Brandy Zadrozny

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I’m not judging the other reporters there! I don’t know what I would do in that situation and neither do you. I’m just surprised because it seems like the most natural response to such a nasty comment. I think I might say “whoa” but less because of some bravery and more that I’ve got no poker face.

I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.

Didn't Think You'd Notice

This very cool, very kind gentleman teaches my kid drums. And if you, like me, enjoy 70’s-ish reminiscent kind of easier listening hipster music, you should check his music out. (This might be a terrible description but I’m gonna go with it)
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4x4 Coverage of the Epstein victims presser on MS NOW, CNN, and News Nation while Fox News is covering a story about the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler.

one of these things is

Is there some sort of pattern here? Help me, it's so hard to see.

Like I get it. Tripping is cool. Can you please not take away the cancer vaccines?

I’m also struck how many important MAHA people are folks who tripped on shrooms for the first time as adults and think they’ve discovered something.

Over the next several years, Angermayer assembled a team of like-minded entrepreneurs (including Silicon Valley billionaire, Peter Thiel) to invest in a handful of startups aimed at developing psychedelics for medicinal purposes. In 2018 Angermayer started his own firm, the German-headquartered ATAI Life Sciences, which he took public in 2021 on the Nasdaq. “The fact that psychedelics have been criminalized and shunned over the last fifty years is crazy, Angermayer has said, “because they have long had a place in human history.” They work on areas of the brain where pain and trauma are stored, shutting down the ego and allowing an inner voice to emerge and begin working on dissolving past trauma.

First, some background on Angermayer and his wide range of interests. Now 47, he’s originally from rural Germany and today resides in a London penthouse. His visitors are greeted at the door by a large skull of a triceratops, whose skeleton he unearthed during his work with paleontologists. Inside the apartment are ancient artifacts including a bronze statue of the Egyptian god Osiris and a large stone statue of the Greek goddess Demeter. Both deities had disciples involved with hallucinogenic rituals around psychedelics, Angermayer’s research has revealed. Angermayer made his fortune as a shrewd investor in biotechnologies. His initial company, Ribopharma, pursued ways to deactivate problematic genes and, after a merger with an American company in 2003, made him a billionaire. His Apeiron Investment Group went on to pour capital into a range of start-ups, including life-extending treatments and brain implants for people with paralysis.

Last week’s MAHA Summit in Washington brought a full day of fascinating panels, on subjects ranging from “food as medicine” to breakthroughs in biotechnology. Perhaps the most thought-provoking of all was a discussion between German billionaire entrepreneur Christian Angermayer and Matt Zorn, deputy general counsel for Health and Human Services (HHS). Their panel, titled “Psychedelic Medicine: The Next Frontier in Mental Health,” centered around what both men described as a coming new era of mental health care that will use a class of psychoactive substances, known as psychedelics or hallucinogens, to treat depression and other conditions.

HHS Secretary has made a key component of his tenure ridding the agency of … checking notes … ah yes, conflicts of interest

(From a write up of Kennedy’s MAHA Summit via one of many MAHA propaganda publications)

Trump die-hards and fellow travelers are using a ‘Jedi mind trick’ on themselves The real “Trump derangement syndrome” is looking at the Epstein emails, Trump's graft and U.S. warships in the Caribbean and saying, “There’s nothing there.”

President Donald Trump’s reflexive defenders lazily rely on the phrase “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS) as both a schoolyard taunt and a blanket pardon for any fact-based criticism of the president. But the level of mass denial many of them exhibited this week is actually deranged.

Will be waiting for her to make amends for all the harm she’s done

I’ve been offline this weekend — are people with influence buying this?

I’ve reported on so many regular people being threatened and villified by conspiracy theories and hatred for people, many times spread by MTG. It’s awful when anyone has to deal with harassment and threats and I wonder if the congresswoman can look inward, too

Proud of you

It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.

After upending the officer's life, The Blaze has now added the denial in graph four, under the "They were fucking in on it" pull quote.

In the larger construct, disinformation really is a dirty word. People don’t want to talk about it. Other news organizations want to pretend like it doesn’t exist anymore. But not only does it exist, it’s worse than ever. Tech companies have capitulated, and so have news organizations.

Some undeniable truth about misinformation coverage, from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

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The conspiracy crowd’s reaction to the Epstein emails? Yawn. Far-right conspiracy theorists and influencers are a big reason the Epstein scandal hasn’t died. But the newly released emails about Trump haven’t impressed them.

I swear to God if Jeffrey Epstein had described Hillary Clinton as "that dog that hasn't barked," in secret emails these people would be making rabid content for days and calling for tribunals but ok www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

literally just heard him say it around Clinton Body Count

its so funny to me that serial plagiarist Benny Johnson just stole Tucker Carlson's whole schtick

Sometimes, after a lengthy news event that led to a long list of individual stories exploring all kinds of facets and angles, a single, 3,500-word write-up of the entire affair is incredibly helpful.

Hey thanks so much. I'm so aware how lucky I have it to be able to watch quietly until we decide to publish -- a luxury for sure. But I would love to see more local and beat journos ring the bell with a long read after the story is done, too.

Does Cheryl Hines share husband RFK Jr.’s vaccine views? Now we know the answer. The actress finally steps out as first lady of the anti-vaccine movement.

Cheryl Hines—who has mostly steered clear of RFK’s antivaxx world—headlined a weekend gala for Children’s Health Defense. At the private party, which I watched from the back of the room, she praised CHD and hawked her book— proceeds which were promised to CHD. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

Oh sorry i misunderstood, no the ducks are all invited to the flu party

The farmers said in a affidavit they did a quarantine themselves separating about half and half... but also said they thought it was a bacterial infection. But also couldn't find a vet to test the birds initially so .........

Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.

Online and in real life, the ostriches had become symbols of defiance and the farm a destination for conspiracists, fringe media, and animal lovers.

Great one by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social:

www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.

For months, I’ve been following a Canadian ostrich farm ordered to cull its flock after a bird flu outbreak. It was a cause célèbre for MAHA activists, a MAGA billionaire, and, of course, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The trucker convoy with birds ended last night. They lost. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

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what a wild ride that was