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Justice Thomas Sets Stockton v Ferguson on the Supreme Court Docket! (and some not so good news)

Justice Thomas Sets Stockton v Ferguson on the Supreme Court Docket! (and some not so good news)

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First the bad news. Last week the 9th Circuit affirmed District Judge Shubb’s decision denying our preliminary injunction in Kory v. Bonta, (our physicians free speech to patients cases in California). Two of the judges found that there was no “standing” on what they, the district court, and the Attorney General’s office misdescribed as our “as applied” challenge to the Cali. medical board’s disciplinary statute. We made no such claim and our lawsuit, (and the judges hammered me on that…

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Can Uncle Sam Pull the Plug on Pharma’s $7.6 Billion Media Megaphone? Maybe or Maybe not, but it’s worth the fight

Can Uncle Sam Pull the Plug on Pharma’s $7.6 Billion Media Megaphone? Maybe or Maybe not, but it’s worth the fight

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One of the things the new administration may try to do is eliminate Pharma advertising in the media. Like many, I think Pharma’s advertising has adversely impacted the public dialogue and public health. More bluntly, the media is Pharma’s paid shill and mouthpiece, and it has hurt the country. More specifically, the media’s megaphone for Pharma is one of the reasons that on just about every important health metric, we are in the middle or bottom half of first world…

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Law & Crime Picks UP Our Renewed Application to the Supremes

Law & Crime Picks UP Our Renewed Application to the Supremes

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This is the image from Law and Crime’s article about our request to Justice Thomas on John Stockton et al v. Robert Ferguson et al. Here is the article. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/thomas-pushed-to-overrule-kagans-order-in-covid-related-first-amendment-case-where-rfk-jr-serves-as-co-counsel/. Not the image I’d chose. I’d go with our lead plaintiff, NBA legend John Stockton. Not the title, I’d chose, and it may make it even more difficult for the nine to take a look at this now. Nonetheless, a fair and clear article describing the case. Good journalism. Rick…

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No Stone Unturned in John Stockton v. Robert Ferguson: An Update

No Stone Unturned in John Stockton v. Robert Ferguson: An Update

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Here’s the short of the case: We filed in Washington state federal court to stop the Washington Medical Commission from investigating and sanctioning physicians for speaking out against the mainstream Covid narrative. We claimed the right of physicians to speak out in public, and also the right of individuals like lead Plaintiff/basketball legend John Stockton to hear the speech of physicians like his friend and his podcast guest, Richard Eggleston MD, who is currently being prosecuted by the Commission. The…

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Should FDA’s User Fees Be on the Chopping Block?

Should FDA’s User Fees Be on the Chopping Block?

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One of the many exciting things that RFK Jr brings to the table is his promise to root out corruption and agency capture. The biggest cause of capture is the revolving door between government and the drug companies. People work for the government and then go back to industry and influence their former subordinates and co-workers, sometimes via the lobby crowd. This has been discussed for decades and there are rules in place. RFK Jr. will strengthen and tighten these…

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RFK Jr. is Going to Shake things up big time at HHS!

RFK Jr. is Going to Shake things up big time at HHS!

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You all know by now that President/President Elect Trump announced that he is nominating RFK Jr. to be his HHS secretary. The announcement has started to send shockwaves throughout the Pharma, Medical, Public Health, and the state regulatory industrial complex, and for good reason. Here is a snippet from one of Bobby talks where he suggested that the DOJ will launch RICO investigations and prosecute the collusion between medical boards, medical journals, and Big Pharma. here is the video clip….

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As I was saying…

As I was saying…

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It’s been over six months since my last post. Sorry about that, but life got as hectic as a diner at breakfast rush, and you’re about to find out why. Here’s the skinny: We’ve had this little thing called an election recently, but let’s save that juicy bit for dessert. Kory v. Newson, the sequel to the AB 2098 blockbuster. Last we chatted, Judge Shubb threw a curveball at our preliminary injunction motion by resuscitating the professional speech exclusion for…

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Judge Shubb Denies the Preliminary Injunction in Kory v. Bonta, but the battle continues

Judge Shubb Denies the Preliminary Injunction in Kory v. Bonta, but the battle continues

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Yesterday, April 23, 2024, Judge Shubb denied our motion for a preliminary injunction in Kory v. Bonta. The case, as you will recall, was a follow-up to the Hoang and Hoeg cases challenging AB 2098, where in January 23, 2023, Judge Shubb granted a preliminary injunction baring enforcement of the law. The judge recently dismissed both of those cases after the 9th Circuit dismissed the two other AB 2098 cases on mootness grounds, because the legislature repealed AB 2098 (Section…

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Fairly Significant (but not unexpected) update on the Cali Covid Misinformation Wars, But We’re Still Waiting for the Big Enchilada!

Fairly Significant (but not unexpected) update on the Cali Covid Misinformation Wars, But We’re Still Waiting for the Big Enchilada!

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Yesterday we had the hearings in the Hoang and Hoeg cases, that being the attorney general’s motion to dismiss both cases on mootness grounds. You will recall that on February 29th, the Ninth Circuit decided that the other two AB 2098 cases were moot and order the district court to dismiss the two cases and also the vacate their decisions, and really just means Judge Slaughter’s ridiculous and pretty ignorant decision indicating that AB 2098 was constitutional. And that was…

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The Next Battle against “Covid Misinformation” has just begun in Washington State

The Next Battle against “Covid Misinformation” has just begun in Washington State

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On Thursday, March 7th, we filed Stockton v. Ferguson in the Eastern District of Washington. Washington has prosecuted around 60 doctors, in whole or in part based of their speaking out in public against the mainstream Covid narrative. Since April 2023, I have been involved in one of these prosecutions, the one against Richard Eggleston. We had obtained a appellate court stay of the case, but it was recently vacated. So it was time to up the ante and change…

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