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13:11

"We Are Going to Bring Back the Republican Party"...

The Firsthand Report ·

2025/05/05

On April 24, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the third meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.City Council candidate Elijah Diaz spoke at the event. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit firsthandmedia.substack.com/subscribe

36:38

"I Couldn't Believe What I Was Hearing." Attorney...

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2025/04/15

Attorney Austin Graff talks with me about the bombshell testimony given by a DOE administrator in Masciarelli v. New York City Department of Education. It revealed the DOE had a blanket policy to deny all requests for religious accommodations under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.He also gives an update on Miraglia et al. v. New York City Department of Education et al., a lawsuit with multiple plaintiffs that is now in appeals.More on the deposition:Read the deposition transcription:More on Miraglia v

48:16

A P4P HEDIS Measure of Prevention: Will MAHA Leaders...

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2025/03/26

During Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing, he mentioned the health care payment system that Medicaid, Medicare, and many private payers have been adopting in recent years:“President Trump has given me the charge of improving quality of care and lowering the price of care for all Americans. There are many things that we can do. . . . The ultimate outcome, I think, is to increase transparency, to increase accountability, and to transition to a

100:19

Candidates Back "Reinstate and Compensate" Movement...

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2025/03/24

On March 20, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the second meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.Founder Jimmy Wagner hosted the meeting, with speakers including potential mayoral candidate David Rem, Brooklyn Borough President candidate Janine Acquafredda, and City Council candidates Athena Clarke, John Buthorn, Elijah Diaz, and Richard Barsamian. Barsamian is also the Brooklyn Republican Party chairman.Club members and candidates talked

9:36

"I Will Restore Law and Order": Brooklyn Borough...

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2025/03/24

On March 20, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the second meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.Brooklyn Borough President candidate Janine Acquafredda spoke at the event.Watch the full meeting: Get full access to No One You Know at firsthandmedia.substack.com/subscribe

6:07

"We Are Fighting for Our Freedom": City Council...

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2025/03/24

On March 20, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the second meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.City Council candidate Athena Clarke spoke at the event.Watch the full meeting: Get full access to No One You Know at firsthandmedia.substack.com/subscribe

10:43

"The Threat to Democracy Is One-Party Rule" City...

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2025/03/24

On March 20, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the second meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.City Council candidate and Brooklyn GOP Chairman Richie Barsamian spoke at the event.Watch the full meeting: Get full access to No One You Know at firsthandmedia.substack.com/subscribe

8:03

"The Leadership of the New Era Is Here" City Council...

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2025/03/24

On March 20, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the second meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.City Council candidate Elijah Diaz spoke at the event.Watch the full meeting: Get full access to No One You Know at firsthandmedia.substack.com/subscribe

4:09

"There's a Sickness Across All the New York City...

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2025/03/24

On March 20, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the second meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.City Council candidate John Buthorn spoke at the event.Watch the full meeting: Get full access to No One You Know at firsthandmedia.substack.com/subscribe

14:12

"Donald Trump Is the Republican Party" Mayoral...

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2025/03/24

On March 20, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the second meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club.David Rem, who is collecting signatures to get on the ballot as a mayoral candidate, spoke at the event.Watch the full meeting: Get full access to No One You Know at firsthandmedia.substack.com/subscribe

8:32

"Government Officials Have Overreached Their Power"...

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2025/03/10

On February 27, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the first meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club. Founder Jimmy Wagner, New York State Senator Stephen Chan, and Brooklyn Republican Party Chair Richard Barsamian spoke at the event, along with Republican candidates for City Council Athena Clarke and Luis Quero. Clarke talked with me at the event about the new club and the issues driving her campaign.Watch the full first meeting of the Donald

64:20

Brooklyn Republican Club Launches with MAHA,...

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2025/02/28

On February 27, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the first meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club. Founder Jimmy Wagner, New York State Senator Stephen Chan, and Brooklyn Republican Party Chair Richard Barsamian spoke at the event, along with Republican candidates for City Council Athena Clarke and Luis Quero.Numerous New York City workers who lost jobs under the City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates attended and spoke at the event, including

52:51

Health Information Systems Are Converging into an...

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2025/02/25

Episode notes and sources:The Common Health CoalitionThis organization is dedicated to “reimagining” the health system as “one in which the nation’s health care and public health systems work hand in hand.”New York State Department of Health Health Equity PlanThis 2024-2025 plan is “designed to be a guide and action plan for all staff in the New York State Department of Health.” No One You Know is subscriber-supported. You can support my work by becoming a paid subscriber for just $5/mo or $50/yr

61:42

How Will RFK Jr. and MAHA Leaders Protect Civil...

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2025/02/15

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services this week. The voters he brought with him when he joined forces with Donald Trump were a key factor in the President’s success. Many of them are medical freedom advocates, civil liberties supporters, and critics of our current health systems.Those systems are on the brink of transformative changes that are the culmination of decades of legal, regulatory, and technological developments. The changes promise to bring us

8:38

Special Report: NYC Goes to DC for RFKJR

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2025/02/03

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. As the hearings began on Wednesday, January 29th, small groups of protesters gathered on the streets of the capital to voice opposition to RFK Jr.’s confirmation, holding signs and handing out stickers and canes—a reference to polio. One of them talked with me about his

112:23

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 56: Teacher and Medical...

The Firsthand Report ·

2025/01/27

“Full congressional investigation and hearings into employee vaccine mandates in New York City, leading to reinstatement . . . a process that is friendly to bring you back, not getting doors slammed in your face and just getting tricked and getting treated terribly . . . back pay, and an apology: That's what I think would begin the process of some healing in New York City.” - Michael KaneThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new episodes and support my work, please

105:24

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 55: Special Education...

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2024/11/04

“It was closer to the edge and closer to being on the street than any situation I'd been in in my life. They made economic warfare on us, it's not an exaggeration to say—like, everything short of physical assault, everything short of seizing you and locking you up was done to us.” - GarrettThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new episodes and support my work, please consider becoming a subscriber.In this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with Garrett, an

24:06

Attorney Jimmy Wagner Argues for Eight NYC Teachers...

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2024/09/13

This week on September 11, attorneys presented oral arguments before New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, in a combined judicial review of lower-court decisions involving eight New York City workers adversely affected by the City’s 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Attorney Jimmy Wagner argued for the eight petitioners-appellants, who were tenured teachers employed by the New York City Department of Education and were put on leave without pay and fired for refusing to comply with the

61:42

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 54: Attorney Scott...

The Firsthand Report ·

2024/09/06

“Any time a group of people stands up for their rights . . . it's always important, even when it doesn't feel like it's accomplishing anything. But then on top of that, we're actually seeing results and we're seeing positive rulings and developments. There's some light at the end of the tunnel, and there's real hope that while maybe not every plaintiff will get what they deserve, the movement as a whole will have made the changes that we needed to see in the law.” - Scott LloydThe New York Mandate

116:31

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 53: Hospitality...

The Firsthand Report ·

2024/07/23

“For anyone who thinks that oh, you know, I had a choice whether to be vaccinated or not and that would be just fine, that’s not true. You would definitely lose your job. And if you’re affiliated with a union, depending on your union . . . you would not be represented at all. . . . Where is my justice? Where is my case? No one is actually advocating for me and for my coworkers. I have coworkers who still have not returned to work.” - HermioneThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To

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