Fact-Checking Trump On Affordability https://theonion.com/fact-checking-trump-on-affordability/
Tim Chambers
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#RFKJr replaces chair of controversial #vaccine advisory panel
The chair of #ACIP, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the #HHS, the agency announced Monday.
HHS announced #MartinKulldorff was appointed to be chief “science” officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation ( #ASPE).
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #insurance #eugenics
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628322-martin-kulldorff-kennedy-hhs-appointment/
Alex Akselrod
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US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr., who once likened gender-affirming care to ‘mutilation,’ is currently undergoing… gender-affirming care.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/27/robert-f-kennedy-jr-hormone-replacement-therapy-hrt/
The 71-year-old Republican is reportedly taking hormone replacement therapy medication despite his repeated criticism of the medical treatment, which is an often life-saving way to affirm trans people’s gender identity.
#RFKJr replaces chair of controversial #vaccine advisory panel
The chair of #ACIP, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the #HHS, the agency announced Monday.
HHS announced #MartinKulldorff was appointed to be chief “science” officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation ( #ASPE).
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #insurance #eugenics
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628322-martin-kulldorff-kennedy-hhs-appointment/
tools for commensality 🧿
boosted
One of the strangest, most dangerous things that #RFKJr seems to believe is the claim that #HIV doesn't cause #AIDS, and that maybe germs don't really matter. My colleagues at Defend Public Health walk you though the deadly implications.
https://www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whopper-week-rfk-jr-has-plainly-stated-his-belief-falsehoods-aids-denialism
#impeachRFKJr
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr., who once likened gender-affirming care to ‘mutilation,’ is currently undergoing… gender-affirming care.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/27/robert-f-kennedy-jr-hormone-replacement-therapy-hrt/
The 71-year-old Republican is reportedly taking hormone replacement therapy medication despite his repeated criticism of the medical treatment, which is an often life-saving way to affirm trans people’s gender identity.
Because it's important to question anything that confirms our own biases, I've been really trying to hold myself open to the possibility that RFK Jr. is muddle-headed but well-meaning. A genuine opponent of the corporatisation of healthcare, and an advocate for natural health modalities, who's been pulled down some rabbitholes around the edges by fellowtravellers and supplement industry grifters.
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tools for commensality 🧿
and 1 other
boosted
"Rates of #pertussis, also known as #WhoopingCough, are surging in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, and other states and localities across the country.
"The outbreaks are fueled by falling #vaccination rates, fading immunity, and delays in public health tracking systems, according to interviews with state and federal health officials."
#RFKJr must be so proud. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/118629
One of the strangest, most dangerous things that #RFKJr seems to believe is the claim that #HIV doesn't cause #AIDS, and that maybe germs don't really matter. My colleagues at Defend Public Health walk you though the deadly implications.
https://www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whopper-week-rfk-jr-has-plainly-stated-his-belief-falsehoods-aids-denialism
#impeachRFKJr
We now know that Thomas, working for New York Times, had potentially damaging information about Epstein that he (and or NYT) apparently chose not to print, and that Thomas solicited a donation from Epstein.
And while reporting on RFKJr. as a NYT writer, Nuzzi was sexuall involved with him (and apparently, we now find, with South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, about whom she has also reported).
#journalism #ethics #media #CorporateMedia #Epstein #Trump #RFKJr #NewYorkTimes
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Sullivan says,
"What ties these situations together is the utter lack of critical distance from sources on the part of these writers. The other thing that ties them together is the apparent disregard for the primary journalistic mission of representing the public."
For many of us, though, these are stories of just another day in journalism and especially at NYT.
#journalism #ethics #media #CorporateMedia #Epstein #Trump #RFKJr #NewYorkTimes #MichaelWolff #OliviaNuzzi #LandonThomas
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Margaret Sullivan looks at three gross ethical lapses of US journalists that came to light in one week, making the week "journalism's week of shame" in the words of Jill Abramson.
Sullivan looks at the cases of Michael Wolff, Landon Thomas Jr., and Olivia Nuzzi.
Recently released emails show Wolff, while reporting on Epstein, coaching him on how to manipulate Trump.
#journalism #ethics #media #CorporateMedia #Epstein #Trump #RFKJr #NewYorkTimes
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https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly-lessons-in-unethical-media
We now know that Thomas, working for New York Times, had potentially damaging information about Epstein that he (and or NYT) apparently chose not to print, and that Thomas solicited a donation from Epstein.
And while reporting on RFKJr. as a NYT writer, Nuzzi was sexuall involved with him (and apparently, we now find, with South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, about whom she has also reported).
#journalism #ethics #media #CorporateMedia #Epstein #Trump #RFKJr #NewYorkTimes
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Margaret Sullivan looks at three gross ethical lapses of US journalists that came to light in one week, making the week "journalism's week of shame" in the words of Jill Abramson.
Sullivan looks at the cases of Michael Wolff, Landon Thomas Jr., and Olivia Nuzzi.
Recently released emails show Wolff, while reporting on Epstein, coaching him on how to manipulate Trump.
#journalism #ethics #media #CorporateMedia #Epstein #Trump #RFKJr #NewYorkTimes
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https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly-lessons-in-unethical-media
"Rates of #pertussis, also known as #WhoopingCough, are surging in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, and other states and localities across the country.
"The outbreaks are fueled by falling #vaccination rates, fading immunity, and delays in public health tracking systems, according to interviews with state and federal health officials."
#RFKJr must be so proud. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/118629
ajuvo ✔
and 2 others
boosted
A resident of Washington State has died from H5N5, a variant of bird flu never before seen in humans.
First known case, first death.
Wear a mask, ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
RFK Jr has gutted the CDC.
There’s no plan to deal with another pandemic.
No one is coming to save you.
Masking is an act of resistance and radical community care.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/health/washington-bird-flu-death
#birdflu #h5n5 #publichealth #rfkjr #wearamask #uspol #disabilty #chronicillness
A resident of Washington State has died from H5N5, a variant of bird flu never before seen in humans.
First known case, first death.
Wear a mask, ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
RFK Jr has gutted the CDC.
There’s no plan to deal with another pandemic.
No one is coming to save you.
Masking is an act of resistance and radical community care.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/health/washington-bird-flu-death
#birdflu #h5n5 #publichealth #rfkjr #wearamask #uspol #disabilty #chronicillness
Greg Lloyd
boosted
The updated #CDC webpage now includes an asterisk & explanation after the header “Vaccines do not cause Autism.”
“* The header ‘Vaccines do not cause autism’ has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website,” according to the website.
#BillCassidy’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation
“* The header ‘Vaccines do not cause autism’ has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website”
The updated CDC webpage now includes an asterisk and explanation after the header “Vaccines do not cause Autism.”
Greg Lloyd
boosted
The revisions show that the “CDC cannot currently be trusted as a scientific voice,” said Demetre Daskalakis, who formerly led the agency’s center responsible for respiratory viruses & #immunizations. He was 1 of 3 senior leaders who resigned in August because of what they said was the politicization of #science at the agency. “The weaponization of the #CDC voice by validating false claims on official websites confirms what we have been saying,” he said.