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[Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋 @SharylAttkisson]

When the dermatologist was just on Fox News debunking the idea that some chemicals in sunscreen aren't good for us, it sounded illogically dismissive of the studies and research.

I took a quick look.

I didn’t hear her disclose her paid relationships with big sunscreen makers. ☀️

This is part of a trend that I discovered decades ago. It permeates our news media landscape.

I learned that nearly every member of the national board of experts that lowered cholesterol guidelines and basically recommended that people should take more statins, worked for the statin makers.

I learned that many members of the board set up during Covid that restricted hydroxychloroquine... were paid by the companies that made other controversial treatments for Covid like remdesivir that were then prioritized over hydroxychloroquine.

It doesn’t stop there.

When the government and the cosmetics industry tried to falsely debunk the scientific studies linking antiperspirants and breast cancer, they referred me to the American Cancer Society for an interview. I learned that the expert at the American Cancer Society hadn’t even read the relevant studies, and yet was claiming the link was a myth. I asked and found out that the American Cancer Society takes money from the antiperspirant industry and other allegedly cancer, causing industries. However, they wouldn’t tell me how much.

When the nonprofit “every child by" was illogically denying the proven vaccine autism link, I dug in and found out the nonprofit was actually started by a vaccine maker in order to defend vaccine companies, and to controversialist those of us exposing the risks.

I was the first journalist to ask and report that the expert the government kept referring us to in order to debunk the vaccine autism link, Dr. Paul Offit, was not an independent expert at all, but was a vaccine inventor and vaccine industry insider… though that was never disclosed in the media at the time. He was always presented falsely as if he were an independent expert.

When I saw a lead dietary group giving questionable advice about nutrition, I learned that the group takes money from the sugar, cola, fast food, and preservative snack industry.

In short, whenever I’ve looked for a tie between experts defending a chemical or risk that could impact an industry's bottom line... I’ve always found one. Food for thought.

"Dr. Jody Levine has financial and professional relationships with several prominent consumer product companies that manufacture and market sunscreens.
Because sunscreen is legally regulated as an over-the-counter drug and is a core component of commercial skincare lines, her consulting roles inherently create potential conflicts of interest when she recommends sun protection or reviews skincare products in the media. 

Her specific ties to major corporate sunscreen manufacturers include:

1. Johnson & Johnson / Kenvue

Dr. Levine has served on the Medical Advisory Board for Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health spin-off, Kenvue, owns Neutrogena and Aveeno, two of the largest and most widely distributed sunscreen brands in the United States. In her media and print features, she has regularly recommended product categories or specific options overlapping with these brands, such as recommending Neutrogena Sport Face in broad consumer media interviews. 

2. Galderma (Cetaphil)

She has acted as a consultant and advisor for Cetaphil, a brand owned by Galderma. Cetaphil produces a substantial line of daily facial moisturizers with SPF, mineral sunscreens, and broad-spectrum sun protection lotions marketed heavily toward sensitive skin and pediatric care. 

3. Beiersdorf (Eucerin)

Dr. Levine has maintained consulting arrangements with Eucerin, a brand under the Beiersdorf corporate umbrella. Eucerin manufactures a wide range of daily anti-aging lotions with SPF, sensitive skin sunscreens, and body sun protection products. 

Impact on Media Appearances

When Dr. Levine appears on networks like Fox News or in print publications to deliver general public health messages—such as advising viewers to apply sunscreen 15 minutes before going outside or warning against the dangers of tanning beds—she is providing standard medical advice aligned with the American Academy of Dermatology. However, because she does not routinely issue on-screen financial disclosures listing her corporate partners during short news segments, viewers are generally unaware that she is paid by the parent companies of the very products sitting on drugstore shelves."

[Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx]

We are in Texas. Just filled up for $3.59. In L.A. on Monday it was $8.59.

Californians: It's not the Iran war. It's not "Trump." It's Democrat policies that have given us the highest gas prices in America.

You can have $3.00 gas but you have to VOTE for it in November.

[Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace]

Why are we not seeing the media cover the rape of 250,000 young girls by Muslim gangs in the UK?

