Reading through the Katherine Eban article about RFK Jr in Rolling Stone... Main message is RFK Jr is an absentee Secretary who hasn't bothered to learn how the system works in order to achieve his goals. So pro-industry WH is flexing its MAGA muscles over MAHA. Here are the juicy bits: 🧵/14

Looking forward to appearing on @MSNOW with @jonlemire.bsky.social @kevinjfrey.bsky.social and @citizencohn.bsky.social to discuss Dr. Fauci's testimony before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee. Tune in around 2:45PM. You can also read my latest @rollingstone.com story, /1

“More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/well/measles-record-united-states-numbers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane

More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.

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“There are requests coming from all over the world from people who are on [the Do Not Board list] and shouldn’t be. Lots of mistakes made.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump's CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A 'Wild Misuse' of Power

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is needlessly detaining Americans as part of a chaotic Ebola response led by Jay Bhattacharya.

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Rolling Stone obtained CDC meeting notes highlighting how Jay Bhattacharya created a crisis at the agency by having Americans detained in response to the Ebola outbreak. One CDC employee called it a “wild misuse” of power. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump's CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A 'Wild Misuse' of Power

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is needlessly detaining Americans as part of a chaotic Ebola response led by Jay Bhattacharya.

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13 Americans w/o Ebola exposure put in detention when returning from Africa. “Staff even created a map for Bhattacharya that showed the vast distance from Kinshasa to Ituri province, to highlight the low risk. He ordered them to be detained anyway.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump's CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A 'Wild Misuse' of Power

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is needlessly detaining Americans as part of a chaotic Ebola response led by Jay Bhattacharya.

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SCOOP from @katherineeban.bsky.social: Trump’s CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A ‘Wild Misuse’ of Power www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @RollingStone

Trump's CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A 'Wild Misuse' of Power

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is needlessly detaining Americans as part of a chaotic Ebola response led by Jay Bhattacharya.

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EXCLUSIVE: Internal CDC emails + meeting notes reveal how Dr. Jay Bhattacharya ordered 1AM Friday detention of over a dozen U.S. citizens returning from DRC + considered low Ebola risk, sparking chaos and concern at CDC. My latest for Rolling Stone: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump's CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A 'Wild Misuse' of Power

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is needlessly detaining Americans as part of a chaotic Ebola response led by Jay Bhattacharya.

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Rolling Stone: Trump’s CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A ‘Wild Misuse’ of Power by Katherine Eban @katherineeban.bsky.social @rollingstone.com Jay Bhattacharya bit.ly/4hqJrvn

Senate HELP members grilling Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump's nominee to head CDC. @sanders.senate.gov: Will you report to Congress if Sec. Kennedy tells you do to anything unscientific? Schwartz: That would never happen. Sanders, incredulous: “Really?” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump's CDC Nominee Is Actually Qualified. Will She Cave to MAHA?

Erica Schwartz is actually qualified to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but will she cave to Donald Trump, RFK Jr., and MAHA?

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In 1971 I toured the powder factory and was told they invented a portable electron microscope to assess barges of powder to avoid asbestos contamination. I think they were wrong about this.

Katherine Eban@katherineeban.bsky.social · 4w ago

EXCLUSIVE in @rollingstone.com: Last November, @fda.gov gave a helping hand to Johnson & Johnson. It withdrew a proposed rule requiring talc makers to test products for asbestos. The withdrawal bore Secretary Kennedy's rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1

EXCLUSIVE in @rollingstone.com: Last November, @fda.gov gave a helping hand to Johnson & Johnson. It withdrew a proposed rule requiring talc makers to test products for asbestos. The withdrawal bore Secretary Kennedy's rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1

Are MAGA and MAHA Heading for Divorce?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier. But insiders say as soon as he was named Health Secretary, the problems began.

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Deep reporting on the troubled state of MAHA from @katherineeban.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Are MAGA and MAHA Heading for Divorce?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier. But insiders say as soon as he was named Health Secretary, the problems began.

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"Kennedy’s weak leadership skills, drifting attention, and the operational naivete of his handpicked staff have led to chaos so detrimental that agency lawyers have repeatedly warned officials that their policy rollouts fail to comply with regulations." @katherineeban.bsky.social

Are MAGA and MAHA Heading for Divorce?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier. But insiders say as soon as he was named Health Secretary, the problems began.

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The Trump administration withdrew a rule requiring companies to test talc-containing products for asbestos following a meeting with Johnson & Johnson executives.

The job of the HHS Secretary is to protect the health of the American people. RFK Jr. has failed. Instead, he has caused chaos and attacked scientific expertise. Now, even the MAHA-MAGA alliance is cracking under the weight of his failed leadership.

Every paragraph in here could be an entire article. Incredible article from @katherineeban.bsky.social. Let’s hope the implosion continues.

Katherine Eban@katherineeban.bsky.social · last mo.

EXCLUSIVE: As the White House embraces talc + tobacco, chaos reigns at @hhsofficial.bsky.social, agency lawyers warn of legal peril - and Sec Kennedy talks UFOs w/ a billionaire. Inside the MAGA-MAHA crack-up based on 35+ sources, dozens of internal HHS docs www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Incredible piece, including new insights into federal interference with ACIP.

