Lyriel
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The MAHA report appears to be almost identical to a 2023 document put out by “Children’s Health Defense,” the antivaxx front that RFK Jr. used to pay himself >$20K/wk for spreading disinformation. It appears AI was used to make the tone more official sounding & add citations, many of which are fake.
June 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The Trump Administration is pursuing an anti-constitutional agenda. But it’s important to recognize that it’s acting in the name of the Constitution, in a variation on a theme as old as the republic. Deeply rooted in the worst parts of our history and traditions. balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/our-...
Our Reactionary Constitutionalism
For the Balkinization Symposium on Rogers M. Smith and Desmond King,  America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect versus Repair  (University ...
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February 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Trump makes it official: JAY BHATTACHARYA, a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, is his pick to lead the National Institutes of Health.

A remarkable turn after Bhattacharya became a public health pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his "fringe" views.
November 27, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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Indeed, veterans' health care is the single large source of expired authorization expenses.

Ramaswamy has been named by the Trump admin as an appointee and the media shouldn't sanewash this by assuming he must not mean that; it's what he said and it should be reported.
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
November 14, 2024 at 2:52 AM