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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 12d

Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney encouraged families to keep newborns at home and away from many visitors, especially sick people, during the baby’s first 6 to 8 weeks of life.

The state, like much of the country, is dealing with a rise in potentially deadly whooping cough cases.

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · 13d

I’ve had a fascination with and admiration for Jane Goodall since I was a kid. RIP.

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Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior for Decades in Africa, Dies at 91

The British primatologist and global activist won the trust of a chimpanzee group in 1960 that became the focus of her life’s work.

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · 21d

"Those who accept must report for duty on October 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high costs — passed along to taxpayers ..."
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Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

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neilbrownpoynter.bsky.social @neilbrownpoynter.bsky.social · 22d

Honored to celebrate @MikeAllen & @JessicaYellin in D.C. with the Poynter 50 Make a Mark Leadership Award — recognizing their pioneering work meeting their audiences where they are with trustworthy journalism. #Poynter50

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · 24d

What a story.

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His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.

One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · 26d

An important element of the current free speech crisis that can't be overlooked:
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Media consolidation is shaping who folds under political pressure — and who could be next - Poynter

ABC sidelining Jimmy Kimmel and Paramount canceling Stephen Colbert underscore how corporate interests weigh on free speech in the Trump era

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · 29d

New:
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

Banning mRNA COVID vaccine is ‘the goal,’ Florida surgeon general says

Joseph Ladapo was asked a question about the state’s recent announcement on vaccines.

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · Sep 15

Glad to see it get a win! Such a great show!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Sep 13

The Guardian has now completely retracted quotes from an anonymous high school source who had called Tyler Robinson a “leftist.” The source now says they couldn’t accurately recall details of their relationship.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 13

This Guardian quote from an anonymous person who said he knew Robinson in high school years ago, but hasn’t spoke to him in several years, who said he was supposedly a leftist, has been retracted. This single anonymous quote has been posted by thousands of right-wing accounts.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Egregious example of this was when the anti-public health crowd held up Sweden’s lack of restrictions as the example to follow, then Sweden saw much higher COVID hospitalizations and deaths than Scandinavian peers and changed course, but those Americans didn’t go “OK, my idea was tested and failed.”

AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · Sep 9

Almost every single person who was/is attacking the public health community from 2020-2022 got every single prediction wrong, and got it wrong directionally in a way that would have cost actual human lives by the tens/hundreds of thousands. And now those people are in charge of our federal agencies.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Listen to experts like @autismspeaks.org:
"Scientists have conducted extensive research all over the world over the last 2 decades to examine the link between childhood vaccinations & autism. The result of this research is clear: vaccines do not cause autism."
www.autismspeaks.org/do-vaccines-...

Vaccines do not cause autism. It is possible that the timing of an autism diagnosis or onset of autism symptoms might coincide with the recommended vaccine schedule for children, but this is a coincidence, not a cause.
Vaccines and autism

Scientists have conducted extensive research all over the world over the last two decades to examine the link between childhood vaccinations and autism. The result of this research is clear: vaccines do not cause autism.

Additionally, vaccination can protect children from many preventable diseases like measles. Learn more about vaccine safety.

There are many causes of autism. Learn about the factors that increase the risk of ASD and shape the type of autism that a child will develop.

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · Sep 4

As I approach an age when my own immune system starts to weaken, great to know there will be resurgences of COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE DISEASES to take me out.

Medical experts 'profoundly concerned' as DeSantis looks to end vaccine requirements

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Medical experts 'profoundly concerned' as DeSantis looks to end vaccine requirements

Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is a faculty member at the University of Florida. But in a statement, UF Health said vaccines are "safe" and "essential"

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Sep 3

because polio is freedom

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on ending all vaccine mandates: "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery."

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · Sep 2

Noem's complaints underscore why news outlets can't settle frivolous lawsuits.

Now, the door is wide open for government officials to question every editing decision news outlets make, whether to shorten an interview for time or to not air lies and nonsense.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 30

Kennedy might have prospered had he simply been content to continue slapping a MAHA coat of paint on the good work of the government’s actual scientists. Instead, he seems determined to rip the engine out while the car is hurtling down the interstate.

Camelot for Crazies

RFK Jr. f*cked around. Now we get to find out.

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Crisis within CDC is spilling into real world, experts say

"I’ve never heard as many colleagues saying things like 'CDC is dead’ as I have today," an agency employee told STAT.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 29

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns

“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”

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Sam Litzinger @samlitzinger.bsky.social · Aug 26

“Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data Chief Data Officer Charles Borges said sensitive data was uploaded to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people.”

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Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data

Chief Data Officer Charles Borges said sensitive data was uploaded to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people.

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · Aug 19

What year is it? Truly awful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · Aug 1

How many past presidents have had a bad jobs report (since they existed) without firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics? I'm guessing, all of them?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 1

Breaking news: President Trump said he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the agency revised May and June jobs data that cast doubt on the strength of the labor market.

He called for “someone much more competent” to take over.

Trump fires data statistics chief after large revision to jobs report

Trump orders firing of top government economist after release of large revisions to employment data

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · Aug 1

Very sad. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down. And we're already seeing major layoffs at multiple local public media stations around the country, cutting off vital local news.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades.

For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community.

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”

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Slate @slate.com · Aug 1

I'm a pediatric surgeon. Here's how the RFK Jr. "MAHA" movement is hurting my patients.

RFK Jr.’s Movement Is Hurting Children. I See It Every Day at Work.

A pediatric surgeon explains what RFK Jr.'s minions are doing to her patients.

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Jennifer Orsi @jenorsi.bsky.social · Jul 31

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The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work

Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Jul 25

Orbán "consolidated media control through centralized propaganda, market pressure and loyal billionaires."

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Jul 25

We're in the Orbanization of our media system now. It's happening.

CNN's Brian Stelter drew this assessment from Gábor Scheiring, "who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

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