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The Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a 53-45 party-line vote.

Oz will oversee healthcare for over half the U.S. population, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA programs, amid debates over Medicaid cuts.

He supports work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

He’s also embraced RFK Jr.‘s campaign to redesign the country’s food supply, reject vaccine mandates, and cast doubt on some long-established scientific research.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that up to 20% of the 10,000 layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services may have been mistakes and will require reinstatements.

The cuts, part of a DOGE-led restructuring with Elon Musk, eliminated key programs, including the CDC’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, stalling public health responses.

FDA officials confirmed some staff have already been asked to return temporarily, including teams handling drug and food inspections.

I just made a Piefed.social account today. I'm very familiar with reddit, but after the API changes and all the bullshit that's been happening with the site lately I want something different. How do I see which communities I'm a part of, the equivalent of subreddits I guess? Where do I go to find new ones? Do I need to be in a singe instance to participate? I'd really like to find the Lemmy equivalent of my favorite subreddits from reddit, but I simply don't know how to do that.

Update from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34685956

Unfortunately for our entertainment, her Facebook profile has been entirely purged of her MAGA history.

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I'm officially unemployed. Today I was RIF'd from the government. It's such a surreal and humbling moment; one that I knew was coming but secretly thought and wished would never happen. I started working for SBA in 2010 during my senior year of college. I came in as an emergency hire and was placed on the student career experience program. I worked in accounts payable for 14 years before moving to contracting in October. I worked remotely since 2017 when I was placed on a reasonable accommodation after shattering my kneecap while walking into work. I worked countless hours from different hospitals I was inpatient in from 2017-2023. I relied on work to get me through many difficult times in my life while I was alone in the hospital or angry at the universe. It kept me mentally sane for many years and gave me a purpose in life. I took a lot of pride over the team I managed and the work that we produced. I wouldn't change one thing about my federal career and hope one day I can continue it.

For now, it is time to figure out what is next for me. To all my fellow government workers, I want to say it's been a privilege being able to work with you. The government is full of a lot of highly intelligent and hard working individuals. I know that we will all be ok after the dust has settled and make a game plan for what is next. I have met so many great people in the government and hope the best for everyone!

For everyone that knows someone in the federal workforce, please check in on them. This is a scary and sad time for most of us and we are not ok at the moment and are faced with some scary unknown challenges that we have not faced before.

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

Let’s hope this new party learns from the mistakes that destroyed the BC Liberals/United and backs proportional representation this time.

#bcpoli @karinkirkpatrick.bsky.social

NEW - Former BC Liberal/BC United MLA @karinkirkpatrick.bsky.social has launched a new political party called Centre BC. It comes after Kevin Falcon withdrew BC United from the provincial election but remains the party leader. #bcpoli

elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/Reg...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26917346

I am kind of too scared to ask here, but what did it actually achieve?

Thanks to the guys & gals at the Tumblr BD stream! [source]

Now, I'd already read the first tome, but didn't notice this funny capture, maybe because the 'marsu' in question seemed very hunted in T1. So, I suspect this is from T2, where our long-tailed lovely hooks up with some proper friendos.

Anyway, this is from a new-ish, two-tome work that imagines a Marsupilami awkwardly getting caught up in an modern urban-scape.

As with the recent, inspired guest-shots on Lucky Luke and Les Schtroumpfs (i.e. The Smurfs, which I previously covered across the "Tebo" version here), it's so interesting to me to see completely new talents taking these BD classics in funny, new, modernistic directions.

This two-part series is by the always fascinating Zidrou, and Frank (Pé).

Series link: (turn on translate)
https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-70835-BD-Bete-Frank-Pe-Zidrou.html

Methinks it's finally spring.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35528933

China is doubling down on the RISC-V architecture.

Already there is a new trend, according to the latest Deutschlandtrend survey conducted for German broadcaster ARD. Pollster infratest dimap surveyed a representative sample of 1,334 eligible German voters from March 31 to April 2. The CDU/CSU slumped to 26%, their lowest level since October 2022, while the AfD reached a new high of 24%.

Seven out of ten respondents in the ARD Deutschlandtrend survey would like to see higher import tariffs on US products in retaliation

Stellantis has “paused production” at some of its Canadian and Mexican auto assembly plants due to the newly announced tariffs — and as a result, some US workers will also be temporarily laid off.

Among those to be laid off are 900 US hourly employees who make powertrains and stampings that supply the affected Canadian and Mexican plants, Stellantis said Thursday. The temporary layoffs are due to reduced production prompted by the tariffs.

The affected US employees work at five different Midwest plants: the Warren Stamping and Sterling Stamping plants in Michigan, as well as the Indiana Transmission Plant, Kokomo Transmission Plant and Kokomo Casting Plant, all in Kokomo, Indiana.

If you don't know know what is this, please see this post: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/11096964