Newsom Hires Fmr CDC Officials Who Clashed With RFK Jr. (Connecting the Dots: Gavin Newsom, CDC Director Susan Monarez, CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry, CDC Foundation, Bloomberg Family Foundation, The Cosmos Club, Fani Willis, Emory University, The American Association for the Advancement of Science & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax.com
By
Michael Katz | Tuesday, 16 December 2025 10:18 PM EST
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/gavin-newsom-california-susan-monarez/2025/12/16/id/1238620/
California
Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom on
Tuesday announced a new public health initiative and tapped two former senior
officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who clashed
with the Trump administration to lead the effort.
Newsom
named former CDC Director Susan Monarez and
former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to run the Public Health Network
Innovation Exchange, or PHNIX.
According
to his office, the initiative aims to strengthen public health
systems; bolster confidence in evidence-based policy; improve disease detection
and investigation; and build a modern backbone linking data, technology, and
funding across states.
"By
bringing on expert scientific leaders to partner in this launch, we're
strengthening collaboration and laying the groundwork for a modern public
health infrastructure that will offer trust and stability in scientific data
not just across California, but nationally and globally," Newsom said in a
statement.
Monarez
was fired by
the White House in late August after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert
F. Kennedy Jr. sought to remove her from her position and she resisted. Houry
resigned partly in protest over Monarez's firing.
Both
later testified at a tense Senate hearing in September.
Monarez reportedly said
she refused Kennedy's demands that she fire top scientists at the agency and
approve new vaccine recommendations before reviewing evidence to support them.
Houry
testified that Kennedy "censored CDC science, politicized its processes,
and stripped leaders of independence."
Sen.
Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Newsmax that
Monarez's testimony showed she was "not on the same team" as Kennedy.
Jason
Miller, a former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, told Newsmax that
Houry and other CDC officials who resigned following Monarez's firing were
"Democrat activists."
Newsom
has sought to elevate his national profile as a leading Democrat critic of
Trump and to position himself for a possible 2028 presidential run.
The
governor, who is barred by term limits from seeking a third term, has also
worked to cast California as a focal point of resistance to the Trump
administration.
Newsom's
office said the new initiative would build on previously announced public
health partnerships, including the West Coast Health Alliance — which includes
state and local officials from California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii — and
the Governors Public Health Alliance, a 15-state coalition aimed at
coordinating global situational awareness.
Although
Newsom said the effort is "not a shadow CDC we're creating but a shield to
what's going on," Democrat strategist Garry South told the Washington
Examiner that "it has all the hallmarks of a
government-in-exile."
Steve
Hilton, who is seeking the Republican nomination for California governor next
year, told the Examiner the move is "absolutely sickening from the guy who
imposed on California the longest, most destructive, most cruel lockdowns that
destroyed opportunity for an entire generation of kids in California, who are
still suffering the consequences, because he refused to listen and to follow
science and instead imposed his political ideology over the facts around
COVID."
"And
then to turn around and position himself as the champion of science and
rationality when it comes to disease just turns your stomach," Hilton
said.
Susan
Monarez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Monarez
Susan Patricia Coller Monarez (née
Coller; born November 6, 1974) is an American microbiologist and public health
official serving as the Strategic Health Technology and Funding Advisor for the
California Department of Public Health initiative known as the Public Health
Network Innovation Exchange. She served as the Director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention,
first in an acting capacity from January to March 2025, and then as a confirmed
position for under a month from July to August 2025.
Government
career
Monarez
was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the American
Association for the Advancement of Science [6] during 2006–2007.
Debra
Houry
Debra Elaine Houry is an
American physician. She served as the Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director
for Program and Science of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention until
she resigned in protest at the firing of Susan Monarez.
She
previously served as acting principal deputy director and former Director of
the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. She was also a tenured
faculty at Emory University before moving to CDC.
Early
life and education
Houry
was born and raised in Virginia. She completed her undergraduate degree at Emory
University in 1994
with a double major in biology and philosophy. She also volunteered at
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and worked as a house staff
assistant at Grady Hospital.
Connecting
the Dots:
Debra Houry
served as the Chief
Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention until she resigned in protest at the
firing of Susan Monarez and received her BA from Emory University.
Fani Willis attended Emory University School
of Law and is the District Attorney of Fulton County.
Jeffrey P. Koplan was
a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and
is a VP at Emory University.
John G. Rice is
a trustee at Emory University and a board member for
the CDC Foundation.
