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Trump Administration

NIH Director Declines to Fully Rule Out Vaccine-Autism Link During Senate Hearing

Jay Bhattacharya would not categorically denounce the discredited narrative that vaccines cause autism.

22 hrs ago • Walker Bragman

“The Entire City's in This Sort of State of Siege:” A Conversation With A Minneapolis ICE Tracker

Important Context spoke with attorney Will Stancil, who has been tracking ICE in his city.

Jan 27 • Walker Bragman

Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans

Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.

Jan 5 • Walker Bragman

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 • Walker Bragman

Dark Money

RFK Jr.‘s Former Anti-Vax Org Launches RICO Suit Against Leading Pediatrics Group

The lawsuit by Children’s Health Defense comes as the American Academy of Pediatrics wages its own legal battle against Kennedy’s HHS.

Jan 24 • Walker Bragman

Jon Stewart Praises Attorney Behind Years of Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Public Health Lawfare

“You’re a civil rights attorney who has been canceled by both the right and the left, which means you must be doing something right.”

Jan 17 • Walker Bragman

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 • Walker Bragman

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 • Walker Bragman

Education Under Attack

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 • Walker Bragman

“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 • Walker Bragman

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 • Bob Morris, MD, PhD and Walker Bragman

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 • Walker Bragman

Secret Influence

Fact-Checking the Liam Neeson-Narrated Anti-Vax Documentary

The false and misleading narratives in Plague of Corruption revisited.

Dec 13, 2025 • Olivia Riggio and Walker Bragman

Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary

The Taken actor can be heard calling COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”

Dec 11, 2025 • Walker Bragman and Olivia Riggio

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 • Canada Healthwatch

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 • Walker Bragman

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