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May 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Second State Bans Fluoride in Water in Huge Win for RFK Jr.
Two states have now hopped on board Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “MAHA” train.
May 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Georgia Is Forcing a Brain-Dead Woman to Complete Her Pregnancy
Adriana Smith was nine weeks pregnant when she was declared brain-dead. Georgia bans abortion at around six weeks.
May 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Missouri Voters Overturned an Abortion Ban. Republicans Ignored Them.
State Republican senators have usurped the will of the voters on abortion.
May 14, 2025
Marin Scotten
RFK Jr. Admits Those Massive NIH Cuts Are Gonna Hurt
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a shocking confession while testifying before Congress.
May 14, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
RFK Jr. Says No One Should Take Medical Advice From Him
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to answer questions about whether he’d vaccinate his own children in a testy hearing—saying he didn’t want to give anyone medical advice.
May 13, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
AOC Tears Apart Republican “Math” on Medicaid Cuts
In just one minute, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exposed Republicans’ lies on Medicaid—and their plans to make health insurance worse for everyone.
May 13, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“You Will Kill Me”: Protester Dragged Out as GOP Debates Medicaid Cuts
Multiple protests broke out during the hearing.
May 13, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden’s Decline Hidden From Own Staff, Explosive New Book Reveals
A new book exposes just how far Joe Biden’s inner circle went to hide the extent of his decline.
May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Fails Basic Math Problem in His Own Drug Prices Executive Order
Donald Trump made some wild claims about how much he’s about to bring down drug costs.
May 12, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Drug Prices Executive Order Is a Big Pile of Nothing
Donald Trump has tried something like this once before—and failed.
May 9, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Cognitive Decline? Try to Decipher Trump’s Rant on Taxing the Rich
Donald Trump rambled on about raising taxes (or not?) on the wealthy.
May 9, 2025
Edith Olmsted
RFK Jr. Caught Lying About New Surgeon General Nominee
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is just making stuff up to justify his choice to nominate wellness influencer Casey Means.
May 8, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
RFK Jr.’s Ex–Running Mate Warns Someone Is “Controlling” Him
Nicole Shanahan says the new nominee for surgeon general is a sign something more nefarious is going on with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
May 8, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is Wellness Influencer—and Total Disaster
Trump has nominated Dr. Casey Means to be the nation’s surgeon general. She’s completely unqualified.
May 7, 2025
Marin Scotten
Dem Governor Launches Plan to Counter RFK Jr.’s Autism Registry
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to undermine the autism registry RFK Jr. keeps talking about.
May 6, 2025
Edith Olmsted
RFK Jr. Wildly Defends Terrifying Idea for Registry of Autistic People
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s idea was so bad that the Department of Health and Human Services walked it back.
May 6, 2025
Benjamin F. Miller
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Norman J. Ornstein
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Kavita Patel
May Is Mental Health Awareness Month. Guess How Trump Is Marking It?
Mental health is in crisis. We need more resources, not fewer. But what the Trump administration is doing amounts to targeted sabotage.
May 2, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
John Fetterman Seems Like a Risk to Himself and Everyone Around Him
A damning new report reveals how the Democratic senator appears to be endangering his own life, and those around him.
May 1, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
RFK Jr. Unhingedly Claims Measles Vaccine Made With Aborted Fetuses
WTF is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talking about with this new conspiracy?
April 22, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People
And he’s using private medical records to make it happen.
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