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Leaked: FDA Knew Kids Died From mRNA Vaccines, Recommended Warning Labels, Then It Was Covered Up – Ep 679 Oct 23, 2026

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An explosive new investigation shows that the FDA “found Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines caused the deaths of children, mainly through heart inflammation (myocarditis) leading to cardiac death.”

The investigations were allegedly finished under the Biden administration – and then covered up.

After examining thousands of adverse event reports and autopsy records of adolescents who died in their sleep following Pfizer and Moderna injections, Paul Thacker reports that “on Dec. 5 (2025), the team’s leader, Dr. Meghna Alimchandani, sent an email recommending changing the labels on all mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to notify patients of the risk for cardiac death (fatal myocarditis).”

“Ten months later, the FDA has still taken no action to warn parents.”

In November 2025, Dr. Vinay Prasad – then a Director at the FDA – tried to alert staff of the findings anyway, writing in a leaked email that this “is a profound revelation. For the first time, the US FDA will acknowledge that COVID-19 vaccines have killed American children.”

When Dr. Prasad’s emails were leaked to the New York Times, the newspaper framed the safety findings as “anti-vaccine” while omitting the pharmaceutical industry ties of quoted experts. The Times repeatedly quoted former FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks to cast doubt on the child deaths — never mentioning that Marks had just accepted a lucrative job heading vaccine research at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly — and quoted Dr. Paul Offit without disclosing his history of millions in royalties from Merck.

By the end of April 2026, Dr. Prasad was out of the FDA. His successor, Dr. Karim Mikhail, worked 22 years at pharmaceutical giant Merck. The FDA still has not added the warnings that were recommended by their safety team.

Independent journalist Dr. Naomi Wolf joins Dr. Drew to examine the suppression of pediatric injury data and why legacy media outlets act as public relations arms for pharmaceutical sponsors. Renowned health educator Dr. Eric Berg joins to break down his new book “Change Your Environments,” explaining how the gap between evolutionary biology and modern lifestyles fuels chronic illness.

Naomi Wolf, Ph.D., is co-founder and CEO of DailyClout.io and editor of “The Pfizer Papers” with Amy Kelly. She is the author of “Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith and Resistance in a New Dark Age” and writes Outspoken with Dr. Naomi Wolf on Substack. Follow at https://x.com/naomirwolf

Dr. Eric Berg is one of the world’s most-watched health educators with over 40 million subscribers. He is the author of “Change Your Environments: Redesign Your Life to Reclaim Your Health” available at https://amzn.to/3U7fB68. Follow at https://x.com/dr_ericberg

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China-Made Parts Found In USA Voting Machines: Can They Be Hacked? – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 678 Oct 21, 2026

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When President Biden won the 2020 election, the Left ridiculed anyone who questioned the security of electronic voting machines and the strange irregularities in vote tallies. But when Trump won in 2024, suddenly the “hacked voting machines” theory wasn’t so ridiculous anymore.

A new bombshell report has both sides furiously blaming the other.

This week, a ProPublic report claims “a few months into President Donald Trump’s second term, political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security made an unusual request of its agency focused on cybersecurity: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it.”

Buried in the report: the request was never actually fulfilled.

“Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the agency for its own ends while draining it of resources for one of its critical missions: protecting the nation’s voting systems.”

But if electronic voting machines are allegedly so secure, why is the Left so concerned if the US government’s cybersecurity teams take a closer look?

And should Americans be concerned by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s recent revelation, reported by Epoch Times, that companies who make “80% of the electronic voting machines… have acknowledged that parts of their machines are made in China.”?

Today’s guest Patrick Byrne, founder & former CEO of Overstock.com, is very familiar with voting machine irregularities – so much that he is a defendant in Dominion v. Byrne, a $1.7 billion defamation case.

Eric Bolling returns with an update on the economy and the midterm elections.

And Michael Gates, who is running for Attorney General of California, speaks on election security in the Golden State – and how federal agents busted a California voter fraud network earlier this week in “Operation Protect The Vote.” The NY Post reports that “Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted the effort as an attempt to interfere with California’s voting process.”

