Jordan Tenenbaum

JD/MPH | Budget & appropriations wonk advocating for sustainable public health policies | @cdcgov alum | ☕️ 24/7 | Thoughts are mine.

[Jordan Tenenbaum @jtenenbaum]

I have a public health joke, but funding for it wasn’t sustained.

[Amanda Hunter, MPH, EMT @AmandaHunterMPH]

I have an epidemiology joke, but we’re still looking into it.

[NOTUS @NOTUSreports]

The Star launches in June with dramatically expanded coverage of Washington politics and policy — and new coverage of D.C. itself. The District isn’t just the place where politics happens. It’s home to the people who pull the levers of power. It’s where they live and work and commute and eat and vote and navigate the unique intersection of politics and real life.

The Star will cover all of it, from Donald Trump’s stamp on the District to the ambitions of its first new mayor in more than a decade. Who’s wielding power in D.C.? What’s driving them? What impact are they having on housing, schools, transportation and the District’s neighborhoods? What’s next for Home Rule? For statehood? And will the Nationals ever be good again?

We’ll do it with the same rigor we bring to our coverage of national politics and policy, and we’ll do it with the best local reporting team in D.C. We’re excited to announce the start of that team today — veteran journalists you know and trust, plus newcomers who will bring fresh eyes to the vibrant and sometimes vexing place we all call home.

[Sarah Isgur @whignewtons]

“There are no maverick molecules in the universe.”

Haven’t seen a conversation like this—intellectual, philosophical, big picture—on tv in decades. It’s incredible.

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

RFKJr demanded 1 example of a time he's ever said misinformation. @jessicamalaty, @KnurickJessica, & I found 21, and we didn't even finish.

https://t.co/LfuJrvSWNZ

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

given rising global populism — and tendency to demonize people with little power in society — worth reflecting that the hero in Australia's mass shooting was a Syrian refugee, and the key witness in the Brown University shooting was a homeless man

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Despite the focus on Making America Healthy, health agencies overseen by RFK Jr are retreating from their anti-smoking warnings, Darius reports.

[Jordan Tenenbaum @jtenenbaum]

@nickcjacobs @ShawnChittle Monroe St. Market by Catholic U was built about 15 years ago in phases and sadly the developer did a poor job of holding rent down and terms that would be amenable to more local businesses for that stretch. That being said we have loved living up here for 14 of those 15 years.

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

CDC is not a Democratic or Republican agency. It's an American agency. One in three employees have been lost in recent months. This is dismantling of our health protections, not reform.

[Jordan Tenenbaum @jtenenbaum]

@jamiedupree I believe there is sufficient transfer authority for DoD in 10 U.S.C. §2214 https://t.co/ao1rcDV7q3

[Jordan Tenenbaum @jtenenbaum]

@jamiedupree 10 U.S.C. §2214

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

In March 2024 RFK said [Trump] “fails to recognize how ineffective his warp speed vaccine is.” In October 2025 President Trump got his Covid-19 booster. Either RFK now feels VERY differently, or Trump is ignoring RFK’s health advice.

Hard to overstate how big this disconnect is.

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among the CDC workers who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

https://t.co/ZnMGkKhLpl

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity.

[LenaSun @bylenasun]

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

[Sheryl Gay Stolberg @SherylNYT]

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Dozens of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

it’s been ~2 weeks since federal vaccine advisers met to recommend that everyone 6 months+ get an updated Covid shot after discussing risks with their doc but RFK Jr. has yet to sign off, meaning shots for low-income kids haven’t shipped yet. w/ @AnilOza16 https://t.co/33jmgDWkAP

[Brett Giroir @DrGiroir]

#OperationWarpSpeed saved millions of lives. This built on a historic public health agenda combating opioids, HIV, and youth obesity. We cannot cancel the importance of these initiatives for American innovation and national security. https://t.co/ICzeI7RdEY

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

I have a message to the staff at CDC who have dedicated their careers to protecting Americans from health threats of all kinds: Thank you.

Your courage and dedication have improved or saved the lives of people who may not even know it.

We’re with you.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Update — hearing that the White House has formally fired Monarez, per two admin sources.

Monarez's lawyers said earlier tonight she had neither resigned nor been fired

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Public health is under assault. The purge of CDC leadership, people with decades of experience guiding the nation’s response to health threats, dismantles the very programs and direction that keep Americans safe from infectious diseases, chronic illness, injuries, and violence. Losing institutional memory and expertise means weakening our frontline defense.

[Jordan Tenenbaum @jtenenbaum]

@dr_demetre Thank you for everything you have done, and I'm sure will continue to do, to improve the lives and health of the public.