Announcing the winners of the 2021 Perkoff Prize! Plus the belated video of a Reading & Conversation with Jennifer Anderson, 2019 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize winner in nonfiction. mailchi.mp/8a94cc03c711/anno…

Not a single major media venue has covered our book or its contents, all words straight from victims as reported directly to the CDC. Not one word of coverage. Not one think tank of the old legacy establishment has mentioned the book. Not one. No professional society has bothered to reach out or otherwise amplify this content. Not one. The Shot and the Lie brownstone.org/articles/the-…

The language surrounding health insurance is Orwellian. It's called "insurance" but premiums don't adjust for your individual risk. You have "coverage" that may or may not cover anything at all. You have "preventive care" which is really a zero-price sales visit to get you hooked on meds. It's a "benefit" you get from work but neither you nor your employer has a choice but to buy it. There is a "co-pay" and "deductible" but means what you actually pay. You get "wellness checkups" that are more likely to result in making you sicker. Also, it is called "affordable" – the biggest joke of all.

BREAKING--FDA Approves Moderna's mRNA Influenza Vaccine Despite 75.3% Rate of Adverse Reactions According to the FDA briefing document, severe systemic reactions were 4× MORE COMMON than with the traditional flu shot. Data consistent with mRNA being a more dangerous vaccine platform. Will it sell in a crowded flu shot market? @NicHulscher @McCulloughFund

Are you tired of Democrats setting the agenda and getting their way even when Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House? Tired of the “we don’t have 60 votes in the Senate” excuse? Me too It’s time to nuke the filibuster Pass it on if you agree

One thing I strenuously object to is this generational indictment of baby boomers who allegedly don’t care about younger generations, don’t care about inflation, don’t care about debt, real estate values, etc. None of that is true. I’ve been fighting excessive spending all my life as a conservative and we haven’t been able to stop it, but that’s not a generational problem. It’s political and those of us, and there are legions of conservative boomers, have been trying all our live to stop it. We should not be blamed, generationally, for the crashing effect of spending on inflation and the debt. Also, the younger generation should understand that we are in an existential battle with hostile, evil countries like Iran and ultimately we are protecting them even more than ourselves because if this lunatic Gi hottest regime gets a nuke that changes everything. This isn’t about selfishness or diverting our resources to some foreign cause or interventionism it is about preserving the United States existentially. Not to mention that the runaway border, lawlessness, spending, inflation, racial tension, social issue chaos and almost every other terrible thing is from Democrats not from boomers. We just make for a convenient scapegoat and that’s just lazy thinking. Our kids after all or younger, so why would we not care about them? I’m not denying that they really believe this way with the help of Groypers who have lied to them, but I have an obligation to push back on some of these things, respectfully

The FDA Commissioner role is open. This is a pivotal moment for American medicine — & for American patients. Here’s what I believe the next Commissioner should stand for. Not as a wish list. As a baseline. 🔬 1. BRING BACK THE ADCOMS — AND MAKE THEM COUNT. Advisory Committee meetings are one of the FDA’s most powerful tools for transparency. They should return in full force. Open. Public. And real. Patients, doctors, scientists, advocates, & skeptics should all be able to speak. But if you want to speak, you fill out a financial conflict-of-interest form under penalty of perjury — & you read it out loud at the podium before you say another word. Every single person. And if the issues are complex and the science requires more than one day, then take the time. Don’t cut people off because the schedule says so. The public deserves to see exactly how these decisions are made. Real transparency builds real trust. ⚖️ 2. STOP ASKING ONLY “IS IT SAFE ENOUGH TO APPROVE?” — START ASKING “WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON’T?” For rare diseases. For serious conditions with no good options. For patients who don’t have ten years to wait for traditional trials that may never be feasible. Every regulatory decision carries two risks: the risk of approving something, and the risk of not approving it. Both are real. Both affect real people. When traditional gold-standard trials aren’t practical, we should still be able to move with urgency — but only when paired with strong post-approval commitments and rigorous safety monitoring. We can give desperate patients a chance without abandoning scientific integrity. 🇺🇸 3. THE FDA’S ONLY CLIENT IS THE AMERICAN PATIENT. FULL STOP. The FDA exists to serve patients — not outside interests or external pressures of any kind. It must continue protecting the public from products that carry real, known risks but offer no meaningful clinical benefit. At the same time, when there is credible evidence that a treatment can help patients with serious conditions, Americans and their physicians should be trusted to make informed decisions once they have complete and honest information about the risks, benefits, and alternatives. The FDA’s job is to make sure the science is sound and the information is clear. Then let patients and doctors do what’s best for them. These principles matter because the FDA’s decisions affect every family in this country. Note: This is a simple social media post and not a massive policy document. The issues are FAR more nuanced, there are challenges and risks with each of the things I said above, and I recognize that. But it's intended to serve as a discussion starter. We must always strive to improve, and we can when we have open debate and dialogue.