Charles H. McTier was
a trustee at Emory University and is a board member for
the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Robert Jeffrey was a board member for the CDC Foundation and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a
funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank)
and the Human Rights Watch.
George
Soros is
the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the Human
Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human
Rights Watch and the
Millennium Promise.
Amy Robbins
Towers was a director at the Human Rights Watch, a director at
the Millennium Promise, married to Larry Robbins and is
a board member for the CDC Foundation.
Jimmy Carter was
an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise and is a
co-founder & trustee at the Carter Center.
Donald R. Hopkins is
the VP, health programs for the Carter Center and was a board
member for the CDC Foundation.
Larry Robbins was
married to Amy Robbins Towers and is a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Emma Bloomberg was
the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, Michael
R. Bloomberg’s daughter and is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation,
is Emma Bloomberg’s father and the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin
Hood Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and the CDC Foundation.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank)
and the president of the Truman Center for National Policy.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph
R. Biden Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and was vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.
Ira Lechner was a director at the Truman Center for National
Policy and is a director at the Center for Arms Control and
Non-Proliferation (think tank).
Gavin Newsom is
a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think
tank), the California state government, governor and was
invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
George Soros’s wedding reception was in 2013 &
Gavin Newsom attended, was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Donald Kennedy was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), the editor-in-chief for Science and a commissioner for
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Science is a
publication for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Susan Monarez was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and served as the Director of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first in an acting
capacity from January to March 2025, and then as a confirmed position for under
a month from July to August 2025.
Barbara A. Schaal is
a director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
and a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology.
Mark P. Gorenberg is
a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology and the chairman for the H. John Heinz III Center for
Science, Economics and the Environment.
Terry Collins is
a trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and
the Environment and a professor at the Carnegie Mellon University.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is the vice chair for the H. John Heinz III Center for
Science, Economics and the Environment, an emeritus life trustee at
the Carnegie Mellon University, married to John F. Kerry
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Mark B. McClellan was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is
a director at Research!America.
Rush Holt is a
director at Research!America, the CEO for the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, a trustee at the Carnegie
Institution for Science and the publisher of Science.
Susan Monarez
was a Science and
Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement
of Science and served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, first in an acting capacity from January to March 2025, and
then as a confirmed position for under a month from July to August 2025.
Science is a
publication for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Donald Kennedy was
the editor-in-chief for Science, a commissioner for the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Common Cause.
J. Stapleton Roy is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a member of the Cosmos Club.
James A. Leach was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), the chairman for Common Cause, and is a member of
the Cosmos Club.
Patricia S.
Schroeder is a governing board member for Common Cause,
and a member of the Cosmos Club.
Julia Chang Bloch is
a member of the Cosmos Club and a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Robert E. Hunter is
a member of the Cosmos Club and a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
William A. Nitze is
a member of the Cosmos Club and was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Thomas R.
Pickering is a member of the Cosmos Club and a director at
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Peter J. Tanous is
a member of the Cosmos Club and a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Robert S. McNamara was
a member of the Cosmos Club and an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Robert Jeffrey is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank) and was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Charles H. McTier
is a board member for the CDC Foundation and was a trustee at Emory University.
Fani Willis attended Emory University School
of Law and is the District Attorney of Fulton County.
John G. Rice is
a trustee at the Emory University and a board member for the CDC
Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Jeffrey P. Koplan was
a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
is the VP for the Emory University and a board member for the Global
Polio Eradication Initiative.
Bloomberg
Philanthropies was a funder for the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative and is an umbrella organization for the Bloomberg Family
Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation.
Tenley E. Albright is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation and a director at Research!America.
John R. Seffrin is a director at Research!America and the
CEO for the American Cancer Society.
John Edward Porter is
a chair for Research!America and was an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Mark B. McClellan was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is
a director at Research!America.
Rush Holt is a
director at Research!America, the CEO for the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, a trustee at the Carnegie
Institution for Science and the publisher of Science.
Susan Monarez
was a Science and
Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement
of Science and served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, first in an acting capacity from January to March 2025, and
then as a confirmed position for under a month from July to August 2025.
Science is a
publication for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Donald Kennedy was
the editor-in-chief for Science, a commissioner for the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Margaret A. Hamburg is a VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Warren E. Buffett is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and an advisory board member for the Everytown
for Gun Safety.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Saftey, Gun Control” group for guns.
