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Brandy Zadrozny

@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 9h
A very strange political tactic trying to make villains of pediatricians— a group generally respected by most everyone and depended upon and still very trusted by most parents. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11h
I swear to God I thought this was a still from a Russian propaganda Op I follow but no its just the new Daily Wire movie. www.ms.now/opinion/ben-...
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Sarah Zhang @sarahzhang.bsky.social · 13h
Earlier this year, I heard about several kids who died after anesthesia—and others who suffered catastrophic brain damage. I wrote about one mother, and her quest to figure out what happened to her son. theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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When Anesthesia Goes Wrong
A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
so many kinds of lunacy and unreality at once in this story www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played
An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played in court.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Shout out to MS Now hair and makeup, man. Truly the best in the game. (I’m here! Working on episode 2 and reporting!!)
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 02/10/2026
There is no one in my time in the media who has more consistently given off the aroma of unethical striver than Benny. From Day One it was obvious what he was and it remains amazing that this has been a boon to his efforts rather than a hindrance.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time to break out my cherished news souvenir
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social: Noted plagiarist turned far-right podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation by protesters he described as violent criminals and terrorists in a series of videos he made while accompanying Kristi Noem & Greg Bovino www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you want some backstory as to TN and lethal injection. I wrote at length in 2018 as TN sought to restart executions using a new protocol — a method it has since replaced. It’s not an exaggeration to say that when it comes to lethal injection, states have always been making it up as they go along.
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Chilling Testimony in a Tennessee Trial Exposes Lethal Injection as Court-Sanctioned Torture
The trial was a case study in the twisted legacy of Glossip v. Gross — and a chilling look at the botched executions that continue amid little controversy.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lyz, graceful as ever, gets at a very hard thing about parenting boys. “But how can you really be a parent if you can't see all of who your children are and who they could become? If you can't prepare them for the best and worst of themselves and this world?”
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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Of course @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social has the most interesting review of the MAHA Summit. She asks who organized the event, who attended, and where the money goes. Kennedy likes to keep his grift in the family. Zadrozny notes: "Finn was the summit’s first speaker." www.ms.now/news/maha-su...
If the divergent, often competing pet interests of the activists within MAHA made the movement hard to define, the structure behind the business of MAHA is murkier still. The summit was presented by MAHA Center, a nonprofit helmed by Tony Lyons, publisher of Kennedy’s books and other contrarian works. Lyons also runs MAHA Action, a separate nonprofit, and MAHA PAC, the rebranded super PAC that bankrolled Kennedy’s presidential bid and is now backing Republican candidates in the midterms. Tickets to the summit went to “MAHA members” who enrolled at the $6,000-a-year tier — a membership advertised and presented by Lyons’ MAHA Action but whose agreement is with MAHA Holdings, a separate entity with no public-facing website, about which little is known beyond its CEO, former tech entrepreneur Alex Hardy, and one board member: Kennedy’s 29-year-old son, Finn.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
God Russell Brand is exhausting in the most uncharming way. He's objectively not funny. He's manic. All. The. Time.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joke about non-consensual contact right out of the gate at the MAHA Summit's "Reform in CMS" panel from moderator Russell Brand, the comedian who has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault for which he will stand trial in London next month. Dr. Oz slaps his knee. MAHA!
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
when a subject bores me I try and amuse myself www.ms.now/news/maha-su...
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's still so much more to watch www.ms.now/news/maha-su...
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At MAHA Summit, RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling out
The second annual conference features Trump officials, tech titans, corporate sponsors and fading celebrities — but very little MAHA.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was like 2 hours into the MAHA Summit before I saw a woman. Elevance insurance exec, Dr. Catherine Gaffigan, spoke at the "affordability" panel.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No update to the MAHA summit. It's boring. Lotta white men talking about how they're empowering or disrupting stuff.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yes i have seen the Candace blog stop sending me the Candace blog
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I said yes to too many things now I'm very anxious no one ask me to do anything til January including punctuate
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have just eaten the last summer tomato on toast. Hello, darkness.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this is special www.vanityfair.com/story/wayne-...
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Longtime Vanity Fair Editor Wayne Lawson Dies at 94
Remembering the editor—known as VF’s “secret weapon”—who shepherded the careers of Dominick Dunne, Marie Brenner, Maureen Orth, and many other greats.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/09/2026
Parker Molloy just published this thoughtful piece tonight. It's worth a read imo. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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Trainwreck
Old habits, especially embarrassing ones, die hard.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Got to guest co-host one of my favorite pods with one of my favorite thinkers and people! Thanks @eringloriaryan.bsky.social <3 <3 <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HTe...
