Dan Diamond
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White House reporter @WashingtonPost. Focused on policy, politics and public health. Find me on Signal: dan_diamond.01
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2008
Scoop - SUSAN MONAREZ, nation’s newly installed CDC director, is being ousted, people familiar tell @lenasun @LaurenWeberHP + me https://t.co/ycPgoKUZfZ
washingtonpost.com
Susan Monarez was confirmed as the CDC’s director in July. Three top agency officials announced resignations as the Trump administration moved to oust her.
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Another week, another series of big questions about soon-to-expire ACA subsidies. And GOP still hasn't settled on a plan for what to do. The stakes: About 24 million Americans rely on the ACA marketplaces to buy insurance. w @rbeggin @jacobbogage
https://t.co/68AEhu8Oev
washingtonpost.com
Republicans are racing to craft health-care plans ahead of a planned vote, as deadline looms on soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Right-wing influencers are descending on the Pentagon today for special media events that go through Wednesday.
washingtonpost.com
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s briefing at the Pentagon next week will welcome a new crop of media that no longer includes the mainstream press.
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A stat worth knowing: McKinsey the consulting firm has more employees than there are journalists of any kind in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://t.co/fZqNYFMo1O
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The young Tom Stoppard became motoring critic for a Bristol newspaper despite the fact that he couldn't drive. https://t.co/VT0mlnHkyw.
theguardian.com
An astute study of the dazzlingly clever playwright, which details the parties and famous friends, but also identifies the emotions that drive much of his work
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“No one will support these programs if they continue to be riddled with fraud,” Joseph H. Thompson, the federal prosecutor who has overseen the fraud cases said in an interview. “We’re losing our way of life in Minnesota in a very real way.” https://t.co/jztEHpIKbi
nytimes.com
Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on...
Great work from the prosecutors here. If you want Americans to be open to having a robust and big welfare state and alot of redistribution, you have to aggressively police welfare fraud to the fullest extent of the law. You cannot let it spiral out of control.
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A physician said new Indian Health Service restrictions on vaccine-related speech factored into her decision to leave the agency. “I can’t keep people safe,” she said. https://t.co/cCjtwn5lP5
propublica.org
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
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Love to listen to journalism podcasts that are evergreen + can transcend a news cycle.
On Monday, the Press Box will release our DECEMBER ISSUE episode. David and Bryan will talk about The New Yorker's history, review the new NYer Netflix doc, and make some lists. Then Bryan will interview editor David Remnick. Mag cover by Shoemaker, natch. Join us.
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Scoop >> The Defense Department is set to play host to right-wing media at the Pentagon early next week for its first in-person press event and briefing since the mainstream press corps walked out in October. @washingtonpost: https://t.co/gvGSgho4i0
washingtonpost.com
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s briefing at the Pentagon next week will welcome a new crop of media that no longer includes the mainstream press.
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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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Now White’s launching a bid for Congress, saying he will challenge Democrats who he thinks aren’t doing enough to keep their seats. I’ve been talking with White about his longshot bid— and his desire for a “tea party” on the left. Read the story here: https://t.co/tzcf9Exylh
Jonathan White fought the first Trump administration’s efforts to separate migrant families. Now, White says he has a new mission — challenging Democrats that he believes aren’t doing enough to fight the Trump administration.
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The clip also caught attention in DC because White was no ordinary federal worker. He was a central player in the first Trump admin's family-separation crisis, fighting Stephen Miller and his allies. Even Trump officials say he's a hero for putting families back together.
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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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I think Vinay Prasad needs to show us data. We in the pediatric community take *very seriously* any adverse effects of vaccines in children and we investigate deaths thoroughly. I need to see some peer-reviewed data that supports Vinay’s allegation.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, prompting new approach w @rachel_roubein
https://t.co/2tmhsDj7mA
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine — terrific reporting in here:
wsj.com
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
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Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, prompting new approach w @rachel_roubein
https://t.co/2tmhsDj7mA
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Here's Prasad's full email, if you'd like to read it for yourself: https://t.co/2U8LAUoYSP And I jotted down a few thoughts, including how the strategy of "asking more evidence" — which, sure, everyone wants more data — can lead to red tape. https://t.co/nCYFooWmd8
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NEW >> President Donald Trump and his staff escalated their attacks on journalists with a new media bias tracker on the White House site. The tracker comes after the president insulted female reporters at ABC, CBS, the New York Times and Bloomberg. https://t.co/5Nw2R5caZz
washingtonpost.com
A new White House webpage presents a “Hall of Shame” for news reports that the president disagrees with, coming after Trump voiced personal attacks on female reporters at ABC, CBS, the New York Times...
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Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, prompting new approach w @rachel_roubein
https://t.co/2tmhsDj7mA
washingtonpost.com
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
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