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Jennifer LaFleur
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Facts, cats, stats - Teach @berkeleyjournalism. Alum CPI, @propublica, @reveal, @ire_nicar; jenster28 at proton dot me
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · 2d
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A reminder of our past nuclear testing: revealnews.org/article/us-v...
Atomic veterans: The legacy of watching nuclear blasts
Hundreds of thousands of American soldiers watched nuclear bomb tests during World War II and the Cold War. Some “atomic veterans” now suffer from health problems they blame on radiation exposure.
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · 9d
NIH Institute Director Abruptly Replaced www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
NIH Institute Director Abruptly Replaced
New NIEHS chief is a friend of Vice President JD Vance
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 9d
I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.

Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇

THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17d
An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday
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Trip Jennings @trip-44.bsky.social · 18d
The plans reflect a notion "as to who are the true Americans. And they think it’s white people & they think it’s Christians," said a former chief of the refugee affairs division at Citizenship and Immigration Services during the Bush, Obama & Trump administrations.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17d
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · 17d
'Voice of CDC' Goes Silent www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
'Voice of CDC' Goes Silent
In departure from the past, MMWR staff not allowed to be exempted from shutdown furlough
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · 20d
"One source told me that some of the reversals came after the Trump administration realized they had accidentally terminated critically important staffers working on current measles and Ebola outbreaks." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Hundreds of CDC Layoffs Reversed
Some of Friday's cuts were walked back on Saturday in the latest federal whiplash
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · 24d
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · 24d
“Building a ‘palace in the sky’ is quite complex” www.occrp.org/en/scoop/gol...?
Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover
In authoritarian Turkmenistan, even a single airplane trip abroad is out of reach for most citizens. But the country’s ruling Berdimuhamedov family, which has held power across two generations, recent...
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Sep 26
Medicaid work requirements are just bad. But, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, there’s an extra level of vileness going on with them being implemented as more work-from-home jobs disappear.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The biggest hurdle to Trump's Medicaid work requirements: the war on disabled workers
The White House is telling Medicaid users to get jobs—while attacking everything that makes that possible.
www.motherjones.com
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · Sep 23
"Not only are we preventing new infections, but we're doing better at keeping people alive," www.medpagetoday.com/hivaids/hiva...
CDC's HIV Prevention Division Readies for Its Demise
A first-term Trump administration HIV prevention project is on the chopping block as well
www.medpagetoday.com
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Sep 22
"You can’t eradicate autism without eradicating autistic people. It’s genocidal rhetoric against us that’s justified by 'autism destroys families. It destroys children.' No, it doesn’t. It’s bias against autistic people."

From an interview at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
www.motherjones.com
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · Sep 23
I don't live in DC anymore, but for following DC news, @51st.news is my go to source. 51st.news/masked-feds-...
D.C. residents are deeply disquieted by masked feds
It is legal for ICE and other agents to obscure their identity, but it comes at a cost
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · Sep 22
Impact! www.dailycourier.com/news/penn-st...
Penn State trustees undergo transparency training as part of settlement with Spotlight PA
STATE COLLEGE — All voting members of Penn State’s board completed training on the Sunshine Act this month as part of the governing board’s legal settlement with Spotlight PA over
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · Sep 11
“How can you do this to children?”
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 9
“In the case of The U.S. Supreme Court v. Everyone Else, this court wins by a serious landslide.”
Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Rules
WASHINGTON, DC—In a landmark decision Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that it rules.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Sep 9
The PACER bill always comes due.

If you like the fact that I always share court documents — and make them available to anyone else via @free.law's RECAP extension at CourtListener (or via DocumentCloud) — consider a paid subscription to Law Dork today: www.lawdork.com/subscribe
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · Sep 9
"It’s work that would have helped some of the country’s most vulnerable children at a time when extreme weather events are becoming more common..." 19thnews.org/2025/09/epa-... via @19thnews.org
In a single email, the EPA ended her research into how climate change endangers children
Jane Clougherty spent years studying how extreme weather affects kids’ health, but as climate threats continue to rise, the Trump administration cancelled her work.
19thnews.org
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Sep 9
Talked to 23 people who suddenly have to pay huge tariffs or otherwise cannot get chainmail from Pakistan, yarn from France, retro computers from Japan, metal music from the Netherlands, DVDs from Germany, cosplay supplies, sunscreen, etc.

www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...
‘It's Just a Mess:' 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby
"The real kick in the teeth is no matter how much manufacturing is brought back to the US these items will never be made in the USA. There is no upside."
www.404media.co
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Sep 8
"Half the population” of greater Los Angeles "now meet the government’s criteria for reasonable suspicion," in the wake of today's 6-3 SCOTUS ruling.

www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Supreme Court upholds 'roving patrols' for immigration arrests in Los Angeles
The Supreme Court says immigration agents may stop and question people they suspect are here illegally based on little more than working at a car wash, speaking Spanish or having brown skin.
www.latimes.com
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Jennifer LaFleur @jlaf.bsky.social · Sep 9
"What can I do now?...Insist that your state and local governments become more open and transparent about how they are going about making decisions that use your tax dollars, deal with the loss of federal funds, and impact your community." contrarian.substack.com/p/artificial...
Artificial intelligence and government secrecy
Done right, AI could help state and local governments become more open and transparent about how they are making decisions and using tax dollars.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Aug 29
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