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Gov. Gavin Newsom — just a day after announcing he’s under federal investigation — has agreed to pay a $31,500 ethics fine after California’s political watchdogs found the governor failed to timely disclose millions of dollars in donations he solicited, many of which were tied to Los Angeles wildfire relief.
The Fair Political Practices Commission’s enforcement division said Newsom failed to file 36 behested payment reports on time in 2024 and 2025, covering more than $5.5 million in payments from corporations, foundations, and other donors

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

HUGE SCANDAL IS BREWING IN CA…AND ITS DELICIOUS!

Gavin Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, funneled nearly $4 MILLION from her nonprofit (The Representation Project) straight into her own pockets:

• $1.8M+ in salary

• $2.1M+ to her own production company (Girls Club Entertainment)

Much of it came from donors who also fund Gavin’s political machine.

Now the DOJ is investigating.

This is the same Gavin Newsom who lectures everyone about “equity” and “women’s rights” while his family allegedly treats a nonprofit like a personal ATM.

Where’s the outrage from the media that protects him?
RT if you want real accountability. California deserves better.
#NewsomScandal #CaliforniaCorruption

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Gavin Newsom is panicking on camera trying to blame his imminent massive scandal on Trump because he knows just how bad things are about to get.

The actual facts:

- One of the investigations started under Biden.

- Another began as a result of a whistleblower from inside his OWN administration.

His former chief-of-staff already pleaded GUILTY to federal fraud, a false tax return, and lying to the FBI.

Gavin knows this is only the beginning and it might ruin his chances of EVER running for President.

[Danielle Gill @MrsDanielleGill]

Singer Zac Brown refused to cancel his UFC performance at President Trump’s White House and called out the Left’s “division.”

“I’m there for the troops, man. I’m there to honor America. This is patriotism, not politics for me.”

We need more singers like @zacbrownband.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. President Trump just went berserk on the ELECTION FRAUD in California to Kristen Welker's face, and she melted down

"They're CROOKED just like YOU'RE CROOKED! You're either CROOKED or you're STUPID. You KNOW these elections are rigged." 🔥

"They're dropping fast because it's a RIGGED ELECTION! It's DAYS and they aren't even CLOSE. They're CHEATING on the election!"

WELKER: Do you have evidence?!

TRUMP: You just have to look! Do YOU think it's appropriate they have an election, five days+ they're nowhere CLOSE!

WELKER: They're slow

TRUMP: "No THEY'RE CROOKED! Just like you're crooked, the press is crooked and Meet the Press is crooked!"

"You play right into their hands with this crap. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they're rigged. You know that I won an election in a landslide. And I got 94% bad press. You know why I got that? Because you have no credibility."

BOOM!!!

[ⁿᵉʷˢ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. @RobertKennedyJc]

Think that Atlantic salmon is 'wild'?

If it says Atlantic, it's almost always farm-raised. Packed in pens, fed pellets, higher in heavy metals, PCBs, & hormones.

Choose wild Pacific salmon (Sockeye, King,Coho).

Real food, better nutrients, cleaner.

What are you eating?

MAHA

[Dr. Simone Gold @drsimonegold]

Google is planning to release 64 MILLION Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes into neighborhoods in Florida and California.

This is reckless, irreversible biological experimentation on American communities and our ecosystems — with no off-switch.

Florida recorded just 6 West Nile cases last year. The risk is negligible, yet they’re proceeding anyway. These altered mosquitoes could disrupt birds, bats, and entire food chains with consequences we cannot undo.

Enough of Big Tech playing God with our environment and our health.

Tell the EPA to REJECT this dangerous experiment. (Link in comments.)

Public comments close tomorrow, June 5th.

[Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD]

A scientist was hired by a chemical company to study its weedkiller. He found it was castrating and feminizing frogs. So the company stopped studying the chemical and started studying him. This is the documented story of atrazine. 🧵

[Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋 @SharylAttkisson]

Here's my Substack article on the NIH researchers, both foreigners, who allegedly smuggled monkeypox and other bad things into the US.

