Andrea Waner

Dear journalists: please do not make it sound like he was coherent.

Proposed restrictions on visas for reporters show the U.S. “becoming less open and welcoming to foreign journalists…It is antithetical to the core values of American society as embodied in the First Amendment.”

Proud to join @rsf.org and others in this statement.
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Exclusive | White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer President Trump is expected to unveil the measures with Pfizer’s CEO on Tuesday

Uh... White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer

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a man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza . ALT: a man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza .

Cool, cool, cool.

Go to www.hud.gov right now. Just trust me.

I came in too late, what was the "they spit, we hit" in reference to?

Screenshot of STAT's homepage with several stories about Trump's autism announcement

If you have a question about Trump's autism announcement ... it's probably answered somewhere here

former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."

The meeting of RFK Jr.’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) starts in less than 24 hours.

The materials still haven’t been posted, which is highly unusual.

They want to ambush the American public with false claims about COVID19 vaccines.

Update from Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Kennedy asserted that “there are no cuts to Medicaid.” In fact, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that Medicaid provisions would increase the number of people without health insurance by 7.8 million in 2034. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't know how many died

W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that

W: How can you be that ignorant?

Bennet runs out of patience with RFK Jr and yells at him that "I'm asking the questions on behalf of parents and schools and teachers all over the United States of America who deserve so much better than your leadership! That's what this conversation is about."

Update from Apoorva Mandavilli

Kennedy says he does not know how many people died of Covid and whether the vaccines prevented Covid deaths. “The problem is they didn’t have the data,” he said.

In fact, the data are readily available.

"You're a charlatan. That's what you are." -- Cantwell to RFK Jr

In case you were curious, a charlatan is someone who falsely claims to have knowledge or skill, particularly in medicine or business, to decieve others for personal gain. #cdc

He is intentionally avoiding a huge swath of his constituents because their county is democratic-leaning. Going to a town with 200 people, without also going to a town in the county that has 30k+ constituents, doesn’t deserve applause.

How are homelessness advocates responding, and could other cities follow? Join AHCJ to learn how reporters can cover this story locally, with insights from a national reporter, an addiction researcher, a veteran activist and a journalist who spent a year investigating homelessness.

Disgusting.

We the People of the United States [...] establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Ah yes, taking away health care from 17 million people is super "immaterial."

We don't have updated and detailed CBO scores and the final language for the just-passed Senate reconciliation bill isn't yet available. But the devastating impact will likely be about $1 trillion/10 years in #Medicaid cuts and about 17 million more uninsured.

Now it goes back to the House.

Nearly 12 million people would lose their health insurance under President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," an erosion of the social safety net that would lead to more unmanaged chronic illnesses, higher medical debt and overcrowding of hospital emergency departments.

Senate Narrowly Passes Trump’s Policy Bill Amid Deep G.O.P. Divisions

Budget reconciliation bill passed the Senate 51-50 with Vance casting the tie breaker. The bill goes back to the House.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

As #SCOTUS opinions are rolling in today - particularly around transgender care for minors - this is relevant.

We stand with the journalists working tirelessly to report on the events unfolding in Los Angeles. A free press is essential to a functioning democracy, and any use of unlawful force against reporters is unacceptable.

"IUDs and BBLs are gender affirming care." -- love this quote from the trans health session at Health Journalism 2025. #HJ25

I just need you all to know that I just met @maryroach.bsky.social and she complimented my prosthetic fun eye and we had a good conversation about her next book - which is about prosthetics - and I, like the nerd I am, took out my eye and everything was awesome. Such a fan girl moment! #HJ25

Jimmy Eat World. 10+ albums over 30 years of work.

Emo, because I'm forever a sad girl.