Molly Knight Raskin
@mollykraskin.bsky.social
Journalist. Storyteller. Special interest in public/global health. Freelancer, PBS NewsHour.
The cruelty is the point.
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Because foreigners are the reason America has an obesity problem? 🤔
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Because foreigners are the reason America has an obesity problem? 🤔
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
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“…taking a different approach.”?????
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“…taking a different approach.”?????
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
This is … news?
In Trump’s Washington, Hate Is Not a Deal Breaker
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This is … news?
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Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful & trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it & guided by the same principles & mission.
October 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful & trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it & guided by the same principles & mission.
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Such an embarrassment.
"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
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Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
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October 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Such an embarrassment.
This headline encapsulates the debates in newsrooms over how to report on an authoritarian regime without alienating those who aren’t ready to call it that. Q for the @nytimes.com:
At what point will you report Trump’s authoritarianism as fact instead of something some people think?
At what point will you report Trump’s authoritarianism as fact instead of something some people think?
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This headline encapsulates the debates in newsrooms over how to report on an authoritarian regime without alienating those who aren’t ready to call it that. Q for the @nytimes.com:
At what point will you report Trump’s authoritarianism as fact instead of something some people think?
At what point will you report Trump’s authoritarianism as fact instead of something some people think?
I guess they think only Democrats get these diseases?
“More than 130 employees were laid off from the office of the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases…as the country is heading into the winter respiratory virus season…” #CDC #publichealth
“More than 130 employees were laid off from the office of the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases…as the country is heading into the winter respiratory virus season…” #CDC #publichealth
October 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I guess they think only Democrats get these diseases?
“More than 130 employees were laid off from the office of the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases…as the country is heading into the winter respiratory virus season…” #CDC #publichealth
“More than 130 employees were laid off from the office of the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases…as the country is heading into the winter respiratory virus season…” #CDC #publichealth
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
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“…bucking tradition…”??
You guys.
No
You guys.
No
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
n.pr
October 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“…bucking tradition…”??
You guys.
No
You guys.
No
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Hands down @oliverdarcy.bsky.social is the main must read in media reporting www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Weiss and Shine
The Bari Weiss era has begun at CBS News, and David Ellison’s push to reshape the storied network has staffers holding their breath about the future of the outlet—especially as the mogul's talking poi...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Hands down @oliverdarcy.bsky.social is the main must read in media reporting www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
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behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
This is what happens when you have an administration that guts #foreignaid and ignores #science. Now all we can do is hope and pray that highly #infectious diseases like #ebola don’t land in the U.S. b/c the expertise & resources we had in place to contain it are gone. #usaid #epidemic #congo #who
A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds
Health authorities and organizations say they lack funds to respond to a deadly Ebola outbreak in southern Congo.
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September 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is what happens when you have an administration that guts #foreignaid and ignores #science. Now all we can do is hope and pray that highly #infectious diseases like #ebola don’t land in the U.S. b/c the expertise & resources we had in place to contain it are gone. #usaid #epidemic #congo #who
Thanks to #iMEdD International Journalism Forum for the chance to speak alongside @jeffkahnbioethics @susanferris
@TaiwoAdebulu about the impact of the adminstration's cuts to foreign aid and biomedical research.
#imeddijf2025 #USAID #globalhealth #publichealth #journalism #foreignaid #media
@TaiwoAdebulu about the impact of the adminstration's cuts to foreign aid and biomedical research.
#imeddijf2025 #USAID #globalhealth #publichealth #journalism #foreignaid #media
September 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thanks to #iMEdD International Journalism Forum for the chance to speak alongside @jeffkahnbioethics @susanferris
@TaiwoAdebulu about the impact of the adminstration's cuts to foreign aid and biomedical research.
#imeddijf2025 #USAID #globalhealth #publichealth #journalism #foreignaid #media
@TaiwoAdebulu about the impact of the adminstration's cuts to foreign aid and biomedical research.
#imeddijf2025 #USAID #globalhealth #publichealth #journalism #foreignaid #media
THANK you, @nickkristof.bsky.social for this critical reporting on this administration's cuts to foreign aid:
"Trump has broken a lifesaving structure, squandering billions of taxpayer dollars while magnifying waste and inefficiency alike, costing dollars as well as lives."
#USAID
"Trump has broken a lifesaving structure, squandering billions of taxpayer dollars while magnifying waste and inefficiency alike, costing dollars as well as lives."
