"The stories that Monarez and Houry told over the course of their nearly three-hour testimony ... painted a picture of a temperamental, controlling, and downright ignorant cabinet secretary." @citizencohn.bsky.social on the latest revelations about RFK Jr. and his newly appointed antivax committee.

Here @BillKristol will get you to speed the Homans/FBI/cash-in-a-bag-at-Cava scandal -- and why it's so important www.thebulwark.com/p/a-scandal-...

Non medical people may not realize what an absolute clusterfu<k these ACIP meetings were. It was as if they replaced the committee members with 11 yr olds in a “mock ACIP Meeting.” 🤦🏽‍♀️

This week we heard/saw so many jaw-dropping things about RFK Jr. and his anti-vax crusade Genuinely hard to describe it all, convey its importance Did my best here, in my latest for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-pre...

While we wait for the outcome of this CDC vaccine meeting, it's worth reading this whole post from @citizencohn.bsky.social and considering the stakes of it all www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...

Hepatitis B can lead to cirrhosis, cancer, death We have reduced its incidence among children by 99% — a huge achievement Today RFK Jr’s hand-picked vaccine committee could unravel it www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...

Read @jvl.bsky.social on Jimmy Kimmel, ABC and the FCC — and the authoritarian moment www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

"I can tell you they were hard to hear, but I think they're so important to get in front of people, so everybody knows what's at stake in this debate." @citizencohn.bsky.social with stories of Hepatitis B patients, and RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade:

“I was up in the Yukon visiting one of the villages that I was visiting on a regular basis, and this 8-year-old boy who I had biopsied . . . he had liver cancer. “He was lying in bed, … 1/2 Great reporting by @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...

Monarez starts hearing by stating clearly: RFK Jr. directed me to pre-approve vaccine recommendations, regardless of scientific evidence www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIlW...

Read @eggerdc.bsky.social on the importance of being honest -- and direct -- about the motivations behind acts of violence, even when doing so runs against your political interests www.thebulwark.com/p/confrontin...

“18 years old, 4.0 GPA… She wanted to be a teacher… I sat with her two weeks later when she died a horrible, painful death.” A doctor recalls the world before early Hep B vaccination A world RFK Jr. may be on the verge of bringing back www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...

Loved this @sonnybunch.bsky.social tribute to Redford, which is less about his movies than what he did for movies www.thebulwark.com/p/robert-red...

So much of the vaccine conversation is about (alleged) harms they cause Think maybe we need to spend more time talking about the alternative -- i.e., what some of these diseases would look like if we pull back on immunizations For example... www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...

There’s a reason this poster hangs in my office: Seeing that movie as a kid is what first made me want to be a journalist R.I.P. Robert Redford, one of the all-time greats

Basing energy policy - or any other sphere of policy - on vibes and grievances is a good recipe for hurting the economy, and workers like the ironworker @citizencohn.bsky.social spoke with for his latest newsletter on Trump's cancelation of a large wind project off Rhode Island:

Another pair of must-reads in today's Morning Shots @eggerdc.bsky.social on the rhetoric of Stephen Miller @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on the persecution of transgender Americans www.thebulwark.com/p/its-stephe...

Bulwark Live is coming to DC! Join @jvl.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social on 10/8 for a special live event. Get your tickets now before they sell out: www.thelincolndc.com/e/the-bulwar...

Halting work on nearly complete energy projects because you hate wind power Detaining skilled foreign workers -- and jeopardizing billions in foreign investment -- because your immigration crackdown is out of control This is how Trump manages the economy www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-econ...

This time he has a plan. Maybe. @lauren-egan.bsky.social on how Schumer is positioning the Dems for the coming budget showdown (and possible shutdown). www.thebulwark.com/p/chuck-arou...

A lot of wisdom about the pernicious effects of social media here from @sonnybunch.bsky.social Plus a really thoughtful, somewhat related movie review www.thebulwark.com/p/the-long-w...

Today for @thebulwark.com I wrote about Trump's mind-boggling decision to halt a nearly finished wind energy project off the coast of Rhode Island... ...and how that decision is a nearly perfect distillation of how he's mismanaging the economy www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-econ...

"Murder is an offense against nature, heaven, and man. Assassination goes a step further....Assassination is, like terrorism, an attack on our body politic. An attack on how we choose to live together." @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-assass...

We were horrified to hear about the murder of Charlie Kirk. Political violence is never acceptable in any context, and should never be condoned. We are thinking of his family and loved ones at this terrible time.

