Important Context
Walker Bragman, Olivia Riggio, Billie Jean SweeneyThis newsletter is part of the Accountability Journalism Institute. It was founded by investigative journalist Walker Bragman to expose bad actors, secretive political influence, and the money behind public health mis/disinformation.
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Trump Surgeon General Pick Celebrated DOGE Research Cuts, Called to Halt mRNA Vaccines for Children, and Expressed Anti-Trans Views
Donald Trump’s new surgeon general nominee defended the administration’s research cuts, previously urged public health officials to pause vaccinating children against COVID-19, and has suggested transgender identities are driven by a “fad.”...
The Heritage Foundation Has a Radical New Project
This piece was produced in partnership with Assigned Media. It has been updated from its original email version.
Heady from their anticipated victory in Dobbs, the Heritage Foundation and its partners in the anti-abortion movement gathered...
Anti-Vaccine Groups Given Unprecedented Access to CDC Vaccine Panel
This piece has been updated from its original email version.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is giving several prominent right-wing and anti-vaccine medical groups a formal role in meetings of the Centers for Dise...
FDA Vaccine Chief Front-Runner Called mRNA Vaccines “Experimental Genetic Technology,” Compared Pandemic Response to Iranian Rule
This piece has been updated from its email version.
The leading candidate to become the nation’s next vaccine chief has a history of casting doubt on mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and attacking public health efforts to slow the spread of the SARS...
As HHS Rails Against Science Politicization, Leading Agency Officials Embrace Right-Wing Political Action
This piece has been updated from its original email version.
“I’ll tell you, it’s no longer Tony Fauci’s NIH,” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya declared, standing at the podium of the 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference last month, with the...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Journalist, JD, occasional cartoonist, co-founder Accountability Journalism Institute.
Olivia is a New York-based media critic, nonprofit development professional and independent journalism advocate. She is the Administrative & Fundraising Director at FAIR.org and board member of the Accountability Journalism Institute.
Billie Jean Sweeney (she/her) contributes to Assigned Media and is a board member of the Accountability Journalism Institute. A former editor for The New York Times and The AP, she was also editorial director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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