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After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health

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The accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health staffing in the U.S.

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Dem Senate Nominee Troy Jackson Has 2 Kids With His Cousin: REPORT

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Dem Senate Nominee Troy Jackson Has 2 Kids With His Cousin: REPORT

Maine Democrat’s Senate Bid Draws Scrutiny Over Family Ties

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'Guaranteed death': Another GOP senator comes out swinging against Trump's demands

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'Guaranteed death': Another GOP senator comes out swinging against Trump's demands

Another GOP senator has said he won't give in to a looming demand by President Donald Trump in a defiant op-ed.In a Thursday piece for The Wall Street Journal, Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) made it clear, "I won't change the filibuster," a position that he made the headline of his op-ed."Under no circumstance will I support any effort to end or alter the filibuster, as any party that does so wouldn't be guaranteed survival," Curtis wrote. "Their agenda would be guaranteed death come the next majority." The op-ed lands Curtis in a growing camp of Republicans publicly resisting Trump's push to terminate the filibuster if that's what it takes to force through his stalled SAVE America Act, a controversial voting bill.Curtis defended the filibuster, writing that it "protects independence" and "gives individual senators the ability to stop or slow a bill—a significant amount of influence for one person."He added that the filibuster protects the minority, which "isn't just a party. It can be any senator, on any issue, at any time, whose view doesn't align with the majority." He noted this kind of resistance "happens more often than people might think" and that the filibuster makes it so a senator who disagrees with party leadership "can't easily be overruled and pushed aside."Trump never comes up by name, but plenty of Republicans have gone after his demand. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) went after the same demand in a Wall Street Journal op-ed of her own. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has also said he won't gut the filibuster to secure 60 votes for Trump's SAVE America Act.

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This Is What It Looks Like When Senate Republicans Have Nothing Left to Lose

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This Is What It Looks Like When Senate Republicans Have Nothing Left to Lose

Trump did the worst thing he could to these lawmakers, but he also kind of set them free.

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$Senator triggers online backlash after 'ludicrous' fracas with reporter: 'What is this?'$

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Senator triggers online backlash after 'ludicrous' fracas with reporter: 'What is this?'

A Republican senator apologized for siccing security on a reporter, but it came too late to avoid being skewered online.On Thursday, Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) called for security and ran away after TMZ DC co-managing editor Charlie Cotton pressed him with questions about the absence of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)."Do you think Mitch McConnell needs to do more to prove his health?" Cotton asked. Ricketts answered, saying McConnell, who's been out of the public eye since mid-June, deserves "the time he needs." Cotton pressed him with a follow-up question, but Ricketts called out for the Capitol Police to "Stop him!""I reacted poorly," Ricketts later wrote in a post on X. "I appreciate @hicharliecotton taking my phone call so I could apologize."Cotton responded on X, writing, "I accept your apology Pete. I respect anyone who can take accountability when they make a mistake. Thank u for the call - I look fwd to our next conversation."However, online critics were shocked to see Cotton's video of the incident and vented their outrage before Ricketts could get off scot-free."What is this?" Drop Site News reporter Julian Andreone reacted on X. "They were coming from the basement, which is inside the building, meaning Charlie, a credentialed reporter, had already been through security and is free to navigate the Russell office building and film anywhere within it he'd like.""This is ludicrous!" Eric Michael Garcia, the DC bureau chief for The Independent, posted. "Charlie is doing his job and posed no security threat to Ricketts.""A senator can say no comment or say nothing," NOTUS reporter Igor Bobic wrote. "But reporters have every right to ask him questions in a public hallway.""Why did Capitol Police stop a reporter from asking questions?" MS NOW congressional reporter Matt Fuller asked. "The answer is because Sen. Pete Ricketts asked them to, but this is a wholly inappropriate use of the Capitol Police."

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Angry Fauci Drops F-Bomb, Vents to His Wife About Brutal Senate Hearing

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Angry Fauci Drops F-Bomb, Vents to His Wife About Brutal Senate Hearing

Dr. The post Angry Fauci Drops F-Bomb, Vents to His Wife About Brutal Senate Hearing appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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NFL coach jabs at Fauci while taking questions from reporters

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NFL coach jabs at Fauci while taking questions from reporters

Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio took a couple of shots at Dr. Anthony Fauci over his repeated use of the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “I’m gonna be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on all questions,” Fangio said, when a reporter asked whether Marcus Epps had the inside…

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BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!”

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BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!”

An old tweet from Texas Senate Democratic Nominee James Talarico has come to light, where he idolized the mass murderer Dr. The post BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Fauci had a ‘very good talk’ with Sam Bankman-Fried: Diary

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Fauci had a ‘very good talk’ with Sam Bankman-Fried: Diary

Dr. Anthony Fauci held a “very good talk” in July 2022 with Sam Bankman-Fried to discuss pandemic preparedness months before news broke that the cryptocurrency tycoon was a fraudster. Fauci recorded the call in his diary, 1,141 pages of which were released earlier this week by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). The conversation was one of […]

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After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health

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