“If you resort to violence, all of us who believe in our legal and political system—Democrats and Republicans—will stand together. We will condemn you, and we will prosecute you.” My message after last year's shooting of Trump: Zero tolerance for political violence. I'm sorry it has to be repeated.

It’s a program for kids with cancer Musk stopped its renewal And Congress hadn’t brought it back — even though it’s got strong bipartisan support Heartbreaking, emblematic story for our times by @samsteindc.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...

RFK: "Switzerland has a comparable number of guns as we do" Real world: Switzerland has 28 guns owned by private individuals per 100 inhabitants. The US has more than 120 guns per 100 inhabitants www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business...

So what happens if Republicans won’t extend the Biden-era boost to ACA subsidies? Put that question to @awright2care.bsky.social @larrylevitt.bsky.social and @charlesgaba.com Some of the numbers surprised even me www.thebulwark.com/p/if-the-gov...

Health care costs for more than 20M Americans may depend on what kind of political leverage Democrats still have — and whether they are able to use it www.thebulwark.com/p/if-the-gov...

RFK Jr. blames CDC for US covid mortality. That's rich. As @citizencohn.bsky.social explains, a big reason for our death count is that we trailed peer countries in vaccine uptake thanks to people who "spread misinformation or turned vaccine resistance into a badge of honor." "People like Kennedy."

CDC got plenty wrong during the pandemic, though it also got a lot right Plenty of grounds for smart, thoughtful change That's very different from wrecking the place -- which is what RFK Jr. is doing www.thebulwark.com/p/robert-ken...

So many outrageous statements from RFK Jr. last week But this one really stuck with me www.thebulwark.com/p/robert-ken...

CBS News is giving up the power it has to hold “Face the Nation” interviewees to account. Following pressure from Trump, it has agreed not to edit interviews, even to remove false statements or propaganda uttered by political operatives and officials, or add explanatory context.

Some simple math -- visualized! -- to blow up one of the big Trump/GOP/RFK Jr. lies on Medicaid cuts www.youtube.com/live/qZsWkYu...

Warner: "Do you think the [COVID] vaccine did anything to prevent additional deaths" RFK Jr. "I would like to see the data, talk about the data" Incredible

Making America Healthy Again -- unless, evidently, it means crossing an interest group important to the Trump administration Great reporting here from @dylanlscott.bsky.social

Blast from the past -- if (sadly) still relevant. Thank you! And thanks for including me in such distinguished company. Those are some of my favorite books.

"Trump too bears a lot of responsibility for this. This is the man who touted Operation Warp Speed, said it was God's gift to the world and that he deserves all the credit, and then just ran away from it." @samsteindc.bsky.social and @citizencohn.bsky.social talk the troubling politics of vaccines:

"I think it's pretty calamitous....we know what happens when people aren't getting vaccinated, when kids aren't getting vaccinated." @citizencohn.bsky.social talks Florida's anti-vaccination proposal with @samsteindc.bsky.social:

"The photo of the three dictators side-by-side, walking the red carpet in Tiananmen Square together...seemed to provide a bookend to the era MacArthur had ushered in eighty years before—an era in which United States leadership was central." That era is no more. www.thebulwark.com/p/putin-emba...

So what's the maximum number of tabs you can have on OneTab? Asking for a friend

Come for the deep, unsettling analysis of Sen. Mike Lee's twitter feed Stay for the Titanic history lesson Latest from @cheetah.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-lee-p...

In the world of MAGA politics, all considerations come secondary to the culture war And even basic decency towards LGBTQ Americans is suspect www.thebulwark.com/p/desantis-d...

The story of two ongoing free speech controversies And an object lesson in how MAGA sees the world www.thebulwark.com/p/desantis-d...

Hate for summer to end, but it also means it’s time for this… Go Blue

Two of the biggest stories right now are Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and the ACA, and his assault on public health infrastructure (CDC, NIH, etc) Here’s how Democrats can tie those strands together — and hold Republicans accountable Via @lauren-egan.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

The news about CDC is so alarming — and so damn bleak But here @gregsargent.bsky.social reports on one possible, partial answer: Governors taking action for their states Some already discussing, making plans newrepublic.com/article/1998...

An extraordinary warning from nine former CDC directors who served every president from Carter to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

He didn’t know about the the CDC decision on COVID shots until the announcement, even though he led division on vaccination & respiratory disease He kept asking to see the justifying evidence, or hear from experts who supported the move RFK’s team kept saying no www.thebulwark.com/p/kennedy-rf...