Katherine Eban@katherineeban.bsky.social · last mo.

EXCLUSIVE: As the White House embraces talc + tobacco, chaos reigns at @hhsofficial.bsky.social, agency lawyers warn of legal peril - and Sec Kennedy talks UFOs w/ a billionaire. Inside the MAGA-MAHA crack-up based on 35+ sources, dozens of internal HHS docs www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

We The People: Can we get healthcare, good food, access to vaccines, and quality research? RFK Jr.: Best I can do is aliens are walking the Earth with us...RIGHT NOW. (Incredible, sweeping, thorough investigative journalism from @katherineeban.bsky.social!) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Are MAGA and MAHA Heading for Divorce?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier. But insiders say as soon as he was named Health Secretary, the problems began.

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EXCLUSIVE: As the White House embraces talc + tobacco, chaos reigns at @hhsofficial.bsky.social, agency lawyers warn of legal peril - and Sec Kennedy talks UFOs w/ a billionaire. Inside the MAGA-MAHA crack-up based on 35+ sources, dozens of internal HHS docs www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Are MAGA and MAHA Heading for Divorce?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier. But insiders say as soon as he was named Health Secretary, the problems began.

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Delighted to be in Portugal to keynote the Master Control conference tomorrow, discuss findings from my book #BottleofLies and lessons learned from a decade spent investigating data fraud and substandard quality in the generic drug industry. www.mastercontrol.com/events/confe...

My latest @rollingstone.com story: Don Jr.'s turkey-hunting lawyer buddy becomes acting @usfda.bsky.social commissioner, as Dr. Marty Makary resigns under pressure: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Taps Don Jr.'s 38-Year-Old Turkey-Hunting Pal to Lead FDA

Kyle Diamantas, a hunting buddy of Donald Trump Jr., has been tapped to lead the Food and Drug Administration on an acting basis.

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With the news that Marty Makary is out at @US_FDA and Don Jr.'s hunting buddy Kyle Diamantas is likely to step in as the new FDA commissioner, seems like a good time to re-up my @vanityfair.com story: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f...

America’s Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy

As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president’s son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation’s food...

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Scoop: In 2019, Trump's latest surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier tried to trademark the #MAHA slogan, but told me in an exclusive interview last year: "Do I think [MAHA] is the end-all be-all and going to save the healthcare system? No I don't." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump's New Surgeon General Pick Is a Fox News Contributor Who Tried to Trademark MAHA

Nicole Saphier, the Fox News contributor Donald Trump tapped as his new pick for surgeon general, tried to trademark "Make America Healthy Again."

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I sat down with Jay Walker for a two-part @tedmedcommunity.bsky.social conversation about scientific integrity, medical ethics, and a controversial hepatitis B study that raises bigger questions about trust and accountability. Watch Part 1 now on the TEDMED website: tedmed.com/conversation...

Trust, Truth, and the Fragility of Scientific Institutions – Part 1 - TEDMED

This is Part 1 of a two-part TEDMED Conversation with investigative journalist Katherine Eban. Across these companion episodes, host Jay Walker and Eban examine what happens when the …

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Casey Means has a history of putting profits over people. The American people deserve leaders committed to safe, evidence-based recommendations -- not lining their own pockets. Yet another example of how deeply unqualified she is to be Surgeon General.

Katherine Eban@katherineeban.bsky.social · 5mo ago

EXCLUSIVE: As Dr. Casey Means awaits Senate HELP committee vote for Surgeon General, my latest @rollingstone.com investigation finds 5 of her newsletter sponsors stood accused of selling products w hazardous ingredients, unsafe lead levels or PFOA traces: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Thanks to @katherineeban.bsky.social with @rollingstone.com for a great piece about Casey Means' grifting of unsafe products. archive.ph/G21Xy

EXCLUSIVE: As Dr. Casey Means awaits Senate HELP committee vote for Surgeon General, my latest @rollingstone.com investigation finds 5 of her newsletter sponsors stood accused of selling products w hazardous ingredients, unsafe lead levels or PFOA traces: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

RFK Jr's Pick For Surgeon General Cashed In Promoting Companies With a History of Unsafe Products

RFK Jr's pick for surgeon general promoted in her newsletter companies with allegations of selling unsafe products

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The publisher Elsevier confirms it has turned down a request from the leaders of the Bandim Health Project to retract a commentary in Vaccine that analyzed their work on non-specific effects of vaccines & concluded there were significant problems with it. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What is actually the emerging evidence about non-specific vaccine effects in randomized trials from the Bandim Health Project?

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That controversial vaccine study? Yep, dodgy from go.👇 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... by @katherineeban.bsky.social "...inadequate human research protections" & not vetted by scientists at CDC. @jakescottmd.bsky.social: “...funding an unsolicited study to generate doubt about a vaccine..."

New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study's Unusual Path to CDC Approval

A new investigation has found irregularities in the ethics review of a grant to study effects of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.

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