How Pam Bondi boosted Trump’s election fraud claims in a key swing state As Trump seeks to elevate Pam Bondi to attorney general, her work battling to overturn the 2020 vote in Pennsylvania is drawing new scrutiny.

How Pam Bondi boosted Trump's election fraud claims in a key swing state, via @BethReinhard
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Trump’s CDC pick wouldn’t let go of false theory vaccines cause autism Dave Weldon’s long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public health experts about his ability to run the CDC.

Dave Weldon’s long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public health experts about his ability to run the CDC. RFK Jr. had proposed Weldon for the job. By @bylenasun @FenitN @aaronjschaffer
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Trump set for $1 million ‘candlelight’ donor meetings after last campaign The president-elect is planning two big-dollar events ahead of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.

Trump set for $1 million ‘candlelight’ donor meetings after last campaign. Groups that benefit the president-elect are making big asks for events ahead of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, by @michaelscherer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

E.P.A. Again Seeks Limits on a Harmful Pesticide After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation.

In first Trump admin, EPA rejected advice of its own scientists to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in kids. The Biden admin is again trying to limit its use.
What would RFK Jr, who pledged to clean up our food supply “poisoning” children, do? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...

Analysis | It’s not just Kash Patel. Many Trump picks have suggested retribution. Trump’s pick for FBI director is the starkest case, but plenty of others have gone there, too.

It’s not just Kash Patel. Many Trump picks have suggested retribution. via @AaronBlake
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Why you shouldn’t reuse single-use plastics Many of us reuse single-use plastics like water bottles, take out containers and plastic bags. But is that safe?

“There are about 16,000 chemicals found in plastic, Mason said, over 4,200 of which are considered ‘highly hazardous.’
Because many chemicals are not bound to the plastic, those compounds can migrate into your food or drink”
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Trump aide sought payments from job seekers, internal legal review found Boris Epshteyn used his proximity to the president-elect to benefit himself, a Trump legal review found. He denies the allegation.

Trump aide Boris Epshteyn sought payments from job seekers, internal legal review found. He denies the allegation. From @iarnsdorf @jdawsey1 www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

Trump selects budget chief to 'dismantle the Deep State’ The president-elect selected the author of a chapter of Project 2025 for a senior administration posting.

NEW: Trump selects Russ Vought, architect of Project 2025, to lead White House budget office

Vought helped Trump craft plans to purge the Justice Department, deploy the military to quash civilian unrest, & massively expand presidential power over spending

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Opinion | Mehmet Oz loves promoting this inferior Medicare substitute Medicare Advantage costs the government billions of dollars more while throwing bureaucratic hurdles in the way of patients.

My latest: Dr. Oz loves promoting this inferior Medicare substitute "People on Medicare need a champion, who will prioritize their health over the financial health of the giant insurers ... There’s nothing in the record that suggests Oz is the right man for that job." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Father of Georgia school shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder The case against Colin Gray marks the first time the parent of an alleged school shooter has been charged with murder.

Attorneys for Colin Gray entered a not guilty plea in connection with the Georgia school shooting his son is accused of carrying out. The case against Gray marks the first time the parent of an alleged school shooter has been charged with murder.@hollybdc: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

Millions may not have health coverage if subsidies return to pre-Biden level Millions of people might lose or drop their health coverage when a Biden-era expansion of ACA subsidies expires next year.

Patients, medical providers and insurance companies fear a shake-up in the Affordable Care Act marketplace that could cause millions of people to drop their health coverage, after Republicans’ election wins made it more likely that ACA insurance plans will get more expensive.

Elon has been posting QAnon memes and dog whistles for years now and when I asked him why he just said "lol" and now he's close friends with the president-elect www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Jay Bhattacharya, an NIH critic, emerges as a top candidate to lead the agency The Stanford physician was excoriated by NIH’s director in 2020 for his “fringe” ideas on covid. Four years later, he’s poised for power in Trump’s Washington.

Four years ago, the NIH director dismissed Jay Bhattacharya’s proposal to end covid lockdowns as dangerous and “fringe.” Now Bhattacharya could lead the NIH under Trump, @ddiamond reports. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Opinion | Trump’s great government purge begins The president-elect’s plan to make the government more “efficient” is going just swell.

How can you tell Donald Trump’s plan to improve “government efficiency” is off to a promising start? Because his first step was appointing two people to do the same job. wapo.st/3Z3A3V3