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Vaccines: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. An overview of traditional vaccines and mRNA injections Vaccines have become a controversial issue — partly due to RFKjr, but mostly because of the government’s vaccine policies. Here is a brief overview of this matter, from the perspective of a Scientist, not a medical professional. When vaccines first came out, they […]
Judicial Watch’s COVID Community Corps Case Illustrates Need for Trump Plan to Cut Federal Waste
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Judicial Watch President Trump’s temporary funding freeze to reign in Biden’s spending binge has ignited outrage among the left and an ongoing Judicial Watch case that has already exposed $505 million dollars (and counting) in government waste helps illustrate why the new order is vital to protect American taxpayers. It involves awarding billions of […]
Elon Musk’s Claim Linking USAID To Bioweapons Isn’t As Far-Fetched As The Deep State Wants You To Think
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Healthcare, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel viruses in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology has come under an intense new spotlight. “Did you know that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including COVID-19, that […]
Meta Employees Protest Removal of Tampons from Men’s Bathrooms
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Meta, the parent company of Facebook, recently became one of the many organizations scrapping their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. According to Breitbart, part of this move “back toward the lane of sanity” also included CEO Mark Zuckerburg’s executive decision to remove tampons from the men’s bathrooms in the Silicon […]
A Duty to Die?
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Anne Marie DiCarlo Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Not that many years ago, when the ‘Death with Dignity’ movement was in its infancy, the thought of helping another human being end their lives was sold as a solution for those in unbearable pain, for whom death was an inevitable conclusion. It was argued by […]
Top 4 Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced two U.S. Senate Finance Committee this week, in a pair of hearings whether or not he will be confirmed as President Donald Trump’s Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In order to proceed to a full Senate confirmation vote, Kennedy needs the […]
Language and the Battle Over Life
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jerry Newcombe, D. Min. 52 years ago, seven out of nine robed men in Washington, D.C. banged the gavel and declared a death sentence upon what would turn out to be 65 million (and counting) human beings in America. I refer to the infamous Roe v. Wade decision of the Supreme Court of January […]
Transgender Surgeries for Kids Is ‘a Stain on Our Nation’: Trump Executive Order
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council President Donald Trump has protected U.S. taxpayers from funding “the chemical and surgical mutilation of children” by declaring the federal government will “not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” cross-sex hormone injections or transgender surgeries. President Trump’s executive order “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” signed Tuesday, cuts off federal […]
RFK Jr. Turns Tables On Dems ‘Chuckling’ About His Claim That Americans Prefer Private Insurance
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired back at Democrats who were “chuckling” at his claim that most Americans prefer to be enrolled in private insurance during his Wednesday Senate confirmation hearing. Kennedy said that the nation needs to “improve” healthcare” for all Americans, particularly veterans, […]
VIDEO: Courage in Controversy
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Healthcare /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. More behind-the-scenes medical information. As usual, to see the latest version of this plus comments by readers, go here. With the RFK Jr. confirmation process ongoing, here is another medical-related commentary that brings into sharp focus just some of the deeply concerning realities of the current US healthcare system. The clear conclusion is […]
Despite Biden Pardon, Fauci Still Faces Legal Perils
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Paul D. Thacker Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Here They Are. President Biden’s pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci may protect the former National Institutes of Health official from immediate criminal prosecution, but some critics say he is not completely out of legal jeopardy and that public sentiment might still condemn the man who became […]
Watch Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Confirmation Hearing
/in DrRichSwier.com, Featured, Gun Rights, Healthcare, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Born to a political family, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the nephew of America’s 35th President, John F. Kennedy, and the son of his Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Both of them lost their lives to the assassin’s bullet: JFK in 1963, […]
Trump Week One Recap
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Environment, Featured, Government Transparency, Gun Rights, Healthcare, National Security, Regulation, Religion, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report It’s been one week since President Trump was inaugurated. Here’s a mind blowing recap of what he has accomplished week one: Truly historic. Source: (X) 1. Immigration: national emergency at the Southern border deployed thousands of troops there ordered construction of the wall ordered Homeland security to remove illegal migrants designated cartels […]
Will Any Federal Officials Pay for What They Did?
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy James Bovard Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Editors’ Note: While Biden did blanket pardon his family and some members of the deep state, he did not pardon them all. Those in charge of major agencies that systematically lied to the American people, violated the law, and conspired to deprive them of their Constitutional rights […]
Supporting RFK Jr. — A Science-based Petition is being circulated!
