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Swing States Targeted In RFK Ballot Access Campaign

Politico reports: The super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid is narrowing its ballot access campaign focus to seven states — including crucial battlegrounds that will determine the outcome of the presidential election. American Values 2024 will now prioritize helping to get Kennedy on the ballot in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Texas, according to …

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Johnson Defends Mask Fines For Covidiot GOP Reps

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: When U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and two other Republicans decided to ask the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the fines they paid after refusing to wear masks on the House floor, they put the chamber’s new GOP leadership in a tough spot. And those leaders, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, have chosen to …

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Makers Of “Ion Badge” Anti-COVID Device Once Touted By NYC Sheriff Pay $150K FTC “Deception” Settlement

The City reports: The makers of the “Invisible Mask” — which New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda [photo] touted as a shield against COVID-19 in the weeks before Mayor Eric Adams brought him into the administration — have agreed to a $150,000 settlement following a FTC complaint that charged them with making a host of “deceptive claims.” Gary Kong, a …

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SCOTUS Rejects RFK’s Bid To Join “Censorship” Lawsuit

Courthouse News reports: Justice Samuel Alito dissented on Monday from the Supreme Court’s decision not to allow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to intervene in a lawsuit claiming the Biden administration censored conservatives in its attempt to fight online misinformation. “Our democratic form of government is undermined if government officials prevent a candidate for high office from communicating with voters, and …

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Johnson: COVID Was Designed To Wreck Our Elections

“They broke our elections on purpose, OK? COVID was designed to break our elections. That was the purpose — they had mail-in balloting all set up already. The drop boxes. Do you think that stuff, like, happened by accident? “These were pre-planned. This was designed. Voting should be hard. I know this is gonna get me in trouble, of saying …

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Texas AG Sues Pfizer Over “Ineffective” COVID Vaccine

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused drugmaker Pfizer of fear-mongering and lies about the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine, which the company insinuated would end the pandemic, according to a lawsuit Paxton announced Thursday. “In a nutshell, Pfizer deceived the public,” reads the 54-page lawsuit, filed in a Lubbock state district court. The lawsuit alleges Pfizer …

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Maria Bartiromo: China Released COVID To Hurt Trump

“It was engineered, came out of the Wuhan lab, and then China tried to cover it up — that doesn’t tell me anything about whether or not it was intentional. I mean, is there a chance that China released this virus on America intentionally? “Disrupt the country, get Donald Trump out, get your man in there, Joe Biden, and then …

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CDC: Childhood Vaccination Refusals At All-Time High

NBC News reports: The number of kids whose caregivers are opting them out of routine childhood vaccines has reached an all-time high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of children unprotected against preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough. “There is a rising distrust in the health care system,” said Dr. Amna …

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Fox Corp Outlet Interviews “Sperminator” Anti-Vaxxer

“I mean, look, the shots are kind of like STDs at this point, right? Like if you sleep with someone that has a shot or vaccine, I mean, you could get some shedding from it. I know that it affects fertility. “There was a time when I was with somebody who did have the injections and I was actually affected. …

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Fox Host: Seize All Profits From Pfizer And Moderna

“Why should Moderna and Pfizer be entitled to any profits at all? If I were a politician I would introduce a bill clawing back every dollar of profit that Moderna and Pfizer received for their COVID shots which were sold in a fraudulent fashion. Why should our taxpayer dollars go to enriching two for-profit companies that perpetrated a fraud on …

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Boris Johnson Sought “Special Hair Dryer” COVID Cure

The BBC reports: Boris Johnson asked government scientists whether people could kill Covid by using a “special hair dryer” up their nose, his former aide has claimed. Dominic Cummings said the former prime minister shared a video of a man using such a device with his top advisers. He then asked the medical experts what they thought about the clip, …

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RFK Vows To End Research Into Infectious Diseases

NBC News reports: At an anti-vaccine conference in Georgia on Friday, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed his commitment to the cause and spoke to his base about how he, as president, would serve the movement he built. “I feel like I’ve come home today,” he said to a standing ovation. He then laid out his vision for a …

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DeSantis To Campaign With Anti-Vax Surgeon General

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Surgeon General is headed to the Granite State, hitting the campaign trail for the man who hired him next week. Dr. Joseph Ladapo will appear with Ron DeSantis Wednesday at an event hosted by the Never Back Down super PAC. “Dr. Ladapo will be attending in his personal capacity,” the super PAC notes, apparently recognizing the …

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AP: How RFK’s Anti-Vax Lies Have Tortured Families

The Associated Press reports: When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents’ nightmare. Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son was plastered on the cover of a book that falsely …

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Texas Moves To Ban Vax Mandates At Health Facilities

The Texas Tribune reports: A sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees of private Texas businesses passed the Texas Senate early Friday, although medical facilities would be allowed to enact other policies to help lower the risks to vulnerable patients. Senate Bill 7, by Galveston Republican Sen. Mayes Middleton, would subject private employers to state fines and other actions …

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RFK Raises $11M In One Day, Seeks Musk’s Support

Politico reports: Just hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would run for president as an independent, more than $11 million gushed to the coffers of the super PAC supporting him. American Values 2024 said it raised $11.28 million in just six hours following Kennedy’s announcement. Tony Lyons, a co-founder of the PAC, is also in talks with billionaire-entrepreneur …

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Robert Kennedy Jr. To Headline Coming CPAC Event

The Hill reports: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be a headline speaker at a Conservative Political Action Conference event in Las Vegas later this month, the conference announced Friday. The anti-establishment environmental lawyer has run a longshot primary campaign against President Biden, but is expected to change affiliation to independent next week. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has …

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RFK Jr. Joins The 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Crazy Train

The Hill reports: Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says he isn’t confident in the government’s explanation of what happened in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, continuing his penchant for entertaining conspiracy theories. “I don’t know what happened on 9/11,” Kennedy said in a podcast interview with journalist Peter Bergen released Tuesday. “I know there’s strange things that happened… One …

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Politico: Anti-Vaxxers Now “Modern Political Force”

Politico reports: The Covid-19 pandemic has produced a remarkable financial windfall for anti-vaccine nonprofits. Revenue more than doubled for the Informed Consent Action Network and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense in 2021 compared to the year prior, according to a POLITICO analysis of tax filings. The nonprofits that survived on operating budgets of around a few million dollars …

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RFK Jr. Has Made Overtures To The Libertarian Party

The New York Times reports: For months, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he plans to continue his long-shot challenge against President Biden in the Democratic primary rather than dropping out to launch a third-party bid. But lately Mr. Kennedy’s message has seemed to shift, including publicly telling a voter who asked about his plans that he was keeping his …

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