Kendall Taggart
@kendalltaggart.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @bloomberg. Formerly @buzzfeednews @reveal. Reachable on Signal: @kendall.12
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A Private Equity Giant Took Over African Hospitals. Then the Complaints Rolled In
TPG told investors — including the World Bank, the Gates Foundation and Bono — that it would expand access to health care. Whistleblowers say it put profit ahead of patient safety.
www.bloomberg.com
Journalism has brought me into contact with a lot of sources who tried to blow the whistle. Often, those people ask to be anonymous. This is the rare story of someone who took on a major Wall Street firm and is willing to tell her story. 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
We dug into a similar situation in Colombia a couple years ago. Four children died and more than a hundred fell ill after receiving a drug that’s often used in chemotherapy treatment, @bloomberg.com found.
This shouldn’t keep happening.
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This shouldn’t keep happening.
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August 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We dug into a similar situation in Colombia a couple years ago. Four children died and more than a hundred fell ill after receiving a drug that’s often used in chemotherapy treatment, @bloomberg.com found.
This shouldn’t keep happening.
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This shouldn’t keep happening.
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Argentina is going through one of its worst health crises: more than 100 people died after receiving contaminated fentanyl in hospitals in different provinces.
@elhilopodcast.bsky.social talks with the families who were forced to investigate on their own what happened to their loved ones.
@elhilopodcast.bsky.social talks with the families who were forced to investigate on their own what happened to their loved ones.
Argentina atraviesa una de sus peores crisis sanitarias: más de 100 personas murieron tras recibir fentanilo contaminado en hospitales de distintas provincias. 🎧 En este episodio te contamos más: elhilo.audio/261
August 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Argentina is going through one of its worst health crises: more than 100 people died after receiving contaminated fentanyl in hospitals in different provinces.
@elhilopodcast.bsky.social talks with the families who were forced to investigate on their own what happened to their loved ones.
@elhilopodcast.bsky.social talks with the families who were forced to investigate on their own what happened to their loved ones.
The idea of using private equity firms to manage foreign development is gaining steam. So we started digging into what happened after the Wall Street giant TPG took over hospitals in Africa and Asia. Here are the takeaways 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Takeaways From Bloomberg Investigation of Hospitals Owned by TPG
After a private equity giant was brought in to manage facilities in Africa and Asia, complaints piled up.
www.bloomberg.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The idea of using private equity firms to manage foreign development is gaining steam. So we started digging into what happened after the Wall Street giant TPG took over hospitals in Africa and Asia. Here are the takeaways 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Journalism has brought me into contact with a lot of sources who tried to blow the whistle. Often, those people ask to be anonymous. This is the rare story of someone who took on a major Wall Street firm and is willing to tell her story. 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A Private Equity Giant Took Over African Hospitals. Then the Complaints Rolled In
TPG told investors — including the World Bank, the Gates Foundation and Bono — that it would expand access to health care. Whistleblowers say it put profit ahead of patient safety.
www.bloomberg.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Journalism has brought me into contact with a lot of sources who tried to blow the whistle. Often, those people ask to be anonymous. This is the rare story of someone who took on a major Wall Street firm and is willing to tell her story. 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Important read from the always impeccable @azmatzahra.bsky.social among many other strong contributors. Every journalist, as well as open source researchers, should take a moment for this and take action now to defend press freedom in Gaza.
"We need to alter our mindset and make structural changes to how we operate and how we advocate, or we will watch our colleagues be wiped out in place after place and conflict after conflict," @nickturse.bsky.social tells @columjournreview.bsky.social.
Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.
www.cjr.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Important read from the always impeccable @azmatzahra.bsky.social among many other strong contributors. Every journalist, as well as open source researchers, should take a moment for this and take action now to defend press freedom in Gaza.
It would be unthinkable for an urban firefighter to enter a burning home with no mask.
But internal records revealed the US Forest Service’s rationale for not equipping firefighters with masks: to admit the dangers of smoke, triggering a cascade of costly changes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
But internal records revealed the US Forest Service’s rationale for not equipping firefighters with masks: to admit the dangers of smoke, triggering a cascade of costly changes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
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August 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It would be unthinkable for an urban firefighter to enter a burning home with no mask.
But internal records revealed the US Forest Service’s rationale for not equipping firefighters with masks: to admit the dangers of smoke, triggering a cascade of costly changes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
But internal records revealed the US Forest Service’s rationale for not equipping firefighters with masks: to admit the dangers of smoke, triggering a cascade of costly changes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the F.D.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m...
Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.
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July 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the F.D.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m...
Eye-opening reporting from @tchristianmiller.bsky.social and Sebastian Rotella about how El Salvador’s government impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13 www.propublica.org/article/buke...
