Dana Bash Goes One-On-One With Secretary RFK, Jr open.substack.com/pub/stopanti... RFK Jr. lied throughout his interview yesterday.

Dana Bash Goes One-On-One With Secretary RFK, Jr

What happened when Dana Bash went one-on-one with Secretary RFK, Jr in an interview on CNN?

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When Critics Forget Their Limits open.substack.com/pub/orlandoa... These observations must be taken seriously by @bostonsymphony.bsky.social management and board of trustees.

When Critics Forget Their Limits

Why New York Times Critic David Allen Gets the Boston Symphony Wrong

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As a science-trained Republican who used that training in healthcare & epidemiological research years ago, I agree totally with this assessment of the Fauci hearing: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p....

Natural immunity is not better than vaccine immunity www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... This is an excellent post worth noting.

Natural immunity is not better than vaccine immunity

There is anti-vaccine belief that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity. This post emphasizes that while both types of immunity are similar, vaccines provide a safer way to achieve ...

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thebulletin.org/2026/07/amer... The author is a recipient of @ncse.bsky.social's 2026 Friend of the Planet award.

American Nero: Why Trump is trying to burn down the National Academy of Sciences

Carnage in pursuit of power, revenge, personal financial gain, and ego.

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The Orchestra Belongs to the Music open.substack.com/pub/orlandoa... I concur with his assessment of @bostonsymphony.bsky.social. Both that orchestra's management & board need to listen now.

The Orchestra Belongs to the Music

Who truly governs an orchestra? More importantly, who should?

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Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... This is an excellent assessment of this ridiculous lawsuit from @doritreiss.bsky.social.

Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering

The article discusses the Children's Health Defense lawsuit against the AAP, alleging racketeering related to vaccine promotion.

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Neil Shubin on Trusted Science in a ‘Deeply Partisan Age’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s... This is an excellent interview by Carl Zimmer of Neil Shubin.

Neil Shubin on Trusted Science in a ‘Deeply Partisan Age’

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This is worth noting from @doritreiss.bsky.social.

Dorit Reiss@doritreiss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Why You Can’t Simply Blame Measles Outbreaks on a Global Rise in Cases: they're because of rising hesitancy and lower rates. In the past, we did not have outbreaks even with higher global rates. vaxopedia.org/2026/06/04/w... via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social

apnews.com/article/gord... S. Wood, eminent scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92 after being hit by a car This is a great loss for American history. He was one of our greatest American historians. I was lucky to have studied with him in college.

Gordon S. Wood, eminent scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92 after being hit by a car

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood has died. He was 92. Police say Wood died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island.

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Cultural Commentary: Death by Incorporation — Why Do Bean-Counters Run Arts Boards? artsfuse.org/329724/cultu... This is worthy of note with regards to the ongoing mess at @bostonsymphony.bsky.social. Management & board needs to listen to the public & BSO musicians. Reinstate Andris Nelsons

Cultural Commentary: Death by Incorporation - Why Do Bean-Counters Run Arts Boards? - The Arts Fuse

When corporate thinking dominates cultural institutions, the art often pays the price.

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This is ridiculous. It demonstrates more of Trump's anti-science bias, which I, as a science-trained Republican, object strongly to. This network should have been left alone: www.msn.com/en-us/news/t....

Let's hope this doesn't happen, but @doritreiss.bsky.social has made an excellent legal point. @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @gorskon.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social

Dorit Reiss@doritreiss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Courts may deliver the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest win, if they require a religious exemption from school vaccine mandates - and we don't yet know how things will shake. wapo.st/4flnuNw via @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com

You Can't Stop Ebola with More Ebola open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse... I agree with Dr. Rasmussen's assessment. It echoes what @craigspencer.bsky.social has said recently.

You Can't Stop Ebola with More Ebola

Also please read and circulate our open letter opposing putting Americans at greater risk of getting Ebola

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I believe @craigspencer.bsky.social's assessment is substantially more sound than Trump & RFK Jr.'s. @doritreiss.bsky.social @gorskon.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social

Craig Spencer MD MPH@craigspencer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I joined @pbsnews.org tonight to talk about the U.S. response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak. I worry we have our priorities inverted. The primary focus on keeping Ebola out at all costs will ultimately make it harder to end this outbreak. Watch the interview for more: youtu.be/OplGTz0nGPU?...

