Dan Diamond
@ddiamond.bsky.social
White House reporter at the Washington Post. Focused on politics, policy and public health. Democracy dies in darkness.
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Dan Diamond
@ddiamond.bsky.social
· Aug 28
been away + focused on a personal project
back at work later this year
back at work later this year
well I guess paternity leave is officially over
This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
exclusive: Rick Pazdur, the official just tapped by Trump administration to be FDA's top drug regulator has privately warned that some of the agency's new initiatives could be illegal and dangerous.
w @rachelroubein.bsky.social
w @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
exclusive: Rick Pazdur, the official just tapped by Trump administration to be FDA's top drug regulator has privately warned that some of the agency's new initiatives could be illegal and dangerous.
w @rachelroubein.bsky.social
w @rachelroubein.bsky.social
"Musk will tweak the prompts. The flattery will become more subtle. The bias will be harder to detect. And millions of people will keep using it, trusting it, letting it shape their understanding of the world."
@parkermolloy.com on the actual danger behind Grok's ludicrous answers.
@parkermolloy.com on the actual danger behind Grok's ludicrous answers.
Elon Musk's Reality Distortion Machine Just Glitched
Musk's "maximally truth-seeking" AI briefly revealed what it really is: a tool for manufacturing reality that serves the world's richest man.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Musk will tweak the prompts. The flattery will become more subtle. The bias will be harder to detect. And millions of people will keep using it, trusting it, letting it shape their understanding of the world."
@parkermolloy.com on the actual danger behind Grok's ludicrous answers.
@parkermolloy.com on the actual danger behind Grok's ludicrous answers.
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life IS lived forward
unless you die really prematurely and needlessly because of preventable diseases
unless you die really prematurely and needlessly because of preventable diseases
Anna also asked Cassidy directly: do you regret your vote for RFK Jr?
Cassidy declined to answer, saying “life is lived forward” and he’s focused on vaccine safety.
Cassidy declined to answer, saying “life is lived forward” and he’s focused on vaccine safety.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
life IS lived forward
unless you die really prematurely and needlessly because of preventable diseases
unless you die really prematurely and needlessly because of preventable diseases
Cassidy sat with @punchbowlnews.bsky.social today, where Anna Palmer asked if RFK Jr has abandoned his promises to the senator.
Cassidy dodged the question, talking broadly about the tragedy of failing vaccination rates and declining public trust.
Cassidy dodged the question, talking broadly about the tragedy of failing vaccination rates and declining public trust.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Cassidy sat with @punchbowlnews.bsky.social today, where Anna Palmer asked if RFK Jr has abandoned his promises to the senator.
Cassidy dodged the question, talking broadly about the tragedy of failing vaccination rates and declining public trust.
Cassidy dodged the question, talking broadly about the tragedy of failing vaccination rates and declining public trust.
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Headline you don’t usually see on Fox News:
“Trump’s ‘new’ healthcare idea is a painful prescription for working Americans”
- Biden appointee Jess Schubel, who leads @dayonestrategies.bsky.social
“Trump’s ‘new’ healthcare idea is a painful prescription for working Americans”
- Biden appointee Jess Schubel, who leads @dayonestrategies.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Headline you don’t usually see on Fox News:
“Trump’s ‘new’ healthcare idea is a painful prescription for working Americans”
- Biden appointee Jess Schubel, who leads @dayonestrategies.bsky.social
“Trump’s ‘new’ healthcare idea is a painful prescription for working Americans”
- Biden appointee Jess Schubel, who leads @dayonestrategies.bsky.social
timeline cleanser
That night when Toad went to bed he thought the biggest thoughts that he could think. Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
timeline cleanser
dueling messages around the National Mall
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
dueling messages around the National Mall
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Love the “at stake” focus —
Repeal Obamacare” has failed. So now what?
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.
Lawmakers are racing toward a mid-December deadline, with Republicans hoping to present side-by-side legislation with Democrats’ plan to extend ACA subsidies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Love the “at stake” focus —
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Close your eyes, imagine being paralyzed… unable to breathe
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Close your eyes, imagine being paralyzed… unable to breathe
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?
Imagine being stuck in a claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe
Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health save us, every single day?
Repeal Obamacare” has failed. So now what?
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.
Lawmakers are racing toward a mid-December deadline, with Republicans hoping to present side-by-side legislation with Democrats’ plan to extend ACA subsidies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Repeal Obamacare” has failed. So now what?
