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BumRushDaShow

(169,499 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 04:41 AM Thursday

White House delays permanent CDC director pick

Source: msn/Axios

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The White House is indefinitely postponing its selection of a permanent Centers for Disease Control director, leaving acting head Jay Bhattacharya overseeing the agency past a key deadline.

Why it matters: The punt underscores the difficulty of finding a nominee who can be confirmed by the Senate and leaves the beleaguered public health agency without a full-time political leader.

What they're saying: "Dr. Bhattacharya will continue to oversee the CDC by performing the delegable duties of the CDC director," Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon said.

"Secretary Kennedy and [HHS chief counselor] Chris Klomp are working with the White House on the CDC director search by evaluating candidates that can further the Trump administration's objective of restoring the CDC to its original mission of fighting infectious disease," he added.


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/general/white-house-delays-permanent-cdc-director-pick/ar-AA1Zp9zV
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White House delays permanent CDC director pick (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Thursday OP
" ...the Trump administration's objective of restoring the CDC to its original mission of fighting infectious disease," OldBaldy1701E Thursday #1
That could be a tacit admission BumRushDaShow Thursday #2
Typical behavior from these goons. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #3
For some reason I think his days may be numbered BumRushDaShow Thursday #4
'...his days are numbered...' OldBaldy1701E Thursday #6
"Nothing has changed" BumRushDaShow Thursday #7
Okay, I'll bite. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #8
"Okay, I'll bite." BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #9
"But we NEED to have concrete do-able steps that will show results..." OldBaldy1701E 16 hrs ago #10
Bullshit! There's gotta be some quack out there the senate republicans will approve of. Ray Bruns Thursday #5

OldBaldy1701E

(11,106 posts)
1. " ...the Trump administration's objective of restoring the CDC to its original mission of fighting infectious disease,"
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:47 AM
Thursday

What kind of idiotic bullshit is this?

'Original mission'? The mission of the CDC is to protect us from disease. Not just the ones mentioned in the movies.

(Unbelievable... they are so deluded that they think that they can say crap like this and we will just accept it.

Of course, there is ample precedent of success with this procedure... so...

BumRushDaShow

(169,499 posts)
2. That could be a tacit admission
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:52 AM
Thursday

that Brainworm Host has fucked it up. He seems to have dropped out of the news lately and things seem to be going on under the radar (whispered in the news) of at least trying to tamp him down (e.g., suddenly forcing the halt and/or delay of FDA/CDC Committee meetings being run by a bunch of anti-vax and woo loons).

OldBaldy1701E

(11,106 posts)
3. Typical behavior from these goons.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:11 AM
Thursday

The guy is a terror and a mistake, but despite the complete chaos he is creating...

They will keep him. Because he kisses the ass.

BumRushDaShow

(169,499 posts)
4. For some reason I think his days may be numbered
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:17 AM
Thursday

even if he kisses ass (and especially since he ran against 45 way back, which would give them an excuse to cut bait).

I.e., although they "expect loyalty", they show little or none in return (see Noem and Bovino). They could stick the multimillionaire TV quack "Doctor" with 9 mansions in charge in the interim if necessary (since they already have other people doing multiple roles as an end-run around Senate confirmations).

OldBaldy1701E

(11,106 posts)
6. '...his days are numbered...'
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 04:45 PM
Thursday

With all due respect... that is something that has been said for the past year or more about so many of that regime.

Over and over.

Nothing has changed, except those who the cabal decided to throw to the wolves as a distraction. Those who are really behind the evil and the chaos are not going to suffer shit until we make them suffer in return.

And, we seem determined not to do that. Which means there will be no consequences for their actions.

So, they will have learned nothing and those who wish to emulate these racist animals will do so because, without any deterrents, why not?

Why even try to fix the current situation if we are not going to do squat about the fact that it will just happen again?

BumRushDaShow

(169,499 posts)
7. "Nothing has changed"
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:06 PM
Thursday

Oh there are some who are gone - Ice Barbie and Little Nazi Bovino as obvious examples.

