Meet the man who built RFK Jr.’s kitchen cabinet Jeffrey Tucker, who elevated Covid contrarians now working for the health secretary, is building support for Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.

Major media FINALLY starts paying attention to the Brownstone Institute.

I’ve been covering this group for years and Jeffrey Tucker’s influence in this administration.

This Politico story adds new layers like sexual harassment allegations against Tucker and Heritage Foundation sponsoring a retreat

On Nov 5 at 4 PM, join and support members of the healthcare, public health, and scientific communities in a march from the APHA Rally for the Public’s Health to the Capitol to deliver petitions to Congress demanding the resignation or removal of RFK Jr. Details here. 911hs.org

@debunk-the-funk.bsky.social you should tell Steve he owes you a million dollars. I can’t believe he has the nerve to act like nobody has the guts to debate him after you wiped the floor with him.

Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done! The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?

The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

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'Do Vaccines Really Cause Autism?, Two Substack Papers by Steve Kirsch Debunked, Frank Visser / Grok

Covering the vaccine/virus conspiracies around Kirsch here:

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So you don’t think debates are good, b it you think your behavior is?

You’re the one who commented here. Why are you so angry about this?

Poster-style graphic with bold text reading “TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES: THE QUACK RFK Jr. HAS TO GO!” A large photo of RFK Jr. is overlaid with a yellow biohazard sign, while a man’s shoe is about to kick him out. At the bottom, logos and text say “Stand Up For Science” and “Fuel the fight: standupforscience.net.”

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Congresswoman files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. We've been sounding the alarm for months, sending 3k+ quack-o-grams, and collecting 25k petition signatures calling on our reps to impeach & remove RFK Jr.

We’re closing in on him. Help us WIN the fight. 🦆 zurl.co/vkZQV

For what it’s worth, he reached out to Bret multiple times asking him if he wanted to debate Dave and I. He never responded.

AFAIK he’s not a holocaust denier, he’s a white supremacist. I’m curious, what approach do you think we should be taking in this climate if public debates shouldn’t be part of it at all?

No, it’s not. We don’t have holocaust deniers deciding current foreign affairs. We do now have anti-vaxxers making health policy decisions. Do you not see that difference?

It shouldn’t, you’re right. But when anti-vaxxers run our health agencies, there needs to be science communicators ready to step up and show on a stage that they don’t know what they’re talking about.

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The Greatest Vaccine Debate In History. ProfessorDaveExplains Dave Farina & @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social Dr. Dan Wilson go HEAD-TO-HEAD with Steve Kirsch & Pierre Kory on VACCINES!
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This is what happens when anti-vaxxers debate people who can call them out. One side gives you sob stories and speeches while the other gives you facts. youtu.be/hV3qDAzcQkA

The most exciting discussion we've ever produced. Thank you so much  ‪@ProfessorDaveExplains‬ ​ & @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social  ​ ! The vaccine debate video will be out soon.

Ladapo said what? Comparing vaccines to slavery is just BEYOND insulting. A comment like that doesn't just miss the mark, it is diabolically ignorant & a slap in the face. Slavery is a REAL historical trauma, not a metaphor for vaccinations. @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social and Vincent discuss

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Dear Vinay: Please embrace dissent and fade into the background Vinay Prasad is back at the FDA, and in a position in which grappling with nuance — not always his strong suit — will be the key to his success.

Stat News is giving advice to Prasad like he’s an overtired toddler.

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Glad you’re liking it! No I haven’t heard of that one, guess I’ll add it to my TBR.

It deserves the praise. That ending 👌

Twin boys grow up in an adopted family in Ethiopia. Heartbreak ensues.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says

"What happens is Mr. Kennedy continues to use words that make it sound like he knows what he is talking about but he doesn't."👇🏻

mRNA vaccines do not cause “antigenic shift.” Antigenic shift is a term used for flu viruses when they shuffle their segmented genomes. mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives and continue to be effective in preventing severe outcomes of COVID. So far, mutations have never changed that fact.

Another COVID Contrarian Working For the NIH Director Kevin Bardosh, who argued COVID boosters do more harm than good for young people, has been working in Jay Bhattacharya’s office for months.

NEW: There’s another COVID contrarian working in the Office of the Director at NIH.

Kevin Bardosh has staked out a number of fringe positions on mRNA vaccines and other pandemic mitigation measures.

He was recruited out of a UK-based anti-lockdown group Jay Bhattacharya was affiliated with.

Existential crisis-inducing. Loved it. 5 ⭐️

Most epic fantasy of all time I will fight about this.

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We’d be funding courses at universities to teach students about right-wing disinformation.

We’d be running info/public service ads about groups like the Heritage Foundation and PragerU to inoculate people to their billionaire-funded propaganda…

Speaking of, if you want to help us:

After talking such a big game, the guy couldn’t last longer than a pregnancy.