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NEW: HHS backtracks on firing hundreds of federal health workers: RFK Jr. said he brought back 328 employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, including those overseeing coal miner and 9/11 screenings. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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After I interviewed Conan O'Brien -- who couldn't have been more gracious with his time -- for @todayshow.com, he told me we should put the full 45 minute interview online. So here it is: www.today.com/video/conan-...

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good news update: NIOSH epidemiologist Scott Laney, who was studying black lung in coal miners until he was fired by DOGE and whom we profiled in our @msnbc.com town hall, confirms he’s part of as many as 100 NIOSH employees in Morgantown, WV who have been permanently reinstated to their jobs.

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Conan returns to @todayshow.com after 15 years! Wednesday. one of my all-time favorite conversations. can’t wait to share it — along with an extended video and pod cut.

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this is what a ghost town port looks like — Port of Long Beach on Monday afternoon, normally the country’s busiest — and they’re not exhaling there yet in spite of the tarriff deal. thank you @nicollewallace.bsky.social for the air time to show this.

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NEW: How much damage did the L.A. wildfires cause? After federal cuts, a crucial estimate is missing. Researchers were told not to share data on the January fires or to update their climate disaster database. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

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This month, our Liberation Donation Drive is highlighting books about immigration. Our nonfiction selection is Separated by Jacob Soboroff, which makes clear what is at stake today. Learn more here: lookerbooks.com/liberation-d... #separated #insideanamericantragedy #jacobsoboroff #immigration

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EXCLUSIVE: In a letter obtained by NBC News, current and former National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health employees say the Trump administration's wide-scale staff reduction will lead to injuries and deaths. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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A 2018 retweet by Pope Leo XIV about the Trump administration’s family separation policy.

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An “SOS” sign seen from the Morgantown, WV office window of NIOSH epidemiologist Scott Laney who studied black lung in coal miners, facing termination — along with hundreds of his colleagues — by the Trump administration.

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joined Jennifer Garner as she and @savethechildren.org visited lawmakers on Capitol Hill and kids at a North Carolina Head Start last week. our reporting about her work and the program’s future coming up Monday on @todayshow.com. 📷: @frankthorp.bsky.social

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thank you for joining us.

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@stephruhle.bsky.social and I talked to the workers who didn’t make it into the live town hall broadcast after the show and put that on YouTube. youtu.be/nx7-vKRsOi4?...

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I can't thank @msnbc.com enough for inviting me to the townhall last night. Being surrounded by people who are the best of America was something I'll never forget. I didn't speak live but I did talk with @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social after www.youtube.com/watch?featur...

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if you missed our town hall last night with fired federal workers on MSNBC, it will air again Saturday at 11PM ET. sincere thanks to the dozens of them who joined us in studio and shared their stories.

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SEPARATED was nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards — Outstanding Art Direction and Outstanding Lighting Design. So proud of this film and our team. You can watch it now. tv.apple.com/us/movie/sep...

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During the MSNBC town hall — "100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers" — @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports from West Virginia, where funding for health care screening for "black lung" in coal miners has been cut by DOGE and protections for miners may be in jeopardy.

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"They're afraid to talk because they really want their jobs back." Alissa Ellman, a disabled Army veteran and cancer survivor who was let go from her job in the Buffalo Veterans Affairs division of the Education Dept., speaks at our town hall.

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During his marathon Senate speech, @booker.senate.gov read a letter from Catherine Baker, a fmr USAID contractor. See Booker and Baker meet for the first time during MSNBC's town hall "100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers." "It means the world to have my voice elevated," Baker said.

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"All federal workers I've ever known are in it because we want to serve this country." During a live MSNBC town hall with federal workers who were forced out of their jobs, @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social speaks with Tamara Maze, who spent 21 years in government service, working her way up at the CDC.

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federal researchers studying black lung in coal miners fired by Trump, then briefly rehired, now likely to be fired again soon. youtu.be/3d4zIsrbcr4?...

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TONIGHT: @stephruhle.bsky.social hosts a LIVE town hall with federal workers who were forced out of their jobs. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social will join her and break down what these actions mean for Americans, as well as @booker.senate.gov to discuss Congress’ response. Watch at 9pm ET on @msnbc.com

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“What they say is it doesn't feel like the people making these cuts actually had any idea who we are, what we did, or maybe not even where we worked,” says Jacob Soboroff on the federal workers in West Virginia who are facing termination—despite their vital work keeping coal miners safe.

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NEW: Some federal workers focused on 'black lung' screenings reinstated but still face June termination, a memo from the head of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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“There’s no question that our level of information about fire and fire risk has improved with FireSense,” he said. “It would be a shame to lose it, because it would be very hard to get back.” www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

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spent yesterday afternoon in D.C. at a rally of union workers standing in solidarity with fired federal workers on the 100th day of President Trump's second term. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR0b...

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extremely excited for this — join @stephruhle.bsky.social and me Thursday night at 9PM on @msnbc.com for a live town hall. 100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers. original reporting from the field. 50 fired Feds in studio. preview: www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...

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NEW: We got an exclusive look inside the NASA FireSense mission, at risk due to potential Trump administration budget cuts. Thank you to the dedicated public servants from NASA, DOD, USDA and more who showed us what the firefight of the future could look like. www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...

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Pope Francis called President Trump’s family separation policy “cruelty of the highest form” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

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let’s go @marcusj319.bsky.social!

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I am currently reading (listening to) Separated: Inside an American Tragedy by Jacob Soboroff, which chronicles the family separation policy at the border during Trump’s first term. 1) It is eerie how closely things at that time mirror what’s going on now and 2) At that time, protests worked.

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Seeing Sec. Noem in that El Salvador prison reminds me of when in 2018 DHS led us through the epicenter of family separations to, as I told @errolmorris.bsky.social in SEPARATED, terrify families considering seeking asylum in the U.S. by showing them what Trump would do to them if they tried.

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