Brendi Bluitt
@brendibluitt.bsky.social
Media Relations @ Edelman | DC ANC 4D03 Commissioner | Pediatric Cancer Advocate
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The District of Columbia is under attack today — not from violent gangs or thieves, but by the President of the United States.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
August 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The District of Columbia is under attack today — not from violent gangs or thieves, but by the President of the United States.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
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Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
Spitfire News
A newsletter from Kat Tenbarge about internet culture, politics, and media.
spitfirenews.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
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FDA just sent out a drug safety communication to add a boxed warning to a drug so some comms are getting out. #healthpolicy
January 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FDA just sent out a drug safety communication to add a boxed warning to a drug so some comms are getting out. #healthpolicy
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Religion must be celebrated, protected, and venerated, Trump apparently thinks — just so long as the faith community is telling him what he wants to hear. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Following sermon, Trump and his allies target Episcopal bishop
Religion must be celebrated, protected and venerated, Trump apparently thinks — just so long as the faith community is telling him what he wants to hear.
www.msnbc.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Religion must be celebrated, protected, and venerated, Trump apparently thinks — just so long as the faith community is telling him what he wants to hear. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Great to see the newly elected ANC 4D in action tonight for their first public meeting of 2025! And thank you to Jenn Kauffman for stepping up as Chair; @brendibluitt.bsky.social as Vice Chair; Stoyan Dimitrov as Secretary; and Kayla Baker as Treasurer!
January 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Great to see the newly elected ANC 4D in action tonight for their first public meeting of 2025! And thank you to Jenn Kauffman for stepping up as Chair; @brendibluitt.bsky.social as Vice Chair; Stoyan Dimitrov as Secretary; and Kayla Baker as Treasurer!
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This is so sad. We need more real news, not less. I get that people can walk with their dollars but I’m not sure anyone will be better off without the Washington Post www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/m...
The Washington Post lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists exit | CNN Business
The Washington Post on Tuesday laid off roughly 100 employees across its business division, the latest indication of the newspaper’s financial woes after subscribers and staffers revolted over owner J...
www.cnn.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is so sad. We need more real news, not less. I get that people can walk with their dollars but I’m not sure anyone will be better off without the Washington Post www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/m...
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The Philly Inquirer (@inquirer.com) has a bunch of job openings right now -- including one on the health desk! Come work with our extremely cool team full of extremely smart reporters (and me).
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January 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Philly Inquirer (@inquirer.com) has a bunch of job openings right now -- including one on the health desk! Come work with our extremely cool team full of extremely smart reporters (and me).
inquirer.rec.pro.ukg.net/PHI1500PHILI...
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Station platforms? ✅
Walkways? ✅
Parking lots? ✅
We’ve been on top of snow clearing efforts since yesterday morning, and we’re not letting up 💪 Remember: Metrobus is operating under a Severe snow plan, but routes will be added back as conditions improve. #wmata
Walkways? ✅
Parking lots? ✅
We’ve been on top of snow clearing efforts since yesterday morning, and we’re not letting up 💪 Remember: Metrobus is operating under a Severe snow plan, but routes will be added back as conditions improve. #wmata
January 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Station platforms? ✅
Walkways? ✅
Parking lots? ✅
We’ve been on top of snow clearing efforts since yesterday morning, and we’re not letting up 💪 Remember: Metrobus is operating under a Severe snow plan, but routes will be added back as conditions improve. #wmata
Walkways? ✅
Parking lots? ✅
We’ve been on top of snow clearing efforts since yesterday morning, and we’re not letting up 💪 Remember: Metrobus is operating under a Severe snow plan, but routes will be added back as conditions improve. #wmata
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1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021
After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their po...
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January 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
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After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
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UnitedHealth is best known as an insurer, but they are deeply involved in many facets of the US health care system. @statnews.com has been investigating their business practices for years. In this video, the reporting team goes in depth about all they’ve learned. youtu.be/B0VJGEv5IGw?...
