Derek Beres

Back from a hard day in war-ravaged Portland.

Pretty sure I’m going to wake up to him standing on my chest.

I’ve seen him in our hood a few times, first time he made his way into our little cul-du-sac.

My wife saw a silhouette of a cat tail in our front door and in walked this guy.

We gave him a meal which he happily accepted before sending him on his way.

Let's not overlook the sale of The Free Press netting Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, and Howard Schultz millions to add to their billionaire piles.

Andreessen thinks technofascism is the only path forward.
Sacks is MAGA's "crypto czar."
Schultz made a pastime out of breaking up Starbucks unions.

It's called The Freest Liberty Freedom Again.

Hey NBC and/or ABC, I’ll sell you my Substack for the low low price of $100 million. While it’s just me, I promise there’s more factchecking than anything at The Free Press (if you care about that sort of thing).

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

Excellent investigation into the problems with private equity taking over IRBs in drug trials.

Once again, the answer is government investment into the drug development and review process. Yet this administration is only concerned with privatizing everything.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/h...

US CDC pulls broad support for COVID shot The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended COVID-19 vaccines should be administered only through a shared decision of a healthcare provider and the individual, moving away from a broader backing for the shot.

The barrier to getting a Covid-19 booster is now official.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

There’s so much going on in this headline.

I can’t tell you how many pitches I’ve received from hack publicists trying to book someone on Conspirituality, but this might be top 5.

This short podcast episode is an amazing rebuttal to the latest Gish gallop of lies from RFK Junior

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Alex, my partner on this, came up with the funnel. We had a few different iterations, but that one landed IMO.

The administration has nothing on Portland: the protests are a handful of nonviolent citizens humiliating ICE, not threatening them. So they are digging deep to manufacture controversy where none exists.

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota

There's literally a dude in a frog suit and about 10 other protestors outside of ICE on a nightly basis. I was just in the area and there's no one there right now.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

YouTube video by New York Times Opinion You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

Our reporting on how MAHA influencers radicalize people is now up on the @nytimes.com YouTube page.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTpf...

MAHA is and always has been MAGA under the guise of health.

Brief: He’s Coming For All Vaccines — Conspirituality RFK Jr posted a seven-minute video earlier this week that assures us that vaccines aren't all that great, actually. Derek reads the studies Kennedy references as proof. You might be surprised to learn...

RFK Jr posted a 7-minute video earlier this week that assures us that vaccines aren't all that great, actually.

I read the studies Kennedy references. You might be surprised that the HHS Secretary has very selective reading.

www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-kennedy-coming-for-all-vaccines

Kennedy named 5 more Covid contrarians to ACIP. Medpage throwing appropriate shade at one.

You sure about that, Spotify?

Science: Several hundred trials on mifepristone since FDA approval in 2000, with adverse events occurring in fewer than 0.3% of cases; safety confirmed in 800k+ real-world cases; research confirms the pill is safer than many prescribed medications and even childbirth itself (AMA).

RFK Jr:

Don't share many comments on my articles, but this one is...something.

How propaganda works The Kennedy video we knew was coming

Kennedy is banking on the fact that most people are not going to read these studies. Sadly, he’s correct. I’ve been seeing propaganda from his video repeated verbatim on social media all week.

derekberes.substack.com/p/how-propag...

Always some serious cardio!

277: TikTokTylenol [feat Mallory DeMille] — Conspirituality Mallory DeMille returns to unpack the mad rush that wellness influencers have been on to sell you their completely legitimate acetaminophen alternatives.

@this-is-mallory.bsky.social returns to Conspirituality to discuss the grifters selling "natural alternatives" and the mother who od'd on Tylenol to "own the libs" that no one has proof even exists.

www.conspirituality.net/episodes/277...

‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland The announcement comes in response to Trump's "militarization of our city."

My city is so absurd, and I'm here for it, literally and figuratively.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Remember the study RFK Jr cited in his recent video about how vaccines weren't actually the reason infectious disease rates plummeted in the middle of last century?

I just read it. Funny that somehow Kennedy failed to mention this passage.

Finally, someone says what we've all been thinking: pudding and cannabis for everyone!

Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.

With all the liberal/progressive/leftist definitional territory staking going on lately, this is one of more lucid pieces on coalition building I've read.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Did Schumer send a very strongly worded letter about the shutdown?

Ta-Nehisi Coates VS. Ezra Klein and Portland Under Attack 9/30 (feat. Van Lathan Jr. & Derek Beres) YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini)

I'll be live on @bitchuationroom.bsky.social with @franifio.bsky.social in just a little while talking Tylenolism and TrumpRX...

www.youtube.com/live/akxb0oW...