"Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge, Slate's politics newsletter that can't recommend the hottest new trend enough: Putting your head in the sand for a few months. If you don't see the news, then it doesn't happen. In any event, does anyone know why these troops keep patrolling the Surge's street?"
"Late last week, the Health and Human Services secretary fired the recently confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control for refusing to go along with his vaccine plans (fewer vaccines), and a slew of other senior CDC personnel quit because they'd had enough. Unlike most news, this was not immediately forgotten over a long weekend, and Kennedy was torn apart in a Senate hearing this week."
Ben Mathis-Lilley covered the newsletter for several months while the regular author was absent. The regular author was absent while he did his part to arrest the global birthrate crisis. Congress returned from recess to continue disputes related to Jeffrey Epstein. Eric Adams and the Trump team are reportedly considering another corrupt collaboration. House Republicans denied knowledge of any "One Big Beautiful Bill." The HHS secretary fired the recently confirmed CDC director for refusing to support plans to reduce vaccines. Multiple senior CDC personnel resigned, and the director faced harsh questioning from Republicans including Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis, and John Barrasso.
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