Steven Middendorp

Journalist @HighwireTalk; Musician

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

saRNA rabies vaccines will soon be available. Here is one report from the FOIA documents I received of the saRNA flu vaccination for dogs.

The saRNA may be described as "adjuvant-free, preservative-free, and thimerosal-free." These are Nobivac NXT - any vaccine made by Nobivac on the NXT platform is self-amplifying RNA.

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: If you have a dog and your vet has recommended the Nobivac NXT canine flu vaccine, read this before your next appointment.

Over 1,000 pages of adverse event reports were obtained from the USDA through a FOIA request. They cover Nobivac NXT H3N2, the first self-amplifying RNA vaccine widely used on pets in the United States.

The data covers September 2024 through July 2025 and documents 296 cases listing the vaccine as a suspect product, including deaths, neurological events, anaphylaxis, collapse, and injection-site masses. A 4-year-old golden retriever went into cardiac arrest and died ten minutes after receiving the shot. A 7-year-old Yorkshire Terrier collapsed seventy minutes after vaccination and could not be saved.

Self-amplifying RNA works differently from traditional vaccines. The RNA replicates itself inside the body to produce a sustained immune response, and researchers as recently as April 2025 have written that the mechanisms involved are not fully understood and warrant further investigation.

The USDA approved this vaccine in June 2024. Portions of the pre-approval safety trial data have been withheld as confidential commercial information provided by Merck. Read this entire column and share it with your friends.

Full article by @smiddendorp22 linked below 👇

https://t.co/yEQlQE0r70

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

@grok @kjh1138 @BuenoForMiami Yes, it's hard to do long-term studies for something like that, but the cautionary principle applies. If we know there is acute trauma and the potential for lasting trauma for an elective procedure, it's best to not do the procedure.

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

@kjh1138 @BuenoForMiami @grok can trauma infancy affect a person later in life even if the person doesn't have memories of the trauma?

[The HighWire @HighWireTalk]

While Fauci was receiving classified intelligence briefings on COVID-19's origins, he was simultaneously circulating the Proximal Origins paper to White House officials as evidence of a natural origin.

Newly released emails confirm he helped shape that paper behind the scenes while keeping his name off it. When asked in 2024 Congressional testimony whether he had briefed any intelligence agency on viral research, his answer was: "Not to my knowledge."

@SenRandPaul dropped the documents yesterday. The full timeline is in this article by @smiddendorp22

https://t.co/jWna4blfp1

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🚨Ontario Doctor Cautioned After Botched Euthanasia: A 45-year-old man named Thomas Dillon was assessed for Medical Aid in Dying in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Ontario. His family opposed the decision and was not consulted. His doctor, Dr. James MacLean, exchanged a large number of text messages with Dillon, drove him personally to a cadaver preparation room for the procedure, and administered the drugs without notifying the family.

An independent assessor later concluded that MacLean failed to meet the standard of practice and exposed patients to harm or injury in five out of twenty patient charts reviewed.

In a second case, MacLean administered a MAID procedure without the third drug in the standard three-drug protocol, a neuromuscular-blocking agent required to stop breathing. After pronouncing the patient dead and leaving the home, he received a call from the family that their brother was still breathing.

MacLean returned 45 minutes later. The funeral home was already at the residence. The patient's sister alleges MacLean tapped her brother on the head and said, "You're a stubborn one."

Any accountability? The consequences for this were a caution, six months of supervision, and a chart review. Dr. MacLean continues practicing.+

Dillon was not terminally ill. He had incurable Crohn's disease, depression, mental health conditions, financial hardship, and difficulty maintaining relationships. Canada has a second MAID track for patients whose natural death is not imminent but who have an incurable condition.

The Canadian government is now preparing recommendations on whether to expand MAID eligibility in 2027 to include mental illness as a standalone qualifying condition, including depression and personality disorders.

Multiple US states are currently launching their own MAID programs. The oversight framework governing these decisions, and the consequences when that framework fails, are questions that need to be answered.

@smiddendorp22 has the full story below:

https://t.co/CFK8FujFj7

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

@ZachCostello_ Well said. It is clear he doesn't believe in God. There is no earthly justice for the action he has taken, but there should be. I will also pray for Jesse and others like him to find their way to God so they do care about the value of human life.

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

@tracybeanz I pray to God every morning. I have never once considered praying for my wife's ability to be productive and "get after it" or to stop acting emotional during her period. I might pray for this man to get some clarity from God regarding how he should pray and for what purpose.

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

@jazzfan71 @TPostMillennial Correct. I am not calling out people for calling his actions evil. I am calling out people who wish harm, make death threats, or hold bitterness in their heart.

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@DICEY63 @TPostMillennial God bless you. Have a great day!

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@JoePetty918 @TPostMillennial God bless you.

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

Ever since I declared Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I have lost all interest in the culture war rage machine. Yes, aborting a baby because of a down syndrome diagnosis is eugenics, and it is morally reprehensible. Yes, murder is of course wrong. I choose to walk the path of Jesus Christ - as close as I possibly can - which is radical forgiveness.

“Forgive us our sins for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.”

I have been praying for the influencer and his wife for aborting their down syndrome baby. I have been praying for the young man who is sentenced to 35 years for murdering another young man. Justice has been served and I’ll continue praying for those who were close to the victims.

The court system determines earthly justice and God handles divine justice at the end of this life. We are called to love God and love our neighbors. We are called to forgive seventy times seven. We love others by praying for their salvation and for the holy power of God to impact them at a soul level so they repent for their sins and can be called to the kingdom of heaven.