What is different from his first term is that during the first term, the revolving door was spinning furiously that first year.

This time, someone put the breaks on the door, so some of the originals hung on through the year, but a number have either left (like Susan Monarez, the original Senate-confirmed head of CDC), or have been drop-kicked out (like Noem, Bovino, & Habba) or have been or are being neutered (like Kari Lake and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Deremer).

Hopefully the whole thing comes crumbling down sooner rather than later and will take the architects like Miller, with it.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,106 posts)
8. Okay, I'll bite.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:03 AM
20 hrs ago

Other than a few personnel changes that were done to distract the masses and/or to please the orange gibbon, what has changed?

Are they still there?

Are they still doing their evil shit?

Are they still committing atrocities at home and abroad, solely for their own greed and power? (Not that this is new for this nation.)

Are they still going to do something bad in November?

Are ICE still kidnapping people without the first thought as to whether or not they actually are illegal iimgrants?

Are they still killing people in the streets and in their gulags?

Then... umm...

BumRushDaShow

(169,499 posts)
9. "Okay, I'll bite."
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:39 AM
20 hrs ago
Other than a few personnel changes that were done to distract the masses and/or to please the orange gibbon, what has changed?

Are they still there?


Outside of DOD and military-related Department DVA, DHS is the LARGEST federal (civilian) Department of the 15 Departments.

When the Secretary goes, so goes ALL of their own appointed staff.

Are they still doing their evil shit?

Are they still committing atrocities at home and abroad, solely for their own greed and power? (Not that this is new for this nation.)


As long as the billionaires are running the show, there will always be "evil shit" going on. Who the "face of that is" has, and will continue to change. IMHO, Bondi and Patel are on their last legs. I wouldn't be surprised if Barr made yet another appearance as he was and still IS the "ultimate fixer" (and Bondi sure ain't).

Are they still going to do something bad in November?


They might try, but again, the billionaires are pulling the strings on what will or will not happen. I.e., - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143639558

Are ICE still kidnapping people without the first thought as to whether or not they actually are illegal iimgrants?

Are they still killing people in the streets and in their gulags?

Then... umm...


There are THOUSANDS of cases, and I obviously can't post all of them in LBN but have done a bunch that I could find (many of them now as a class action) that have been filed and won by the victims. The judges have now (finally) started enforcing their court orders with financial sanctions, so the juggernaut of overt evil is finally being slowed.

I think once Bovino was drop-kicked out of the administration after going from city to city instigating violence "for Tee Vee", all of a sudden you're not seeing all the "Black Bloc" crap going on at protests.

So there is a subtle shift and a whole PILE of people who have been tuning out the "politics", are suddenly getting smacked with it through the disasters at the airports when trying to go on spring vacations. So the more people's attention can be directed to the "negative" of this President versus the propaganda of "immigrants" (a/k/a by the goons, "illegal aliens" ), the more you can get them to to see US as an alternative.

But we NEED to have concrete do-able steps that will show results in an environment where 45 is still there being directed by a plethora of evildoers.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,106 posts)
10. "But we NEED to have concrete do-able steps that will show results..."
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:08 PM
16 hrs ago

Exactly.

As I have stressed before, this concept of tearing down the old house by removing the roofing nails one at a time with a fingernail file as opposed to tearing out the foundation with a hammer is why this is going to cost more lives and more of our standing in the world than it needs to. Instead of having something left, there will be nothing because we didn't act sooner. Instead of being ready and acting on the thought that there will be no change in November because they are not going to accept it. They are entrenching themselves every single minute we let them stay there.

If we don't do something, how 'concrete' or 'do-able' the ideas may be notwithstanding, there will be nothing left to do.

But, what do I know?

Ray Bruns

(6,341 posts)
5. Bullshit! There's gotta be some quack out there the senate republicans will approve of.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:18 AM
Thursday

They installed RFK Jr.

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