This is not conjecture or conspiracy — it is sworn testimony. Now, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reopens long-dismissed questions about aluminium adjuvants and the absence of long-term safety studies, Plotkin’s once-untouchable legacy is beginning to fray.
Like Fortunato, will we walk willingly into our demise because we can’t imagine the evil intent of others? Will we go along with digital ID or biometric scans because we want to travel in Europe or take that next cruise?
Once advocacy and industry are financially interdependent, neither has reason to question the other’s assumptions. Funding circulates between the same actors; criticism is treated as heresy; and innovation that arises outside the sanctioned ecosystem is dismissed as industry propaganda.
A century of American prosperity has rested on predictable trade policy. Doubling the cost of handmade cigars would not revive US manufacturing, defend workers, or punish tyranny abroad. It would raise prices, destroy jobs, and invite adversaries to fill the gap.
At Brownstone, I had been scheduled for a thirty-minute on-stage interview, but at the last minute, it was decided that I should just speak directly to the audience. Below is the text I prepared on short notice.
Our message to Powell was that there are multiple reasons to stop cutting interest rates, but one of the most compelling arguments is that the Fed’s cheap money policies have essentially destroyed any semblance of fiscal discipline in America.
The work of Gail Seiler and Teresa Cichewicz reminds us that even in the face of systemic failure, truth, conscience, and human dignity can still be defended. It feels fitting that the Betrayal Project’s emblem is a lighthouse.
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The FDA’s treatment of NOAT stands out as a case study in inconsistency: a quiet, adult-focused brand approved in Europe yet effectively banned in the US, while flashier and riskier options continue to slip through.
Parity’s intentions were compassionate. Its effects are corrosive. The answer is not cruelty but correction: fund recovery, not lifelong maintenance; support communities, not bureaucracies; reward healing, not helplessness. Addiction is a detour, not a destiny.
What kind of economic gymnastics makes soybean farmers think they deserve taxpayer subsidies? Where is the courageous soybean farmer who dares to pivot to something else? Who dares to suggest the farmer can solve this conundrum without government interference?
Some psychiatrists are highly skilled manipulators and therefore dangerous for their patients, as I shall explain below. This applies to Awais Aftab from Cleveland, Ohio, who poses as a critical psychiatrist but is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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Sweden’s evidence shows the results of a pragmatic approach: a near-smoke-free society achieved through consumer choice, not coercion. The FDA’s own approval of ZYN proves that such products can meet its legal standard for protecting public health.
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