There’s nothing unusual about throwing a convention in Las Vegas. But RePlatform Vegas, held at the Horseshoe hotel on the Strip this past weekend, was remarkable in its very premise: the event aimed to gather influencers and brands fixated on the problem of perceived censorship and “cancel culture,” giving them …
Read More »America's Biggest Charities Bankrolled RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Outfit
T his report was produced in partnership with Important Context, the news outlet of the OptOut Media Foundation. In April 2020, as the first wave of the deadly coronavirus pandemic was breaking across the U.S., the largest charitable fund in the country, Fidelity Charitable, announced a plan to help mitigate …
Read More »Eric Clapton Raises $2.2 Million for Fellow Vaccine 'Skeptic' RFK Jr. at Private Fundraiser
Eric Clapton raised $2.2 million for 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a private fundraiser on Monday, Kennedy’s campaign stated. The event was held at a private estate in Brentwood, California, and raised $1 million for Kennedy’s campaign and $1.2 million for a super PAC supporting him, according …
Read More »'I Have Never Been Anti-Vax,' Says Lead Anti-Vaxxer RFK Jr
Thursday Morning, fresh off controversy after claiming that Covid-19 was “ethnically targeted” towards certain races, presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. testified before The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Earlier this week, more than 100 Democrats filed a letter to the Judiciary Committee calling for Kennedy …
Read More »Aaron Rodgers Explains the Value of Watching Colleagues Vomit and Shit Simultaneously
On Wednesday afternoon in Denver, four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers sat down for a conversation with author and podcaster Aubrey Marcus at Psychedelic Science 2023, a conference on the applications of drugs including psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA that has drawn over 12,000 attendees. In this particular event, titled “How Psychedelics …
Read More »A Pro-Trump Social Network Wants to Corner the Anti-Vax 'Jizz Market'
Fighting to survive in the crowded ecosystem of far-right social media companies, the pro-Trump platform Gettr has in recent weeks held high-level deliberations on the oddest of business pivots: remaking the site to add an online clearinghouse for human sperm. But it’s not just any sperm. The proposal would see …
Read More »Fear and Slowing on the D.C. Beltway: Inside the People's Convoy's Big-Rig Political Sideshow
HAGERSTOWN, Md. —All of the trucks are full. Brian Brase, the co-organizer of the People’s Convoy, has a lot going on, but he’s still determined to get me into a truck before the convoy takes off at 10 a.m. sharp, headed out from the Hagerstown Speedway on a trek to …
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