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. In my recent Commentary, I not only indicated support for RFK Jr. to head up DHHS but spelled out my top three recommendations for him to take. #1 was to publicly segregate between real Science and political science. IMO failure to make that key distinction is at the core of why our healthcare policies are ineffective […]
As Trump Hands Out Pardons, Republicans Begin Planning How To Undo Years Of Government Abuse
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller While President Trump issues pardons for individuals targeted by the Biden administration, Republicans are gearing up to tackle the past four years of government weaponization, multiple GOP representatives told the Daily Caller. Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at investigating the Biden administration’s weaponization of the intelligence community (IC) and Department of […]
Proclaiming Life: That No More Generations May Be Lost
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council This Wednesday, January 22, 2025, is the 52nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Less than three years ago, a changed court reversed the abortion decisions in the Dobbs case. On the ground, however, the toll of abortion in the United States remains high, […]
WATCH: President Trump withdraws the United States from the World Health Organization
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story Trump accused the WHO of being overly deferential to China, particularly in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. has historically been the largest contributor to the WHO’s budget, providing approximately 15% of its funding. Trump argued that the U.S. was not receiving a fair return on its […]
The Reason For The Post-Covid Lack Of Trust In Doctors’ Advice.
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Thomas C. Patterson Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Vaccines may not be the most spectacular of all the miracles of modern medicine, but they are arguably the most beneficial. They have virtually eliminated the infectious diseases of childhood, including measles, diphtheria, mumps, rubella, smallpox and polio that were once the sources of unimaginable worry […]
Senators Express Optimism That Trump Will Restore Pro-Life Policies at HHS
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Following four years of the Biden administration reversing the pro-life federal policies established during President Donald Trump’s first term, Republican senators are expressing confidence that the incoming Trump administration will put back in place policies that blocked federal funds from going to abortion businesses, allowed pregnancy resource centers to receive federal […]
End Of Biden’s Title IX Rule Change Hailed By Arizona Lawmakers
/in Featured, Healthcare, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Daniel Stefanski Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Arizona Republicans are applauding a recent court decision that helps to protect females. Late last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky dealt a significant blow to a Final Rule from the Biden administration on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. […]
Big Pharma Continues to Hide the Truth
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Harvey Risch Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes On Thursday, Joe Rogan and Marvel megastar Josh Brolin traded stories about the preponderance of Covid vaccine injuries among their friends. Brolin even described contracting “a mild case of Bell’s palsy” earlier this year, which Rogan attributed to the vaccine, noting he knew several people who suffered facial […]
Heritage Foundation Launches Ad Supporting Former Dem RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Signal DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Heritage Foundation on Monday launched an advertisement campaign supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to direct the Department of Health and Human Services. WATCH: The Heritage Foundation RFK Jr. Ad The ad, first obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, touts Kennedy as “fearless,” and promotes his policy […]
RFK, Vaccines, and the FDA
/in Featured, Healthcare, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Raymond J. March As President-elect Trump prepares to return to the White House this January, many continue to question his choices for key cabinet positions. Perhaps his most controversial appointment so far is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (commonly referred to as RFK) as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. And a recent vaccine-related controversy is not […]
Critically Thinking about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Federal Healthcare
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. Arguably, for the first time in modern U.S. history, the federal government is: open to making radical changes in government agencies, has the right political perspective, and is receptive to citizen inputs. Yes, there are always reasons to be skeptical — but the upside is so great that we should assume the […]
Alternatives To Biden’s Presidential Medal Of Freedom Awards
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mark Wallace Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Those following the news these days will note that President Joe Biden has been generously doling out Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards to some of the major heroes of the so-called Progressive Left. Among the recipients are Liz Cheney, Hillary Clinton and George Soros. Also awarded the […]
Powerful Explosive Video Exposé on The Trial of Ottawa Police Detective Helen Grus
/in Commentary, Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Vlad Tepes Blog We focus on the Helen Grus hearings because it is one of the clearest and most accurately recorded examples of how a once civilized process of determining truth in order to set the correct outcome based on rule of law and Western values has become a dialectical process of ritual destruction […]
Musk Completely Derails UK Political Establishment, Accuses PM’s Party Of Covering Up Muslim Rape Gangs
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Elon Musk ignited a political firestorm in Britain after accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of complicity in the “rape of Britain” Friday, reanimating a years-old debate over organized child sexual exploitation by predominately Muslim Pakistani men. Musk has ravaged Starmer and other U.K. officials in a barrage of tweets over the […]
Medical Doctor: ‘Pandemic preparedness’ industry ‘like arsonists running the fire department’
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann Biden created another layer of federal bureaucracy when he created the permanent Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. Will Trump abolish this freedom-killing monster? Don’t bank on it. I reported back in July 2023 that the Biden administration had created a permanent Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. This encapsulates everything […]
WARNING: Bill Gates unleashes plan for new series of gene-based injections that will target Africa
/in DrRichSwier.com, Healthcare, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann The Global depopulation agenda moves forward. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is rolling out a plan to use Africans as guinea pigs for an expanded series of new genetically altering mRNA injections. He calls them vaccines but we know they are not vaccines, at least not in the traditional meaning of the word. […]