Two researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), both foreigners, have been charged with conspiring to smuggle monkeypox virus into the U.S. and then lying about it when caught.

Both men reportedly have conducted Covid vaccine research. They also have ties to controversial University of North Carolina (UNC) researcher Ralph Baric. Baric is best known for conducting infamous “gain of function” research on bat coronavirus in partnership with China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, the institution widely blamed in the Covid-19 outbreak. He recently retired from UNC.

The suspects are Vincent Munster, 53, a Dutch citizen and chief of the Virus Ecology Section in the Laboratory of Virology at RML; and Claude Kwe, 38, a Cameroonian citizen and research fellow in Munster’s group. They were questioned by federal agents after they arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on January 25 from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, which had an active monkeypox (mpox) outbreak at the time.

According to the criminal complaint, the pair falsely told Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers that a large black plastic case in their luggage contained only “diagnostics and testing equipment.” An inspection revealed 113 vials packed in Styrofoam coolers.

Testing of 20 of the 113 vials so far allegedly have found that 17 contained deactivated monkeypox virus, one contained chickenpox virus, and two contained human DNA.

Since chickenpox virus is commonly available in the U.S., there’s no indication as to why the pair would be smuggling in a vial containing some.

“These NIH experts apparently broke our laws by smuggling viral pathogens on a packed commercial airplane from an outbreak in the Republic of Congo,” said U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. in a statement. “Let that sink in.”

Munster and Kwe worked at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana, operated by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under NIH. The facility is a premier high-containment research facility established in the early 20th century to combat Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Now, it’s one of the few U.S. sites with Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories — the highest level of containment for working with the most dangerous known pathogens, such as Ebola, and potential pandemic threats.

Munster’s work focused on the drivers of zoonotic spillover and has included studies on mpox transmission in animal models. Kwe, his research fellow, has co-authored papers with him on mpox stability and ecology. Both men were placed on administrative leave following their arrests, and their contact information was removed from HHS directories.

The idea that these two experienced researchers would allegedly violate protocols and laws, and lie about it all when caught, is nothing short of alarming from a public health standpoint. Also alarming is the kind of access they had to research on viral pathogens at Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML). The question is: Why did they do what they did? There’s no hint in the public record to date.

Documented collaboration with Ralph Baric

Munster’s team at NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) worked with Baric at UNC-Chapel Hill on a 2018 study published in the journal Viruses. They infected Egyptian fruit bats with W1V1-CoV, a SARS-like bat coronavirus originally isolated from Chinese horseshoe bats and associated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Munster and Baric have co-authored other coronavirus papers including ones on MERS and SARS-CoV-2 models. Baric has provided cell lines or viruses to RML researchers, according to the record.

The new arrests invite parallels to broader concerns about U.S.-funded research on dangerous pathogens, particularly “gain-of-function” (GoF) experiments. GoF research involves modifying viruses that are harmless to humans to make them dangerous to people.

Numerous researchers warned in advance about risks of the Covid GoF research that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and other federal agencies were funding in partnership with communist China, Baric, and the controversial nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, among others. The stated purpose of the research was to change harmless bat coronavirus into a dangerous version that would infect people to invent a vaccine for it.

In other words: researchers were genetically modifying bat coronavirus in a lab to create a new form that was dangerous to people— in order to develop a vaccine for something that only existed…because they created it!

Critics point to the theory that nefarious actors could create and/or release dangerous pathogens in order to create a demand for a treatment or cure they would profit from. No such official charge has been made to date.

Many scientists and policymakers argued that the GoF research and partnership with China were ill-advised due to biosafety lapses at Wuhan, the stated potential for accidental release, and the national security risk of partnering with the communist Chinese.

Similar debates have surrounded monkey pox research. In 2024, congressional investigators revealed that NIAID, Fauci’s former Institute, had approved plans to create hybrid or “chimeric” mpox viruses.

That’s what had been done with bat coronavirus using taxpayer money under Fauci’s supervision in 2015. UNC’s Baric and the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s “batwoman” Shi created a chimeric coronavirus by inserting the spike protein from a bat coronavirus into the backbone of a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV to enable the virus to infect and cause disease in human cells. It was a classic “gain-of-function” experiment.

