NIH scientists made $710M in royalties from drug makers — a fact they tried to hide

New data from the National Institutes of Health reveals the agency and its scientists collected $710 million in royalties during the pandemic, from late 2021 through 2023. These are payments made by private companies, like pharmaceuticals, to license medical innovations from government scientists.

Almost all that cash — $690 million — went to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), the subagency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, and 260 of its scientists.

Information about this vast private royalty complex is tightly held by NIH. My organization, OpenTheBooks.com, was forced to sue to uncover the royalties paid from September 2009 to October 2021, which amounted to $325 million over 56,000 transactions.
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President Trump's team is more focused so far on building a sprawling network of "election integrity" lawyers and poll watchers than on rounding up organizers and door knockers to reach voters.

It's a sign that five months before Election Day, the legal battle over the 2024 race is underway — and that Trump plans to cry "rigged" if he loses, just as it did after the 2020 election and his felony convictions.

The Trump-controlled Republican National Committee is assembling a network of lawyers and volunteers to gather string for lawsuits challenging the results of the Nov. 5 vote.

The RNC plans to hire more people for the operation than for any other department it has, a committee official told Axios.

The RNC has installed 13 "election integrity" state directors who've been hosting training sessions with state and county GOP parties in swing states such as Pennsylvania, Arizona and Wisconsin.
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NEW: Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits central Japan

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PENNSYLVANIA — TWILIGHT ZONE OR THE U.S.?

Pro-Palestine protestors blocked a pride parade in Philadelphia.

The Washington Post said Sunday that its executive editor, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years at the top of one of journalism’s most storied brands.

She will be replaced by Matt Murray, former editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, until this fall’s presidential election. Following that, Robert Winnett, currently deputy editor of the Telegraph Media Group, will take over as editor following the election.

No reason was given for Buzbee’s departure.
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The National Fraternal Order of Police regrets to report that as of midnight on 31 May, there have been 164 officers shot in the line of duty so far in 2024. Of those officers shot, 22 of them were killed.

https://national.fop.net/reportshotkilled632024

Bam 💥 Bam 💥 Bam 💥

This has to be the most polite Beatdown I’ve ever heard

Nashville trans shooter Audrey Hale allegedly informed a therapist about fantasies about killing her Christian family & carrying out a school shooting, but it was never reported to authorities. Hale killed several children & adults at a Christian school.

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