
Dan Diamond
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White House reporter @WashingtonPost. Focused on policy, politics and public health. Find me on Signal: dan_diamond.01
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language. Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.” Note the language in second photo.
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A sleepy Senate Commerce hearing on transportation nominees devolves into heated fight between Sens. Jacky Rosen (D) and Bernie Moreno (R), with Rosen accusing Moreno of tracking her team’s car VIN numbers ROSEN: That seems a little creepy Moreno says he’s exposing hypocrisy
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Hard to pick a favorite James Earl Jones performance, but his role as chief of the CIA in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER + sequels remains delightful. I still think about this scene where he surprises Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) with news about who’s giving a White House briefing …
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Sen. Jon Ossoff asks Jay Clayton — Trump’s nominee to oversee U.S. intel — a simple question: who won the 2020 election? Clayton declines to answer for nearly 2 mins. OSSOFF: Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question? To have to indulge the president's delusions?
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RFK Jr's involvement in election raises questions of whether he violated Hatch Act or other federal laws, legal experts say. It's also at least the 2nd congressional candidate in Iowa he's encouraged to drop out. (Politico and Des Moines Register reported on the 1st.) LISTEN:
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In hearing just now, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. presses Casey Means, Trump's nominee for Surgeon General, on whether she'd recommend parents get kids vaccinated MEANS: I'm supportive of vaccination… every individual needs to talk to their doctor before putting a medication in their body.
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Many federal workers left government this year. Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White. At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda. "We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.” (You may remember this viral clip.)
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RFK and Trump have partnered on a new agenda — Make America Healthy Again — that vows to tackle the root causes of poor U.S. health. Public health experts welcome the message but are perplexed by the messengers. RFK has been anti-vax; Trump tried to repeal health coverage.
Dan Diamond231,214 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr