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New Report Reveals Data Center Backup Generators Pollute Like Power Plants, Endanger HealthFederal regulatory changes that eased enforcement of on-site backup generator emissions are contributing to increased health risks from data centers, according to a report released by the Environmental Protection Network (EPN), a nonprofit whose members are former public officials who maintain an interest in environmental policy. Air pollution from data…
Testimony in Federal Defamation Lawsuit Raises Questions About Legality of Military COVIDTestimony in an ongoing federal defamation lawsuit is raising new questions about the legality of the U.S. military’s 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to court filings and interview statements. The lawsuit was filed by Dr. Terry Adirim, former acting assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs, against Ivan Raiklin, an attorney and retired…
Pfizer Grants to Nonprofits Preceded Massachusetts Vaccine Exemption Lobbying LetterPfizer paid $500,000 to two nonprofits that later signed a June 1 letter urging Massachusetts lawmakers to advance House Bill 2554 (H.2554), according to the company’s fiscal year 2024 U.S. Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report. The report lists a $400,000 payment to the American Society for Meningitis Prevention (ASMP) for…
Shipping giants throttle capacity as freight costs explode, and consumers will foot the bill just in time for the holidaysA container of goods crossing the Pacific now costs a small fortune, and the reason is not a sudden hunger for consumer goods. Ocean spot rates have surged even as cargo volumes out of China to the United States slipped roughly 1%. The evidence points to a handful of carriers controlling the supply of ships, […]
Citizenship Under Siege: Denaturalization Cases Surge, With DOJ Filing 105 Lawsuits in Seven MonthsAt least 105 civil denaturalization lawsuits were filed in federal district courts during the first seven months of 2026, including 50 in July alone, according to data published by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) [1]. The organization previously reported that roughly 125 such lawsuits were filed nationwide between…
Energy Groups Urge Treasury to Block Chinese Battery Firms From U.S. Tax CreditsLetter Sent to Treasury, Congress A coalition of 14 free-market energy groups, led by Consumer Action for a Strong Economy, has sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and congressional leaders urging enforcement of foreign-entity restrictions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The letter, dated this week, asks the Treasury Department to…
Pentagon, HHS Investigating Possible Link Between COVID Vaccines and Military DeathsInvestigation Launched The Trump administration is investigating whether Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines contributed to the deaths of U.S. service members who were required to receive the shots under the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate, according to testimony from an Army doctor assigned to the effort. Army physician Theresa Long said in an…
Two NIH researchers indicted for smuggling mpox DNA into United StatesTwo NIH researchers were indicted for smuggling 113 biological samples including mpox DNA from the Republic of Congo into the United States. The scientists allegedly lied to customs officers about carrying diagnostic kits, when vials containing monkeypox, chickenpox, and human DNA were found. Congress and Montana Senator Tim Sheehy are demanding…
Fauci faces mounting legal pressure as Senate probes intensifyDr. Anthony Fauci refused a private transcribed interview with Sen. Ron Johnson’s subcommittee investigating the federal COVID-19 response. Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran alleged his 2021 Wuhan lab-leak investigation was gutted after the script was sent to Fauci for review. The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines to hold…
Text Messages Show Fauci Raised Concern Over COVID Vaccine Miscarriage RiskText messages from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s government-issued cellphone show the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director privately raised concerns in January 2021 about a possible link between Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination and first-trimester miscarriage, according to reports published this week. Sens. Ron…
Bombshell Texts: Fauci Privately Questioned COVID Vaccine Safety for Pregnant WomenNewly released text messages show Dr. Anthony Fauci privately discussed potential risks of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women in January 2021, according to documents released by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Rand Paul (R-KY). The exchange involved Fauci, then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and Dr.…
Senator Says HHS Staff Are Obstructing Kennedy’s Transparency Push as Fauci Texts ReleasedJohnson Accuses HHS Bureaucrats of Obstructing Kennedy Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said career employees at the Department of Health and Human Services are resisting transparency efforts led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a report published Aug. 11 by The National Pulse. Johnson said some longtime agency staff involved in pandemic-era…