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What Happened Today – August 9

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💉🗂️🏥 The vaccine wars are back, and the stakes are bigger than shots.

An anti-vax shooting at the CDC, a whiplash reinstatement at FDA, and a federal purge of vaccine records point to a coordinated rollback of public health while GOP leaders insist Medicare and Medicaid are safe.

Call your reps now to defend vaccines, protect the safety net, and stop erasing the record.

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Today’s Quote

He was very unsettled and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people. He emphatically believed that.

– Nancy Hoalst, neighbor of the man who attacked the CDC on August 8 and killed a local police officer.

Yesterday’s Most Read Story

Defense Secretary reposts video by CREC pastors led by Doug Wilson calling to revoke women’s voting rights while praising a Christian nationalist church.

Today’s GovBrief News