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
finally understanding all those stories about mass celebrations when they got rid of New Coke
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
finally understanding all those stories about mass celebrations when they got rid of New Coke
sometimes I think I’m still hip, I’m with it, and then I read something that makes me feel like I’m aging with every word
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
sometimes I think I’m still hip, I’m with it, and then I read something that makes me feel like I’m aging with every word
The arrest of Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff is getting the headlines
But my phone is suddenly blowing up with messages about Sean McCluskie, who served as HHS chief of staff to Becerra during the Biden years, and was not always a popular figure in the building
But my phone is suddenly blowing up with messages about Sean McCluskie, who served as HHS chief of staff to Becerra during the Biden years, and was not always a popular figure in the building
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The arrest of Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff is getting the headlines
But my phone is suddenly blowing up with messages about Sean McCluskie, who served as HHS chief of staff to Becerra during the Biden years, and was not always a popular figure in the building
But my phone is suddenly blowing up with messages about Sean McCluskie, who served as HHS chief of staff to Becerra during the Biden years, and was not always a popular figure in the building
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
Trump officials are taking aim at Dulles’s “people movers.”
- a Trump nominee to the board overseeing Dulles says he wants to kill the distinctive shuttles
- the White House signaled support for the plan Tuesday, criticizing the “notorious” vehicles
- a Trump nominee to the board overseeing Dulles says he wants to kill the distinctive shuttles
- the White House signaled support for the plan Tuesday, criticizing the “notorious” vehicles
Trump airport nominee wants to eliminate Dulles ‘people movers’
The unique shuttles, which have been in operation since 1962, have been blamed for delays and accidents. A White House official Tuesday called them “notorious.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trump officials are taking aim at Dulles’s “people movers.”
- a Trump nominee to the board overseeing Dulles says he wants to kill the distinctive shuttles
- the White House signaled support for the plan Tuesday, criticizing the “notorious” vehicles
- a Trump nominee to the board overseeing Dulles says he wants to kill the distinctive shuttles
- the White House signaled support for the plan Tuesday, criticizing the “notorious” vehicles
time is a flat circle
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
time is a flat circle
scoop: RICHARD PAZDUR set to be named FDA's top drug regulator
He'd initially turned down job leading agency's CDER but reconsidered
He'd initially turned down job leading agency's CDER but reconsidered
FDA plans to tap oncology-expert Pazdur as nation’s top drug regulator
Richard Pazdur, a longtime Food and Drug Administration employee, would lead its center that oversees over-the-counter and the majority of prescription drugs.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
scoop: RICHARD PAZDUR set to be named FDA's top drug regulator
He'd initially turned down job leading agency's CDER but reconsidered
He'd initially turned down job leading agency's CDER but reconsidered
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I read the screenshot first and your commentary second, and, yes, I really needed the Oxford comma there. But also, the show that existed in my imagination for a minute would probably be far better than any of the three shows actually described here.
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I read the screenshot first and your commentary second, and, yes, I really needed the Oxford comma there. But also, the show that existed in my imagination for a minute would probably be far better than any of the three shows actually described here.
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During an event on Thursday, Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly struggle to keep his eyes open.
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
During an event on Thursday, Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly struggle to keep his eyes open.
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s new health-care proposal — to give insurers’ ACA subsidy money directly to Americans — would require an act of Congress that’s wildly unlikely. (They can’t even agree on much smaller ACA changes.)
But it’s his latest bid to pressure Democrats as shutdown drags.
With @maeganvaz.bsky.social
But it’s his latest bid to pressure Democrats as shutdown drags.
With @maeganvaz.bsky.social
Trump urges Senate GOP to give ACA subsidies directly to Americans
Obamacare subsidies have been a sticking point for Democrats. The president wants to send the funds directly to Americans, which would require congressional action.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump’s new health-care proposal — to give insurers’ ACA subsidy money directly to Americans — would require an act of Congress that’s wildly unlikely. (They can’t even agree on much smaller ACA changes.)
But it’s his latest bid to pressure Democrats as shutdown drags.
With @maeganvaz.bsky.social
But it’s his latest bid to pressure Democrats as shutdown drags.
With @maeganvaz.bsky.social
The president who regularly mocks “Sleepy Joe Biden” appeared to fight sleep himself in the Oval Office for nearly 20 minutes this week.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The president who regularly mocks “Sleepy Joe Biden” appeared to fight sleep himself in the Oval Office for nearly 20 minutes this week.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference