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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Inside <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>’s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> Push at the Department of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems, among other proposals. DOGE operatives have no work experience remotely close to VA in terms of scale or complexity. VA administers all government benefits afforded to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a> and families for roughly 10 million people: education, loans, disability payments, and health care. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-department-of-veterans-affairs-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/doge-department-of-veterans-affairs-ai/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> also announced drastic cuts at depts that provide critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialServices</a> including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a>], which administers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a>, & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> Administration, which sends out checks to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retired</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabled</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/widowed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#widowed</a> Americans [money Americans put into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a> out of their own paychecks].<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OPM</a> …has laid off >200 of its own employees & allowed >400 to *opt in* to *voluntary* exit programs since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> took office…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

CultureStormReport to your duty station. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Veterans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VeteransBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransBenefits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VeteransAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAdministration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a>

Steve Jurrens - News DirectorVSO Todd Rose Discusses Proposed VA Staff Reductions and Local Impacts <a href="https://www.mykxlg.com/news/local/vso-todd-rose-discusses-proposed-va-staff-reductions-and-local-impacts/article_0ea62d4e-facf-11ef-afaa-bbc9c1a2393f.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mykxlg.com/news/local/vso-todd-rose-discusses-proposed-va-staff-reductions-and-local-impacts/article_0ea62d4e-facf-11ef-afaa-bbc9c1a2393f.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KXLGNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KXLGNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KXLGRadio991" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KXLGRadio991</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveandLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiveandLocal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LocalNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Veterans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthDakota</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Steele Fortress🚨 Breaking: Veterans Affairs loses a key cybersecurity project lead amid DOGE layoffs, part of the 21 USDS staff departures this week. This raises concerns about continuity in critical cybersecurity initiatives. With the ongoing landscape of vulnerabilities, how can agencies ensure robust security despite staffing challenges? Let's discuss strategies for maintaining resilience in the face of workforce changes. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a>Read more: <a href="https://short.steelefortress.com/0sn2h4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://short.steelefortress.com/0sn2h4</a>

NonilexThe cancellations mark the admin’s latest effort, led by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>, to streamline a federal bureaucracy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has cast as bloated, corrupt & lazy — a campaign that has left no part of the 2.3M civilian workforce untouched, not even the department tasked w/supporting the nation’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a> & their families. On Monday, following a first round of layoffs affecting 1k workers, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a> announced another 1,400 dismissals of “non-mission critical positions.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex“Make no mistake,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), the ranking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrat</a> on the Senate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> Cmte, said in a statement Tues responding to Collins’s announcement. “This is just another reckless cost-cutting decision that will harm <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a> & tax payers for years to come.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disrespect</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> Secy Douglas A. Collins took to social media on Tues to tout sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cuts</a> to contracts that he said would save the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a> nearly $2B w/o touching core services.  But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medical</a> services, fund <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> programs, recruit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doctors</a> & provide burial services to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a>, acc/to internal VA documents.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disrespect</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> to cancel government contracts that help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a>, records show  Records show the 875 contracts included support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medical</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funeral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funeral</a> services, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> programs & efforts to recruit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doctors</a> for critical vacancies<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disrespect</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/25/veterans-affairs-contracts-canceled/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/25/veterans-affairs-contracts-canceled/</a>

Amnesty Mönchengladbach<a href="https://nrw.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WWII</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/wwii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wwii</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WW2</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USArmy</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Faschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Faschismus</a>, <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vance</a>

gentlegardenerAnd my favourite: no class action suit on behalf of farmers stiffed by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usda</a> which reneged on contracts to reimburse them. And my other favourite: firing information security staff leaving <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/veteransaffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veteransaffairs</a> data vulnerable.

BeachbumThis is a big FU to our <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Veterans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>. file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/9a/10/264FA513-8E34-4071-92C7-E8CCA86A6A34/IMG_9209.png

gentlegardener“ 'you are not fit for continued employment because your ability and skills do not fit the agency's needs,'"an attorney with the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau</a> told CBS News.  A termination letter provided to CBS News by a former employee at the Department of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> informed the worker that his job was ending because "you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the agency would be in the public interest." <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-federal-employees-probationary-firings-layoffs-workers-impact/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-federal-employees-probationary-firings-layoffs-workers-impact/</a>

NonilexIn the coming weeks, the docs show, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> has planned for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin to trim staff from dozens of offices across the executive branch, including those that protect employees’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> & others that investigate complaints of employment <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> in the federal workplace. Among the groups targeted are a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> office that works to ensure all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a> receive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#access</a> to care & an office within <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> that provides info about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> of minority populations.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Dennis A<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> layoffs The VA has dismissed more than 1,000 employees. A once unthinkable act and a betrayal of promises made. VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees - VA News"WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees." <a href="https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-dismisses-more-than-1000-employees/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-dismisses-more-than-1000-employees/</a>

Infinity Counter 🟦"Jose Barco-Chirino is the son of a Cuban political prisoner who protested against Communism. He was born when the family fled to Venezuela and granted asylum in America at the age of 5.The promise of U.S. citizenship from the Army sounded better than working construction in Miami, so he joined up before he was old enough to drive.Between tours he filled out citizenship papers, but they disappeared."<a href="https://lor.sh/tags/StarsAndStripes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarsAndStripes</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Venezuela</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/USMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USMilitary</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cuba</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/DACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DACA</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USArmy</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-02-13/fort-carson-iraq-army-veteran-deportation-ice-barco-16820694.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-02-13/fort-carson-iraq-army-veteran-deportation-ice-barco-16820694.html</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> IG Michael Missal’s office has shared evidence w/federal prosecutors on the actions of several employees in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> system, including a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/physician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physician</a> & a contractor who spent extended time looking at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedicalRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicalRecords</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimWalz</a>, raising investigators’ concerns about their motives.  Like the others, the physician & contractor used their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a> computers to get into the records, mostly from their govt offices.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Veterans</a>

NonilexAt least a dozen employees at the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> improperly accessed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedicalRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicalRecords</a> of VP nominees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimWalz</a> this summer, VA investigators found, in a violation of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laws</a> that is under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> investigation.  VA ofcls notified the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vance</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walz</a> campaigns about the breaches after discovering the unauthorized viewing by employees at the agency’s massive health-care arm, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Veterans</a> Health Admin….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/30/vance-walz-medical-records-breach-va/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/30/vance-walz-medical-records-breach-va/</a>

Michael Reeder LCPCPrivate, vetted email list for mental health professionals: <a href="https://www.clinicians-exchange.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.clinicians-exchange.org</a> Open LEMMY instance for all mental health workers: <a href="https://lem.clinicians-exchange.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lem.clinicians-exchange.org</a> . <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZUMMkiyy4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZUMMkiyy4</a>Healthy adults not dying, but the elderly and immune compromised are.Sobering stats and a huge study from the VA on why healthy adults want to avoid long COVID -- and how long COVID may be more common than you think.Paxlovid -- Not only reduces complications and death, but according to one study reduces risk of long COVID by 26% over a six month period.On masks: "If you gave the average healthy adult in America a button they could push once per day that would miraculously save the life of a random terminal patient they don't know, I figure like 60% of people wouldn't even bother to push the button on the way out the door to work each morning."Study: Why You Should Avoid COVID Even if You're "Healthy"<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZUMMkiyy4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZUMMkiyy4</a>=== <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COVID</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/longCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longCOVID</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/covidisnotover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#covidisnotover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/masks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#masks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/paxlovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paxlovid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/immunocompromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immunocompromised</a> . . NYU Information for Practice puts out 400-500 good quality health-related research posts per week but its too much for many people, so that bot is limited to just subscribers. You can subscribe at <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/@PsychResearchBot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PsychResearchBot</a>

PhoenixSerenity<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackVeterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackVeterans</a> were more likely to be <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DeniedBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeniedBenefits</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PostTraumaticStressDisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostTraumaticStressDisorder</a> than their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WhiteCounterparts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteCounterparts</a> - according to a newly surfaced 2017 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/internal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransAffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#report</a> .  <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Analysis</a> that crunched <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> from the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FiscalYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FiscalYear</a> 2011 through 2016 showed that <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Black</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a> who are seeking <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#benefits</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PTSD</a> were <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rejected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rejected</a> 57% of the time, compared to 43% for white veterans.<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/racial-disparities-in-the-us-deny-black-veterans-with-ptsd-b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/racial-disparities-in-the-us-deny-black-veterans-with-ptsd-b</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SystematicRacism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackAmericans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Inequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inequity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a>

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