#USAID
Opinion | The Lives and Money We Are Wasting
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September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
THANK you, @nickkristof.bsky.social for this critical reporting on this administration's cuts to foreign aid:
"Trump has broken a lifesaving structure, squandering billions of taxpayer dollars while magnifying waste and inefficiency alike, costing dollars as well as lives."
#USAID
"Trump has broken a lifesaving structure, squandering billions of taxpayer dollars while magnifying waste and inefficiency alike, costing dollars as well as lives."
#USAID
The science is perfectly clear. @npr.org It is our responsibility as journalists to report the truth. With this headline you’re serving up one of this administration’s blatant lies as if it’s a credible scientific debate. It’s inaccurate and dangerous.
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The science is perfectly clear. @npr.org It is our responsibility as journalists to report the truth. With this headline you’re serving up one of this administration’s blatant lies as if it’s a credible scientific debate. It’s inaccurate and dangerous.
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Signing should be a career ender.
ICYMI: The Pentagon says it will require credentialed journalists at the military headquarters to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting information that has not been authorized for release — including unclassified information.
Pentagon steps up media restrictions, now requiring approval before reporting even unclassified info
www.stripes.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Signing should be a career ender.
Thank you @sifill.bsky.social for saying exactly how so many in the media feel (and saying it better)
I find I can’t muster a proper response to either the Tylenol madness or the U.N. appearance. At some point it is just too ridiculous. It would feel insane to offer sane commentary.
September 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Thank you @sifill.bsky.social for saying exactly how so many in the media feel (and saying it better)
@apnews.com nails the headline.
In reporting on the dangers of this administration's fake science we must stick to the facts. And the fact here is that there is no causality between Tylenol and autism.
In reporting on the dangers of this administration's fake science we must stick to the facts. And the fact here is that there is no causality between Tylenol and autism.
BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@apnews.com nails the headline.
In reporting on the dangers of this administration's fake science we must stick to the facts. And the fact here is that there is no causality between Tylenol and autism.
In reporting on the dangers of this administration's fake science we must stick to the facts. And the fact here is that there is no causality between Tylenol and autism.
Thanks to #BostonUniversityCollegeofCommunication &
#BostonUniversitySchoolofPublicHealth for hosting me, and for the opportunity to speak with students & faculty about the state of the media and the impact the #USAID cuts. Special thanks to the #PulitzerCenter for making my visit to BU happen!
#BostonUniversitySchoolofPublicHealth for hosting me, and for the opportunity to speak with students & faculty about the state of the media and the impact the #USAID cuts. Special thanks to the #PulitzerCenter for making my visit to BU happen!
September 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Thanks to #BostonUniversityCollegeofCommunication &
#BostonUniversitySchoolofPublicHealth for hosting me, and for the opportunity to speak with students & faculty about the state of the media and the impact the #USAID cuts. Special thanks to the #PulitzerCenter for making my visit to BU happen!
#BostonUniversitySchoolofPublicHealth for hosting me, and for the opportunity to speak with students & faculty about the state of the media and the impact the #USAID cuts. Special thanks to the #PulitzerCenter for making my visit to BU happen!
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“HIV should not be politicised. We were close to ending it. I would ask him to restore funding for a future free of HIV.”
Patients in Lesotho urge President Trump to reconsider HIV funding.
Story by grantee Pascalinah Kabi and Limpho Sello for Public Eye News. bit.ly/4nfeN8m
Patients in Lesotho urge President Trump to reconsider HIV funding.
Story by grantee Pascalinah Kabi and Limpho Sello for Public Eye News. bit.ly/4nfeN8m
Lesotho HIV Patient Urges President Trump To Stop Politicising HIV
The Pulitzer Center's support for this reporting was made possible through the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). When Kananelo Khalla, who has lived with HIV since birth, held his new-born son for...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“HIV should not be politicised. We were close to ending it. I would ask him to restore funding for a future free of HIV.”
Patients in Lesotho urge President Trump to reconsider HIV funding.
Story by grantee Pascalinah Kabi and Limpho Sello for Public Eye News. bit.ly/4nfeN8m
Patients in Lesotho urge President Trump to reconsider HIV funding.
Story by grantee Pascalinah Kabi and Limpho Sello for Public Eye News. bit.ly/4nfeN8m
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📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua