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How a Free Speech Group Helped Right-Wing Dark Money Undermine Protections for Trans and Nonbinary Students
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression weighed in on a case brought by Parents Defending Education in Ohio.
Dec 26, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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HHS Moves to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care Based on Dubious Report Shredded in Peer Review
A review of the report HHS relied on calls it “a dangerous incursion of politics into science and medicine.”
Dec 20, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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FDA Commissioner: HIV “May Very Well Have Come From a Lab”
During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon.
Dec 17, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
Dec 11, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Olivia Riggio
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“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya
Jun 2, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s NIH Pick
Nov 16, 2024
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Walker Bragman
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“I Believe It”: Bhattacharya Pushes Lab Leak Conspiracy At Contentious NIH Town Hall As Staffers Walk Out
May 19, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Big Mystery Donors Fund COVID Conspiracy Nonprofit
Jan 19, 2023
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Walker Bragman
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Who is Funding the Brownstone Institute?
Jul 24, 2023
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Walker Bragman
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HHS Moves to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care Based on Dubious Report Shredded in Peer Review
A review of the report HHS relied on calls it “a dangerous incursion of politics into science and medicine.”
Dec 20, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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FDA Commissioner: HIV “May Very Well Have Come From a Lab”
During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon.
Dec 17, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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“Utterly Unqualified”: Embattled FDA Taps Vaccine Opponent For Top Drug Regulator Position
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg is a familiar name on the medical fringes.
Dec 4, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to undermine vaccines.
Nov 20, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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NIH Director Accepts Award From Anti-Vax Group Founded By Ally Accused Of Sexual Misconduct
Jay Bhattacharya reunited with his old ally Jeffrey Tucker weeks after the political operative was revealed to have faced a sexual harassment scandal.
Nov 5, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Dark Money
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How a Free Speech Group Helped Right-Wing Dark Money Undermine Protections for Trans and Nonbinary Students
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression weighed in on a case brought by Parents Defending Education in Ohio.
Dec 26, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Pro-Ivermectin, Anti-Vax Group Positioned to Influence CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee
New ACIP Chair Dr. Kirk Milhoan, who attacks mRNA vaccines, is affiliated with the Independent Medical Alliance.
Dec 3, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Robert Kennedy Jr. ‘Absolutely Tried to Silence Me’: Blogger Sued by HHS Secretary Speaks Out
David Vickrey spoke with Important Context about the legal battle that consumed the last five years of his life.
Nov 22, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Kennedy Said He Was Done With Children’s Health Defense; His Wife Headlined Its Annual Conference
Actress Cheryl Hines spoke at the anti-vax star-studded affair this weekend.
Nov 9, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Anti-Vaxxers Plan to “Make Europe Healthy Again”
An anti-vaxxer sitting on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee pitched European parliament members on “MEHA.”
Oct 17, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Education Under Attack
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Ivermectin Doctors Launch New Medical Journal
It is the latest dark money-fueled publication stacked with fringe doctors with ties to the Trump administration.
Mar 12, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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“A New Academic Publishing Model”: Right-Wing Dark Money Group Launches Fringe Medical Journal
The right-wing RealClear Foundation’s foray into public health has been called “a mockery of scientific process.”
Feb 7, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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The Invisible Hand: How Dark Money Is Inventing Prestige for Right-Wing Academics
The American Academy of Sciences and Letters sounds prestigious, but is it really?
Nov 12, 2024
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Bob Morris, MD, PhD
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Walker Bragman
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Pro-COVID UK Charity With Anti-Vax Ties Behind Controversial Stanford Health Policy Conference
Collateral Global’s fight against pandemic mitigation measures has gone international.
Oct 18, 2024
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Walker Bragman
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Emory Welcomes Contrarian Doctor Who Questions COVID Vaccines and Praises RFK Jr.
“How ‘ethical’ is inviting someone like that?”
Oct 6, 2024
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Walker Bragman
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Secret Influence
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Fact-Checking the Liam Neeson-Narrated Anti-Vax Documentary
The false and misleading narratives in Plague of Corruption revisited.
Dec 13, 2025
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Olivia Riggio
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Walker Bragman
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Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
Dec 11, 2025
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Walker Bragman
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Olivia Riggio
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A Canadian Province Released a COVID Report Full of Pseudoscience. Who Wrote It, and Why?
Donald Trump’s NIH pick was among the authors of a report that recommended discontinuing the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccines.
Feb 1, 2025
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Canada Healthwatch
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Here’s How Much UnitedHealth Group and Other Major Insurers Spent Influencing Both Parties This Cycle
Health insurance giants poured millions into politics.
Dec 11, 2024
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Walker Bragman
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The Climate Disinformation Machine at Work at COP29
Beyond the 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists currently in Baku, COP29 is attended by over a hundred members of climate disinformation organizations across all…
Nov 22, 2024
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Amanda Magnani
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