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Chuck Darwin

Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’

The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official,
Dr. #Peter #Marks,
💥abruptly resigned Friday,
saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary
#Robert F. #Kennedy #Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was⚠️ irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.

“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary,
but rather
❌he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,”
Dr. Marks wrote to #Sara #Brenner,
the agency’s acting commissioner.

Dr. Marks resigned under pressure,
according to a person familiar with the matter who said an official with the Department of Health and Human Services told Dr. Marks on Friday that
🔥he could either resign or be fired.

Hours earlier in West Virginia,
👉Mr. Kennedy asserted that Covid did not kill healthy people,
contrary to research showing that
30 percent of those who died early in the pandemic did not have underlying conditions.

Mr. Kennedy has also extolled the value of 👉vitamin A as a treatment during a major measles outbreak in Texas,
while downplaying the value of #vaccines.

On Thursday, he announced that he was creating a new
👉office to study
"vaccine injuries".

nytimes.com/2025/03/28/health/

The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, resigned Friday.
The New York Times · Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’By Christina Jewett
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Chuck Darwin

Jeff Bezos makes the implicit explicit in memo to Washington Post staff

Mega billionaire Jeff Bezos made news yesterday
by formally announcing the parameters of the Washington Post opinion section in clear ideological terms,
making explicit what has long been implicit in corporate media

and, like then-New York Times opinion editor James Bennet did seven years ago when he said that the New York Times was
“pro-capitalism,”
effectively doing my job for me.

⭐️“I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars:
personal liberties and free markets,”
the Amazon founder and executive chairman wrote in an open letter to Post employees.

“We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

As I wrote in 2018 when Times opinion editor James Bennet said in a closed-door meeting with staffers that the Times was a “pro-capitalism” newspaper,
“Media criticism is, more often than not, a practice of inference:
seeing patterns and inferring from those patterns the political make-up of media.

Occasionally, however, decision-makers from major media outlets come right out and openly declare their ideology.”

Bezos has done us a favor by removing the mystery and inference and cheeky “open debate” pretense from the process of inferring the ideological perimeters of corporate media and laid it all out bare.

Obviously this dictate is, in theory, limited to the opinion section, not the news section,
but those working on the other side of the firewall will no doubt take a hearty hint
––if they didn’t the last time Bezos explicitly interfered in the opinion output of the paper.

The fact is that, compared to peer outlets, the Washington Post’s current national labor coverage, while by no means aggressively anti-capitalist, is robust and generally favorable to workers.

Reporters such as #Lauren #Kaori #Gurley
and #Jeff #Stein
and columnist #Perry #Bacon #Jr. have done excellent work
highlighting the plight of Amazon employees and those on the business end of US sanctions,
often in direct contradiction to Bezos’ bottom line and ideological preferences.

While the Post’s local metro coverage, as I’ve documented, has often doubled as an Amazon lobbying front,
its national coverage has often remained independent of the billionaire’s direct control.

Indeed, the Post’s newly anointed chief economics reporter #Jeff #Stein publicly criticized his boss yesterday morning,
writing on social media:
“Bezos declaration Massive encroachment by Jeff Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section today
– makes clear dissenting views will not be published or tolerated there I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side of coverage,
but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know.”
therealnews.com/jeff-bezos-mak

The Real News Network · Jeff Bezos makes the implicit explicit in memo to Washington Post staffBy Adam Johnson
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Chuck Darwin

Attendees, with white-and-red gift bags and lanyards, knew to be closelipped when approached by hotel interlopers
or by the Times reporter, who was not invited to the closed-press festivities.

But a copy of the agenda listed remarks by several tech billionaires, including the Anduril co-founder #Palmer #Luckey and the venture capitalist #Marc #Andreessen, who spoke about his support for deregulating technology
and the mixed reaction in Silicon Valley to his endorsement of Mr. Trump, according to attendees.

There were tech up-and-comers, too:
Donald Trump #Jr. announced at the welcome dinner that he was entering venture capital.

And days before the president-elect chose Robert F. #Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary,
Mr. Kennedy spoke extensively about his public-health work to a standing ovation.

Ms. #Wiles also led a session on “2024 Election Analysis,” where she gave a preview of Mr. Trump’s first days as president.

“It’s the domestic ‘Davos in the desert,’” said the Rockbridge backer #Omeed #Malik, referring to the annual business conference in Riyadh, and Donald Trump Jr.’s new business partner.

➡️Rockbridge began with more humility.

Back in 2019, Mr. #Vance, then best known as the author of “Hilbilly Elegy,” and a conservative media figure named #Chris #Buskirk began informally hosting a series of small dinners
that would eventually become called Rockbridge.

The group drew early support from the venture capitalist #Peter #Thiel and eventually caught the attention of Donald J. Trump, who spoke at a few meetings.

Once in the fall and once in the spring, Rockbridge began to gather at places like the Four Seasons in Palm Beach, Fla.,
or the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas for three days of political panels and business networking.

Speakers included people like #Tucker #Carlson; the Thiel protégé #Blake #Masters; the casino mogul #Steve #Wynn; the investor #David #Sacks; and #Woody #Johnson, the billionaire owner of the New York Jets.

Not all attendees have politics at the top of their mind.

Some are primarily interested in business, seeing Rockbridge as a conservative-tinged version of the elite Sun Valley conference.

#RockbridgeNetwork#RebekahMercer#ElonMusk
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Chuck Darwin

‘Hazing Ritual’:

RFK Jr. Shares McDonald’s With Trump After Trashing His Diet

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been tapped by Trump to run the Department of Health and Human Services, was photographed aboard the president-elect’s plane sharing
McDonald’s and Coca-Cola
with #Trump, Elon #Musk, House Speaker Mike #Johnson and Donald Trump #Jr. Sunday.

“POV: walking by the cool kids table,” 🤮Trump’s deputy director of communications for his campaign, Margo Martin, wrote on X alongside the photo of the entourage, who traveled to New York City to attend UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden Saturday.

thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-share

The Daily Beast · RFK Jr. Shares McDonald’s With Trump After Trashing His DietBy Jackie Salo
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Chuck Darwin

 'No Labels' Pat McCrory Quits Before Spoiler Candidate Committee Launch

AS RFK JR. ponders which celebrity to tap as his VP, another third-party presidential ticket seems to be running out of steam.

No Labels, the self-proclaimed centrist organization with dark money funding, had one of its national leaders abruptly resign Wednesday.

Former North Carolina Gov. #Pat #McCrory (R), who served as one of the group’s national co-chairs, informed the organization he was quitting to spend more time with his family, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The departure arrives a day before No Labels was set to debut a committee for selecting its presidential candidate. McCrory began working for the organization a year after his failed 2022 Senate campaign and had said he was on the road volunteering for the group.

“I wish them the best. It was a great honor to serve. I am still rooting for the movement,” he told WSJ.

Among those remaining in No Labels’ national leadership are former Vice Presidential candidate #Joe #Lieberman and civil rights activist #Benjamin #Chavis #Jr.

Former Missouri Gov. #Jay #Nixon (D) is the director of their national ballot integrity project

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

Rolling Stone · ‘No Labels’ Co-Chair Quits Day Before Spoiler Candidate Committee LaunchBy Jeremy Childs
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Terry Wallwork

Well erm now what:

Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely - Japan Today

japantoday.com/category/nation

> When arriving in Japan, ordinarily one of the first things you’d want to do is to get yourself a Suica card. As of Wednesday, though, that’s not an option, as sales of the rechargeable e-money card, issued by East Japan Railway (JR East), have been suspended…

#Japan#JapaneseCulture#Jr
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