Laura Beil

Photos of Fort Worth monks’ 2,300-mile journey to Washington The Buddhist monks' 15-week walk from Fort Worth to Washington covered roughly 2,300 miles.

If you need a mental break from all the bleak news, the @texastribune.org has a photos of the Fort Worth monks' entire journey to Washington. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/14/t...

Once again, @katherineeban.bsky.social proves why she's one of the best in the business.

Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.

A compelling graphic look at all the ways that Trump and his family and friends have been monetizing the White House in his second term to enrich themselves more than any presidential clan has ever done before. @lazarogamio.bsky.social Amy Schoenfeld Walker
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Addiction is a hungry monster that you can never truly understand until you see it up close.

Has anything like this ever happened?

Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.

Great story from @texastribune.org connecting the dots on the people now setting U.S. vaccine policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...

Unbelievable

Brought to you by the folks who want to deploy troops to "protect federal buildings."

Let me help you with that, Speaker Johnson.

This is what we documented.

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

How Much More Would People Pay in Premiums if the ACA's Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire? | KFF The ACA's enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. This calculator estimates how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase for families if Congress does not extend the credi...

This is an excellent tool from @kffhealthnews.org for anyone who wants to know how much premiums will rise if ACA subsidies expire.

Two D-FW women had a fatal fetal diagnosis. One had the means to leave, the other carried to term After their babies were diagnosed with anencephaly, two women faced the lack of exceptions under Texas abortion laws.

I wish every Texas lawmaker would read this @dallasnews.com series about the Texas abortion ban, and what it's doing to the pregnant women of our state.

This study was published in Annals of Internal Medicine; the journal is NOT retracting it just because of political pressure from the world's most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist

The lead author, Anders Peter Hviid, says "I have not been targeted by a political figurehead in this way before"

With so many awful things in the news, I needed to see this.

The Guardian US investigations team is hiring a science reporter, come work with me and break big news about what is happening to science in this country:

workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/

1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.

My state already has the highest percentage of people with no health insurance. That's about to get even worse with the new budget bill, as 1.7 million Texans stand to lose coverage. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/18/t...

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Bill Moyers meant everthing to me. We both grew up in Marshall TX, a generation apart, but bound by the same sense of place. He encouraged me to become a journalist, and gave this small town girl confidence -- in the beginning and all along the way. RIP Bill.

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

“Secretary Kennedy has not hidden his anti-vaccine agenda,” said Dr. Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the C.D.C. in 2009. “He, more than anyone in our country, has worked to undermine people’s trust and confidence in vaccines.”
via @nytimes.com

When we first reported this story, Columbia had not even notified the women that their former doctor was a convicted sex offender. Now there are more than 1,000 known survivors. @propublica.org

Exposed He was a trusted OB-GYN working inside one of the most prestigious universities in the world, an Ivy League school that is home to Nobel Prize winners and medical all-stars. Yet behind closed doors, D...

And the Wondery podcast Exposed: Cover Up at Columbia University wondery.com/shows/exposed/

How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator for More Than 20 Years For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.

In other Columbia Univ news, an announcement this week of an additional $750 million settlement with women sexually assaulted by former ob-gyn Robert Hadden. Credit to the survivors for their bravery and persistence. We told full story in @propublica.org in 2023: www.propublica.org/article/colu...

Seems like research into women’s health would be bipartisan

My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music.

Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity

This whole thread is tragic

RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.

RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs, hepatitis. There was not enough time for scientists to shut down labs before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...

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US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

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The news cycle has been such a tsunami, hard to believe less than a month ago we were talking about families who were put in remote jungle camps.

New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

These are the same people who want to be put in charge of landing planes?

Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments No area of the federal government is immune to fraud. We estimated that the federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion...

Today I received a mass email from my senator, John Cornyn, saying DOGE had uncovered "$236 billion in improper payments." In fact, this claim is lifted word for word from a GAO report under the Biden Administration. (See link)

How should I respond? www.gao.gov/products/gao...