Eric Bolling is a two-time NYT bestselling author, and is launching “Sunday With Eric Bolling” as a new weekly political show taking viewers behind the scenes of Washington’s power players and the DC machine. He launched “THE FIVE” at Fox News and “Fast Money” at CNBC, and won two Emmys for “Florida Free.” Follow at https://x.com/ericbolling

Michael Gates is an attorney, husband, and father of five running for California Attorney General. He served as City Attorney for Huntington Beach and was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ Civil Rights Division in 2025, overseeing about 100 attorneys across employment, voting, housing, and criminal sections. Follow at https://x.com/MichaelGatesESQ

Patrick Byrne is the former CEO of Overstock.com whose story was turned into a docu-series called ‘The Enemy Within’. He’s the author of Danger Close: Domestic Extremist #1 Comes Clean. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth, an M.Phil. from Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford. Follow at https://x.com/PatrickByrne

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France Riots: Macron Dances To Celine Dion As Paris Burns, 1,800 Arrested, Historic Landmarks Looted – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 677 Oct 20, 2026

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Dr. Drew is joined by French journalist André Bercoff and French-American actress Beatrice Rosen to discuss the ongoing riots and violence in France. Reports estimate nearly 1,800 people have been arrested and 500 law enforcement officials have been injured, with Fox News reporting estimates of “more than 550,000 people” participating across France.

As historical French landmarks were being vandalized and burned, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte were filmed dancing at a Celine Dion concert in Nanterre, just west of Paris.

In Limoges, a fire authorities say was deliberately set gutted the city’s historic town hall, built in 1883. The local prefect called it “a catastrophe for heritage.”

Beatrice Rosen is a French-American actress known for roles in major films including The Dark Knight (2008) and Chasing Liberty (2004). She has appeared in numerous television series including Charmed, Smallville, Harry’s Law, and Backstrom. A former brand ambassador for luxury house Lancel, Rosen has worked extensively in the US, UK, and French entertainment industries since 2004. Follow at https://x.com/beatrice_rosen

André Bercoff is a French journalist, writer, essayist, and media personality. He hosts “Bercoff dans tous ses états” on Sud Radio in France. Follow at https://x.com/andrebercoff

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Green Beret Confronted Fauci In Person, Says Military mRNA Vaccine Mandate Broke Federal Law – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 676 Oct 16, 2026

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A federal judge ruled that the US military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate broke the law, after service members were ordered to take the mRNA shots under Emergency Use Authorization. Ivan Raiklin – retired Green Beret, former intelligence officer, and attorney – joins Dr. Kelly Victory to break down the landmark ruling and to tell what really happened in his hallway confrontation with Dr. Fauci over funding of the Wuhan lab.

Raiklin is now being sued by Dr. Terry Adirim, the Pentagon official who wrote the September 2021 memo implementing the vaccine mandate. He says he is using her own lawsuit to dig into how the mandate was rolled out in the first place. A summary-judgment hearing is set for October 30 in Alexandria federal court.

“The mandate broke federal law, and now they have to answer under oath,” says Raiklin.

Dr. Kelly Victory, MD is Chief of Emergency & Disaster Medicine at The Wellness Company, a residency-trained and boarded trauma and emergency specialist with over 30 years of clinical experience. She is an expert in disaster preparedness and mass-casualty medical management, and previously served as Chief Medical Officer providing healthcare services for dozens of Fortune 500 companies. Follow at https://x.com/DrKellyVictory

Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Raiklin is a retired Green Beret, intelligence officer, and attorney. Follow at https://x.com/IvanRaiklin

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Cheap Drug Has 97 Percent Plague Survival Rate, So Why Are Militaries Developing 21 Plague Vaccines? – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 675 Oct 14, 2026

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A researcher at an anti-plague institute in Russia died after breaking a test tube containing live bacteria. As headlines stoke alarm over a possible aerosolized pneumonic plague outbreak, epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher reveals that governments and military biodefense programs – including the USA’s Department of Defense – have been quietly funding more than 21 experimental plague vaccines spanning mRNA, self-amplifying RNA, and viral-vector platforms.

“Why were governments and military biodefense programs already investing so heavily in plague vaccines before the current plague hysteria erupted?” asks Hulscher.

The U.S. DOD alone has committed over $44 million into clinical trials for an aerosolized plague candidate, alongside programs in the UK, Israel, Russia, and China. But as Hulscher points out, pneumonic plague is a bacterial infection, not a respiratory virus like COVID-19.

“I would not take an experimental plague vaccine. I’d rather take my chances with doxycycline and its documented 97% survival rate. We are not living in the Middle Ages,” says Hulscher.

Nicolas Hulscher, MPH is an epidemiologist and administrator for the McCullough Foundation. A Michigan native, he holds a B.S. in Pre-Health Professional Studies from Oakland University’s Honors College and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Follow at https://x.com/NicHulscher

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The Cornell 7: Ketamine, Consent & A Trial By Internet Scandal w/ Attorney Viva Frei – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 674 Oct 07, 2026

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In the Cornell 7 lawsuit, a female student has accused seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers of drugging and sexually assaulting her in October 2024. The men have denied wrongdoing, saying the encounter was consensual. One of the men now alleges that because he was intoxicated on ketamine at the time, he was unable to give consent – and thus legally, Jane Doe may have assaulted him.

