The Aug. 8 CDC shooting put public health misinformation under the microscope. Our investigation shows Trump officials inside HHS have spent years attacking vaccines and the CDC itself. ✍️ by @walkerbragman.bsky.social and @natalieejon.bsky.social www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

ACIP member & anti-vax conspiracy theorist Dr. Robert Malone smeared former CDC Director Susan Monarez, suggesting she was “trained to lie by the intelligence community.” ✍️ by @walkerbragman.bsky.social www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

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I suppose I should thank Ben for driving traffic to Important Context. You can support our work either by subscribing or donating to @accountabilityji.bsky.social. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/donate

Media outlets need to be clear about what we’re facing. At @accountabilityji.bsky.social, we are trying to set an example for how to cover the Right. Our latest piece about Charlie Kirk, by @tinadesireeberg.com and I, describes the New Right a neo-fascist movement. Because that is what it is.

Rewriting Extremism: The Right wants the nation to mourn Charlie Kirk as a “martyr.” But Kirk wasn’t a hero—he was an ideologue, conspiracy theorist, bigot, and agitator who glorified violence. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/dark-money/r...

This document was authored and signed by some of the scientific communities bravest and brightest. We are fortunate to have a few of them on our scientific advisory board. We hope you will join them in adding your name to this list. www.change.org/p/demand-rfk...

FEMA workers can warn all they want. The government knows that this is bad and will end up killing massive amounts of people. That's why they did it.

Calley Means, a former lobbyist turned anti-vax wellness dude and ally of Robert Kennedy Jr., attacks @angierasmussen.bsky.social for defending vaccines. Means, who is working as a special government employee, cites her affiliation with @accountabilityji.bsky.social—a dark money group, he says.

ICYMI : 182 FEMA workers warn Congress of “impending disaster” under Trump’s cuts. Their Katrina Declaration says history is about to repeat: unqualified leadership, gutted staff, climate denial, & sidelined science—all as hurricane season begins. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

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The MAHA assault on vaccines will kill people & usher in a scientific Dark Age. RFK Jr has got to go. Please join me, my fellow @accountabilityji.bsky.social advisory board members, Nobel laureates, National Academy members, & colleagues calling for his resignation. www.change.org/p/demand-rfk...

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Trump officials & GOP lawmakers are set to join extremists, hate groups & conspiracy theorists at next week’s NatCon 5 in DC—where Trumpism meets Christian nationalism. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/dark-money/t...

RFK Jr.’s HHS slashed $500M in mRNA research using “evidence” from a bibliography authored by anti-vaxxers tied to a supplement company selling bogus COVID “detox” pills. Pseudoscience is shaping federal health policy. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

The day after a gunman killed a CDC officer over vaccine fears, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya went on Steve Bannon’s War Room to push mRNA misinformation—fueling the very distrust driving violence. www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-direct...

Reporting from AJI co-founders @walkerbragman.bsky.social and Alex Kotch was cited in this opinion piece from Yale epidemiologist. Dr. Gregg Gonsalves in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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The ouster of anti-vax FDA official Vinay Prasad has the MAHA world in turmoil. Allies are turning on each other. Pharma conspiracies are flying. And MAGA infighting is on full display. ✍️ by @walkerbragman.bsky.social www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

This is good news - but what is guaranteed not to be good is news is whoever they replace him with.

The pipeline of crunchy left to antivaxx right was a main source of support for our era’s fascism after the pandemic. The sign from Loomer is now to reject these hippie allies precisely because of their origins in progressive spaces.

So, the guy who single-handedly overruled professional staff on vaccines in service of the antivaxx agenda is pushed out by....even nuttier people?

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We’d be funding courses at universities to teach students about right-wing disinformation. We’d be running info/public service ads about groups like the Heritage Foundation and PragerU to inoculate people to their billionaire-funded propaganda… Speaking of, if you want to help us:

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Vinay Prasad is out at the FDA. Boosted by Kennedy and Makary, undone by Loomer and the far-right. Turns out being a contrarian doesn’t save you when the movement eats its own. ✍️ @walkerbragman.bsky.social www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

George Tidmarsh helped fund a COVID contrarian conference. Now he’s in charge of drug approvals at the FDA. Another big win for anti-science ideology under Makary’s leadership. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

This week, the FDA named George Tidmarsh as head of its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Tidmarsh helped fund a 2024 pandemic policy conference at Stanford University that brought together anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and future Trump officials. That’s where he met Marty Makary…

AJI Scientific Advisor Dr. Dan Wilson reviews the evidence for and against the narrative that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, leaked from a laboratory. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/cov...

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Everyone needs to watch this essential video breaking down the evidence against the COVID lab leak narrative from @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social. Dr. Wilson is part of @accountabilityji.bsky.social’s scientific advisory board. Also in this video is AJI board member @peterdaszak.bsky.social.

Some news from @accountabilityji.bsky.social: New board member: @wendyorent.bsky.social New scientific advisory board members: - @michaelemann.bsky.social - @jessicamalaty.bsky.social - @drlaurenhughes.bsky.social We’ve got quite the team.

🚨 New: The NIH just brought in three lab-leak crusaders with no virology credentials—and deep ties to fringe groups and conspiracy platforms. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

Science is under attack in the United States of America. We exist to expose the sources of that assault on the future.

Here are those kindly medics at HHS encouraging staff to inform on colleagues for the good of our nation. No, not Stalinesque at all.... another great read from @walkerbragman.bsky.social @accountabilityji.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/importan...

Brave NSF employees speaking out against administrations Luddite moves to undermine US leadership in scientific research. This is not partisan politics - it benefits everyone. Thanks @walkerbragman.bsky.social @accountabilityji.bsky.social for reporting! www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...

Every article about the NIH/ FDA contains quotes from officials who remain anonymous for “fear of retaliation.” Why does our medical establishment promote a culture of fear rather than respecting scientific dissent? @accountabilityji.bsky.social www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/dr-...

HHS just emailed employees urging them to snitch on “discriminatory” DEI practices—via an anonymous form anyone can fill out. ✍️ by @walkerbragman.bsky.social www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

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My hypergraphia cannot be contained and every day brings fresh horrors. At the @accountabilityji.bsky.social I will be posting frequent, but *short* thoughts on the latest disasters and incompetence from our medical establishment. Installment 1👇 www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/dr-...

Great read from @joho.bsky.social, who'll be posting these summaries of recent events regularly for @accountabilityji.bsky.social.. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/dr-...

Misinformation kills. CDC advisors hand-picked by RFK Jr. are spreading anti-vaccine propaganda that threatens children’s health. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

First, Kennedy stacked the CDC’s vaccine panel with skeptics. Now, they’re using their positions to amplify dangerous anti-vaccine lies. ✍️ @walkerbragman.bsky.social www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

NEW: Nearly 300 EPA workers have signed onto a “Declaration of Dissent” against the Trump administration’s climate policies and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership. This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.

Republicans want you sick and your children dead.

NEW in partnership with @accountabilityji.bsky.social Kennedy Stacks Critical Vaccine Panel With Anti-Vaxxers

Deranged idiot. Even he says don't take his medical advice

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