Rocky Mountain Laboratories researchers, including Munster’s group, have conducted mpox studies involving animal models to assess transmission and shedding issues.

The smuggled vials tested so far are said to have contained deactivated or non-infectious virus. However, the alleged attempt to bring them into the U.S. without following the law and proper procedures echoes worries about inadequate oversight in high-risk virology.

Federal rules restrict the import, transport, and possession of select agents like monkeypox virus. They require permits, declarations, and inactivation protocols.

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Echoes of other scientist scandals

A similar case unfolded in late 2019 and early 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Federal authorities charged the chair of Harvard University’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Charles Lieber, along with a Chinese foreigner who was also connected to Harvard.

Zaosong Zheng was a 30-year-old conducting cancer research at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Authorities arrested him at Boston’s Logan International Airport. He was attempting to smuggle 21 vials of stolen cancer cells hidden in a sock in his luggage.

Weeks later, on January 28, 2020, Lieber himself was arrested and charged with making false statements to federal authorities about his undisclosed participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program and large, undisclosed payments from China through the Wuhan University of Technology. The payments amounted to up to $50,000 per month.

Foreign citizenship of raises questions

The fact that both Munster and Kwe are foreigners working in one of America’s most sensitive BSL-4 facilities is cause for attention.

While NIH routinely employs international talent, critics note that granting high-level access to individuals from nations with varying biosecurity standards or geopolitical considerations can amplify risks to Americans.

The new arrests underscore longstanding debates about vetting, oversight, and whether U.S. taxpayer-funded labs should allow foreign scientists to lead or work on the most sensitive work involving potential select agents like monkeypox virus.

Earlier in his career, Munster received a young investigator award from vaccine maker Merck. At the time, he’d just established his independent Virus Ecology Unit at Rocky Mountain Laboratories. His research focused on the ecology, zoonotic spillover, cross-species transmission, and pathogenesis of emerging viruses — especially filoviruses (like Ebola), MERS-CoV, and bat-borne pathogens.

Munster is said to have played a large role in preclinical testing of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. The vaccine was never approved in the U.S. and was withdrawn from the global market in spring of 2024 starting with Europe.

Monkeypox (mpox) Concerns

Monkeypox, now officially called “mpox,” is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus first identified in monkeys in 1958 and in humans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970.

Public health officials in the United States remain concerned about monkeypox (mpox) primarily due to the risk of importation and potential spread of the more virulent Clade I strain. That version has a historically higher fatality rate compared to the milder Clade II that caused the 2022 global outbreak.

While overall U.S. risk is currently considered low, fears center on travel-related cases. More than 20 Clade I infections have already been detected in the U.S. since late 2024. There is worry about laboratory accidents, unauthorized transport of samples as in the current case, and the potential for accidental or deliberate release.

A 2022 outbreak infected over 32,000 Americans, primarily gay and bisexual men. These concerns have intensified scrutiny of high-containment research facilities like Rocky Mountain Laboratories and led to strict import controls on the pathogen.

What happened to those two Harvard researchers arrested just before the Covid pandemic?

Not much.

A federal jury convicted Charles Lieber on December 21, 2021, on six felony counts. He was sentenced on April 26, 2023, to time served— two days— two years of supervised release including six months of home confinement, a $50,000 fine, and $33,600 in restitution to the IRS.

Zaosong Zheng pleaded guilty in December 2020 to one count of making false statements to federal agents about the smuggled vials.The original smuggling charge was dropped as part of the plea deal. He was sentenced on January 6, 2021, to time served, about 87 days and three years of supervised release. He was then deported.

The investigation into Munster and Kwe is ongoing and involves the FBI, CBP, and HHS-OIG. As one official put it, deliberate efforts to circumvent border processes “could have placed the public at risk.” The men face up to five years in prison if convicted. They are presumed not guilty until and unless they are found guilty in court.

Details of the arrests come from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan.

[Tom Fitton @TomFitton]

If they can't tell you who won on Election Day, it is fair to assume the election is compromised.

