Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 8/2

[SVPete]

RFK Debunks Sen. Warren's Hypocritical Attack on His Supposed Big Pharma ‘Conflict of Interest’

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/01/rfk-debunks-dem-attack-on-supposed-big-pharma-conflict-of-interest-n4955705

Reuters and Washington Post have a new deceptive report out claiming that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has financially benefited from a settlement with a top pharmaceutical company. But they left the crucial context out that showed he personally received not a dime.

Democrats are never ones for context. They love to have reasons to pretend they are destroying corruption when they are really going after personal political opponents. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), for instance, had her warpaint and Tomahawk out as she screeched, “Is RFK Jr.'s son getting a cut of a $50 MILLION settlement that his dad could have influenced? I'm investigating.” Naturally, she needs something to investigate to avoid investigating Anthony Fauci and the pharmaceutical companies that pushed COVID vaccines that we now know, courtesy of Fauci‘s journal, were quite ineffective and sometimes injurious.

Kennedy responded to Warren and the lefty media outlets at the same time. “The Washington Post editorial board accuses me of a conflict of interest that might bias me against Big Pharma, ... “The alleged conflict comes from money I supposedly made from a settlement in a lawsuit against Merck for injuries caused by its Gardasil vaccine.”

He emphatically stated: “The problem is that I never received a penny from the Merck Gardasil settlement, and neither has my son nor anyone else in my family.” So Warren et al. are smearing Kennedy with — surprise, surprise — lies.

Kennedy explained further, “Before taking office, I relinquished any interest in potential Gardasil fees back to the Wisner Baum law firm, which publicly confirmed this during my confirmation process. Yet @SenWarren, @Reuters, and @washingtonpost editorial board — in their ardor to protect Big Pharma — continue to push a false narrative that makes Big Pharma the victim and me the mendacious villain.”

Fauxcahontas and the WashPost lying? I'm shocked! Shocked! Meanwhile, Fauxcahontas received $5M from "Big Pharmaceutical" during her brief and failed 2020 Presidential run. Hopefully she's stoooopid enough to challenge RFK Jr., "Oh yeah? Prove it!" Because he will be able to produce the documents by which he relinquished his interests in the Gardasil settlement.

[SVPete]

Obama-Appointed Judge Defies SCOTUS, Now Faces Impeachment

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/08/02/obama-appointed-judge-defies-scotus-now-faces-impeachment-n4955718

An Obama-appointed federal judge just decided the Supreme Court's rulings are more like suggestions, and Republicans in Congress are done pretending she has the authority to make that call.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued an order on Friday blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals. It was a brazen display of judicial activism, and it took Republicans about a weekend to respond.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) announced he will file articles of impeachment against Burroughs on Monday, accusing her of trampling both the Constitution and a Supreme Court ruling that should have ended this fight already.

In a 6-3 decision in June, the justices held that the TPS statute bars federal courts from second-guessing the Department of Homeland Security's calls on designating, extending, or terminating the program. That ruling reversed lower courts and cleared the way for the Trump administration to end TPS protections for Syrian and Haitian nationals while any remaining constitutional claims get sorted out.

To be blunt, if the Rs go through with this, it will all but certainly be an empty symbol. The Senate won't remove her, by a (almost?) party-line vote. Trump needs to demand recusal or change-of venue for every case that comes before her, based on her demonstrated bias and defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. And make failure of either motion part of the basis of an appeal.