Keren Landman

The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump's unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.

UPDATE/SCOOP:

An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.

Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:

sorry about your cookies this is probably TMI

“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”

straight outta central casting

ok but...what's the reason

also worth noting: from my own experience, I can tell you that many aspects of CDC comms are also now controlled by HHS, so on-the-record comments/conversations with journalists are not guaranteed to represent the actual perspective of the CDC

I TOLD YOU

What It’s Like to Work Inside a Broken CDC Agency workers say that information on subjects other than vaccines is largely reliable—for now.

sorry to be smug but I told y'all not to trust the CDC website two months ago www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

wait so all this time all I had to be was hot and chaotic and not even a good writer? jfc

-She repeatedly corrects the use of an outdated and unrepresentative statement from an authority
-She clearly explains what specifically is inconsistent about the agency’s recent actions
-She ends with a clear statement of the problem anyone can understand
-She doesn’t let him have the last word

FDA head explains decision to drop 'black box' warnings from menopause hormone treatment The FDA announced it would begin asking drug companies to remove so-called “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. The FDA says the warning has dissuaded generatio...

This interview by @aliroginpbs.bsky.social with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is a masterclass. It should be taught in j-schools and she should receive a medal for it.

Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy:

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

that's not your faith babe

oopsie

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my man I am just tryna maintain

-curse at/remove any squinting/shivering people or animals from the hallway before any of them pee on the rug
-congratulate yourself and take stepladder downstairs
-enjoy 5 minutes of silence before the wrong-battery-orientation chirps start (the delay is because of Obama)
-burn house down

-smush the little housing door shut. there will be a click. do not allow this to reassure you.
-press and hold the button labeled “test|silence” (the silence part is a lie)
-there will be three loud beeps from (why??) ALL the smoke alarms in the house
-at least now your partner is awake

-orient the new battery in your favorite direction (just guess, there are no clues) and smush it into the housing. there will not be a click or a snap or any other cue to tell you whether you are right or wrong

-rotate the alarm both clockwise and counterclockwise
-reconcile the fact that the alarm is hardwired to your home’s electric circuitry yet still needs regular battery changes?? ok sure
-use your fingernail and maybe math? to pry the old (rectangular) battery out of its (semicircular) housing

Actual instructions on changing a smoke alarm battery:
-wake to the chirp at 4:30am
-haul the stepladder upstairs from the kitchen
-identify a fresh 9V battery in the junk drawer
-climb from the stepladder to the dresser so you can reach the alarm (while your 6’5” partner sleeps)

who designs smoke alarms? I just want to talk

at 4:30am

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RFK Jr., ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement supporters gather outside CDC They stood with signs applauding RFK Jr. and the “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

About a dozen people www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/26/r...

I was sitting in my car alone and suddenly heard someone clearing their throat

What It’s Like to Work Inside a Broken CDC Agency workers say that information on subjects other than vaccines is largely reliable—for now.

Experts are saying Americans "can't trust anything" out of the CDC. But employees tell me that's simply not true: lots of CDC workers are still at their desks doing good work, and implying they're not is both wrong and unhelpful.

My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

Oops, having a strong opinion about something doesn‘t make it true! Best of luck out there

I SAID MAX BLAU

Over the past few years, I’ve been fascinated with one of the largest federal investigations happening in Georgia, known as Operation Blooming Onion. So I partnered with Zaydee Sanchez to uncover the untold story of an unnamed victim at the heart of the case. 🧵

How to mourn Charlie Kirk in our polarized age Sitting shiva for Charlie Kirk.

I wrote about Charlie Kirk’s death, mourning and conflict, Shabbat and shiva

www.vox.com/politics/461... (gift link)

i do not think it can be overstated at this point that we do not know who killed charlie kirk or why they did it.

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...