In a move that aligns with his own stance on science, the health secretary fires all 17 experts on an advisory panel in order to appoint fringe ideologues.
Kennedy Stacks Critical Vaccine Panel With Anti-Vaxxers
By Walker Bragman | at
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Now Under Trump’s Rule, Kennedy Center Taps Renowned GOP Budget Slasher
By Don Wiener | at
At the center of President Donald Trump’s partisan takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a woman named Donna Arduin, its new chief financial officer.
Wisconsin Doctor Makes Wild Measles Claims
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Following the first death, Children’s Health Defense (CHD), the anti-vax organization Robert F. Kennedy Jr. led until recently, pushed its own narrative claiming that the 6-year-old Mennonite girl did not actually die from the measles. In this effort, CHD has relied heavily on Pierre Kory, a Wisconsin doctor who has both amplified that assertion and claimed that the measles virus has been weaponized by unknown conspirators.
Mass Anti-Trump Protests Set for Saturday
By Colleen Scerpella | at
This Saturday, April 5, hundreds of thousands of protesters across the country and the world are expected to take to the streets to express their outrage and disapproval of the Trump administration’s reckless disregard for the needs, values, safety, and wellbeing of average Americans, largely led by Elon Musk and his team of acolytes at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
Wisconsin’s Environmental Future Is at Stake in State Supreme Court Race
By Tom O'Connor | at
Schimel’s record on environmental issues is clear. When he served as attorney general between 2015 and 2019, he repeatedly sided with major polluters and worked to undermine environmental protections.
The Invisible Hand: How Dark Money Is Inventing Prestige for Right-Wing Academics
By Walker Bragman and Bob Morris | at
In October, the American Academy of Sciences and Letters honored health economist Jay Bhattacharya with an award for intellectual freedom. The professor has been a go-to expert for Republican politicians and right-wing groups working to politicize public health and government efforts to control COVID.
Turning Point Turns Into a Trump Field Operation
By Colleen Scerpella | at
TPUSA, along with its political arm Turning Point Action, has emerged as one of Trump’s most loyal and valuable allies in his campaign for reelection, and has amplified his ongoing grievances with the 2020 election and unfounded claims of voter fraud.
New CMD Report: Hundreds of Public and GOP Officials in Eight Battleground States Stand Ready to Subvert the 2024 Election Results
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The Center for Media and Democracy released a major new report today highlighting the elevated threat to the peaceful transition of power following this November’s national elections — more than 200 public and Republican Party officials in swing states who either deny the 2020 election results, have refused to certify previous elections, or spread disinformation about widespread voter fraud.
Would Project 2025 Sound a Death Knell for DEI?
By Ashley Green | at
In light of Donald Trump’s mockery of Vice President Kamala Harris and GOP attempts to discredit her as a DEI hire, it’s important to consider how Project 2025 seeks to eradicate DEI policies at all levels of government –– and what this would mean for Americans.
Private Equity Giants Invest More Than $200M in Federal Races to Protect Their Lucrative Tax Loophole
By Don Wiener | at
So far this election cycle, just 11 private equity billionaires have contributed more than double the amount 147 private equity firms pumped into federal elections during the entire 2016 election cycle.