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WATCH LIVE: Casey Means testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for surgeon general

Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, author and entrepreneur aligned with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again movement, will appear before the Senate health co...

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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

The FBI is now searching homes of journalists. Don't stop paying attention. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material

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JD Vance shamelessly lies: "You have a woman who aimed her car at a law enforcement officer and pressed on the accelerator. Nobody debates that. I can believe her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it's a tragedy of her own making."

"Her death was a tragedy of her own making." That's a direct quote from the VP of the United States about the death of Renee Good.

Reminder: "Propaganda" is defined as the "the systematic dissemination of information, especially in a biased or misleading way, in order to promote a political cause or point of view." guides.library.jhu.edu/evaluate/pro...

Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc... ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner: "'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."

RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns

The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.

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

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. rsf.org/sites/defaul...

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

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

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."

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.

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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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?

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."

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

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

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 · 12mo ago

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.

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.

Reporting on 'sweeps' and the criminalization of homelessness: How to handle the story

This webinar will equip reporters to cover the Trump administration's criminalization of homelessness in their own cities and towns.

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Association of Health Care Journalists@healthjournalism.org · last yr.

The Trump administration plans to criminalize homelessness in D.C. What does this mean for cities nationwide? Hear from reporters, researchers & activists on Aug. 19 at 2 p.m. ET. Register now: healthjournalism.org/event/report...

Disgusting.

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.

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

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.

Now it goes back to the House.

Adriel Bettelheim@abettel.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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 · last yr.

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

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

Association of Health Care Journalists@healthjournalism.org · last yr.

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