The NY Post reports that Matthew Ingalls “told Cornell University police that he was the one too intoxicated from booze and ketamine to consent” and Jane Doe “was the one who therefore assaulted him during the debauched and drunken night and not the other way around…”

Attorney Viva Frei joins Dr. Drew to separate what is illegal and prosecutable from what is immoral, and to explain why the district attorney first declined to bring charges.

Rob Rosen, producer of “Reasonable Doubt” and author of “Crimes of Omission,” discusses how the media is covering the case.

Dr. Drew, an addiction specialist, explains what ketamine is, what happens when it is mixed with alcohol, and why it’s been linked to multiple celebrity deaths.

Tom Welch, founder of Beacon Treatment Navigators, also speaks about his push for an FDA fast track designation for a naltrexone implant.

David Freiheit, known as Viva Frei, is an attorney and political commentator. He hosts the Viva Frei Show on Rumble and Locals and cohosts Viva & Barnes Live with attorney Robert Barnes, focusing on constitutional law, civil liberties, and current events. Follow at https://x.com/TheVivaFrei

Rob Rosen is an award-winning producer and director and the author of “Crimes of Omission: Distorted Justice: The Media’s War on Truth.” He created and directed the Fox Nation series “The Infomercials That Sold Us” starring Dennis Miller, created “Reasonable Doubt,” and was showrunner of “The Dead Files.” Follow at https://x.com/RobRosen14

Tom Welch is the founder of Beacon Treatment Navigators, a treatment navigation and case management firm that helps employers, health plans, and families connect people with substance use disorder to the right care Learn more at https://btnavigators.com/

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Pneumonic Plague In Russia: Researcher Dies After Breaking Test Tube, ~200 Now Quarantined – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 673 Oct 06, 2026

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A 28-year-old researcher died from a “pneumonia of undetermined origin” after breaking a test tube in a Russian anti-plague lab. Nearly 200 people are now in quarantine over fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak in the Siberia region. Untreated pneumonic plague has nearly 100% fatality.

The White House is monitoring the situation. But even the World Health Organization says, based on the current information, “the public health risk to the general population appears to be low.” Is this simply another round of media pandemic panic – and will they vanish from the headlines as quickly as cyclospora, measles, bird flu, and monkeypox?

Steve Kirsch breaks through the press-induced anxiety over minor biological threats, analyzes Florida’s landmark consumer protection lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies, and reveals new research on blood-brain barrier permeability. James Lindsay examines the escalating riots tearing through France, the tactics of revolutionary political movements, and why Western legal systems tolerate street violence while censoring online speech.

James Lindsay Ph.D. is an author, speaker, and the founder and president of New Discourses. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Tennessee and is best known for his criticism of “Woke” ideology, the Grievance Studies Affair, and his bestselling books including Race Marxism and Cynical Theories. He hosts the New Discourses Podcast. Follow at https://x.com/conceptualjames

Steve Kirsch is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, MIT graduate, and philanthropist who has founded seven companies. He is the founder of the COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund and the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation. Kirsch has one of the most widely read Substacks in the world at https://stevekirsch.substack.com/ and can be followed at https://x.com/stkirsch

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New Fauci Diary Leak: Ebola Was Secretly Aerosolized In 2016 Army Experiments, 50x More Lethal Than COVID – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 672 Oct 02, 2026

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Newly released diary entries and internal emails obtained by Sen. Rand Paul reveal that Dr. Anthony Fauci privately sounded the alarm in 2016 after learning the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) had aerosolized Ebola in a study funded by his own institute.

“What idiots,” Dr. Fauci wrote in March 2016. “This should have been a classified experiment, that never should have been done in the first place.”

The documents reveal that vaccinated primates exposed to the airborne pathogen suffered severe lung inflammation – with worse outcomes than the unvaccinated.

“During the course of those experiments, the DOD noticed that the animals that were vaccinated had more inflammation [in the lungs than] those who were unvaccinated,” Fauci wrote in his diary at the time. “Nonetheless, the idea that the vaccine can do harm is now causing people a great deal of concern.”

“Records show NIAID was funding risky research with the Defense Department. And when the results turned problematic, Dr. Fauci argued they should have been classified,” says Sen. Rand Paul. “It is clear additional oversight is needed into what Dr. Fauci’s institute was paying for long before COVID.”

Peter Navarro Ph.D., the former Senior Counselor to President Trump and author of Why Fauci MUST Rot in Prison, joins Dr. Drew to break down the unsealed diary, disease weaponization, and federal gain-of-function accountability. National security expert Dr. Bradley Thayer examines Chinese Communist Party leverage and geopolitical conflict. Board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring returns to discuss the latest findings in the Presley Gerber investigation and new studies debunking “addictive personalities.”

