Ben Palmer
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senior columnist for @PitcherList | @FSWA member | health care writer for @daily_briefing | optimistic Orioles fan | vinyl collector
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Joined February 2009
The more I read about all of this, the more it seems like the Trump administration accidentally got someone with integrity who believed in science as head of CDC and was like “oh we’ve gotta get her out asap”
statnews.com
Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director
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This is going to create major financial incentives for the AI companies reviewing these prior auths to deny them and is basically acting as a backdoor into privatizing Medicare. This is bad stuff.
nytimes.com
A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.
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Bill Cassidy right now
Breaking: BILL CASSIDY is calling for CDC's vaccine advisers meeting to be postponed. "If the meeting proceeds, any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy given the seriousness of the allegations and the current turmoil in CDC leadership."
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RT @Ike_Saul: To be clear, CDC Director Susan Monarez was nominated by Trump and confirmed in a party line vote 51-47 by Republicans a mont….
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Good for them.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staffers have staged a walkout in protest of the chaos RFK Jr.'s leadership has unleashed at the agency, including the effort to fire the newly installed CDC head.
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As if I needed another reason to hate Mark Teixeira.
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This is incredible.
Abbe Lowell and I represent @CDCgov Director Susan Monarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. We have issued the following statement:
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RT @PitcherList: Start your Rangers and Astros this week, as Ben Palmer (@benjpalmer) takes a look at the hitters you should start and avoi….
pitcherlist.com
The hitters you should start and avoid this week.
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Dean Kremer will either give up 7 ER in 3 innings or pitch 8 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and there is no in between.
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Overusing quick cuts during fight sequences. Choreograph fights, make them like a dance, put some effort into it, don’t be lazy. The success of the John Wick franchise should serve as an example.
What MUST films stop doing?.
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RT @PitcherList: Are you a React developer? We’re looking for a baseball fan to help us with an innovative and exciting project. Paid, ~1….
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Also my wife isn’t on this app but still gonna give her a major shoutout for dealing with 23.5 hours of rough labor, she’s a rockstar.
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They….they did it. They actually signed a young top prospect to a long term deal.
BREAKING: Catcher Samuel Basallo and the Baltimore Orioles are finalizing an eight-year, $67 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. Basallo, who just turned 21, is one of the best prospects in baseball, and less than a week after being called up, he has a long-term deal.
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One would think there are people on every MLB team tasked with keeping pitchers healthy but looking at the Orioles you wouldn’t think so.
Expected to miss at least the next 12 months.
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RT @MLBStats: Among 173 pitchers with 60+ IP this season, Trevor Rogers’ 1.41 ERA is the best in MLB.
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RT @PitcherList: Start your Dodgers and Brewers this week, as Ben Palmer (@benjpalmer) takes a look at the hitters you should start and avo….
pitcherlist.com
The hitters you should start and avoid this week.
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BASALLO TIME BAYBEEEE.
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IT’S BEAVERS TIME.
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