Inside STAT's investigations of UnitedHealth Group
YouTube video by STAT
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December 23, 2024 at 9:59 PM
UnitedHealth is best known as an insurer, but they are deeply involved in many facets of the US health care system. @statnews.com has been investigating their business practices for years. In this video, the reporting team goes in depth about all they’ve learned. youtu.be/B0VJGEv5IGw?...
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On the heels of the terrible news surrounding Brian Thompson’s murder and the bizarre groundswell of support for the alleged shooter, I was invited to write an op-ed -- "A Shock to the U.S. Health Industry" -- for O'Dwyer's Public Relations News.
READ HERE: www.odwyerpr.com/story/public...
READ HERE: www.odwyerpr.com/story/public...
A Shock to the U.S. Health Industry
The public sentiment surrounding the tragic murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson reveals the deep-seated resentment the American public harbors toward a health system they feel has abandoned ...
www.odwyerpr.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
On the heels of the terrible news surrounding Brian Thompson’s murder and the bizarre groundswell of support for the alleged shooter, I was invited to write an op-ed -- "A Shock to the U.S. Health Industry" -- for O'Dwyer's Public Relations News.
READ HERE: www.odwyerpr.com/story/public...
READ HERE: www.odwyerpr.com/story/public...
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BALTIMORE — Luigi Mangione was a young prince of this city, his family's name etched on some of its walls. Then his life began to crumble.
In @washingtonpost.com tonight, our close look at Mangione — and the path that led him to a NYC sidewalk, a shock killing, and now a Pennsylvania prison cell.
In @washingtonpost.com tonight, our close look at Mangione — and the path that led him to a NYC sidewalk, a shock killing, and now a Pennsylvania prison cell.
Luigi Mangione ‘had so much to offer’ — now, he is a murder suspect
“As I knew him, he was a creator, not a taker of life,” one former classmate said of the man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:33 AM
BALTIMORE — Luigi Mangione was a young prince of this city, his family's name etched on some of its walls. Then his life began to crumble.
In @washingtonpost.com tonight, our close look at Mangione — and the path that led him to a NYC sidewalk, a shock killing, and now a Pennsylvania prison cell.
In @washingtonpost.com tonight, our close look at Mangione — and the path that led him to a NYC sidewalk, a shock killing, and now a Pennsylvania prison cell.
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Tell me your stories about health insurance! My essay yesterday brought out many well wishes and similar stories. Have you ever been denied coverage or hit with unexpected bills? DM me here or email: melodyaschreiber@gmail.com. (And please boost!)
December 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Tell me your stories about health insurance! My essay yesterday brought out many well wishes and similar stories. Have you ever been denied coverage or hit with unexpected bills? DM me here or email: melodyaschreiber@gmail.com. (And please boost!)
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Some very brief thoughts on how the shocking killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has increasingly hit home.
If you knew Luigi Mangione, please reach out — I'm at dan.diamond@washpost.com or available by text at 650-485-1374 and continuing to report here.
If you knew Luigi Mangione, please reach out — I'm at dan.diamond@washpost.com or available by text at 650-485-1374 and continuing to report here.
A mind-boggling update (for me) in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO
I've been covering the story. Then I learned the alleged shooter attended the same schools as me.
dandiamond.substack.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Some very brief thoughts on how the shocking killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has increasingly hit home.
If you knew Luigi Mangione, please reach out — I'm at dan.diamond@washpost.com or available by text at 650-485-1374 and continuing to report here.
If you knew Luigi Mangione, please reach out — I'm at dan.diamond@washpost.com or available by text at 650-485-1374 and continuing to report here.
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ProPublica’s mission is to spur change through investigative reporting. But what does that really mean?
On Dec. 12, hear from our Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg, President @robinsparkman.bsky.social and Managing Editors @charlesornstein.bsky.social, Ginger Thompson and Tracy Weber.
RSVP 👇
On Dec. 12, hear from our Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg, President @robinsparkman.bsky.social and Managing Editors @charlesornstein.bsky.social, Ginger Thompson and Tracy Weber.