Peter Navarro Ph.D. served as Senior Counselor to President Trump for Trade and Manufacturing. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy at UC–Irvine. His latest book is “Why Fauci Must ROT In Prison” available at https://amzn.to/4y0A2j0. Follow at https://x.com/RealPNavarro

Bradley Thayer Ph.D. is a founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger China and co-author of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure” and author of “America’s 100 Years’ War: How to Win Against Communism” available at https://amzn.to/46UrxuI. Formerly, he was a Special Governmental Employee in the Department of Homeland Security. Follow at https://x.com/bradthayer

Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is a board-certified psychiatrist and former FDA Medical Officer, now Medical Director of TaperClinic. He previously worked at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and the FDA’s Division of Psychiatry, and hosts the podcast Side Effects with Dr. Josef. Follow at https://x.com/drjosefWD

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Ole Miss Student Deaths: Shop Warns Undercover Cops “People Were Dying” From Their Smax Pseudo-DHM Kratom Pills – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 671 Sep 30, 2026

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Two Ole Miss students, Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, were found dead on the same day. New police documents link both to “Smax” Pseudo-DHM, a “high-potency MGM-15 product” chewable sold as kratom by a smoke shop. Before being raided, the shop’s staff reportedly told undercover cops not to take the pills because “people were dying.”

The American Kratom Association, a kratom advocacy group, says the product’s compounds “do not occur naturally in the kratom plant. They are synthetic derivatives or chemically manipulated forms of 7-OH.”

When the news first broke of the college student deaths, Dr. Drew suspected the investigation would find multiple drugs were involved. This was later confirmed by reports revealing that Stang “took a Xanax bar the afternoon before he was found dead…. Investigators found 20 to 30 nitrous oxide cans and his roommates said Strang “would use whippets daily”.”

World-renowned brain health expert and psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen joins Dr. Drew to break down what synthetic opioids do to the brain, the alarming availability of Smax-like products in gas stations, and the fatal “Celebrity Killer Cocktail” of mixing benzodiazepines (like Xanax) with alcohol, opioids, or other drugs.

High-stakes poker champion Garrett Adelstein discusses his memoir “Beneath the Cards” detailing his personal battle with gambling addiction, clinical depression, and his side of the “Jack-Four” cheating controversy.

Garrett Adelstein is one of the world’s most respected and feared poker players. For nearly 25 years, he’s dominated the tables and won millions of dollars along the way. After becoming embroiled in the “Jack-Four” cheating controversy, he stepped away from the spotlight to write Beneath the Cards, a memoir of his successes and setbacks, available at https://amzn.to/4e6w8Of. Follow at https://x.com/GManPoker

Dr. Daniel Amen is Founder, CEO, and Medical Director of Amen Clinics. Double board-certified in general psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry, he is a former U.S. Army infantry medic, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a 12-time NYT bestselling author. Follow at https://x.com/DocAmen

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Overmedicated To Death: Former FDA Officer on Presley Gerber & The Psychiatric Crisis in America w/ Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring & Ronald Owens Jr. – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 670 Sep 29, 2026

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Following the death of 27-year-old Presley Gerber inside a Santa Monica sober living facility, board-certified psychiatrist and former FDA Medical Officer Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring of TaperClinic joins Dr. Drew to examine the fatal risks of overmedicating with psychiatric drugs. Dr. Witt-Doerring analyzes Gerber’s disclosures of fluctuating benzodiazepine doses without daily medical oversight, the physiological hazards of unmonitored psychiatric medication tapers, and the emerging panic over gas station kratom.

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden breaks down the brewing revolt within the MAHA movement, as health freedom leaders issue an ultimatum to Pres. Donald Trump and RFK Jr. demanding the removal of the mRNA vaccine platform.

California Department of Public Health whistleblower Ronald Owens Jr., author of “Muzzled Truth,” exposes how state officials suppressed early COVID-19 treatment warnings from 40 million residents and examines former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra’s controversial public remarks on vaccine mortality.

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden completed her residency at Stanford University and is board-certified in both Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. She is the author of “Dangerous Misinformation: The Virus, the Treatments, and the Lies” available at https://amzn.to/4rF16CW. Follow at https://breathemd.org

Ronald F. Owens, Jr. worked at the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) as an Information Officer 2 during COVID, where he says he learned that then-HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said COVID-19 vaccines were “killing people.” He is the author of “Muzzled Truth: How The California Dept. of Public Health Rejected COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Health Risks Warnings.” Find more at https://muzzledtruth.com

Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is a board-certified psychiatrist and former FDA Medical Officer who is Medical Director of TaperClinic, one of the only practices focused exclusively on helping patients safely de-prescribe from psychiatric medications. He previously worked at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and the FDA’s Division of Psychiatry, and hosts the podcast Side Effects with Dr. Josef. Follow at https://taperclinic.com

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