Brian Ormord

Founder of RetireRight and 401k sage. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC and

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

I asked the next Governor of Iowa how we keep young people from leaving the Midwest.

His answer was incredible:

Zach Lahn: “Here’s what I look at—how are we using the government of Iowa to promote the wellbeing of the people of Iowa and put programs in place so they stay here?

-Give high school graduates an income tax abatement for with money going into an account to help with the down payment on your first home.

-Put programs in place to prevent hospitals from closing and keep the doctors that are getting trained at University of Iowa, Drake and DMU in state.

-Give tax incentives to Iowa’s homegrown businesses instead of global companies.

-Start treating family farms as entrepreneurial activities.

-Allow family farms to serve public schools.

We should be rewarding the people, not massive companies.

Spot on, @ZachLahn

[Zach Lahn @ZachLahn]

The full clip from the Obama town hall while I was in college in 2009.

Plus commentary from one of my heroes in the conservative movement.

Listened to him every day. I still remember hearing great Grandma say “Rush is on”.

God bless Rush Limbaugh. 🇺🇸🎙️

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

@ZachLahn @grok Explain the glyphosate shield law discussed here and who it protects

[Hans Amato @HansAmato]

this should make every man in this country lose his fucking mind:

your annual physical costs $300. your doctor spends 13 minutes with you. he orders a basic metabolic panel and maybe a lipid panel. total lab cost to the lab: about $12. billed to insurance at $800. your testosterone test, if he even runs one, is total testosterone only. one number. he compares it to a reference range that includes 80 year old men on dialysis. you fall "within range" at 340 ng/dL at age 29. he says you're fine. visit over

a self-ordered panel through a direct lab company costs $150 out of pocket. no appointment. no referral. no 6-week wait. walk into any Quest or Labcorp location tomorrow morning. results in 48 hours on your phone

that $150 panel gives you:
free testosterone (the only form your body uses)
SHBG (the protein binding your testosterone and making it useless)
estradiol sensitive (if this is high your testosterone is being converted to estrogen)
DHT (the androgen responsible for drive, confidence, and sexual function)
prolactin (if elevated it's suppressing everything downstream)
free T3 and free T4 (your actual thyroid output, not just TSH which lags months behind real problems)
reverse T3 (if high your body is actively blocking thyroid hormone from entering cells)
hs-CRP (systemic inflammation)
homocysteine (cardiovascular and neurological damage marker)
fasting insulin (catches metabolic dysfunction years before glucose goes abnormal)

your doctor didn't order any of these

$300 and a 13-minute appointment got you a number that means nothing without context. $150 and a walk-in lab visit got you the complete picture of why you feel like shit and exactly where the breakdown is occurring

one of these options gives you answers. the other one gives you a co-pay and a follow-up appointment in 6 months where he'll tell you the same thing

this isn't a healthcare system. it's a subscription model. and you're the recurring revenue

the reason your doctor doesn't run the full panel isn't because he's stupid. it's because there's no billing code that justifies spending 45 minutes interpreting 15 biomarkers when he can bill the same amount for 13 minutes and a basic panel. he gets paid per visit, not per outcome. the system rewards keeping you just confused enough to come back

i started ordering my own labs 4 years ago. every problem i'd been chasing for years showed up on a $150 panel that nobody in the medical system had ever bothered to run. the fatigue, the brain fog, the anxiety that came out of nowhere, the sex drive that vanished.

the full guide on what to order, how to read it yourself, and what the numbers actually mean is on my substack. stop paying $300 for permission to be confused

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

It's a great time to revisit this chart from @ftportfolios to put this recent military exercise into context from the market's perspective...#Iran

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

Great history lesson …

[Brett Pike @ClassicLearner]

There was no federal income tax the first 137 years in America was a country.

Everything changed in 1913 with The Federal Reserve Act & 16th Amendment (Income Tax).

America’s wealth was built on productivity, and stolen by usury.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Vaccine Safety "Pyramid Scheme" Exposed: The Shocking Truth They Never Wanted You to See

In an amazing presentation, attorney Aaron Siri drops a truth bomb that should be heard by every parent, doctor, and policymaker.

He systematically dismantles the most common defense of the childhood vaccine schedule: the claim that they were tested against saline placebos.

Siri reveals a chart, built from years of work and sourced directly from FDA documents, that tracks the clinical trials for every single routine injected childhood vaccine.

The categorical finding? Not one. Not a single one.

Here is the stunning reality:

- No Saline Placebos: There has NEVER been a routine injected childhood vaccine licensed based on a placebo-controlled trial using an inert saline solution.

- The "Pyramid Scheme" of Safety: Instead, new vaccines are tested against older vaccines, which were themselves tested against even older ones. This creates a "daisy chain" where safety is only ever compared to another product that also lacked a true safety baseline.

- The Proof is in the FDA's Own Documents: The source for this chart is the FDA's website. As Siri states, "If you don't agree with this information... you're arguing with the FDA."

Some of the most shocking examples:

- Hepatitis B: The first vaccines for newborns were licensed with no control group at all.

- PCV (Pneumococcal): The original Prevnar 7 was tested against another experimental vaccine—a practice Siri compares to testing a new cancer drug against another unproven cancer drug.

- Polio (IPOL): The modern IPV vaccine, a completely different technology from the Salk vaccine, was licensed with a safety review of just three days and no control group.

- MMR: The clinical trials for the current MMR II, which uses human fetal cell lines, used no control group.

- HPV (Gardasil): The "placebo" used in trials for thousands of young girls was not saline. It often contained the aluminum adjuvant—a known neurotoxin with no therapeutic benefit—effectively rigging the trial to mask true adverse event rates.

This rigged system allows serious adverse event rates in healthy children to creep into the 7%, 8%, and even 9% range in clinical trials. Because the control group gets a similarly reactive shot, the numbers appear "similar" and are deemed "safe," hiding the true risk.

The bottom line: The entire childhood vaccine schedule rests on a foundation that has never been properly tested for safety against an inert placebo. The baseline safety profile for these products is, and has always been, unknown.

This isn't an opinion. It's a fact documented by the FDA itself.

If this doesn't make you question everything, what will?

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

Interesting outcome in the American Airlines 401k Fiduciary Breach case. Finding out what the courts think about ESG investing... #401k #Fiduciary #esg
https://t.co/b3r5i5fyi5

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

Recordkeepers need to disclose their actual cross-selling practives so the Plan Sponsors are aware.... #401k #fiduciary https://t.co/7i3L9Eq3i6

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

Tariffs are still in the news and here is what we have learned from the past #tariff #retirementplan #fiduciary
https://t.co/URGFVNI2Z2

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

@zerohedge Lucid Motors…

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

@adamcarolla So awesome to see you enjoying the @roadamerica track, really is a great course!

[Road America @roadamerica]

🎥 Comedian Adam Carolla was here for the WeatherTech Vintage Weekend with Brian Redman. We caught up with him to see what he thought of his experience at America's National Park of Speed! 👀

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

And, you can see that nearly every income group had a decrease in their tax rate when looking at pre-TJCA rates and post TJCA rates. #taxes @ftportfolios @wesbury
Great charts!

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

America continues to have a very progressive Income Tax system-even with the TJCA becoming permanent. The top 1% pay 7 times the rate when compared to the bottom 50%. #taxes @ftportfolios @wesbury

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

@wesbury That lesson, we have learned. Now educate us on the fact that tariffs do not cause inflation.

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

@AutismCapital Truly, the Lutnick interview was eye-opening, great job! Encouraging everyone I know to listen!!

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

Explain to me like I am 8… it’s cold because it’s hot… I understand now!

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

“It’s cold because it’s hot.” 🌎 🔥

Today Show weather presenter, Al Roker, said that the reason it has been so cold in the U.S. over the last several weeks is not in spite of, but rather because of global warming. 🌡️ ⬆️

His explanation is riddled with numerous unforced errors.

First, he confuses the tropospheric polar vortex (TPV) with the weakening of stratospheric polar vortex (SPV), the latter of which has been strong all winter (i.e., donut-shaped 🍩).

Second, he suggests that the long-term warming of the Arctic causes cold air to be dislodged southward into the mid-latitudes because it makes the polar jet stream “wavier.”

But, that isn’t how it works. ✋ 🛑

Daily and seasonal variations in polar jet stream behavior have nothing to do with long-term background warming.

Background warming causes it to warm up everywhere; it doesn’t displace Arctic air masses into lower latitudes.

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

@ClayTravis Oh, okay. Again, you don't hate the elite media enough for who they are...

[Ivor Cummins @FatEmperor]

Spot the criminals...

[Brian Ormord @kman4015]

From a leading expert on Fitness that has interviewed other fitness leaders... great advice! Couple this with sauna time and winning combination! Time for another @fmfclips and @joeroganhq podcast.

[FoundMyFitness Clips @fmfclips]

Everyone has a reason

Let this be yours

Start lifting weights

Muscle is one of the best defense systems against the consequences of aging

Resistance training improves glucose regulation

Hormone health

Mental health

Brain health

The list goes on...

Don't wait — start today