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S....
www.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Eye-opening reporting from @tchristianmiller.bsky.social and Sebastian Rotella about how El Salvador’s government impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13 www.propublica.org/article/buke...
The government’s own data, obtained by @propublica.org, @texastribune.org and journalists from Venezuela, showed that officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The government’s own data, obtained by @propublica.org, @texastribune.org and journalists from Venezuela, showed that officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 for the reporting, sources and #foia work that led to the release of this important memo, which further undercuts the Trump administration’s rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport scores of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
Spy Agencies Do Not Think Venezuela Directs Gang, Declassified Memo Shows
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 for the reporting, sources and #foia work that led to the release of this important memo, which further undercuts the Trump administration’s rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport scores of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
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Incredible @laurawags.bsky.social profile of NPR's Anas Baba, whose bravery is unmatched
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For NPR’s Anas Baba, covering the war in Gaza also means living it
The NPR producer is one of few Palestinian journalists working with a U.S. news organization to file dispatches from Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Incredible @laurawags.bsky.social profile of NPR's Anas Baba, whose bravery is unmatched
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For more than a year, my colleague Justin Scheck and I looked into why domestic workers from across East Africa, who are promised jobs and a better life in Saudi Arabia, continued to face abuse, starvation and death. Here's what we found.
East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia (Gift Article)
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
For more than a year, my colleague Justin Scheck and I looked into why domestic workers from across East Africa, who are promised jobs and a better life in Saudi Arabia, continued to face abuse, starvation and death. Here's what we found.
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Scoop: As federal health agencies are gutted, Kyle Diamantas, a Florida attorney w/ a slim resume + no prior gov't experience, is the new head of food safety at @US_FDA. Turns out, he's Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, @vanityfair.com is reporting exclusively: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f... /1
America’s Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy
As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president’s son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation’s food...
www.vanityfair.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Scoop: As federal health agencies are gutted, Kyle Diamantas, a Florida attorney w/ a slim resume + no prior gov't experience, is the new head of food safety at @US_FDA. Turns out, he's Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, @vanityfair.com is reporting exclusively: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f... /1
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NEW: The acting SEC chairman sought a pledge from staffers that their investigation of Musk was not influenced by politics, an unusual and jarring request that they rejected. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
SEC Official Sought Staff’s No-Politics Pledge on Musk Lawsuit
The case went forward, but the unusual request has contributed to a growing sense of unease inside the agency’s enforcement division, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: The acting SEC chairman sought a pledge from staffers that their investigation of Musk was not influenced by politics, an unusual and jarring request that they rejected. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Incredible stuff in here: They ID'ed him, in part, by going to court hearings and watching him post
February 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Incredible stuff in here: They ID'ed him, in part, by going to court hearings and watching him post
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The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC.
Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices.
@rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
Gift link:
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Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices.
@rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Health Department Layoffs Expand to Medicare, FDA
The Department of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC.
Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices.
@rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices.
@rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New story on one of consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts at USAID:
The system designed to alert the military about humanitarian aid workers locations in war zones is offline
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The system designed to alert the military about humanitarian aid workers locations in war zones is offline
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
USAID Shutdown Imperils Humanitarian Convoys in Conflict Zones
The Trump administration’s push to shutter the agency means it's unable to warn the US military where aid workers are operating
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February 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
New story on one of consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts at USAID:
The system designed to alert the military about humanitarian aid workers locations in war zones is offline
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The system designed to alert the military about humanitarian aid workers locations in war zones is offline
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New from @bloomberg.com:
A 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad that’s criss-crossing US government agencies was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor.
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad that’s criss-crossing US government agencies was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor.
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New from @bloomberg.com:
A 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad that’s criss-crossing US government agencies was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor.
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad that’s criss-crossing US government agencies was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor.
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 Gift Link: Most USAID Staff Across the World Will Be Put on Leave This Week www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @jasonleopold.bsky.social and John Harney
Most USAID Staff Across the World Will Be Put on Leave This Week
Most employees of the US Agency for International Development will be placed on administrative leave starting Friday.
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🎁 Gift Link: Most USAID Staff Across the World Will Be Put on Leave This Week www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @jasonleopold.bsky.social and John Harney
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First post is a scoop: The “DOGE kids” and their confrontation with USAID on Saturday. w/ @jasonleopold.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Behind DOGE’s Standoff at USAID: Desk Searches and Elon Musk Calling
Young staffers from Musk’s government-efficiency initiative gained access to sensitive information to cap a weeklong effort that puts the aid agency’s fate in question.
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
First post is a scoop: The “DOGE kids” and their confrontation with USAID on Saturday. w/ @jasonleopold.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/
February 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/