John J. Mack is an
advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, a director at
the Bloomberg Family Foundation and was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder for the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the
founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, Emma Bloomberg’s father
and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone and a donor for
the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soros was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem
Children's Zone and the Robin Hood Foundation.
Emma Bloomberg was
the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, Michael
R. Bloomberg’s daughter and is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation.
Larry Robbins is
a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and was married to Amy
Robbins Towers.
Amy Robbins
Towers was married to Larry Robbins, a director at the Human
Rights Watch, a director at the Millennium Promise and is a
board member for the CDC Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human
Rights Watch and the Millennium Promise.
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a
benefactor for the Human Rights Watch and is the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Robert Jeffrey is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank) and was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Debra Houry
served as the Chief
Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention until she resigned in protest at the
firing of Susan Monarez and received her BA from Emory University.
Fani Willis attended Emory University School
of Law and is the District Attorney of Fulton County.
Jeffrey P. Koplan was
a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and
is a VP at Emory University.
John G. Rice is
a trustee at Emory University and a board member for
the CDC Foundation.
Charles H. McTier was
a trustee at Emory University and is a board member for
the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Susan Monarez
served as the Director
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first in an acting
capacity from January to March 2025, and then as a confirmed position for under
a month from July to August 2025 and was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow
with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Science is a
publication for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Donald Kennedy was
the editor-in-chief for Science, a commissioner for the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Resources:
Past Research
Utah
Valley University Parking Impact Alert (Connecting the Dots: Astrid Tuminez,
Utah Valley University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Mike Pence, Smithsonian
Institution, Emory University, Anna Kenney, Fani Willis & Soros Funding,
All Networking) (Past Research on Emory University)
Monday,
September 15, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/utah-valley-university-parking-impact.html
CPAC
Poll: Schiff, Newsom Biggest Threats to US, GOP (Connecting the Dots: Gavin
Newsom, The Commercial Club of Chicago, Adam Schiff, Blue Dog Coalition, The
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, The ATF & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on Gavin Newsom)
Sunday,
February 23, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/cpac-poll-schiff-newsom-biggest-threats.html
N.Y.
Judge Grants Legal Rights To 2 Research Chimps (Past
Research on the American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Thursday,
November 9, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/11/ny-judge-grants-legal-rights-to-2.html
Chemtrails:
What in the World Are They Spraying? (Full Length HD) (Past
Research on the American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Wednesday,
August 1, 2018
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/03/chemtrails-what-in-world-are-they.html
Suspect
Dead, Officer Killed in Shooting Reported at Emory University (Connecting the
Dots: Emory University, The CDC, CVS, Atlanta Georgia, Jerome Powell, Fani
Willis, Letitia James, Bloomberg, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Gun Control
& Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research
on Emory University & the CDC)
Saturday,
August 9, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/08/suspect-dead-officer-killed-in-shooting.html
How
Ebola Is Spread From Human to Human (Past Research
on Emory University & the CDC)
Saturday,
August 2, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-ebola-is-spread-from-human-to-human.html
Newsom
Says He'll Cut State Funding for California Colleges That Sign Deal With Trump
Admin (Connecting the Dots: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, The Center for Arms
Control and Non-Proliferation, The Truman Center for National Policy, Kamala D.
Harris, Hunter Biden, The American Federation of Teachers & Soros Funding,
All Networking) (Past Research on Gavin Newsom, Center
for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation & the Truman Center for National
Policy)
Saturday,
October 4, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/10/newsom-says-hell-cut-state-funding-for.html
CDC
Amends Public Comments Policy Amid Censorship Lawsuit (Connecting the Dots: The
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), The Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), The CDC Foundation, The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on the CDC)
Tuesday,
November 26, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/11/cdc-amends-public-comments-policy-amid.html
Madeleine
Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In
The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine
Albright, R. Hunter Biden & Kamala D. Harris)
Thursday,
March 24, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html
FDA
Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs and Unsafe Foods (Past Research on the FDA)
Sunday,
May 10, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/05/fda-fails-to-protect-americans-from.html
South
Dakota's Larry Pressler Running for Senate Again, as Independent (Past Research on the Cosmos Club)
Monday,
December 30, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/south-dakotas-larry-pressler-running.html
The
Right to Try: How the FDA Is Killing Americans (Past
Research on CDC & Research!America)
Wednesday,
November 11, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-right-to-try-how-fda-is-killing.html
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