Summary

Trump’s FBI director pick, Kash Patel, promoted unproven supplements claiming to “detox” Covid vaccines, a stance unsupported by scientific evidence.

Patel endorsed Warrior Essentials’ “Spike Protein Detox Protocol” on Truth Social, though experts confirm such products are ineffective.

The supplement company profits from anti-vaccine misinformation, despite Covid vaccines being safe and FDA-approved. Experts warn supplement claims often exploit regulatory loopholes and public distrust in science.

Patel’s promotion aligns with Trump’s broader trend of nominating vaccine skeptics, including figures critical of vaccine mandates and public health policies.

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    23 days ago

    Holy shit NBC, do your goddamn jobs. “They’re besties but he did a widdle supplement oopsie doo?” This dude has bragged about plans for using the FBI as political contact killers.

    These news rags want these people in office

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        21 days ago

        The entirety of MSM is literally owned by the oligarchy who wants to remove the risk that democracy represents to their power and replace it with their preferred flavor of corporate plutocratic dictatorship.

        They will never be fair and balanced until they are split into a thousand tiny pieces and restructured as non-profit journalist-owned and operated co-ops.

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    23 days ago

    The nuts are running the nut house

    Thanks so much, Merrick. Thank you, Joe.

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      23 days ago

      TBH the people that voted for this are not up in arms because they have no idea and probably never will.

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        22 days ago

        80 million heard “I will be your retribution”, “burn it all to the ground”, and a thousand years’ worth of racism, hatred, and misogyny rolled into one political campaign and cheered.

        88 million heard that shit and decided to not get involved to stop it.

        I can’t wait for the whining to start from either of those groups.