary injunction motion is decided on an expedited basis (with a hearing on April 8). The TRO does not order anyone's release, nor does it prevent the government from carrying out regular removals under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA").

Indeed, the government has apparently been removing individuals it contends are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, using regular immigration procedures, since the TRO went into effect. See Sec'y of State Marco Rubio, X (Mar: 31, 2025, 8:25 AM ET), https://perma.cc/CE6C-ZMDM. Under the circumstances, the court of appeals correctly concluded that the government will suffer no irreparable harm in the short term. In contrast, without the TRO, Plaintiffs will suffer extraordinary and irreparable harms -- being sent out of the United States to a notorious Salvadoran prison, where they will remain incommunicado, potentially for the rest of their lives, without having had any opportunity to contest their designation as gang members. See App. 27a-28a (Henderson, J., concurring) ("The Executive's burdens are comparatively modest compared to the plaintiffs'."); id. at 68a-70a (Millett, J., concurring) "the injury to the Plaintiffs is great and truly irreparable"); id. at 129a-130a (Boasberg, J.) (plaintiffs face "a high likelihood of suffering significant harm").

The government cannot explain why the equities are in its favor, particularly since it (now) concedes that individuals are entitled to contest their designation (which is all the district court has thus far held). It argues only that this case should have been brought in habeas, and disputes whether venue is proper in the District of Columbia. . . .

This is a dark time -- driven only by irrational, hateful fear on the part of Trump, Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem. What a pack of malign sociopaths. Onward, resolutely. The plaintiffs will win out here. Count on that. And we as taxpayers will foot the bill for these crooks in office -- to pay damages in compensation for their deprivation of Constitutional rights. Out.

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