#Photoville has been one of New York City's finest festivals for years. Today was the end of its 15th year at Brooklyn Bridge Park. I attended a tour led by two of its founders & directors, Sam Barzilay and Dave Shelley: www.flickr.com/photos/28566....

Photoville 2026 Closing Day Saturday May 30, 2026

Explore this photo album by John Kwok on Flickr!

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What percent of autism cases are attributable to vaccines? open.substack.com/pub/tobyroge... This man is an antivaxx wellness mendacious intellectual pornographer. He's lying. There's no proof of a link between vaccines and autism. @doritreiss.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social

What percent of autism cases are attributable to vaccines?

We now have an answer

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We need to investigate RFK Jr.'s financial stakes in his antivaxx activities. I know @doritreiss.bsky.social has noted elsewhere that this reminds her of Andrew Wakefield: www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-....

Opinion | ‘Why is RFK Jr. attacking vaccines?’ The answer is not what you think.

We need radical transparency in how Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services is being managed.

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Many of my fellow Republicans need to recognize that the evidence for biological evolution is overwhelming & irrefutable. I've been a @ncse.bsky.social member for over 25 years & had corresponded alot with Glenn, but we met finally for the 1st time last December at a @amnh.org event he participated.

National Center for Science Education@ncse.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What's the status of the teaching of evolution and climate change in state Republican party platforms? As of this year, only four state Republican parties include antievolution planks in their platforms. The situation with climate change though remains unchanged. ncse.ngo/evolution-st... #edusky

This is alas, worthy of note. It's an apt assessment as to how Trump and his allies have narrowed considerably the separation between church and state: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u.... @doritreiss.bsky.social @center4inquiry.bsky.social

I learned as a student at Brown University from historian Gordon Wood that the USA was not founded as a "Christian nation". Those who rallied today on the National Mall are mistaken greatly.

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There's a massive Christian nationalist rally happening this Sunday on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and faith leaders are pushing back! America was not founded as a Christian nation. And we refuse to let anyone rewrite that history!

This is well worth noting.

@thethinkingatheist.com · 3mo ago

In 1796's Treaty of Tripoly, unanimously ratified, #JohnAdams signed an assurance that the United States wasn't interested in religious colonizing and (as clearly stated) isn't a Christian nation. Today's #Rededicate250 #Freedom250 rally is a lie.

This is unfortunate to say the least.

Dorit Reiss@doritreiss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

CDC problematic communication around vaccines and autism undermines trust in vaccines by creating fear, uncertainty, and doubt | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This is an excellent assessment as to what is wrong with RFK Jr.'s interest in adding nutrition to medical school curricula: sciencebasedmedicine.org/can-medical-....

Can Medical Schools Really Teach 71 Nutrition ‘Competencies’?  Should They?

In recent years, nutrition has become the focus of renewed attention in medical education. Advocates argue that physicians receive too little formal training about diet and that more comprehensive nu

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This is an apt assessment. RFK Jr. has destroyed our pandemic preparedness. @doritreiss.bsky.social @shawnotto.bsky.social @ncse.bsky.social @center4inquiry.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social

The Nation Magazine@thenation.com · 3mo ago

The Hantavirus isn’t the biggest threat we’re facing. The government’s destruction of our pandemic preparedness is. https://bit.ly/4ucgQh4

This is worth watching: www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/t.... @doritreiss.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @alineitzelmd.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social

‘It’s really hard to watch this’: Vaccine expert takes on RFK Jr. | CNN

Dr. Paul Offit speaks with Paula Newton about Health Secretary RFK Jr. continued disregard of the science on vaccinations.

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We need to talk about the anti-science movement open.substack.com/pub/protagon... @doritreiss.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social @paulbraterman.bsky.social

We need to talk about the anti-science movement

6 lessons scientists under siege learned the hard way, and how we all can fight back

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The Death of Public Health open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi... This is a succinct, quite worthy, assessment of the "Medical Freedom" movement espoused by the likes of RFK Jr. and Calley and Casey Means. @doritreiss.bsky.social

The Death of Public Health

Robert F, Kennedy Jr, the nation’s #1 public health official, isn’t interested in public health.

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Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... This is an excellent analysis from @doritreiss.bsky.social.

Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering

The article discusses the Children's Health Defense lawsuit against the AAP, alleging racketeering related to vaccine promotion.

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2005 is when Secretary Kennedy wrote his first misleading antivaccine article. This is code for “that’s when I became antivaccine.” For Kennedy, it’s about fighting vaccines. He’s first and foremost an antivaccine activist. oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/06/salo... www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...