Remember the parable of the unmerciful servant. Read Matthew 5:44 - “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”

1 Corinthians 13:4: "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant."

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

As he said, "Justice is being served." Two things can co-exist. There is earthly justice, but our hearts can ache for both the victims and the perpetrators. For we know the perpetrator is far from God, regardless of the circumstances that got him there. Jesus called for radical forgiveness - seventy times seven. Responding in love is not the same as condoning the sinful action. Still, I pray for his salvation - that he can repent for his sins and find strength in Jesus Christ.

Holding on to bitterness, resentment, and hate is unforgiveness. Unforgiveness is a sin. The Lord's Prayer said - forgive us our sins and we forgive those who sin against us. It doesn't mean that we don't advocate for earthly justice for those who commit atrocities such as Karmelo did. I don't feel hatred for him, only sadness and hope.

[The HighWire @HighWireTalk]

🚨Vermont just became the first US state to ban paraquat, the herbicide linked to Parkinson's disease for over three decades. Governor Phil Scott signed the bill on May 26th, with full elimination from all crops in the state by 2030.

Seventy countries have already banned it. An NIH-funded study found farmworkers exposed to it were 2.5 times more likely to develop Parkinson's. Internal documents obtained through investigative reporting show Syngenta had evidence the chemical could accumulate in brain tissue and allegedly withheld it from regulators for decades. Chevron had similar internal concerns about neurological damage in plant workers going back to 1975.

Syngenta announced it is ceasing global production by the end of this month, citing competition. The manufacturers stepping in to fill that gap are not going away, and more than 6,000 federal lawsuits are still pending. Vermont got there first. The rest of the country has not.

You have to read the entire piece by @smiddendorp22

https://t.co/ZVolcSPhWr

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

@tracybeanz Thanks be to God for the natural beauty of this world! All Glory to Him!

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Americans are told to “ask your doctor” about prescription drugs after watching TV ads that often spend more time selling the promise than clearly explaining the risks.

@ICANdecide is now pressing the FDA to change that.

In a letter to the agency, ICAN Lead Attorney @AaronSiriSG urged the FDA to require direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertisements to disclose all known risks associated with a drug, biologic, or medical device, not just the major ones selected for the ad.

The request comes as federal officials revisit pharmaceutical advertising standards, but ICAN argues the problem goes deeper than a return to prior rules. If companies are allowed to market medical products directly to patients, ICAN says those ads must fairly and equally disclose the risks along with the benefits.

ICAN also sent proposed revisions to the CDC’s vaccine contraindications and precautions guidance, the page doctors and clinicians rely on when determining whether a patient may qualify for a medical exemption.

The proposed changes would require patients to be screened before each vaccine dose for all absolute and relative contraindications, warnings, and precautions, including those listed in vaccine package inserts and vaccine information statements.

The issue is simple: patients cannot give informed consent if risks are minimized, buried, or left out. Doctors also cannot make proper exemption decisions if federal guidance discourages caution or frames missed vaccination as the greater concern.

@smiddendorp22 has the story in full:

https://t.co/WrxtUfnoC3

[Aaron Siri @AaronSiriSG]

The FDA/Pharma revolving door is still spinning—this time as 22-year Merck veteran Karim Mikhail is put in charge of FDA’s vaccine division (CBER). https://t.co/c12aSOwUJm

[Steven Middendorp @smiddendorp22]

@TRHLofficial God bless you for your strength and conviction. Thanks for sharing your story.

[The HighWire @HighWireTalk]

Florida recorded six confirmed West Nile cases in 2025. California had 113 cases and 11 deaths. Those are the numbers being used to justify releasing 64 million lab-raised mosquitoes into open ecosystems with no long-term field studies on what happens next.

Google has applied to the EPA for permission to release up to 64 million lab-raised male mosquitoes over two years across parts of Florida and California. The stated purpose is to suppress wild mosquito populations that carry West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis. The males are infected with a naturally occurring bacterium that prevents eggs from hatching when they mate with wild females. No genetic modification is involved.

The public comment window closes June 5th, and most of the 250+ comments already submitted express concern about ecological harm.

Epidemiologist Nicholas Hulscher has described it as one of the largest open-air biological experiments in US history, warning that disrupting a mosquito species could trigger cascading effects on birds, bats, and frogs that depend on them for food, and that any ecological damage at that scale could be irreversible.

Kudzu was introduced for erosion control and became the vine that ate the South. House sparrows were released to control insects and displaced native birds across the continent. Asian carp were imported to manage algae and are now threatening the Great Lakes food web. Every one of those interventions was well-intentioned. None of them were reversible.

There are also no long-term empirical field studies on what a release of this scale actually does to an ecosystem. The pre-release modeling concluded negligible risk. Modeling is not field data, and 64 million mosquitoes is not a small trial.

@smiddendorp22 has the story in full:

https://t.co/JI90MY1ARp

[The HighWire @HighWireTalk]

👁️Sam Altman's iris-scanning platform has signed partnerships with Tinder, Zoom, DocuSign, Shopify, and others, offering users perks and access incentives in exchange for an eye scan to verify they are human.

Verification is currently optional. The platforms are already building spaces where only verified accounts can enter, and a handheld device expected later this year would allow anyone to conduct scans outside of the six US cities where stations currently exist.

@Snowden weighed in on this technology in 2021, and what he said about what the company actually retains, even after telling you your data has been deleted, is something you should read before making any decisions about participating.

Governments in five countries have already suspended or banned operations. The US has no restrictions.

Full column by @smiddendorp22 below👇

https://t.co/CReLdJVAIw