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Jenn Kauffman

@jennaudrey.bsky.social
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Local DC policy is my work. MPH health equity @ BU SPH is my school. Alum of AFL-CIO & UMass Labor Center (among other places). I talk mostly about public health + politics + workers’ rights. **Personal account.**

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 12h
“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine views were a major factor in shelving an Agriculture Department avian flu response plan, according to five people with direct knowledge of the matter, a pause that’s alarming lawmakers as wild birds begin migrating for the winter.”
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‘It's time to get a vaccine in place’: RFK Jr.’s views helped stall bird flu plan
USDA shelved strategy for inoculating birds after the Health secretary criticized the idea.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 11h
RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 12): The new NIH vaccine injury clinic is likely a sham designed to manufacture evidence of fake vaccines risks and offer a sop to MAHA. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de... via @sciencebasedmed.bsky.social @gorskon.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 12): The new NIH vaccine injury clinic is likely a sham
Last week, RFK Jr. and his minions opened a "vaccine injury clinic" at the NIH. With no budget, structure, or leadership announced, the program appears to be a sham in service of RFK Jr.'s war on vacc
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 12h
Military patrolling the Columbia Heights ballot box at 6:44 pm "It's a public sidewalk" the lead soldier said when reminded of the law. Photo by self
One of a troop of three soldiers patrolling the Columbia Heights ballot box, October 14, 2026
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 16h
For sure — just naming that I don’t think all these items are actually adaptive anymore, but rather some of them used to be.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump “was troubled that Guilfoyle was making money off his presidency,” the WSJ informs us, with the journalistic equivalent of a straight face.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I’ve clicked through many of the items listed, and only some have adaptive features. For those items, it looks like you can select the adaptive “fit,” just like you would with petite. I wonder if the ones that don’t previously had that option — but this section still lists them anyway.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A quote that honestly applies to so much the administration has done during the last 2 years.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This story makes it sound like the major problem is that the Trump Admin did this w/in 60 days of an election. Yes, that's a real abuse. But the major problem is they're basically threatening to denaturalize an opposition legislator, based on racist insinuations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (Gift Article)
The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 12/10/2026
Unnamed DHS spokesperson tells Reuters, “Today in the Washington, D.C. area, Homeland Security Investigations executed ​a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice.” That this is led by HSI is chilling.
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US launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home
US authorities conducted a predawn Monday raid on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar as part ​of an ongoing investigation, the Justice Department said.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026
is there anyone thinking/writing about the actual mechanics of disentangling the US government from elon musk?
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.
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Janeese4DC @janeese4dc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We can and we must build more homes for all of us.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I said at the time, “Milhoan wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread. “This is so dangerous as to approach criminality”. And here we are, with RFK Jr. conducting his experiment on Americans.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New York Times confirms reports that, days before Oct. 7, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed warned Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major attack. According to five former senior Israeli officials, Netanyahu never passed the warning to Israel.
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New York Times sources back Haaretz report that UAE president warned Netanyahu before 7 October
Five former senior Israeli officials told the Times the warning never reached Israel's security chiefs. Netanyahu denies the call and has ordered lawyers to sue Haaretz.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
exclusive from @lenasun.bsky.social and @rachelroubein.bsky.social: states will be able to order Covid vax for kids as soon as next week, through the CDC program that serves half of American children www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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States can soon order covid vaccines for low-income children, after delay
The Vaccines for Children program, which serves nearly half the nation’s youths, had been in limbo for almost a month, with doctors unable to obtain the shots.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Everyone stop, this is important
A black and white drawing of three dachshunds arranged vertically, each holding a different optical illusion object in its mouth, and the dogs themselves drawn as if a single line optical illusion. The top dog holds a Penrose triangle, the middle dog holds a Necker cube, and the bottom dog holds a Penrose trident. The dogs’ bodies are elongated in an exaggerated cartoon style. The artwork is signed “@IndieTheIntrovert” in the bottom right corner.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why is Matty even on this app? Does he just look for posts to QT with his insufferable takes?
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Mean Girls Lohan
Alt: Mean Girls gif — the scene where Damian, in a lavender hoodie and sunglasses, shouts out, “She doesn’t even go here!” in the crowded gym. The caption has “HE” on top of the “she.”
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is kidnapping: “The new policy also bars immigration officers from sharing information about a detainee’s location with their attorneys or relatives by phone.” wapo.st/4dSf4vhhi 🎁 🔗
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Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being taken into ICE custody.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 22/09/2026
I remember the exact moment, early in my transition, working in Copenhagen, when I realized I was being perceived as a woman by my male coworkers. I realized it because they were interrupting and talking over me in meetings.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We’ve got an Ivy League provost over here who can’t use his own brain to write an OpEd, he needs ChatGPT to help him with his sentences and thoughts. He needs the bot to write emails clearly. I’m so disgusted and also laughing so hard somehow
