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White House Covid Task Force Members Cashed in on Pandemic Panic

Jordan Schachtel / December 14, 2023 / Government, History, Pharma / 4 minute read

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Operation Warp Speed and the resulting Task Force operation was, by all objective accounts, a catastrophic blunder, but that didn’t stop many of its members from parlaying their roles on the high visibility government detail into successful post service gigs. So we thought now would be a good time to take a look at some of the healthcare/pharma-related government officials responsible for some of those fateful decisions, and where they are today.

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Is Free Speech a Relic in America?

James Bovard / December 13, 2023 / Censorship, Government, Policy / 10 minute read

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Is the First Amendment becoming a historic relic? On July 4, 2023, federal judge Terry Doughty condemned the Biden administration for potentially “the most massive attack against free speech in United States history.” That verdict was ratified by a federal appeals court decision in September 2023 that concluded that Biden administration “officials have engaged in a broad pressure campaign designed to coerce social-media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavored by the government.”

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ESG, DEI, and the Rise of Fake Reporting

Paul Frijters,

Gigi Foster,

Michael Baker / December 13, 2023 / Government, Philosophy, Society / 15 minute read

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We know that the modern West has developed a jaw-dropping degree of totalitarianism, wherein the bureaucracies of the state and the corporate sector coordinate together to cripple humans outside their power networks and media channels. But what are the mechanics of this coordination? To understand one of the games they play, consider the rise of measures and standards associated with DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance).

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Why Does the WHO Make False Claims Regarding Proposals to Seize States’ Sovereignty?

David Bell,

Thi Thuy Van Dinh / December 11, 2023 / Government, Law, Public Health / 15 minute read

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If it is indeed the case that our authorities and their supporters within the public health community consider that powers currently vested within national jurisdictions should be given over to external bodies on the basis of this level of recorded harm, it would be best to have a public conversation as to whether this is sufficient basis for abandoning democratic ideals in favor of a more fascist or otherwise authoritarian approach. We are, after all, talking about restricting basic human rights essential for a democracy to function.

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These Amendments Would Open the Door to a Dangerous Global Health Bureacracy

These Amendments Would Open the Door to a Dangerous Global Health Bureaucracy

David Thunder / December 10, 2023 / Government, Law, Public Health / 12 minute read

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The Covid pandemic gave the World Health Organisation and its partners unprecedented visibility and a tremendous amount of “soft” power to shape public health law and policies across the world. Over the past year or so, the WHO has been pushing hard to consolidate and expand its power to declare and manage public health emergencies on a global scale.

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The Crazy Covid Copulation Exemption

James Bovard / December 7, 2023 / Government, Policy, Public Health / 4 minute read

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The crazy Covid copulation exemption deserves far more ridicule than it will ever receive. When politicians are permitted to selectively nullify freedom, the injustices will be exceeded only by the absurdities. As historian John Barry, author of The Great Influenza, observed: “When you mix politics and science, you get politics.”

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To Whom Should the Right of Speech Belong?

Brownstone Institute / December 7, 2023 / Censorship, Government, Law / 7 minute read

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Judge Doughty’s injunction may have flaws, but on the question of whether it advances or hinders free speech in the United States, the answer is undeniable. Missouri v. Biden is a litmus test for Americans. Either the Government has a right to curate citizens’ newsfeeds by using the power of the federal government to nationalize our information centers, or we embrace the First Amendment and unshackle ourselves from the militarized system of informational warfare that has dominated our airwaves for over three years.

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I Fact-Checked the “Fact-Checkers”

Bobbie Anne Flower Cox / December 4, 2023 / Government, Law, Media / 8 minute read

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We provided a joint statement to the author, which she completely ignored, and then went on to write an article that assumes you are so ignorant, that you don’t realize their double play on words, nor do you see the wool they’re pulling over your eyes.

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The Federal Government Paid Media Outlets to Promote the Covid Vaccine

Rav Arora / December 4, 2023 / Government, Media, Vaccines / 7 minute read

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The last standing bulwark against government propaganda and censorship is crumbling before our eyes, losing relevance by the month. Perhaps a solution for media institutions to earn back credibility is to critically cover federal agencies misinforming the public rather than take funds to promote their agendas.

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Michael Gove Supported Lockdowns Due to Information from “Friends Outside Government”

Will Jones / December 3, 2023 / Government, History, Society / 4 minute read

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The idea that behind the scenes intelligence sources were pushing warnings that the virus was a deadly manmade biological agent warranting an extreme response has much to commend it as an explanation, the more so as time has gone on. Michael Gove’s comments to the inquiry today have just added to this.

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They Want the Government to Spend Even More on Vaccines

Richard Kelly / December 2, 2023 / Government, Public Health, Vaccines / 7 minute read

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The Grattan (‘We change the nation – for good’) Institute has released a shallow, disingenuous report calling for the government to spend lots of money because vaccination rates are not high enough, according to them.

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Those Who Cry “Far Right” Have No Idea What’s Happening in Dublin

David Thunder / December 1, 2023 / Government, Psychology, Society / 4 minute read

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You might think that a government faced with a barbaric public stabbing of schoolchildren and an unprecedented night of rioting in its capital city would extend condolences to the victims, take a deep breath, and try to figure out how a city managed to spiral out of control on its watch. But instead, Thursday’s riots in Dublin were met by a shallow, one-dimensional analysis by all of the key authorities involved: to blame the “far right.”

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