[Tironianae 🍊🍊 Z. - Ultra Verbum Vincet @Tironianae]

🚨#ALERT: Everyone needs to be aware of this

Journalist Avery Daye exposes the history of Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar

“Ilhan Omar — I figured not enough people know about her family’s history, so let’s recap:

Her dad and her grandfather were both high-ranking military officials in the Barre regime, which killed over 200,000 people. They’re most famous for the Isaaq genocide — it was the worst of the worst: aerial bombings, executions, man-made famine.

People massively suffered under this regime, with the help of people like Ilhan Omar’s family who supported the regime and carried out this, this horror.

— They have family ties to this guy known as the Butcher of Hargeisa, and his whole shtick was “kill all but the crows.””

“So the suffering of the people of Somalia was so bad that there was a civil war and the regime was overthrown. Her family fled first to Kenya and then Minnesota, claiming they’re like these asylum seekers.

These poor, poor people. No, no, no, no. They were fleeing to escape being held accountable for what they did. She was not oppressed. Her family, they were the oppressors.”

“So for the Democratic Party to have her as a representative is insane to me — and the way that they’ve like rebranded her as all this poor refugee? No, no. She wasn’t a refugee of war. Her family created the war.”

[Tony Seruga @TonySeruga]

🚨 RFK Jr. Declares War on Lyme: Trump Admin Launches Historic Tick-Borne Assault — Calls Alpha-Gal ‘Science Fiction Nightmare

💥 BIG NEWS: RFK Jr. just announced MAJOR Trump Admin actions to crush Lyme disease & tick-borne illnesses!

- Multi-million $ tick control pilots on wildlife
- Up to $2.5M innovation challenges (AI, drug repurposing, awareness)
- New NIH push on Alpha-Gal Syndrome
- Better patient-provider matching & faster diagnostics

RFK called Alpha-Gal “a science fiction nightmare” — one tick bite can trigger lifelong red meat allergy. Parents shouldn’t fear the woods anymore.

This is MAHA in action. Real prevention, real urgency. Lyme patients are finally getting heard.

#MAHA #LymeDisease #RFKJr #TrumpAdministration

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 Jill Biden on CBS: “I said in the beginning I won’t pardon Hunter… but then Trump was elected and we knew he would target him. We just couldn’t let our son go to jail on charges no one would go to jail for.”

Translation: Rules for thee, but not for me.

Hunter’s gun felonies, $1.4M tax evasion, and Burisma grift while Joe was point man on Ukraine? Totally fine.

But Trump gets lawfare for years and they cry “persecution.”

The Biden family’s entitlement is unmatched.

[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

Erin Brockovich is outraged...

"EPA, FDA, political leaders...where have you been?! CHEMICALS are the biggest environmental threat we've ever faced. They're in our soil, our water, our food. Chemicals have DESTROYED our health and welfare."

[DocumentingLibs @HistorianUSA1]

This video is PEAK comedy gold. I felt this in my SOUL. 😂

“Can’t stand these fckn bicyclists” — my brother, you just narrated my morning commute.

He nails it: Grown-ass men in skin-tight neon spandex outfits looking like a pack of radioactive Power Rangers, riding three-wide like it’s the Peloton Championships on a residential road. No one’s handing out medals at the cul-de-sac, Kyle. You’re not transporting a heart for surgery. You’re just expensive, slow-moving road geese with $10k carbon fiber attitudes.

One? Fine. Eight? That’s a tactical formation. That’s how civilizations fall.

I’m honking, I’m crying, I’m in agreement. Save us from the Lycra Legion. He nails every reason I can’t stand the bicycle militia.

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨REST IN PEACE: The 69-year-old Veteran who owned the Trump House in California has passed away after being viciously attacked by a Leftist.

Rest in peace, Kerry Sheron.

The mainstream media should be covering this.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump calls on people like Lindsey Graham to STOP SPECULATING about the potential Iran deal

“Nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn't even fully negotiated yet. So don't listen to the LOSERS, who are critical about something they know NOTHING about.”

Pipe down, Lady Graham.