We couldn’t bring ourselves to read the entire 9500-word blog/rebuttal Rebekah Jones wrote in response to the damning piece Charles C.W. Cooke wrote about her for The National Review so the fact that ‘Max Nardou’ made time to not only read the original but go through the web archive and highlight the edits she made since she first dropped it?
Dude (or dudette) must be eating their Wheaties.
This is pretty telling:
Fired Florida DOH geographer Rebekah Jones just updated her Substack post about the National Review piece.
Yesterday: https://t.co/VXiK2LvBaD
Today: https://t.co/uPK24GdpvATHREAD of before/after changes pic.twitter.com/FeOqkiYg0n
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
What we have here is a called a doozy.
Have fun.
Note: The separation letter does not say she was "fired for no cause"; it just stated that she is an at-will employee, and therefore it is not necessary to mention the cause in the dismissal letter. pic.twitter.com/1kjDDQ847l
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Interesting.
"(which has since been removed from the article)" pic.twitter.com/Qvt1T9aMZp
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Which has since been removed from the article.
Convenient.
"Is he worried I'm running for governor?" and multiple new paragraphs pic.twitter.com/tumpe73iYO
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Nobody is worried about her running for governor.
Sorry, not sorry.
"despite his threats and intimidation" pic.twitter.com/4ENWZhhxTv
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
"whistleblower complaint investigation" link pic.twitter.com/tZCoQJmwwf
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Deleted "The only conspiracy alleged here" paragraph
Added "When the Governor chose to out me to the world" paragraph, claiming she did not seek celebrity pic.twitter.com/WTz1MCHnPw
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Yes, it’s the governor’s fault she has been milking all of this for attention and funding.
Added links for "missed opportunities" and "local action" pic.twitter.com/rYBh0UIZBT
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Completely reworked everything from "For a brief overview" until the next section ("Here are Florida's stats") pic.twitter.com/CgaBs85BzN
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Strange.
"Here are Florida’s stats from this past week’s CDC report"
Moved three paragraphs into previous section pic.twitter.com/1EcvSGQbzs
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Corrected the spelling of Charles Cooke's name pic.twitter.com/SMaF7KfZMh
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
We pointed out earlier today that she misspelled his last name throughout the entire piece.
Moved multiple paragraphs from previous sections into response to the Cooke's first paragraph, added multiple links pic.twitter.com/1CM9tMRiYg
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
"She isn’t a scientist; she’s a fabulist."
Added links regarding keynote addresses and listed award pic.twitter.com/H47tE72gs1
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Guess she was worried people would really think she’s a fabulist.
"Technically, my official role at the Department of Health was “Environmental SCIENTIST and Specialist for Public Health.”"
Added links to CV and courses taken. pic.twitter.com/dPCPhxv5IY
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
He really got under her skin.
Added link to "some were turned away" that does not show that some were turned away.
Added "There’s also this, this and this." Three articles about her, with her as a source pic.twitter.com/pKNP3NUNrY
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
"she’s a good old-fashioned confidence trickster"
Changed "Yes" to "To the conservative swamp" pic.twitter.com/CIAYzDBKep
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Conservative swamp.
Because clearly, Charles C.W. Cooke is a part of the conservative swamp.
If we rolled our eyes any further back in our head we’d see China from our backyard.
"Since she first made"
Formatted, grammar.
Changed "steal $0.03 from someone’s $10 donation, as if that amount is owed to GoFundMe" to "steal $0.03 from GoFundMe from someone’s $10 donation"
Math error remains pic.twitter.com/T5R7wTTD5C
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Math error remains.
Scientist.
"Jones’s journey began on May 18, 2020"
Added information about her hiring and promotion, and links about other people who have been arrested. pic.twitter.com/dG3LEtQF2o
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
NEW:
Added paragraph saying that Cooke removed the phrase "dodging felonies" from his piece. See the archive of Cooke's piece to verify if the phrase "dodging felonies" was ever in his piece: https://t.co/AEAUtQAxqd pic.twitter.com/FpMs6d1co1
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Wow.
*hint, that phrase was not in his piece*
"That matters, for, with the enthusiastic help of the press"
Added links that cite herself calling herself a whistleblower
Added sentence "Is he now in on it, too? We all know how much the national(ist) review loves Dr. Fauci." pic.twitter.com/EnxgcHLrN7
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Calling HERSELF a whistleblower.
HA HA HA HA HA HA
"Jones’s bad behavior was first formally reported on May 6, 2020"
Moved paragraph starting with "Additionally, my termination letter" below the image, minor modifications
Added paragraphs beginning with "I was offered" and "People who have done" pic.twitter.com/daLkYcLkfi
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
"Then came a lull."
Removed the word "also" pic.twitter.com/isGk5yw10n
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
"From that moment on"
Added link to "spoken to the press on the condition of anonymity"
Added link to "begged the first reporter who wrote about me to take the story down"
Paragraph formatting pic.twitter.com/Ov2U3yePfM
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
"Because, as she"
Minor edits to paragraph starting with "The Florida"
Added paragraph starting with "Since Mr. Cooke"
Attached link to phrase "I wrote every script" though link does not contain the word "script" https://t.co/LZSFsMDKsi
Reworked Duclos paragraph, added link pic.twitter.com/NS1Z6XwkuK
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
"In order to increase the numbers in Florida’s case count, Jones counts positive antibody tests as cases."
Paragraph formatting
Changed "Mr. Cook is neither a doctor nor geography" to "Mr. Cooke is neither a doctor nor geographer/epidemiologist" pic.twitter.com/kteAO7cpju
— Max (@MaxNordau) May 18, 2021
Welp, she sure showed him.
Or not.
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