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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently made waves claiming that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are to blame for the volatility of insulin prices. It's a bold statement, to be sure. But here's the thing: the senator is absolutely right — and PolitiFact has confirmed as much. On January 31, 2021, PolitiFact partnered with The Daily Iowan to release a fact-check on Grassley's statement, ultimately providing the senator with its highest rating of "True" on the organization's Truth-O-Meter™. "With their complicated discount negotiations," PolitiFact concludes, PBMs play a role in driving upward the cost of insulin in America. One fact that may...

It's The banned that started the questions. 4 weeks into the '2 weeks to stop the spread', Drs Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi gave a 48 minute interview that started the ball rolling about the Wuhan virus, and questions we've never gotten answers to.

Pop history is littered with the albums that could’ve been, the albums we could’ve heard. Sometimes we call these “lost” albums, the works that never quite came into focus, that suggest some path not fully taken. Sometimes we simply call them “unreleased,” albums we know were supposed to exist and were supposed to materialize and yet were held back. A more aggressive term there could be “shelved,” albums seemingly complete and ready to be unveiled and subsequently met with a concrete decision that there was some reason they shouldn’t be. There are as many possibilities for what that “reason” might...

Dennis McGowan a recently retired Chief of Operations for the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office in Atlanta recently explained why he calls the SARS-CoV-2 death toll “a big lie.” He writes: “Death certificates are pretty uniform in their structure, and they call for strict accuracy in listing the relevant details. There are five critical lines... The first (top) line is “Immediate Cause of Death.” This is where the actual terminal event is recorded. This line is followed by three more, all labeled “Due To,” where contributors to the immediate cause, in declining order, are listed. An example of this structure...

The head of an elite private school in New York City privately admitted to a teacher that the institution is “demonizing white people for being born." The call between math teacher Paul Rossi, who was later relieved of his duties after publicly criticizing the school’s anti-racist orthodoxy, and George Davidson, head of Grace Church School, took place on March 2. The two discussed wokeness at the school and how it’s affecting white students. "Let me ask you something, George, because I think there's something very different about having a single experience where you make sense of it, right, and having...

The family of Ma'Khia Bryant remembered her as a "beautiful" and "sweet" girl and questioned why a Columbus, Ohio, officer shot her. Her mother, Paula Bryant said: "Ma'Khia was a sweet little girl. She didn't deserve what happened to her." Police said the video shows a girl, identified as Ma'Khia, trying to stab a person on the ground, as well as another person leaning against a car. Officer Reardon fires his weapon four times, and Ma'Khia falls to the ground, the video shows. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. "Ma'Khia was a good student, a good person, and did...

President Biden has nominated Montana environmental activist and Democrat operative Tracy Stone-Manning of Montana to head the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management. Stone-Manning got her start in environmental activism as the spokesperson for the mother of all radical organizations — Earth First. Only after entering politics did Stone-Manning claim she left the job because the monkey wrenchers were just too darn angry. Who knew that ecoterrorism and arson had a dark side? PeakNation™ will recall the monkey wrenching of Aspen’s natural gas pumping station over the Christmas holiday that left the resort in the cold for days. The culprit...

MSNBC's Tiffany Cross misled viewers today by cutting out a portion of remarks from Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd explaining the difference between a peaceful protest and a riot. Cross started the video with Judd pointing to a photo in his right hand, saying: "This is a riot. And this will get you locked up before quick in the State of Florida. Pay attention. We’ve got a new law, and we’re going to use it if you make us. ​​​​​" Cross then mocked the sheriff as a "Barney Fyfe reject." But Cross didn't mention the photo that was in...

The Pentagon has released new logistical details regarding the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. On Friday, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had approved additional support to aid the withdrawal movement, which is slated to conclude by September 11.“He has approved some additional measures today,” Kirby said. “He has approved the extension of the USS Eisenhower to remain in the Central Command area of responsibility for a period of time. And he has approved the addition of some long-range bombers to be deployed to the region.”However, it isn’t just air and sea support that will be...

There has been a lot of bad news lately in America. Riots, unrest, crime, murder … is there any good news to be had? Fear not. The United Nations Women are here to help. Yes, there is a group called United Nations Women. They're all about economic empowerment and sustainable development agendas (among much else), and a few months ago they put forth the solution to all the problems in the world: A mythical country called Equiterra, "where gender equality is real." "In Equiterra," states the website, "all people have equal rights and opportunities, regardless of their gender. Women and...

The U.S. government is actually gearing up to share information about the "reality" of UFOs with the public — and not a moment too soon, says the man who claims to have run the Pentagon’s UFO program for 9 years. Former President Donald Trump’s...appropriation bill for 2021 contained a mandate that the Pentagon and...agencies...report [on] UAP[s]...in June. [snip] Such details promise to come via the much anticipated report — and at least one evolution of belief: "I think the government has acknowledged the reality of UAP," Elizondo exclusively told The Post, despite signing what he refers to as a "lifelong"...

