Judy Graham
@judygraham.bsky.social
Investigative reporter, national correspondent, columnist. Interested in all things having to do with the healthcare system. And aging. Knitter, potter, hiker, daily cook. Chicago-born. Now a Rocky Mountain gal.
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Here's some very practical thinking about the whole whistle thing -- very well done:
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Here's some very practical thinking about the whole whistle thing -- very well done:
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"So, what comes after failure?" Particularly timely reading as this year's COP heads toward a particularly miserable close: theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"So, what comes after failure?" Particularly timely reading as this year's COP heads toward a particularly miserable close: theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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This essay is beautiful and sad and expresses so much of the pain of living with cancer while science is under attack. Made worse by the fact that Bobby is her cousin.
Caroline Kennedy’s daughter Tatiana Schlossberg announces she has terminal cancer with a year to live in an essay in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This essay is beautiful and sad and expresses so much of the pain of living with cancer while science is under attack. Made worse by the fact that Bobby is her cousin.
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It’s a story repeating itself: Border Patrol agents flood immigrant neighborhoods, showing dramatic force. They’ve let Chicago for Charlotte. They will keep roving across the country. But no matter where they go, Chicagoans will try to stop them. Read: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
Chicago activists share blueprint for resisting Border Patrol: ‘Chicago clearly is front and center’
As President Donald Trump’s ramped up Border Patrol action hits city after city, Chicago’s immigration-focused community organizers are following.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s a story repeating itself: Border Patrol agents flood immigrant neighborhoods, showing dramatic force. They’ve let Chicago for Charlotte. They will keep roving across the country. But no matter where they go, Chicagoans will try to stop them. Read: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
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#ICYMI: The KFF-@nytimes.com survey finds 41% of immigrants now fear they or a family member could be detained or deported — up from 26% in 2023.
Unease is not limited to those who are undocumented: Fear has increased the most among lawfully present immigrants and naturalized citizens.
Unease is not limited to those who are undocumented: Fear has increased the most among lawfully present immigrants and naturalized citizens.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#ICYMI: The KFF-@nytimes.com survey finds 41% of immigrants now fear they or a family member could be detained or deported — up from 26% in 2023.
Unease is not limited to those who are undocumented: Fear has increased the most among lawfully present immigrants and naturalized citizens.
Unease is not limited to those who are undocumented: Fear has increased the most among lawfully present immigrants and naturalized citizens.
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With the incomparable @mimirocah1.bsky.social on the inside story of a DOJ in disarray.
The Prosecutorial Malpractice Coming From Pam Bondi’s DOJ Is Getting Harder to Hide.
The President’s Dear Pam posts are really starting to backfire.
slate.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
With the incomparable @mimirocah1.bsky.social on the inside story of a DOJ in disarray.
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How can FDA allow TV ads for GLP-1 drug microdosing without any data?
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
Rebel Wilson goes Micro with Noom
YouTube video by Noom
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How can FDA allow TV ads for GLP-1 drug microdosing without any data?
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
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Concerning esults reported by Nagler et al: 59% of Americans are neutral/display some degree of support for cutting funds for work that "provides the foundational knowledge about how the natural world works, which might lead to future discoveries about human health www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Public Concern about Threats to Public Health and Science Remains Modest | Milbank Memorial Fund
US adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey.
www.milbank.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Concerning esults reported by Nagler et al: 59% of Americans are neutral/display some degree of support for cutting funds for work that "provides the foundational knowledge about how the natural world works, which might lead to future discoveries about human health www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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RFK Jr. gaslights parents about vaccines and autism.
RFK Jr. gaslights parents about vaccines and autism.
Dr. Offit.mp4 - Dr. Offit - Frame.io
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November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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RFK Jr. gaslights parents about vaccines and autism.
RFK Jr. gaslights parents about vaccines and autism.
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Thank you for this excellent reporting. Please use your broad audience to educate on Kushner’s role in crafting this deal, which is just breaking. This seems a huge, unsurprising but underreported factor which points directly to likely Trump family enrichment through it. 1/
Trump Aides Met With Russian in Miami, Prompting Scrutiny Over Ukraine Peace Plan
U.S. officials and lawmakers are increasingly alarmed by a recent meeting involving the Trump administration and Kirill Dmitriev, a sanctioned Russian envoy
moderndiplomacy.eu
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thank you for this excellent reporting. Please use your broad audience to educate on Kushner’s role in crafting this deal, which is just breaking. This seems a huge, unsurprising but underreported factor which points directly to likely Trump family enrichment through it. 1/
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In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
The state aims to give children a better start, but faces supply and staffing concerns.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
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Expectant parents believed influencers and podcasters who said they didn’t need a doctor or midwife for childbirth.
Their babies died.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Their babies died.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Expectant parents believed influencers and podcasters who said they didn’t need a doctor or midwife for childbirth.
Their babies died.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Their babies died.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
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Much of the non-US media is reporting the COP30 outcome as a "catastrophe" for the climate & the world.
Nearly 200 countries reached an agreement at the United Nations climate talks about how to advance efforts to address global warming.
Major oil and gas producers blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
Major oil and gas producers blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord
Major oil and gas producers at the U.N. climate summit blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Much of the non-US media is reporting the COP30 outcome as a "catastrophe" for the climate & the world.
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Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans
CNN
November 21, 2025
By Katherine Dillinger, Jen Christensen
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/wash...
#AvianFlu #Washington
CNN
November 21, 2025
By Katherine Dillinger, Jen Christensen
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/wash...
#AvianFlu #Washington
Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans
stillcoviding.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans
CNN
November 21, 2025
By Katherine Dillinger, Jen Christensen
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/wash...
#AvianFlu #Washington
CNN
November 21, 2025
By Katherine Dillinger, Jen Christensen
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/wash...
#AvianFlu #Washington
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
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RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
Love the Post’s headlines
NY Post editors are, to use their phrase, freaking out.
"Slugfest turns into a lovefest"
"Slugfest turns into a lovefest"
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Love the Post’s headlines
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Tehran is a city of ten million people in a location that has been settled for six thousand years. Its survival as a city is now threatened by drought.
The potential relocation of the capital of Iran could be destabilizing to the Iranian regime, which would have major geopolitical implications.
The potential relocation of the capital of Iran could be destabilizing to the Iranian regime, which would have major geopolitical implications.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tehran is a city of ten million people in a location that has been settled for six thousand years. Its survival as a city is now threatened by drought.
The potential relocation of the capital of Iran could be destabilizing to the Iranian regime, which would have major geopolitical implications.
The potential relocation of the capital of Iran could be destabilizing to the Iranian regime, which would have major geopolitical implications.
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Our new policy explainer examines the implications of Republican proposals to repeal and replace some or all of the ACA premium tax credits, which currently help make Marketplace coverage more affordable, with federal contributions to HSAs or the like.
https://on.kff.org/4a9fZGB
https://on.kff.org/4a9fZGB
The New ACA Repeal and Replace: Health Savings Accounts | KFF
Proposals from some Republicans in Congress would effectively repeal some or all of the ACA premium tax credits and replace them with contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or something simil...
on.kff.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Our new policy explainer examines the implications of Republican proposals to repeal and replace some or all of the ACA premium tax credits, which currently help make Marketplace coverage more affordable, with federal contributions to HSAs or the like.
https://on.kff.org/4a9fZGB
https://on.kff.org/4a9fZGB
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is FANTASTIC.
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
This weekend, artists are speaking out across the country
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is FANTASTIC.
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...