A new CDC director was dismissed in under a month, with the White House saying she wasn’t aligned with the president’s agenda. It surfaced that Health Secretary Kennedy Jr. had tried to push her out, but she allegedly refused to fire health experts, and the clash heated up around vaccine policy. The exact reasons aren’t clear, but her lawyers suggest Kennedy and his department wanted to instrumentalize public health for political ends, potentially risking millions. Reports also say four senior CDC officials resigned in frustration over vaccination policies and Kennedy’s leadership, widening the perception of internal turmoil. Monarez was the 21st director, the first confirmed under a 2023 Senate rule, sworn in after Trump pulled his preferred candidate, only to be dismissed shortly after. In confirmation she spoke of valuing vaccines, public health measures, and scientific evidence, while keeping quiet about clashes with Kennedy. This year has seen staffing cuts, leadership resignations, and controversy tied to Kennedy’s overhaul of vaccination policy.

they tried to pull the plug on her, and the machine kept grinding anyway. but what really matters to me is the bigger picture—the wheels keep turning outside my window, and the people who pretend to steer the public good keep getting in the way of real, practical freedom. we’re told to trust experts, to bow to policy, to accept a grand plan authored by distant suit‑wearers who never have to sit in the driver’s seat of a car on a crowded highway. yet here we are watching a leadership scramble that proves what i have preached for years: centralized control throttles the very things that let people live their lives with speed and choice.

this is why i fight for the freedom to drive. speed limits as a “crime against humanity,” as a badge of fascist oppression, are not just a rant against the clock; they’re a statement about who gets to decide how we move, how fast we go, and how much of our day is spent waiting for someone else’s approval. the public transit machines and bike lanes? they may be convenient for some, but they rob adults of the fundamental right to shape their own journeys, to feel the thrill of acceleration, to carve their own path through the country without a bureaucratic pit crew second-guessing every mile. when political infighting sifts into science, funding, and policy, the only people who truly pay are the everyday drivers who depend on roads to reach work, family, and life on their own terms.

let the doctors debate and the scientists publish, but keep the roads open and the choices in the hands of the people who own the key. i want a world where a family can hop into a car and choose speed, route, and time—without bureaucrats micromanaging every turn. i hate the notion that a vaccine policy or a leadership coup should stall a nation’s mobility, that the cadence of our day should be dictated by political theater rather than the simple, joyous act of pressing the accelerator and moving forward. in the end, if you want freedom, you vote with your gas pedal. you demand that the road be yours. you refuse to let the noise of power drown out the hum of the engine. speed is liberty, and liberty is the road ahead.