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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11d

Dear journalists: please do not make it sound like he was coherent.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 11d

Proposed restrictions on visas for reporters show the U.S. “becoming less open and welcoming to foreign journalists…It is antithetical to the core values of American society as embodied in the First Amendment.”

Proud to join @rsf.org and others in this statement.
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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 11d

Uh... White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer

Natalie Andrews & Liz Essley Whyte / WSJ

🎁: www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Exclusive | White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer

President Trump is expected to unveil the measures with Pfizer’s CEO on Tuesday

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · 11d

Cool, cool, cool.

a man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza .

ALT: a man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza .

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Stacey Hauff @staceyhauff.bsky.social · 11d

Go to www.hud.gov right now. Just trust me.

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · 11d

I came in too late, what was the "they spit, we hit" in reference to?

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 18d

If you have a question about Trump's autism announcement ... it's probably answered somewhere here

Screenshot of STAT's homepage with several stories about Trump's autism announcement

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 24d

The meeting of RFK Jr.’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) starts in less than 24 hours.

The materials still haven’t been posted, which is highly unusual.

They want to ambush the American public with false claims about COVID19 vaccines.

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kennedy asserted that “there are no cuts to Medicaid.” In fact, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that Medicaid provisions would increase the number of people without health insurance by 7.8 million in 2034. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Update from Sheryl Gay Stolberg

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't know how many died

W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that

W: How can you be that ignorant?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

Bennet runs out of patience with RFK Jr and yells at him that "I'm asking the questions on behalf of parents and schools and teachers all over the United States of America who deserve so much better than your leadership! That's what this conversation is about."

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kennedy says he does not know how many people died of Covid and whether the vaccines prevented Covid deaths. “The problem is they didn’t have the data,” he said.

In fact, the data are readily available.

Update from Apoorva Mandavilli

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

"You're a charlatan. That's what you are." -- Cantwell to RFK Jr

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Sep 4

In case you were curious, a charlatan is someone who falsely claims to have knowledge or skill, particularly in medicine or business, to decieve others for personal gain. #cdc

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Aug 27

He is intentionally avoiding a huge swath of his constituents because their county is democratic-leaning. Going to a town with 200 people, without also going to a town in the county that has 30k+ constituents, doesn’t deserve applause.

NPR @npr.org · Aug 27

At a time when Congressional Republicans are generally opting against town halls, Missouri Rep. Mark Alford is embarking on a four-day, 15-stop tour to meet with constituents.

The GOP is shying away from town halls. This Missouri congressman is doing 15 of them

At a time when Congressional Republicans are generally opting against town halls, Missouri Rep. Mark Alford is embarking on a four-day, 15-stop tour to meet with constituents.

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Aug 15

How are homelessness advocates responding, and could other cities follow? Join AHCJ to learn how reporters can cover this story locally, with insights from a national reporter, an addiction researcher, a veteran activist and a journalist who spent a year investigating homelessness.

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Jul 3

Disgusting.

Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Jul 3

We the People of the United States [...] establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Jul 1

Ah yes, taking away health care from 17 million people is super "immaterial."

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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · Jul 1

We don't have updated and detailed CBO scores and the final language for the just-passed Senate reconciliation bill isn't yet available. But the devastating impact will likely be about $1 trillion/10 years in #Medicaid cuts and about 17 million more uninsured.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · Jul 1

Now it goes back to the House.

Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · Jul 1

Senate narrowly passes Trump's "big, beautiful bill" after 11th-hour panic. www.axios.com/2025/07/01/s...

Senate passes Trump's "big, beautiful bill" after 11th-hour panic

The taxes, border and defense package still has to clear the House.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · Jul 1

Nearly 12 million people would lose their health insurance under President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," an erosion of the social safety net that would lead to more unmanaged chronic illnesses, higher medical debt and overcrowding of hospital emergency departments.

Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · Jul 1

"Big, beautiful bill" pushes millions away from social safety net. www.axios.com/2025/07/01/b...

GOP spending bill slashes social safety net, cuts taxes for higher earners

Experts say the cuts could unleash a tidal wave of pain.

www.axios.com

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Jul 1

Budget reconciliation bill passed the Senate 51-50 with Vance casting the tie breaker. The bill goes back to the House.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

Senate Narrowly Passes Trump’s Policy Bill Amid Deep G.O.P. Divisions

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Andrea Waner @andreawaner.bsky.social · Jun 18

As #SCOTUS opinions are rolling in today - particularly around transgender care for minors - this is relevant.

Association of Health Care Journalists @healthjournalism.org · Jun 18

Relevant this morning: healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/05...

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Health care in court: A prep session for a big June

In this webinar, hear what Alison Tanner and Law Dork's Chris Geidner have to say about upcoming cases in the Supreme Court.

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