Andy

Was Boomer the first to wish you a happy Halloween, @jessicasmetana.bsky.social?

Hard to find a bigger treat to freedom of the press than the President openly reminding a powerful journalist, on TV, that the journalist only has his job because of the President, and everyone being so lazily used to this sort of thing they don't even bother to edit it out for propriety's sake.

@stanvangundy.bsky.social forgetting to hit the cough button…channeling his inner @gregcote.bsky.social. That’s a fine! @lebatardshow.bsky.social

I’m too superstitious to have said it at the time, but I was confident that the #eagles would win from the moment that Jon Hamm’s voice cracked. #superbowl

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

"Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened." Great piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social. Also worth noting... www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120

I love when ppl find photos where my mask is off for 5 seconds outside for a photo at my book party where every single attendee had to PCR test, as some kind of gotcha. Like yeah, high risk ppl could safely remove their masks for photos now and then if every event/public space had those precautions!

Any news outlet that wants to republish this piece can do so as long as they credit Important Context at the top and link to us. And if anyone media folks want to know more about this guy, I am happy to help. I’ve been covering Bhattacharya’s rise for years.

"Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s NIH Pick" - @walkerbragman.bsky.social brings receipts. He's bad, really bad:

I’m old enough to remember having told people that electing an ill, ignorant, and impulsive idiot to the presidency would be bad

I agree but I’d put all of this in the present tense given that we are still in a Covid pandemic and Biden is still president

😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...

Journalists, our new nominee for the FDA, Marty Makary said we had herd immunity to Covid in May 2021. The delta and omicron waves came within a year. This was all he did. Don’t forget to tell your readers. I’ve got *plenty* more examples. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ndCN...

Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa. I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:

He’s getting briefed on intelligence or he has a brief amount of intelligence?

Bullshit. If I had wanted power, I would have kept my mouth shut. I preferred my conscience.

Application to be in Trump’s cabinet: Choose all that apply (those with less than 2 will not be considered) a) On TV b) Quack Science c) Sexual misconduct allegations d) Willing to forego any pre-existing moral compass

No one follow him. Please.

We didn’t. www.importantcontext.news/p/everything...

Most liberals look at me crazy when I say Biden has bungled COVID…maybe it’s bc I’m not as eloquent as this piece! “after four years of arguing that the 800,000 deaths Biden oversaw were no big deal, could the Democrats blame the public for no longer caring much about 400,000 deaths under Trump?”