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As someone born in 1979, I just scheduled my titers test!
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin. He’s been taken out of the hospital and into ICE custody. If ICE deports him, the key witness to their shooting disappears. He must not be removed from this country, and he must receive proper medical care.
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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, sparking demands for full investigation
The lawyer for the man identified him as a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Officials said he was shot at least once in the torso and was in serious but stable condition.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Briefly detained” = beat half to death
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why do white men become white nationalists? Interesting new empirical results in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
ere we show with three national surveys of non-Hispanic white adults (conducted from 2021 to 2025) that support for white nationalism is (1) higher among white people encountering personal hardship and local social distress, consistent with strain theories3,16; (2) unrelated to local racial composition or recent demographic change, complicating status threat accounts4,17,18; and (3) elevated among white people with close friendships primarily online, consistent with theories of extremism driven by online mobilization7,10,19.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also +1000 to this
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 20/09/2026
NEW: Tues 9/22, Sen Blumenthal & Rep Garcia will hold their 5th public forum on DHS abuses with witness testimony from family members of Ruben Martinez, Renée Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, & Johan Durán Guerrero—who were all fatally shot by federal immigration agents
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wow, this frightening image right here might be one of the best endorsements of why people should vaccinate.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is eugenics
Emily Hilliard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed on Wednesday that the department had not yet made a decision about whether to provide the shots through that program.
Vaccines for Children provides free shots to children who are uninsured, underinsured or eligible for Medicaid, as well as to American Indian and Alaska Native children.
Pediatric doses are available for children who have insurance, or whose parents can afford to pay for vaccines out of pocket.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Are these turkeys in Virginia? Or turkeys at a VA facility? (Fun fact: when I drive past the VA Hospital in DC, Google Maps gets confused and always says, “Welcome to Virginia.”)
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not only is this terrible campaign advice, it’s bad policy.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Please be on the lookout for this Ward 5 teen and keep her family in your thoughts.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is voter intimidation.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’ - Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/one-of...
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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Faïza @fayza.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
Credit : vinn_ayy (IG)
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
While everyone is talking about the federal government deficit, it's worth remembering that state and municipal budgets are also in absolute shambles and will be for potentially years going forward. So people are going to be getting hit hard from all directions.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Unfortunately too many Democratic PACs use this tactic too
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m so sorry — what a way to start your vacation 😭
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump's attacks on our civil liberties didn't come out of nowhere. The groundwork for his Orwellian surveillance state was laid by the post-9/11 PATRIOT Act. Only one Senator at the time had the foresight to see what it would unleash.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If the media is going to demand that Democrats disavow a Twitch streamer they’ve never associated, they better demand Ted Cruz disavow the Republican convention attendee who responded to Cruz’s own attacks on Democrats with calls for their murder.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
JUST IN: SCOTUS sides with the Missouri supreme court, again. With no stated dissent, they grant a stay on Judge Clark's ruling that Missouri can only use the new gerrymander. That means the old, 2022 map has to be used, likely saving Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Supreme Court stay specifies it remains in place until the 8th circuit decides the case. That means that the district court is definitively overruled and the map with one fewer R will be in effect for the election. Quite a 72 hour circus, but bottom line is federal District Court was way off base.
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CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
All Ward 4 community members are invited to a day out at the ballpark! The @nationals will be playing the Los Angeles Angels on Sun, Sep 13 at 1:35pm Nationals Park. Visit JaneeseWard4.com/Nats to register for your free tickets and for more info. Can't wait to see you there! 💜
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Over 170,00 Salvadorans were set to lose TPS today, a status they've had for 25 years. But DHS hasn't made any announcement about termination or extension. Now this vague comment was given to reporters, the only public info. A shocking level of callousness over a decision which affects so many.

Angi Gonzalez
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#BREAKING Overnight : 
@DHSgov
 tells me that #TPS recipients from El Salvador will continue to have protections until a decision is made about the program. Those protections were set to expire today. This will likely be a small relief to about 200,000 in the U.S.  
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have been beating the drum on this for a long time, but here's yet more survey evidence (from @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social) that campaigning against corruption by linking it to affordability is a winning public opinion issue navigatorresearch.org/americans-ar...
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Releasing Bari’s grip on CBS’ news content may be with reach. Sources are quoted as saying if the revamped 60 Minutes doesn’t get 10M viewers, it’s “cooked.” Do not hate watch — boycott the show on TV and do not click on any of its links.
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