Journalist; Former Investigator U.S. Senate; Former Safra Ethics Center, Harvard.

Joined January 2012
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Four days after Collins called for a "devastating takedown" of the three "fringe epidemiologists", the Washington Post's #scicomm writer @JoelAchenbach wrote a story repeating Collin's denigrating jibes. Achenbach played ardent Fauci fan boy throughout the pandemic.
In The Lockdown Dissidents, a new documentary from Wall Street Journal Opinion, former CDC Director Robert Redfield reveals an email where the NIH wanted to “takedown fringe epidemiologists.” on.wsj.com/4vK50uV
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This does not mean that Laura Loomer is not mentally unstable. In fact, she once told me she was going to hang herself because she couldn't get her social media accounts restored.
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There may be a fair number of neutral “just the science folks” at the CDC/FDA, but there are clearly a number of partisans playing to a media that’s desperate for anti-science storylines.
CDC researchers were caught using inferior "test negative" studies to promote vaccines and began a campaign w/ @bylenasun to win a scientific debate in the media. Oxford's @carlheneghan explains why test negative studies find positive results, and what CDC must change to ensure high quality results for the American public.
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The guy is running for U.S. Senate in Texas. 😂
I got the coolest action figure for Christmas! Thank you to all the health care superheroes working today. Let’s help by getting vaxxed and boosted! 🎄💉
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Peter Hotez caught lying--AGAIN!!!
Hold up! @PeterHotez said GoF was never in the cards! The @AmerMedicalAssn host, for some reason has no medical background. No way Hotez would lie to him… right ?
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How did I miss this total cringe song?
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VIRAL CRINGE: @NIH Director sings #covid19 came from nature, not a lab.
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Scripps virologist Kristian Andersen claims NIH virologist Vincent Munster is "being targeted for what appears to be minor (if any) 'offenses.'" Andersen puts the word offenses in scare quotes. FYI: Munster was charged w/ smuggling & lying to a federal officer--two felonies.
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Jen Psaki now works for MSNOW which says so much about their credibility.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 9, 2022: - Russia has previously invented such blatant lies. About the alleged existence of a chemical and biological weapons development program in the USA. Or in Ukraine under US control. It is precisely Russia that has such a program. Our goal is to dispel the disinformation that it is trying to spread. And to tell the world that not only does it have this program, but there are also examples of the use of such weapons. And we must remain vigilant about this. Director of the US National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, June 12, 2026: - Today, I am making public information about the long-term funding by the US government of more than 120 biolaboratories in more than 30 countries. Including in Ukraine, which carries risks in connection with the current war between Russia and Ukraine. Earlier, our intelligence community already warned that dangerous pathogens are likely stored in Ukrainian biolaboratories funded by America. Information about the very existence, history of creation, location and funding of these biolaboratories was deliberately hushed up by very influential people. Who assured that such biolaboratories do not exist in nature. And everyone who said otherwise was called a foreign agent and a traitor to America.
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BREAKING: Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Slams Biden-Era Military COVID Vaccine Mandate as Having “No Scientific Justification” This week on Straight to the Point, I sat down with former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield and Brianne Dressen — a vaccine injury advocate who was a clinical trial volunteer that developed lifelong neuropathy within one hour of taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Redfield exclusively reveals that he believes the Biden-era military mandates had “no scientific justification...and was an emotional decision," while noting institutional reluctance to acknowledge harms to young service members with strong immune systems. Dressen discusses the disproportionate toll the vaccine took on young service members, including @StancikKaroline who we previously interviewed. This wide ranging interview digs deep on the vaccine fallout for our nation's service members. @thelatmg @latimesstudios_ 01:04 Brianne Dressen: Her Advocacy for Covid Vaccine Injured is Personal @React19org 01:57 An “Inordinate Number” of Young Vaccine Injured Service Members 02:30 Former CDC Director Robert Redfield: Military COVID Vaccine Mandate “No Scientific Justification Whatsoever” 03:10 Most Severe Response In Young, With Robust Immune Systems 04:02 Soldier Karoline Stancik’s Heart Condition “Service Connected” To Covid Vaccine 05:01 Rare for Covid Vaccine Injuries to be Designated “In Line of Duty” 06:52 Drew’s Story: COVID Vaccine Injury And Whole Body Paralysis (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) 08:30 Service Members Spend Down Savings, Retirement, And Mortgage Homes For Treatments 09:30 Dressen: Vaccine Injury Compensation Has a “98.5 %” Rejection Rate 12:50 Dressen: Service Members Report VA Experience “Abysmal Failure,” Reluctance to Acknowledge COVID Vaccine Injury 15:22 Is Trump Administration Taking Different Approach to COVID Vaccine Injury: More Dialogue 16:55 Bressen: I Was A “True Blue” Democrat, After COVID Shot “My Life Changed Forever” 18:20 Karoline Stancik Update 19:04 Update @drewoutstanding In response to our questions, a VA spokesperson said “Between December 2020 and December 2025, 53 cases of myocarditis were identified among over 5.6 million VHA-enrolled Veterans who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Veterans are eligible for service connection if myocarditis develops during active duty…” A Department of War official said DoW “is making reinstatement available to all members of the military (active and reserve components) who were discharged solely for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to be reinstated. The Department has reached out to the 8,700 Service members who were unjustly separated to apologize, offer information on reinstatement, and encourage them to rejoin the military.” “As of May 2026, more than 200 former Service members who were discharged under the now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccination mandate have been reinstated or re-accessed. The Services are actively tracking more than 800 additional former Service members who have expressed interest in rejoining the military.” Asked about the high rejection rate, the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program did not respond.
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It is almost unheard of for big accounts on Bluesky to get significant pushback about social-justice issues. So it’s remarkable that someone called out Erin Reed for routinely publishing falsehoods:
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There it is!
Fmr. NIH Director Francis Collins deliberately scrubbed Fauci’s name from the infamous Proximal Origins paper because of Fauci’s glaring conflict of interest. Nature Medicine (the publisher) offered no condemnation or scrutiny of the ethics. These COVID investigations matter because they expose protectionism within the scientific community that breeds gatekeeping. It's suppressing research, stifling innovation, destroying objectivity, & eroding public trust.
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FYI: @chevillot_a une interview de @carlheneghan , professeur d'Evidence Based Medicine à @UniofOxford , utile pour comprendre la qualité actuelle de la recherche médicale, les biais de publication, les intérêts financiers des revues prestigieuses comme le @NEJM , etc...
CDC researchers were caught using inferior "test negative" studies to promote vaccines and began a campaign w/ @bylenasun to win a scientific debate in the media. Oxford's @carlheneghan explains why test negative studies find positive results, and what CDC must change to ensure high quality results for the American public.
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ARPA knows... but the documents are CONCEALED from the public because they don't want YOU to know. Read the whole letter, especially at the bottom. This is from 5 years ago. No investigation!!!
Replying to @RandPaul
@RandPaul DOCS: hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/… "SARS-CoV-2 is an American-created recombinant bat vaccine, or its precursor virus. It was created by an EcoHealth Alliance program at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)."
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Has James Surowiecki done a single interesting or original thing in his entire career, either in terms of form or content?
Has she done a single interesting or original thing at CBS, either in terms of form or content?
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Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine. In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted. odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/…
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Wow DARPA Aug 2021 👀
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@RandPaul DOCS: hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/… "SARS-CoV-2 is an American-created recombinant bat vaccine, or its precursor virus. It was created by an EcoHealth Alliance program at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)."
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In The Lockdown Dissidents, a new documentary from Wall Street Journal Opinion, former CDC Director Robert Redfield reveals an email where the NIH wanted to “takedown fringe epidemiologists.” on.wsj.com/4vK50uV
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My interview on the DisInformation Chronicle Podcast w/ NYU's Marion Nestle on #MAHA moms and @SecKennedy food policies.
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I have a hard time believing that Fauci was NOT involved in pitching the Proximal Origins paper to State Dept's INR group for their March 2020 report. disinformationchronicle.subs… @AmandaHead @jsolomonReports
Sen. Rand Paul releases timeline of Dr. Fauci’s extensive contacts with intel community justthenews.com/politics-pol…
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🚨 EPIC SCANDAL: According to @thackerpd, the Gates Foundation has donated “hundreds of millions of dollars” to @NIH in the last 25 years, allowing the billionaire “to shape the direction of the country’s health strategy in ways that have benefitted his own priorities and pet causes while polishing his image as a benevolent global do-gooder.” childrenshealthdefense.org/d…
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