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Russian Trolls Are ATTACKING Dems in INSANE Celeb AI Videos
YouTube video by Hysteria
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 24/09/2026
UPDATE: The CDC now says the Covid vaccines will be available for purchase through VFC shortly
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RFK Jr's HHS is essentially withholding Covid vaccines from children from poorer backgrounds, amid a Covid wave. Important story from @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines
Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#FLgov @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No way the website for this film fictionalizing the horrors of AI was ... written with AI. Right?
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 22/09/2026
some good news. this bit makes me wonder if some covid interventions have succeeded in addressing pre-covid problems (like with crime) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/s...
“There were really incredible efforts to focus on mental health for young people, particularly in schools, and it looks to me like that’s working,” Dr. Ethier said. “Covid and the disconnection from school absolutely affected those numbers in 2021 and 2023. What we’re seeing now is a rebound, and that’s wonderful.”
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If Trump has ever taken his child to a well baby appointment where vaccines were given — I’ll eat my hat.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wait so is my math right? Last month, his EO demanded the MMR be broken up into 3 separate shots. Now in his wisdom he wants to break those up. So instead of one shot at 12 months, Dr Trump is “demanding” babies get FIFTEEN SHOTS, given at 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 and 48 months. Amazing. It’s so stupid.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I haven't promoted it yet, but now is as good a time as any: MS NOW has a new membership program. You get our livestream, ad-free articles and daily chats with hosts like @chrislhayes.bsky.social and reporters like @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social: www.ms.now/membership
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eek Andy Wakefield now telling the story about the lady that asked him to have sex with her at a conference to conceive a child so that it would grow up and care for her other autistic child. He wrote a sexy novel about it. Eep eep eep.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ask me a question about RFK Jr. and his wild appearance at an anti-vaccine conference today!
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr. says he's gonna look into the chemtrails and the “electromagnetic fields."
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh man Thomas Massie is bombing at this anti-vaccine conference. "My constituents, they watch Fox News all the time, and a lot of older MAGA constituents watch it in the kitchen, they watch it in the living room, and if they could, they'd watch it on their CPAP machine." Crickets.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kennedy's allies like Tony Lyons often point out that RFK Jr. was listed on of those Time lists in the early aughts as a "hero of the planet" because of his environmental work, but these lists are silly. For example, I was once named one of 10 of the "World's Most Productive People." Friends. C'mon.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RFK's book publisher and the head of his SuperPAC, MAHA Action, just said "anytime you hear the word measles in the media, you should think "this is a story meant to control what I think, what I do, what I what I believe, and what my attitude towards Bobby Kennedy ought to be."
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Trump is seeking to destroy a memorial to a man because that man is not him. He is seeking to destroy a memorial to culture because culture does not embrace him. It’s really as simple as that."
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jan Jekielek, top editor at the Epoch Times, is talking at this antivaccine conference now. He says they started out as a student newspaper. That’s really not true. It a was a mission to spread the political and spiritual message of their (former followers have called “cult”) leader and religion.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
that's a lede
In the midst of unprecedented infectious-disease and foodborne-illness outbreaks, the nation’s top health official is taking a break from campaigning for Republicans to headline a conference for Children’s Health Defense, the world’s largest anti-vaccine organization.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m watching so you don’t have to www.ms.now/news/news-an...
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Amid measles outbreaks, RFK Jr. headlines anti-vaccine conference
The Children’s Health Defense conference is a homecoming of sorts for Kennedy, who seeks to rally a splintering anti-vaccine movement ahead of the midterms.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Feel bad for the 5G speaker at the CHD conference. The people are here for vaccines, dear.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rand Paul just quoted Carl Sagan at Children’s Health Defense’s anti-vaccine conference and AJGIRKCHSINDJJVKFKDJAHCJKDDJHDJSJCJDJFJFJJFJGJGKKGKGKDKDIEUCIWIVNJDIRUFJF
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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
First time speaking as CDC Director at a health conference and she doesn't address measles or vaccines; and won't answer a question on 4th PA measles related death- not sure this is the path to rebuilding trust... which she states is her priority www.ajc.com/news/2026/09... @altcdc.altgov.info
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In first public appearance, new CDC director vows to rebuild trust
Dr. Erica Schwartz avoided commenting on measles deaths in Pennsylvania.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ah man he burned the wrap
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well there goes that idea
Nosebleed Knicks Knicks 76ers tickets or a boat?
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