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Aaron Rodgers Unloads on Fauci After Senate Hearing
Aaron Rodgers, NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, sat in a comfy, rotating chair next to Pat McAfee, head down as he listened to McAfee’s next question on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show”: “Can you tell us about the mindset of coming into your last season? How do you view this year versus maybe the years of the past?”
Rodgers raised his head and responded, “I’m gonna plead the fifth.”
Laughter broke out on stage and in the crowd of yellow-and-black-clad Steelers fans behind the stage at the joke, which was directed at Dr. Anthony Fauci, who just last week appeared before a Senate hearing to answer questions about the role he played during the pandemic, particularly questions regarding COVID-19 origins and his own decision-making. During the hearing, he “plead the fifth” 111 times on the advice of his lawyers.
Rodgers’ joke launched the conversation into the topic of Fauci’s recent public scrutiny. During the exchange, Rodgers had some strong words for the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.
“Are you kidding me?” Rodgers continued. “You got a pardon and you plead [the fifth] over a hundred times? What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science. ‘I am science,’ and he can’t get up there and answer a question?” The four-time NFL MVP related the situation to the scrutiny he received in the past for declining to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that, at the time, was highly controversial in the eyes of the public.
Emails Show How Fauci Conspired Against White House COVID Adviser
Newly released emails show that Dr. Anthony Fauci, while serving as a top member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, pressured Dr. Deborah Birx to back his play and conspired to get Dr. Scott Atlas ousted from the team.
In a series of emails shared by economic historian Phil Magness on Monday, Fauci spoke with other officials like Birx and then-NIH Director Francis Collins about how to get rid of Atlas and how they could best coordinate their efforts to discredit the “Great Barrington Declaration” — which made the case against broad lockdowns and advocated for achieving herd immunity by providing “focused protection” for vulnerable populations — and its authors.
The exchange began on October 11, 2020, when Fauci shared an article from the far-left publication “The Nation” with Collins. The article, written by epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves, framed the ideas of herd immunity and focused protection as “deadly delusions.” On October 14, Gonsalves responded to both Collins and Fauci in an email with a subject line that read, “Thank You For Your Frank Comments on Herd Immunity (Larry Kramer Would Be Proud).”
Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher
A few hours after Dr. Anthony S. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right in refusing to answer questions from Senate Republicans last week, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to social media to plug a book he published about Dr. Fauci in 2021, declaring it “the #1 non-fiction hardcover best-seller.”
Later that day, Mr. Kennedy went on television to say much the same thing. “I wrote a book about Anthony Fauci in 2021,” he told the Fox News host Sean Hannity. “It was the biggest selling book of 2021. It sold 1.4 million copies.”
Mr. Kennedy’s mini book tour came as Republicans accused Dr. Fauci of enriching himself by enlisting staff and colleagues to enter contests with cash awards, including a $1 million prize that government ethics officials allowed him to keep. But Mr. Kennedy; Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who chaired the hearing; and even Mr. Kennedy’s son Robert F. Kennedy III have all published critical books about Dr. Fauci whose sales may have gotten a boost from the negative public attention the men have helped generate against him.
EPA Hits Key Milestone in Expedited Review of Fluoride Under the Safe Drinking Water Act
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported:
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the next step in its review of public health risks linked to fluoride in drinking water: the release of the Protocol for Developing the Fluoride Human Health Toxicity Assessment. This marks a significant milestone in the agency’s expedited assessment of fluoride under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a priority set by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as part of the Trump Administration’s commitment to Make America Healthy Again, while following gold standard science.
“Every American should be able to count on safe and healthy drinking water, plain and simple. In light of new science and real concerns from the public, the Trump EPA is working in lockstep with HHS to expedite our review of fluoride under the Safe Drinking Water Act,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
“Today’s important milestone means we are another step closer to completing this assessment years ahead of schedule. Our new action outlines specifically how EPA’s assessment will be conducted and advances our commitment to transparency and gold standard science.”
The EPA Says They Want ‘PFAS Out.’ Their Policies Are Allowing More of Them In
Less than three months ago, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Jess Kramer outlined a series of promises dubbed “PFAS OUT,” aimed at eliminating a family of toxic compounds from drinking water, and touted the Trump administration’s wider commitments to protecting Americans from contamination by the chemicals.
In a May 18 press conference, Kramer, who serves as the EPA’s assistant administrator for water, spoke alongside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, about a range of actions aimed at tackling per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the “full life cycle” of the chemicals. Zeldin noted that PFAS are linked to serious health effects, and said that addressing PFAS contamination is “essential to making America healthy again.”
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is anchored in limiting the use of harmful toxic chemicals and pesticides. Multiple agencies have invoked MAHA goals since Trump took office.