Longtime Rush Limbaugh producer James Golden, known as "Bo Snerdley," will be launching a podcast about the late conservative talk show host. "It is a tremendous honor to host this tribute podcast series and I will do my very best to make Rush proud and provide his vast audience with a true representation of our beloved host," Golden said to BizPac Review. The podcast will be hosted on iHeartRadio starting on May 12. Limbaugh died in February at 70 years old from stage 4 lung cancer. "I'll just tell you, from personal interactions, you would be hard-pressed to find a...

(h/t grey_whiskers)I cannot quote the content of the linked PDF because all the copyright, but I summarize the key points below. If you're interested in the the University of Pennsyvlania's content, I recomend downloading the original report as these things tend to be purged from the Internet upon discovery.mRNA vaccine review final.pdf (upenn.edu)EVIDENCE SUMMARY of the linked reportThere aren't any specific guidelines for use of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines or to protect patients who should be advised against mRNA vaccines based on patient medical history.None of the mRNA 'vaccines' have completed large trials.The statements made by Fauci and the CDC,...

Janiah Bryant – Ma’Khia’s younger sister – called police in late March and threatened to kill someone if she was not removed from a Columbus-area foster home. A Columbus Division of Police report states that in the 911 call, Janiah told the dispatcher she wanted to leave the home and return to Franklin County Children Services. “When CPD officers arrived at the home, Janiah Bryant explained that she got into an argument with her sister, Ma’Khia Bryant, and foster mother, Angela Moore,” wrote Tom Sussi, the Central Ohio investigative reporter who broke the story. When officers informed Janiah Bryant that...

Iran is in its worst economic situation in 42 years, and the threat of a widespread uprising that may lead to the regime’s overthrow has become more serious than ever. When Khomeini was alive, no authority dared to dispute his orders and decisions, and everyone had to obey him. In today’s Iran, Khamenei still has the final say on all internal and international matters. But unlike Khomeini, he has not been able to keep all political factions in Iran at bay. Although Khamenei has not wasted a moment in suppressing its opponents, even those very close to him and his...

Among the many executive orders that Joe Biden issued upon taking office was one that shut down the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, putting tens of thousands of American jobs at risk. He’s had his eye on some other pipeline construction projects as well, a plan that will probably further impede the nation’s oil and gas industry as Biden works to impress his European friends with is climate advocacy. But in a bit of an ironic role reversal, there may be one such project that Biden won’t be bringing to a halt despite a bipartisan demand from the Senate...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday was greeted by protesters in New Hampshire who urged her to visit the US-Mexico border in her role as the Biden administration’s migration czar. A handful of protesters brandished signs near Plymouth, NH, including one that read “Mexico —2,254 mi,” according to a pool report. Another sign said, “Hey Kamala / Stop the illegal invasion / Go visit Mexico.” Yet another sign said, “Impeach Biden-Harris.” Harris was in New Hampshire to promote President Biden’s more than $2 trillion infrastructure proposal. During her speech, she said that 2 million “women people” lost their jobs during...

We are not led by the best in this country. That’s been clear for a while, and Joe Biden is content to keep showing us that over and over. Yet, there comes a point when his weakness becomes dangerous. Yesterday was that point. Biden appeared in a Zoom call with other international leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping. This was a moment to show American power and greatness. Instead, Biden stumbled his way through wearing a mask, the only person on the call to do so.How hard do you think dictator Xi laughed with his boys when...

Open request for prayers regarding an OLD TIME Freeper: Appalachian_Dweller has just this day been diagnosed with Lung Cancer. He has no health insurance and he’s a 55 year old former smoker. He is one of my closest friends and has had a mighty influence on this site, even though neither one of us has been here recently. When I first met him, here, back in the late 1990’s, we began a friendship that eventually led to a meeting and then an extended stay as our guest in our home in Miami, Florida along with his wonderful pup, Clyde (since...

“Libertà, Libertà,” chanted protesters calling for an immediate end to Rome’s strict Covid-19 lockdown measures. In recent weeks, large scale anti-lockdown demonstrations have mounted in Austria, Great Britain, Finland, Romania, Switzerland, Poland, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, the Netherlands, and Romania, VOA News reported on April 9. “We can no longer go on like this,” 51-year-old pizzeria owner Ermes Ferrari told reporters. “I just want to work.” “I had to spend €10,000 to adapt the pizzeria so that it was in accord with virus safety precautions, then the government made us close down. It’s shameful. I have no more money left. My...