Jack Leonard
@jack-leonard.bsky.social
Journalist at ProPublica. Previously at the Los Angeles Times. Interested in accountability journalism, government misconduct/corruption and Arsenal football club.
In response to a @propublica.org story this week, Democratic senators have launched an inquiry into a White House official who intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro. www.propublica.org/article/paul...
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
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November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In response to a @propublica.org story this week, Democratic senators have launched an inquiry into a White House official who intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro. www.propublica.org/article/paul...
CLIMATE CHANGE: We tried to figure out how many people are expected to die as a result of Trump’s anti-green agenda: As many as 1.3 million. The latest from @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
CLIMATE CHANGE: We tried to figure out how many people are expected to die as a result of Trump’s anti-green agenda: As many as 1.3 million. The latest from @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...
EXCLUSIVE: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. Read and share the latest from @propublica.org. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Shapiro & @amierjeski.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. Read and share the latest from @propublica.org. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Shapiro & @amierjeski.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.
The Trump administration is rolling them back
By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
The Trump administration is rolling them back
By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.
The Trump administration is rolling them back
By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
The Trump administration is rolling them back
By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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2/ As the story also makes clear, having two such mortgages is not on its own evidence of wrongdoing. But it is a standard the Trump administration has been using to go after its political foes.
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
2/ As the story also makes clear, having two such mortgages is not on its own evidence of wrongdoing. But it is a standard the Trump administration has been using to go after its political foes.
Read our full story:
Read our full story:
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1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C.
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
September 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C.
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
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Once an ardent environmentalist who took on big polluters, RFK Jr. has been publicly silent on Trump dismantling efforts to combat climate change, pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to autism. By @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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August 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Once an ardent environmentalist who took on big polluters, RFK Jr. has been publicly silent on Trump dismantling efforts to combat climate change, pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to autism. By @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations. By
@propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical wast...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations. By
@propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People. By @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive gro...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People. By @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...
RFK Jr. Wants to Change a Program That Stopped Vaccine Makers From Leaving the U.S. Market. They Could Flee Again. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
RFK Jr. Wants to Change a Program That Stopped Vaccine Makers From Leaving the U.S. Market. They Could Flee Again. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
NEW: RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic. By @propublica.org's @sheinvestigates.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic.
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...
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July 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NEW: RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic. By @propublica.org's @sheinvestigates.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
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New:
The Trump Administration Leaned On Poor African Countries to Give Elon Musk’s Company What It Wants
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w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Leaned On Poor African Countries to Give Elon Musk’s Company What It Wants
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...
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May 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New:
The Trump Administration Leaned On Poor African Countries to Give Elon Musk’s Company What It Wants
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Leaned On Poor African Countries to Give Elon Musk’s Company What It Wants
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2.
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...
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May 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2.
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...
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May 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
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NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.
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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.
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Exclusive: Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show. By @propublica.org's @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Exclusive: Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show. By @propublica.org's @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A gun owners group has called for a federal inquiry Into the firearms industry’s secret sharing of customer data with political operatives. @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social revealed details about the industry's program last year www.propublica.org/article/gun-...
Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data
Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member...
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April 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A gun owners group has called for a federal inquiry Into the firearms industry’s secret sharing of customer data with political operatives. @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social revealed details about the industry's program last year www.propublica.org/article/gun-...
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Zeldin and Trump have publicly called out environmental activists by name. On social media, people have responded to their allegations with calls to imprison the people he has targeted, charge them with treason and even execute them
www.propublica.org/article/eart...
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Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists
Abigail Dillen sees the increase of lawsuits targeting green groups as just one of the growing threats to environmental advocacy organizations — and the people who staff them.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Zeldin and Trump have publicly called out environmental activists by name. On social media, people have responded to their allegations with calls to imprison the people he has targeted, charge them with treason and even execute them
www.propublica.org/article/eart...
www.propublica.org/article/eart...
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The Trump administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said. @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion
The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could ju...
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April 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Trump administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said. @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion
The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could ju...
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April 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
NEW: The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations. The agency’s explanation alarms some public health experts and shows a shift in the CDC’s messaging about vaccines. @propublica.org's @sheinvestigates.bsky.social breaks the news www.propublica.org/article/meas...
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
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March 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NEW: The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations. The agency’s explanation alarms some public health experts and shows a shift in the CDC’s messaging about vaccines. @propublica.org's @sheinvestigates.bsky.social breaks the news www.propublica.org/article/meas...