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Eric Michael Garcia
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Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him [email protected]
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5d
If anyone works at CDC and wants to talk about the CDC now promoting the idea that vaccines might cause autism, my signal is emgarcia.85. I will protect your identity.
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Still, nearly a year into his second term, Americans see Mr. Trump less than they used to, according to a New York Times analysis of his schedule. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Page One in Cincinnati:

“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”

#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Has any Speaker since Newt Gingrich done more to break the House of Representatives than Mike Johnson?
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
In which Zack Budryk perfectly captures the feeling many #ActuallyAutistic people feel in this particular moment of RFK Jr.'s resurgence: We felt like we were turning the corner on autism acceptance. And now we are seeing that door closed off.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
I will not give up that which I have tasted
Promotion of the myth
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Your monthly reminder that no, members of Congress do not get "Free Health Care." They buy their health care on the Obamacare exchange thanks to Chuck Grassley sticking an amendment in Obamacare as a way to screw over Democrats.
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Implementing Health Reform: A Proposed Rule On Congressional Exchange Participation | Health Affairs Forefront
The Affordable Care Act has been plagued by misinformation and misunderstanding since long before its adoption. One of the ACA’s provisions that has been most misunderstood is its requirement that mem...
www.healthaffairs.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Fascnating piece by Wendy Edelberg: "Given President Trump’s immigration crackdown and the attendant decline in net immigration, we need to start thinking about low job growth as the new normal."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
When I learned Ted Cruz was a theater kid, everything made sense.
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
The Jeffrey Epstein story should be ripe for QAnon since it centers around a rich pedophile who courted wealthy people. But, as @willsommer.bsky.social writes, QAnon believers prioritize protecting Trump above all else.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | QAnon Isn’t So Thrilled About the Epstein Revelations
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Shortly after the Commerce Department became the largest shareholder of Intel, Trump personally purchased between the $1 million and $5 million of Intel's corporate debt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
A month later, the Commerce Department became the largest shareholder of Intel, the beleaguered U.S. chip giant. A public filing from the Office of Government Ethics shows that, shortly after that agreement was made, President Trump personally purchased between $1 million and $5 million of Intel’s corporate debt.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."

BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
It would be easy for me to pick on RFK Jr. when it comes to autism. But his lies about the CDC is part of a larger rollback on the idea of #Neurodiversity and Autism Acceptance.
ms.now MS NOW @ms.now · 13h
OPINION by Eric Garcia, author and senior correspondent for The Independent:

“The current administration focuses on ways autism can be terrible, as if those are the only accurate barometers of a decent life.”

READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Important thread about what's happening in the UK regarding autism.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Incredible cover of Bad Company's "Shooting Star" by Halestorm (that has Paul Rodgers).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmf-...
Halestorm - Shooting Star (feat. Paul Rodgers) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Halestorm
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November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to "attack boy-friendly spaces," according to documents reviewed by NPR.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Deeply unsettled by this older photo of Mike Johnson with a beard.
An image of Mike Johnson, a white man in a suit and tie with thin glasses and a scruffy beard, next to his wife Kelly, a white blonde woman with a purple dress.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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“The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health-care system that helps people who are autistic. It’s part of a larger backlash, both in the United States and around the world, against the concept of neurodiversity.”
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d
For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Something interesting: of all the Democratic and Republican Latinos I interviewed when talking about Republicans losing Latino support, only AOC didn’t bring up immigration. Everyone from Monica De La Cruz to Ruben Gallego did
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
GOP warns Latino votes at risk amid Trump’s deportation blitz and flailing economy
Latino conservatives tell Eric Garcia that high costs at the supermarket and draconian immigration policies could cost the GOP most of the gains Trump made last year
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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They said science couldn’t develop a new form of Chotinering (drive by interviewing your ass when you least expect it)
karenho.bsky.social Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
Isaac Chotiner: "You would have to be brain-dead to read this piece and not immediately wonder who is funding Semafor Gulf." Quote post of Ben Smith saying: "Fascinating @msergie piece on covering a monarchy" about a Semafor article on Saudi Arabia's crown prince Smith responds to Chotiner: "That's a hell of an allegation/implication, Isaac. To figure out the literal answer to your question, you'd either have to look and see who the sponsors are in the email (I haven't checked today!) or read our publicly disclosed list of investors. I believe you're trying to imply that it's the Saudi government? Have you read more of our coverage, or just this tweet? My impression — correct me if I'm wrong — is that you're working on zero information and smearing us in general, and an experienced journalist @msergie whose work I suspect you're totally unfamiliar with in particular." Chotiner responds:"I’m not making any allegation. I’m making a simple point about how an average reader—myself included—might respond after reading this ridiculous piece" Ben Smith: "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge." Noah Kulwin: "The point is not about who funds your reporting/if your colleague is a “stooge”. Isaac’s comment is that the reporting is so bad so as to make a reader wonder who is funding it" Smith: A reader, sure. A journalist who can do very basic homework, kind of lame. Chotiner: "You are right, I’ll do some homework now by perusing Jay Solomon Semafor pieces, and reading Jason Greenblatt Semafor columns. In the meantime, I will formally say that I am making no accusation and was just astonished at how inane the piece was" Chotiner quote-posts with "I see Semafor loves running column after column by this guy (https://semafor.com/author/faisal-j-abbas), who also publishes pro-Saudi conspiracies about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi https://arabnews.com/node/1386291" Ben Smith's post says "I hope I'm not overreacting, but it makes me crazy when people I think of as reporters do this "just asking questions" stuff. Feel free to report it out by googling/asking me/reading our various scoops and reports about the region — these two just now" and links to two Semafor articles Chotiner quote posts Ben Smith: "You might have heard that the UAE is helping destroy Sudan, but at the next Semafor event, all is well." Screenshot says "Held at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Semafor will spotlight insights from the Global Findex 2025 report and the Global Digital Connectivity Tracker, translating global research into actionable, locally relevant conversations. As the third stop on The Next 3 Billion Tour, this edition explores how the Gulf's growing investments in Africa can accelerate digital connectivity and financial inclusion. With Abu Dhabi's focus on sustainable finance, digital transformation, and cross-border collaboration, it offers a strong platform to examine how technology and capital can work together to expand access and opportunity." Ben Smith's post says "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge."
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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jael.bsky.social
what an interesting note that Semafor felt compelled to include in this post
"UAE investment institutions are probably one of the largest foreign direct investors into the US economy for the last 20 years," @Mubadala Managing Director and Group CEO Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak tells @Justin_B_Smith. "We look at the US as a strategic partner, ally, and a very important economic partner." Partner Perspective from @Mubadala. Semafor's editorial staff had no role in this interview. World Economy Summit World Economy Summit
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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jael.bsky.social
the semafor gulf situation really highlights the ethical issues rife within media events planning

take this “world economy summit” they hosted this year sponsored by abu dhabi investment firm mubadala alongside chevron, x dot com and cigarette manufacturer philip morris international
SEMAFOR World Economy Summit FOUNDING PARTNERS BANK OF AMERICA BCG Chevron GALLUP MUBADALA PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL pwe verizon Presenting Partners CISCO BOOKING HOLDINGS Infosys PHRMA X SUPPORTING PARTNER ATLASSIAN
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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jael.bsky.social
Don Bacon is already retiring. This is in reference to immediately leaving office as soon as possible.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Rep. Don Bacon was so appalled by the Trump administration's proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan that he considered resigning in protest, the Nebraska Republican told Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
Scoop: GOP Rep. Don Bacon weighed resignation over Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Rep. Don Bacon said he was "so angry" at Trump's proposed Ukraine plan that he "thought about" resigning in protest.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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theatlantic.com
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?

Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
We as a country must dedicate our entire national energy to making sure that Ryan Murphy does not make a mini series about Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM