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BREAKING: The NWS has received permission to break the federal hiring pause and will be adding 125 new employees. Critically understaffed offices such as Goodland, KS, will hopefully once again be fully staffed and no longer have to suffer nightly closures. We could see a nationwide increase in weather balloon launches again, increasing model accuracy and weather forecasts for all. The NWS is continuing to seek permission for additional hiring as well, including Meteorologists, Hydrologists, Physical Scientists, and Radar Technicians.
BREAKING: The NWS has received permission to break the federal hiring pause and will be adding 125 new employees. Critically understaffed offices such as Goodland, KS, will hopefully once again be fully staffed and no longer have to suffer nightly closures. We could see a nationwide increase in weather balloon launches again, increasing model accuracy and weather forecasts for all. The NWS is continuing to seek permission for additional hiring as well, including Meteorologists, Hydrologists, Physical Scientists, and Radar Technicians.
They're fucking with you. They're daring you to do something so they can stick a whole foot up your ass. And this is how y'all respond?
He's clearly trying to go viral.
a law firm not fighting to protect its own neck is not trustworthy ! it's common sense !
I've said many times on this forum that (and probably in this thread) Disney films are how Americans make their history sorta like how the British used books for theirs.
I can see the book cover in my head but I can't remember the author.
.... and Putin had the nerve / the audacity to criticize Gorbachev ! I bet he did that cuz Gorbachev's mother was Ukrainian !
Edit : compared to him Gorbachev was a statesman !
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I was talking about this over the weekend with some friends. Shit is crazy and I believe Meharey caved in, Howard is still standing their ground (for how long who knows).
I mentioned a work around this would be to require students to take course work in public health (epidemiology) where social determinants of health and other course work around “diversity” would be covered without saying diversity.
The National Medical Association which represents black physicians provided the below response:
NMA Statement on Liaison Committee on Medical Education eliminating diversity programs; Anti-DEI initiatives
Summarize
For Immediate Release:
May 22, 2025
Statement attributable to:
Virginia A. Caine, MD
125th President, National Medical Association
The federal administration’s orders to cut diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is negatively impacting access to medical education for the next generation of Black physicians. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), an accrediting body for medical education programs leading to a Doctor of Medicine degree, and jointly sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association, voted to eliminate its diversity programs and partnerships. These changes will have detrimental effects for qualified students, further limiting their access to a career in medicine.
Currently, Black people make up 5.7% of doctors in the US. The federal administration’s anti DEI orders will only decrease that percentage. Studies have shown that Black patients experience better health outcomes and engage more effectively with healthcare when treated by Black physicians. This is attributed to reduced implicit bias, improved trust and more culturally-competent care. Eliminating DEI programs will continue to hurt the healthcare of our county and will drastically reduce positive patient outcomes.
Opposing DEI perpetuates inequalities and leads to discrimination and adverse consequences for marginalized groups. The National Medical Association (NMA) remains committed to advancing an equitable health care system and stands ready, willing and able to advocate for truth and fairness. Our physicians strongly oppose anti-DEI initiatives and call on policymakers to reverse this course of action.
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About the National Medical Association:
The NMA is the nation’s oldest and largest organization representing Black physicians and health professionals in the U.S. and promotes the collective interests of physicians and patients of African descent. We serve as the voice of Black physicians and a leading voice for parity in medicine, elimination of health disparities and promotion of optimal health. To learn more about the NMA, please visit https://www.nmanet.org/.
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Sherelyn Weber
469-290-4495
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Black Doctors Question Eliminating Diversity From Medical School Accreditation Criteria
Summary
Doctors warn removing DEI standards may harm efforts to improve healthcare equity.
On May 19, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) voted to remove diversity partnerships and programs from its evaluation criteria for medical schools awarding “MD” degrees, citing growing state-level crackdowns on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
According to USA Today, the committee indicated that those crackdowns conflict with the accrediting body’s standards, and dropping the diversity standards would allow them to establish “a single set of accreditation expectations with which all schools, regardless of their location and current legislative environment, must comply.”
A liaison committee spokesperson also told the outlet that the committee arrived at the decision following “thoughtful and careful consideration and discussion,” but regardless of what facilitated their arrival to eliminate diversity from their evaluation criteria, doctors who have been working to increase diversity in the medical field told the outlet that it represents a setback in their efforts.
Dr. Virginia Caine, the president of the National Medical Association, an organization representing Black physicians, said the decision left her “dumbfounded.”
“We’re just dumbfounded by this decision made by LCME,” she said, before pointing to studies that indicate that Black patients often have better health outcomes and engage more when treated by Black primary care physicians.
“We have such a rich and incredible history of talented Black physicians,” Caine, who is also the public health department director of Marion County, Indiana, told the outlet. “If we knock out the access before they even are entering medical schools or academic schools, we’re just going to be a nation that’s not as creative, not as innovative, and not as successful.”
To her point, although the percentage of Black doctors has risen from 2.6% in 2019 to 5.2% in 2022, according to numbers from the Association of American Medical Colleges, it still lags behind Black Americans’ 13.7% share of the American population.
On May 22, the National Medical Association also released a statement condemning the federal government’s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
“The federal administration’s orders to cut diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is negatively impacting access to medical education for the next generation of Black physicians. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), an accrediting body for medical education programs leading to a Doctor of Medicine degree, and jointly sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association, voted to eliminate its diversity programs and partnerships. These changes will have detrimental effects on qualified students, further limiting their access to a career in medicine,” the association said.
In addition to this, although there are over 150 medical schools in the United States, medical schools at four HBCUs, the Howard University College of Medicine, the Morehouse School of Medicine, the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Meharry University outperform predominantly white institutionswhen it comes to producing Black doctors, which further underscores Caine’s point.
According to Dr. Osose Obeh, who completed her residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins University after completing medical school at Michigan State University, the move from the LCME, along with the crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion, is “disheartening.”
“There is an attack on something that is actually good,” Oboh said. “Diversity has been rebranded as giving unqualified folks opportunity, when in reality, it’s increasing exposure to qualified people.”
Corroborating Dr. Caine’s earlier statements about how Black patients engage with Black doctors, Dr. Oboh recounted an instance when she had to give her Black patients bad news.
“They (the patient’s family) were so appreciative to receive it from me,” Oboh said. “They understood why we were taking the steps we’re taking and why we were going to do the interventions we were going to do. They felt like nobody else had explained it to them.”
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