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#1 RFK Jr: This Is What Surprised Me About Fauci’s Diary - Fox News, Overton, Andrew Kolvet, @amuse, Janie Johnson - America is Exceptional/Rapid Response 47, and Max Freedom on X
Kennedy highlighted diary entries showing Fauci suffered a pulmonary infarction in July 2021, months after getting the vaccine on TV to show its safety. He received private care at Walter Reed while continuing to promote shots to the public, which Kennedy called hypocrisy. The remarks follow Sen. Rand Paul's release of over 1,000 diary pages and Fauci's recent congressional testimony, where questions about a vaccine link arose. Kennedy also criticized media censorship of doctors raising side effect concerns like myocarditis and blood clots...#2 Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment More Than 100 Times in Bitter Senate Hearing - Sheryl Gay Stolberg for The New York Times, Tina, Shane Jenkins | The Real J6, North Star/Dr. Jeff Barke, Mr Producer, and David Sunfellow on X
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci refused on Wednesday to answer questions from a Senate committee, repeatedly invoking his constitutional right not to incriminate himself before a panel dominated by hostile Republicans who accused him of causing the coronavirus pandemic and insinuated that he enriched himself while Americans died. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution,” Dr. Fauci repeated more than 100 times during a nearly three-hour hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee...
#3 Trump Says He ‘Respects’ Biden’s Pardon of Fauci - Max Rego for The Hill, UNN/ThePatrioticBlonde™, Darren of Plymouth, Garak Obama, and Peter Spina GoldSeek | SilverSeek/Libs of TikTok on X
President Trump said Wednesday he respects former President Biden’s pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci, after the retired health official invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during a Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. “The most powerful thing a president has, they say, is the power of pardon,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “So he was pardoned by Biden, and I respect that. I know how powerful it is. … They say it’s literally the most powerful thing a president has.”
#4 Trump Administration Unfreezes $600 Million for Gavi for Global Vaccine Effort - Ismail Shakil for Reuters, Secretary Kennedy/HHS, Aaron Siri, JM&Co, and Primenews on X
The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will immediately release $600 million in congressionally appropriated funds for vaccines for the world's poorest countries after Washington withheld the money over unsubstantiated safety concerns raised by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said in June that it was time to re-engage with the Geneva-based global alliance Gavi, which helps the world's poorest countries buy vaccines to protect children from diseases such as measles and diphtheria, citing both congressional concerns and "our goals on global health."#5 Chicago Politics: New Mayoral Candidate, John Kelly - Chris Tye for CBS News, John Kelly, Dan Bongino/Julie Kelly/Kyle Seraphin, Phil Kennedy, and Mary Ann Ahern on X
A new name is throwing his hat in the ring for Chicago mayor in an already crowded race. He's not a household name but has the second-largest war chest of anyone in the expected field. John Kelly, who lobbied for the Chicago White Sox, Bally's, and the United Center, is the latest name to join the list of candidates to become the city's next mayor. "The skills you need to be a successful lobbyist are exactly the skills you'll need to be as mayor," Kelly said. "I think if the current mayor had better lobbying skills, he'd be in Springfield getting Chicago more of its fair share of money, because the mayor is a lobbyist."
#6 Before the SSRI: Common Sense Finally Reaches the War Department - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, Eric Daugherty, Republicans Against Trump, Candice Rose, and Jay Dorleus on X
Marine veteran Chad Robichaux came home after serving our nation in Afghanistan in one piece, or so it seemed. Robichaux served eight deployments as a Force Recon Marine, and once he returned home, he did everything right to take care of himself. He ate a clean diet and trained hard enough to fight professionally. But something was still wrong. He was irritable, exhausted, plagued by depression, and unable to focus. He described feeling a real sense of doom. The VA’s answer? A simple prescription for antidepressants...#7 Epstein Accuser’s Family Blasts Former Obama White House Lawyer Who Said Her Assertions ‘Lacked Inherent Credibility’ - CNN, Piyush Mittal, Kirby Sommers, Ellie Leonard, Zach Jones - Secretary of Psyops, and Dr. Patsy "Resistant Kitty" Evans
Kathy Ruemmler, the former Obama White House Counsel, told a House panel that she believed that descriptions of abuse by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, “lacked inherent credibility” – drawing a fierce rebuke from Giuffre’s family, who accused the lawyer of trying to downplay her own ties to Epstein. The statement by Ruemmler to the House Oversight Committee became public Wednesday when the panel released a transcript of its closed-door interview with Ruemmler about her ties to Epstein. Ruemmler, who most recently was working in a top legal position for Goldman Sachs, said she now regretted interacting with the late sex offender and believed it to be a mistake...
#8 Massive Fraud Bombshell: Smoke Shops and Bodegas Caught Processing EBT Cards for Drugs and Alcohol Across New York City - Cristina Laila for The Gateway Pundit, James O'Keefe, Eric Daugherty, Wall Street Mav, and INFOWARS on X
The O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released undercover video showing smoke shops and bodegas across New York City processing EBT cards for drugs and alcohol. OMG released part one of the latest sting, dubbed, “Fraud Is The New Dope” on Wednesday. NYC clerks were caught swiping the EBT card for illicit substances. Per the OMG: We went undercover inside smoke shops and bodegas across New York City to answer a simple question: Would retailers accept taxpayer-funded EBT benefits to pay for alcohol or drugs?...
#9 ICE Arrests More Than 900 Suspected Human Traffickers During FIFA World Cup, Rescues 180 Victims: DHS - Stephen Sorace for Fox News, Homeland Security, The Epoch Times, One America News, Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives/Angry Elephant, and Spirited Warrior on X
Federal agents arrested more than 900 suspected human traffickers and rescued 180 victims — including 30 children — during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. The 905 arrests came during operations led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations, working alongside the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, DHS said. "While Americans and international visitors were enjoying the FIFA World Cup, the men and women of ICE law enforcement were hard at work cracking down on human trafficking operations in FIFA host cities across the country," DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement...
#10 Five More Ukrainian, Russian Kids Reunited With Their Families, Melania Trump Says - Samuel Chamberlain for New York Post, Eric Daugherty, First Lady Melania Trump, Laura Loomer/Patrick Ward, FLOTUS Report, and COMMENTARY ONLY MELANIA on X
Five Ukrainian and Russian children separated from their families during the four-year-old European war are back with their relatives, first lady Melania Trump announced Thursday morning. “While diplomacy and peacebuilding are important to this effort, they are surpassed by our collective ability to place children above international disputes,” the Slovenia-born Melania said in a statement released by the White House. “Every reunion is a reminder that compassion, dignity, and family can transcend even the darkest of times: war. My representative and I continue working with the governments of Russia and Ukraine to safely return children to their families and communities.”
