Despite reluctance to get personal here, I want to disseminate this obituary for my dad, a long time public servant and single parent, who died last month. He also worked as a journalist, which is why I do too. dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/bro…

Read Sarah Kliff on research from Neale Mahoney Ray Kluender on the benefits of canceling medical debt--a great reminder that RCTs can surprise us. nytimes.com/2024/04/08/sci…

A big new economics study looked at the impact of paying of patients' medical debt – and couldn't find any.

Fascinating and surprising result from Neale Mahoney Ray Kluender & co that challenges medical debt relief as a policy solution.

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A key Senate panel plans to haul UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty to Capitol Hill this spring, as lawmakers want answers on the Change Healthcare crisis. $UNH

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Great, but don't forget the red pandas have been there all along, staying out of politics, just quietly doing their job.

Flaco has been starring in his nightly one-owl show on Broadway (and sometimes West End Avenue). What showtune would you like him to sing? 🦉 ❤️ 🎶

Getting closer to FlacoTheOwl anniversary of being free.
I’m committing to make an illustration daily of him on this January.
Manhattan Bird Alert The New Yorker The New York Times Good Morning America Guggenheim Museum
#birdcpp #flacotheowl #nyc #nyfw

TIL: There have been 17,000 federal cases decided citing Chevron. nytimes.com/2024/01/17/us/… Adam Liptak

Roger Stone is trending, because he's on tape talking about assassinating members of Congress. But also: Julie Jenkins Fancelli, the billionaire who bankrolled the 1/6 rally, paid for Stone to have tens of thousands of dollars worth of dental work in 2021. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Trying something new! Psyched to work with David Leonhard:

Adam Kushner, a sharp, curious and collegial editor, will help oversee the Morning’s operations

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Guess who’s behind claims that banning menthol cigarettes would help Hamas? motherjones.com/politics/2023/…

Found out today (by way of generic email) I'm getting laid off from Vox.

I would love to talk opportunities for an experienced climate journalist, editor, and investigative reporter.

“My landlord came in my apartment at that time and I had all these cookies around and I was like, ‘I’m really sorry, I can’t offer you a cookie.’ And he probably just thought I was really mean,” she said. nytimes.com/2023/11/27/art… Sopan Deb

[me, using twitter like it's 2019]

Friends! The deadline to apply for the Upshot's 2024-25 fellowship is Dec. 1. Feel free to DM questions to me, or contact Aatish Bhatia, Frankie Paris or Court Cox with questions about how annoying I am

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The response by abortion providers and activists to the end of Roe seems to have resulted in *more* access to abortion where it’s still legal — not just for women traveling from states with bans but also for women living there: nytimes.com/2023/10/24/ups…
via Claire Cain Miller Margot Sanger-Katz

Well, at least 15 GOP defections from Jordan so far -- and 5 others haven't answered when their names were called.

New — Jim Jordan is ready to go as many rounds as it takes to become speaker and believes he will be closer than McCarthy was on the first ballot in January (where he lost 19), per source familiar w matter.
“Whatever it takes to get a speaker today,” Jordan tells us here

Come be a fellow at the The Upshot, and work with our awesome team for a year. nytco.com/press/applicat…

New - Steve Scalise withdraws as speaker designee!

Helpful John Kelly column explaining the current bonkers acorn situation. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…