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Walker Bragman

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He/Him. Dad. Journo tracking dark money and attacks on public health. JD, ADHD, occasional cartoonist. Co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute. Accountabilityjournalism.org Signal: walkerbragman.44 Reporting: https://www.importantcontext.news

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · Jun 2

NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.

The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.

www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya

Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.

www.importantcontext.news

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10m

This post is good.

Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

Dear liberals,

If you identify as a leftist who believes in intersectional justice & fighting fascism, please wear a mask in public. It’s one small act of solidarity with the millions living with long Covid - and a reminder that caring for others includes protecting their health

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 23m

Even if someone doesn’t end up in the hospital because they got your sick, they might be forced to miss work when they can’t afford it.

My attitude on this is basically: You don’t know and you’re not following up with everyone you encounter. So suffer the minor inconvenience for the greater good.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 26m

Again, we should have clean indoor air rules for businesses, offices, healthcare settings, etc.

But we don’t. Our government hasn’t done its job. So we have to look out for each other.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 28m

I don’t understand the folks who act like being asked to wear a mask in indoor public spaces is such a grievous burden.

We all have to use the space. Your cold/flu/COVID/misc. virus might not be a big deal for you, but you don’t know which people around you it will be a big deal for.

So mask…

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 36m

I view masking the same way I view washing my hands after using the bathroom: It’s a very small sacrifice I make to not get sick and not get other people sick.

I mean, I’d love it if we required indoor air filtration in public-facing buildings bc it takes the burden off the individual.

Alas…

Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 1d

I am not interested in living in a society of Universal Public Masking and neither are most people. This ask is not reasonable, and the invocation of solidarity in service of it is ridiculous.

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 7h

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 4h

Hey why don’t you totally change the face of your group to be more conservative/right-wing?”

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 5h

This is such bullshit. Just overwhelming misogyny.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 5h

“I’m not trying to insult you, little lady, but here’s my shitty advice.”

Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 5h

Being a woman on the internet, exhibit 739628949:

TLDR: “Consider letting someone more adult be the voice of your movement, you sound like a ditsy socialist liberal”

A man telling me to consider having someone else as the voice of my movement.

A man telling me my voice sounds like a ditsy socialist liberal (“and I honestly don’t mean to insult you”) and I should let someone who is a real adult step in.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: As rumors swirl about Trey Reed's hanging death at Delta State University, we've published a timeline of all verified events.

It covers everything from the discovery of his body to the autopsy and ongoing independent investigation, with links to relevant stories and documents.

Read it here:

Timeline: Trey Reed's Hanging Death at Delta State University

A timeline of the known events surrounding Delta State University student Trey Reed's hanging death in Cleveland, Mississippi.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 5h

It’s kinda antisemitic for a non-Jewish right-wing hack Fox News host to cynically accuse a Jewish journalist of antisemitism to run cover for another right-wing hack.

Also kinda racist that the other two people the host held up are prominent Black writers, one of whom merely stated facts.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10h

Did Fox News host Emily Compagno just suggest that I am a self-hating Jew?

I think she did.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 9h

They say this even as Weiss spouts similar antisemitism as her mentor in the Oval Office

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9h

One last thing: Apparently Emily Compagno’s show is THE place
for non-Jews who feel entitled to decide who is and who is not a good Jew.

www.yahoo.com/news/non-jew...

Non-Jewish Fox News anchor says she ‘100%’ questions faith of Jewish lawmakers who endorse NYC’s Mamdani

Fox News host Emily Compagno also falsely accused Mamdani of never condemning the Holocaust or speaking out against antisemitism.

www.yahoo.com

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9h

Just gonna add this here as someone shared it.

These people are fucking ghouls and they don’t actually care about antisemitism.

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Politico @politico.com · 12h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9h

I honestly feel like I’m owed an apology.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10h

But you won’t hear that on Fox News, poster child for the death of legitimate journalism.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10h

You know what’s antisemitic? Trump. His ally, Nick Fuentes. His other ally, Jack Posobiec. His dead ally, Charlie Kirk.

And so many other ghouls on the right. Because antisemitism is overwhelmingly a right-wing problem.

That’s the side of the aisle almost all of the hate crimes come from.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10h

To recap: A Roman Catholic national TV host just suggested that a Jewish journalist is antisemitic for daring to call out a right-wing hack…

Best of all, this is happening on the pro-Trump Fox News, effectively state TV, where just the other week, Gutfeld embraced the label “Nazi.”

Beyond parody.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10h

Bari Weiss is an unqualified right-wing operative. She has no business running a newsroom—and CBS has already begun to degrade with such a hack in charge.

The billionaire takeover of media that gave rise to Weiss represents a serious threat to democracy.

Everyone at CBS should resign.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10h

Did Fox News host Emily Compagno just suggest that I am a self-hating Jew?

I think she did.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I get those abbreviations mixed up all the time.

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

I am now realizing most people do—or NRO 😂

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

National Review is also listed?

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