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Drug Price Executive Order Unleashes Unlikely Critics

2 days ago | libertynation.com | John Klar

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) yesterday (May 12) designed to reduce drug prices for American patients and taxpayers alike. The move is a moderate effort to work amicably with pharmaceutical companies to cut taxpayer costs for Medicare and Medicaid, shave price gouging by middlemen, and usher in bipartisan “equity” for American consumers.
The Vindication of Dr. Bhattacharya

2 days ago | lewrockwell.com | John Klar

Before he was confirmed as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was a well-respected professor of medicine and health policy at Stanford University, from which he took an M.D. in medicine and a Ph.D. in economics, econometrics, and health economics. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and, unlike the majority of academics across the United States, Dr. Bhattacharya did not quickly fall in line with the normative narrative.
Klar: Are Courts Doing Enough To Protect Public Health?

3 days ago | granitegrok.com | John Klar

A lawsuit in late March that awarded Georgia man John Barnes $2.1 billion in damages looked like another piece of good news for one of the tens of thousands of litigants against Bayer, the agrochemical giant that since 2018 has owned Monsanto, maker of the popular weedkiller, Roundup.
The Vindication of Dr. Bhattacharya

3 days ago | thekennedybeacon.substack.com | John Klar

By John Klar, Contributing Writer, The Kennedy BeaconBefore he was confirmed as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was a well-respected professor of medicine and health policy at Stanford University, from which he took an M.D. in medicine and a Ph.D. in economics, econometrics, and health economics. Thanks for reading The Kennedy Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Klar: I ran from the law - to run a rural farm in Vermont

4 days ago | granitegrok.com | John Klar

Mark Twain’s famous satire “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” chronicles the fictitious time travel of an engineer named Hank Morgan from East Hartford, Connecticut. After being struck in the head with a crowbar, he awakens in sixth-century England and works his way into King Arthur’s favor by use of his modern knowledge. I have a similar tale, except it is true. I am an attorney admitted since 1989 to the Connecticut bar. I graduated from high school in East Hartford.
Why Don't the British Like US Beef?

4 days ago | libertynation.com | John Klar

Reciprocal relief over a UK-US trade deal has boosted markets and allayed anxieties on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet, many voices in the United Kingdom are skeptical of US agricultural products, especially beef. The difference in farming techniques of the two nations is at the root of the friction, displaying a problem called “non-tariff cheating.”More US Beef Going to England!The new trade deal addresses tariffs relating to cars, steel, and agricultural products.
Klar: Wind Project’s Pause Has Progressives Howling

5 days ago | granitegrok.com | John Klar

So-called clean energy, like wind and solar, were supposed to save the world from allegedly manmade climate change. But what about toxic manufacturing pollution and devastation to wildlife? These conflicting interests are visible in the tension caused by the recent pause in construction on the Empire Wind project near New York. The Trump administration doesn’t worship at the alter of union jobs and “clean energy” – and that has progressives howling.
Far-Left Mental Illness Explained

6 days ago | granitegrok.com | John Klar

In his recent book, The End of Race Politics, Coleman Hughes writes this:“Mainstream American society isn’t morally confused about white supremacy; it’s an ideology that most Americans reject on moral grounds. By contrast, many Americans are morally confused about neoracism. They’re fooled by the self-proclaimed “anti-racist” label that neo-racists have adopted. That moral confusion makes neoracism a more dangerous threat to the dream. “White supremacy is a wolf in wolf’s clothing.
Farmer Who Faced Discrimination From Biden’s UDSA Sues for Legal Fees

6 days ago | libertynation.com | John Klar

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... During President Biden’s tenure, the USDA conditioned the receipt of disaster relief funds for farmers based on race. Some white farmers sued, alleging this was unconstitutional racial discrimination, leading several federal courts to implement nationwide preliminary injunctions against the practice. Congress repealed the offending provisions, and the farmers were vindicated for this blatant racial bias.
Catholic Funding by Government in the Political Crosshairs

6 days ago | americanthinker.com | John Klar

Secular liberals are exhibiting an odd hypocrisy. The same leftwing voices objecting to using government funds to teach American children how to read and write in Catholic schools howl in complaint that DOGE cut USAID funding to Catholic charities that supported illegal immigrants—this odd hypocrisy highlights the growing tension within the Holy See. The high-profile dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v.