McGill Study finds that pharmaceutical and medical device companies paid over $1.06 billion USD from 2020-2022 to US peer reviewers of four major medical journals. The McGill study, published by Nguyen et al. in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that nearly 60% of the experts who reviewed manuscripts for four prominent medical journals (British Medical Journal, JAMA, The Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine) received at least one payment from industry during the three-year period. Of that, the median research payment was $153,173, and the median personal payment was $7,614. This included payments for travel, speaking, consulting, and food, among other things.

Teachers and staff at an Ontario Catholic school secretly encouraged an 11-year-old girl to transition into a boy without her parent’s knowledge. As reported by the National Post, with the help of her teachers, a young Toronto girl came out to her class, changed her pronouns, and masculinized her name, all while the school actively encouraged her to keep this a secret from her parents. When the parents eventually found out and objected to the “gender-affirming” process, the school called the Children’s Aid Society.

California bans voter ID. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that prevents local governments from requiring voters to present identification at the polls. California is one of 14 states that does not require identification to vote, but earlier this year, the City of Huntington Beach approved a voter ID requirement for municipal elections. The state bill overrides Huntington Beach’s policy.

Florida’s Surgeon General now recommends against the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for males aged 18-39 years old after a Florida Department of Health analysis found an 84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death in that age category within 28 days following mRNA vaccination. The Department continues to stand by its Guidance for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines issued in March 2022, which recommends against use in healthy children under 17 years old.

A Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) for Pfizer’s most recent COVID-19 Vaccine Post Authorization Safety Study (C4591021 “Interim Report 5” dated March 12, 2024) reveals just how harmful the vaccine is to heart health. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccinated cohort was found to have at least 23-40% higher risk of all six heart-related conditions measured—Acute cardiovascular injury, arrhythmia, heart failure, stress cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, and myocarditis.

An Ontario man in his 40s has been granted euthanasia through Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program for “post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome.” Though not determined to be terminal, the review committee found his condition to be the result of injury from the COVID-19 vaccine and that the injury was “irremediable.”

UK Court convicts man of a “thoughtcrime.” Adam Smith-Connor, an army veteran, was convicted for silently praying for his previously aborted son near an abortion clinic. The court argued that he was breaching a ban on protests within a buffer zone around a clinic in Bournemouth. Reporting on the case, the Alliance Defending Freedom legal advocacy group said the conviction was “the first known conviction of a ‘thoughtcrime’ in modern British history.” The group added that Smith-Connor must now pay £9,000 in legal costs to the prosecution just for praying in his head for three minutes.

Following a three-day public hearing filled with critics, Edmonton City Council has approved the city’s long-term vision to create a “15-minute city.” Using plans created by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Edmonton’s “15-minute city” is being promoted as a “walkable city.” The plan conclusively aims to make traditional ownership, particularly of cars and homes, obsolete while integrating SMART technologies and big business into city plans.

Farmers in Denmark will have to pay a tax to offset emissions made by their farting cows. Denmark is introducing the world’s first emissions tax on agriculture, meaning that dairy farmers in the country will have to pay approximately €90 [$135 CAD] per cow annually because of their cow’s farts and burps.

Despite significant inflation linked to COVID-19 response spending and corporate subsidies, documents uncovered by Blacklock’s Reporter reveal that members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet considered framing Canada’s inflation surge as “heat-flation,” attributing it to climate change. The Privy Council Office documents indicate that the idea was ultimately dropped due to negative polling feedback.

Ontario College of Psychologists asks renowned Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson to resign. Following his legal battle against an order from the College of Psychologists of Ontario to undergo “social media training” after he labelled a gender reassignment surgeon as a criminal, Peterson reports receiving an offer from the College. The College offered to waive the $25,000 court-ordered payment of their legal fees if he agrees to resign from his profession. However, Peterson cannot be bought, saying, “…If I was for sale—and I am not—it would be for a hell of a lot more than the court costs that the Supreme Court deemed me liable for when my appeal was rejected.”

Imran Ahmed, CEO of the UK-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), was reportedly involved in orchestrating a “black ops” campaign that aimed to undermine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and take down Elon Musk’s X. According to a leaked memo, Ahmed mentioned in a meeting earlier this year—when RFK Jr. was a prominent U.S. presidential candidate—that “black ops are being set up to look at RFK” due to concerns about his potential impact on the election. The same leaked document also outlined CCDH’s plan to “kill Musk’s Twitter” by targeting its revenue stream, intending to pressure and shame advertisers into distancing themselves from the platform.

A prominent doctor and trans rights advocate admitted she deliberately withheld publication of a $10-million taxpayer-funded study on the effect of puberty blockers on American children—after finding no evidence that they improve patients’ mental health. Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy told the New York Times that she believes the study would be “weaponized” by critics of transgender care for kids, and that the research could one day be used in court to argue “we shouldn’t use blockers.” Critics—including one of Olson-Kennedy’s fellow researchers on the study—said the decision flies in the face of research standards and deprives the public of essential science in a field where experts remain firmly divided.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) found that Facebook dictated content for the CDC’s own website. “The benefits of vaccines are much greater than the risks associated with them. Vaccines can protect you, your family, and your community by preventing the spread of serious illnesses,” is the quote that Facebook asked the CDC to put on its website so that Facebook could “quote” the CDC when addressing vaccine “misinformation.”

A recent study published in the Journal of Public Health and Emergency (Chaufan et al.) found that a whopping 75% of vaccinated healthcare workers identified employer mandates as their main reason for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Notably, only 22% of vaccinated respondents reported experiencing no adverse effects.

A new study found that common skin care products used by young children may increase their exposure to a hormone-disrupting chemical. The study (Bloom et al.) found phthalates, a common chemical added to skincare products to improve absorption, in the urinalysis of children who recently used child-friendly skin care products (like sunscreen).

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study suggests that laws are written in an incomprehensible type of legalese to convey a sense of authority. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) by Martínez et al., found that, after scanning an assortment of documents, even non-lawyers use this complicated style of legalese (legalese with “center-embedding”) when asked to write laws. Additionally, lawyers have a greater preference for simple English when not writing laws.