Caitlin Cross-Barnet earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. Caitlin joined the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, where she helped design and evaluate programs to improve pregnancy and child health outcomes.
Her job was testing tiny changes to Medicaid to yield better patient outcomes and save taxpayer money. But Caitlin told her friends that those tiny adjustements, especially in maternal health, could save lives. She oversaw a federal program to help pregnant mothers addicted to opioids.
All her work data was deleted. Harassed by DOGE emails, Caitlin killed herself
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/05/20/federal-workers-trump-mental-health/
Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum
I hate to tell you that because I appreciate your post, but it doesn’t fit in /c/technology
Last month, he was rehired only to be fired a second time — after courts ruled some of Trump’s layoffs illegal, then legal again.
Fucking hell.
Sic semper tyranus.
This reminds me of what Germany was like c.1930.
Reminds you?
Yeah, I have been comparing the failure to form a left-center government at the end of the Weimar Republic resulting in the Nazi’s rise to power to the 2024 election.
Rack one more up to the MAGAt kill count.
And one more for retribution once bullets start to fly
Capitalism kills
As much as I hate private ownership of the means of production, her death is tied more to Musk and Republicans. And everyone even slightly responsible for Trump’s victory through action or inaction.
Any time something bad happens in a capitalist system, it’s because of capitalism.
Any time something bad happens in a communist system, it’s because of capitalism.
Whats “free market” about an authoritarian regime?
A “free market” as in the sense these lunatics envision it is a market devoid of any form of outside regulations. In essence, survival of the fittest on an economical level: Profit above all else, might makes right, consequences be damned. One
presidentführerCEO calling the shots, everybody else following or getting crushed in the machinery.So you tell me: What’s not authoritarian about corporate capitalism?
I assure you the Trump Admin is far from Anarchist. They intend to impose many rules that benefit them.
Without government regulation in a specific area <> anarchist.
Let’s not confuse things.
Capitalism inherently doesn’t require a free market… It just requires oligarchs to own emans of production
Free market is a separate topic and it doesn’t rally exist anyway
That’s about as close to the definition as China is to Communism. When people like you say “Capitalism” you mean “Western World Powers”. Why mask up so hard?
You clearly lack the most basic understanding of the Chinese system and parrot western scaremongering propaganda.
China literally sentences corrupt wannabe oligarchs to death, not lick their boots like the US.
Why mask your anti-communism/Sinophobia so hard?Lmao
I mean Doge doesn’t even really fit into what most would call capitalism. Closer to corruption, hubris, and plain old stupidity really.
It fits perfectly as a vessel to further the neoliberal agenda of dismantling any form of regulations to create their vision of a “perfect” free market society.
It’s called corporatism and is a direct result of capitalism.
You said Capitalism twice. This is the inevitable and predicted outcome
Not a fan of capitalism… but it’s not the right ideology to blame in this case fam
Profit over everything else is part of which ideology again?
Fascism is capitalism unmasked.
archive link for y’all: https://archive.is/kyjSg
Never kill yourself for something that’s somebody else’s fault.
Isn’t John Hopkins the wackjob college that RWNJs always reference for their horrendously incorrect medical “assessments”? Or am I thinking of something else?
Edit: well fuck me for asking a genuine question. There is some school or at least a website with a similar-sounding name that RWNJs love to reference, but I cannot remember it. Yes I tried searching. Hence the question.
Johns Hopkins University is one of the most famous medical research institutions in the country
Famous and well respected. I think I can only name three that come close - Duke University, Cleveland Clinic, and Mayo Clinic.
Edit: and Brigham and Women’s. Ok maybe there are more now that I’m pondering it.
They also work for the evil US military and regime
Yeah, pretty much every medical research institution does. Hell, pretty much every research institution period does with the US Military.
Saying that they do research for the regime because they have federal funds is a bit of a stretch.
Ok, I wasn’t sure. There is some site out there that wackjobs love to reference to reinforce their beliefs, and it sounds similar, but I cannot remember what it was called.
And no, I’m not thinking of praeger…
Perhaps you’re thinking of John Birch Society? You have me curious now
No. Try using Wikipedia first
Wikipedia is a joke
Aren’t you a pedophile or am I thinking of someone else?
Could have also just explained, no need for personal attacks.
Well that escalated.
I think pinning suicide on the job is a bit far fetched though
Edit: some strong reactions here lol. Dont let a tragedy go to waste! LARP that politics!
Read the damn article
I’m with you. Not that I’m not up for placing blame where it is due. But also I want to see not accurate information from the left because it’s getting absolutely unhinged. Too many times I’ve brought up some point like this that I’ve seen only to have more information revealed to me that turns out it was practically bullshit. People are just reacting to headlines more and more and it’s causing this information degradation on the left
Did you miss the harassment part?
Media often correlates things that have nothing to do with each other. Let’s get better with this stuff
It’s usually a mix of things but I am sure seeing your lifes work be destroyed and constantly being harassed didnt help.
Guess your job doesn’t involve saving the lives of hundreds of pregnant women and their babies. I guess if everything you’ve done over the past 10 years was ripped out and thrown away it would destroy nothing of value and you wouldn’t care. And if we hired a bunch of goons to attack you every time you were online and threaten you in person it would have no affect on your mental health. But she did, it was, and it did for her.
It’s almost like outside factors may effect someone’s health and wellbeing.
This is one case where misspelling ‘affect’ works.
You know what? I was so out of brain this morning I stared at that for a whole minute wondering if it was right. I write for work every goddamn day and I was like “WTF… how did I forget this. I use these words EVERY DAY.” I knew until I thought about it.
I almost looked it up but then was like… no, 50/50 shot and everyone will know what I mean. No one will point it out.
lol it’s all good friend
A teachable moment for some readers who have trouble discerning the difference between the words.
Hmm, is it me whos out of touch? No, it’s everybody else whos wrong.
People who work in research often have their whole life built around their specific field of research, to the point where their transferable skills and knowledge are minimized or excluded. Financially, they’re usually dependent on the institution they work for to a far greater degree than most professions are, which is part of why tenure exists. They also—but certainly not always—are neurodivergent. Their area of research is necessarily something they’re passionate about.
I can totally see this happening. There’s a lot going on in the world right now. Many people are experiencing extreme anxiety about world events they don’t have power over.
Being personally bullied by the government specifically about the work that is tremendously personally important would be devastating.
Damn, that first paragraph hits way to close to home for me. Now you’ve got me feeling extra anxious. You are very correct though, I’m sure there are many more that feel this way too.
Happens on the time. Especially in professions where your life is basically work.
Academia grinds you down first but “employment” is what kills.
