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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?

There is a great need and desire from the public to have access to journalism that is fact based and researched.

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Vinay Prasad Out At FDA Amid Right-Wing Push — AJI Vinay Prasad is out at the Food and Drug Administration with fewer than three months on the job and after a meteoric rise inside the agency.

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.
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FDA Continues to Recruit From the Fringes — AJI George Tidmarsh, a biotech executive and COVID contrarian, has been appointed to lead the FDA’s drug division under Commissioner Marty Makary. Known for aligning with anti-vaccine figures and fringe m...

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.

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FDA Continues to Recruit From the Fringes George Tidmarsh allied himself with medical contrarians. Now he’s the nation’s top drug regulator.

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…

COVID Lab Leak: A State of the Evidence — AJI AJI Scientific Advisor Dr. Dan Wilson reviews the evidence for and against the narrative that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, emerged from a laboratory. Wilson interviews Dr. Peter Daszak...

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.

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YouTube video by Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson COVID Lab Leak: A State of the Evidence

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.

Accountability Journalism Institute Appoints New Members To Board and Scientific Advisory Board The nonprofit Accountability Journalism Institute announces new members of its Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board. Anthropologist and science... Read More

Some news from @accountabilityji.bsky.social:

New board member: @wendyorent.bsky.social

New scientific advisory board members:

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- @drlaurenhughes.bsky.social

We’ve got quite the team.

Promoters of Unproven COVID Lab Leak Narratives Join NIH — AJI Three promoters of the discredited COVID lab-leak theory have quietly joined NIH leadership. Experts say it’s a recipe for undermining science.

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

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

HHS Asks Employees To Rat Out DEI “Discrimination” In Trollable Email “I wonder what movie scrip they will send,” one HHS source said at the prospect of people submitting fake responses.

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...

National Science Foundation Workers to Issue “Alexandria Declaration” Decrying “Catastrophic Changes” Under Trump Administration The new declaration echoes similar efforts from NIH and EPA.

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!

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Dr. Howard’s House of Horrors #2: Under Our Current Medical Establishment Scientists and Federal Employees Need “Anonymity For Fear Of Retaliation.” — AJI AJI Scientific Advisor Dr. Jonathan Howard takes aim at how the Trump administration is fostering a culture of fear inside science and public health agencies.

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?

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HHS Asks Employees To Rat Out DEI “Discrimination” In Trollable Email — AJI The Department of Health and Human Services is asking employees to anonymously report “discriminatory” diversity, equity, and inclusion policies—part of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on...

HHS just emailed employees urging them to snitch on “discriminatory” DEI practices—via an anonymous form anyone can fill out.
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Dr. Howard's House of Horrors #1 — AJI Dr. Jonathan Howard shares his insights and updates about the assault on public health in America.

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👇

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Dr. Howard's House of Horrors #1 — AJI Dr. Jonathan Howard shares his insights and updates about the assault on public health in America.

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-...

CDC Vaccine Advisors Share Anti-Vax Content Days After Official Meeting — AJI Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have been promoting misinformation on X for days.

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

CDC Vaccine Advisors Share Anti-Vax Content Days After Official Meeting — AJI Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have been promoting misinformation on X for days.

First, Kennedy stacked the CDC’s vaccine panel with skeptics. Now, they’re using their positions to amplify dangerous anti-vaccine lies.
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EPA Staffers Demand Change in ‘Declaration of Dissent’ “Today, we stand together in dissent against the current administration's focus on harmful deregulation, mischaracterization of previous EPA actions, and disregard for scientific expertise.”

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.

Kennedy Stacks Critical Vaccine Panel With Anti-Vaxxers - EXPOSEDbyCMD In a move that aligns with his own stance on science, the health secretary fires all 17 experts on an advisory panel in order to appoint fringe ideologues.

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Kennedy Stacks Critical Vaccine Panel With Anti-Vaxxers

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

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