RSVP 👇
ProPublica & Impact: Then, Now and Next
Join us for an in-depth look at how our reporting spurs change
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December 2, 2024 at 9:00 PM
ProPublica’s mission is to spur change through investigative reporting. But what does that really mean?
On Dec. 12, hear from our Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg, President @robinsparkman.bsky.social and Managing Editors @charlesornstein.bsky.social, Ginger Thompson and Tracy Weber.
RSVP 👇
On Dec. 12, hear from our Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg, President @robinsparkman.bsky.social and Managing Editors @charlesornstein.bsky.social, Ginger Thompson and Tracy Weber.
RSVP 👇
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This year, as I looked around my holiday table — at my seated guests — my focus wasn’t on the menu but on the bundle of health concerns represented.
Health innovation has no holiday and no long weekend to rest—my thoughts on #BeingWellpub.
#patientcare #healthpolicy
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Health innovation has no holiday and no long weekend to rest—my thoughts on #BeingWellpub.
#patientcare #healthpolicy
medium.com/beingwell/re...
Reflecting on Gratitude, Health and Mission: A Thanksgiving Call to Action
Life Science Innovation Must Have a Welcomed Seat at the Table Everyday
medium.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:56 PM
This year, as I looked around my holiday table — at my seated guests — my focus wasn’t on the menu but on the bundle of health concerns represented.
Health innovation has no holiday and no long weekend to rest—my thoughts on #BeingWellpub.
#patientcare #healthpolicy
medium.com/beingwell/re...
Health innovation has no holiday and no long weekend to rest—my thoughts on #BeingWellpub.
#patientcare #healthpolicy
medium.com/beingwell/re...
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The life expectancy gap in the United States widened to over 20 years in the last 2 decades, with significant variations in life expectancy across diverse populations, study results published in The Lancet revealed.
www.healio.com/news/primary...
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‘Truly alarming’: Life expectancy gap in the US now up to 20 years
The life expectancy gap in the United States widened to over 20 years in the last 2 decades, with significant variations in life expectancy across diverse populations, study results published in The L...
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November 27, 2024 at 11:25 AM
The life expectancy gap in the United States widened to over 20 years in the last 2 decades, with significant variations in life expectancy across diverse populations, study results published in The Lancet revealed.
www.healio.com/news/primary...
www.healio.com/news/primary...
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Breaking news: President-elect Donald Trump said he will issue executive orders imposing tariffs of 25 percent on Mexican and Canadian goods and 10 percent on Chinese merchandise as one of his first acts on Inauguration Day.
Trump promises specific tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico
If enacted, they would violate the 2020 deal that the United States inked with Canada and Mexico during Donald Trump’s first term.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Breaking news: President-elect Donald Trump said he will issue executive orders imposing tariffs of 25 percent on Mexican and Canadian goods and 10 percent on Chinese merchandise as one of his first acts on Inauguration Day.
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learned in this piece that Bluesky is majority owned by its employees, that's nice www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Meta scrambles to respond to upstart social platform Bluesky’s surge
Threads, Meta’s answer to Elon Musk’s X, makes changes to incorporate features that have drawn millions to its much smaller rival.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:20 PM
learned in this piece that Bluesky is majority owned by its employees, that's nice www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Thanks to so many science & health experts for describing why they're here on Bluesky, and what the moves could mean for science communication and public health messaging: www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b...
Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here's why
#MedTwitter is migrating en masse from X to Bluesky, suddenly making it an essential hub for scientific discourse. Here's why.
www.statnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Thanks to so many science & health experts for describing why they're here on Bluesky, and what the moves could mean for science communication and public health messaging: www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b...
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NEW @kff.org calculator tool shows how much more ACA enrollees will pay if enhanced subsidies to expire
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How Much More Would People Pay in Premiums if the ACA's Enhanced Subsidies Expired? | KFF
Enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies lower premium payments for ACA Marketplace coverage by boosting existing ACA subsidies and making some people newly eligible. Enrollees across incomes bene...
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November 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM
NEW @kff.org calculator tool shows how much more ACA enrollees will pay if enhanced subsidies to expire
www.kff.org/interactive/...
www.kff.org/interactive/...