Unreliable Narrators

Scoop - SUSAN MONAREZ, nation’s newly installed CDC director, is being ousted, people familiar tell @lenasun @LaurenWeberHP + mehttps://t.co/ycPgoKUZfZ

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) August 27, 2025

CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC

CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports.

Horrifying news for public health. pic.twitter.com/Qo91cPR82L

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 27, 2025

UPDATE: At least four top CDC officials submit resignations in the wake of the agency director's firing. https://t.co/cxQg4GiXiG

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 27, 2025

Abbe Lowell and I represent @CDCgov Director Susan Monarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement: https://t.co/TILLE2Z6pF pic.twitter.com/T8LT6OknDM

— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) August 27, 2025

HHS event announced the firing. But her lawyers say that didn’t happen, and she hasn’t resigned, and she isn’t going anywhere.

So where the hell did the story come from? Do they really think saying it makes it so? Were they hoping she’d resign if they did this?b The HHS announcement is a powerful example of hiding behind the passive voice. “She no longer works here and we’re thankful for what she did.”

Who the fuck is in charge of this chicken outfit?