The Government Paid Hundreds of Influencers to Promote COVID Vaccines



Natalie Winters

The recovered ads promoted COVID shots for children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers while a 247.7-million-message monitoring system shaped the campaign’s talking points.

The federal government funded an $80 million project that paid 496 social-media influencers to promote COVID vaccines.

The project’s own report disclosed the existence of these influencers, but it never named them.

I traced Instagram paid-partnership labels, #ad captions, reposts and archived advertising records to identify 57 accounts connected to apparently sponsored campaign content.

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Spencer Pratt, 27 August 2026

Dominican Republic Cocaine Kingpin & Leader of a D.R. Based International Drug Trafficking Organization Extradited From Colombia

… indictments in Puerto Rico as well as money laundering charges in New Jersey.

During the Homeland Security Task Force investigation, law enforcement seized millions of dollars worth of cocaine and narcotics proceeds from his drug trafficking organization. Numerous other members of the organization have already been convicted.

Under this administration, federal law enforcement has the tools to find these high-profile drug lords and dismantle their organizations anywhere in the world, because we have a leader in President Trump who unified a permanent interagency task force across all 52 U.S. states and territories.

Cocaine Seizure

… tests came back positive for cocaine — one more shipment that never reached our shores.

Lake Ontario Is Renamed to Lake America



US Southern Command & Ecuador, 26 August 2026

… team, these operations deal a severe blow to the logistics, finances, and leadership of a regional illicit network that has spread corruption and violence across the Western Hemisphere. As a vital member of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C), Ecuador continues to stand at the forefront of our shared fight against narco-terrorism. SOUTHCOM and Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere are committed to working shoulder-to-shoulder with our A3C partners to defeat narco-terrorists in our hemisphere and defend our homeland."

OPERATIONS “FACTORY” AND “JERICHO”: 43 ARRESTED AND A MAJOR BLOW TO THE CAPABILITIES OF ORGANIZED CRIME

The Ecuador Police, in coordination with @FiscaliaEcuador and with international cooperation from @DEAHQ and @Southcom , simultaneously executed Operations “Factory” and “Jericho,” aimed at undermining the operational, logistical, and economic capabilities of structures linked to Los Lobos and Los Choneros.

As a result of 36 raids conducted in #Guayas, #SantoDomingo, #ElOro, #LosRíos, #Manabí, and #Esmeraldas, the following joint results were obtained:

• 43 arrested, including alias “CC” and alias “León”
• Approximately 2.5 tons of controlled substances, considering the seizures made during the investigative processes
• More than 1 million in cash
• 25 firearms, both short and long
• Approximately 1,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibers
• 21 vehicles seized
• 2 clandestine airstrips identified
• 1 small aircraft seized
• Nearly 1,000 liters of aviation fuel
• 47 mobile terminals
• Ballistic protection vests

Amish Threaten Mass Exodus From New York Over Vaccine Fight

Every Time You Receive a Medical Bill, You’re Paying for More Than Your Care

… facto monopoly over these codes.”

“Last year alone, organizations across all of our healthcare systems paid the AMA more than three hundred million dollars just to use those CPT codes.”

“Those costs don’t disappear.”

“Healthcare providers and insurers and employers pass them on to their patients.”

“Every American pays the price.”

“Washington created a system that puts special interests ahead of the American people.”

“President Trump is changing all that.”

New York Times Reporters Questions Nick Shirley about the Nick Shirley Act

Justice Department & FBI Seize Platforms Operated & Used by China State-Sponsored Hackers to Target US Critical Infrastructure

… broader, ongoing pattern of aggressive Chinese cyber intrusion and hostile activity directed at American infrastructure and government systems.

… have to have."

… for the American people and will use every tool we have to keep that promise,” said AG Todd Blanche . “Federal law enforcement investigated and disabled the PRC’s malicious software, the latest in a series of technical operations to dismantle indiscriminate hacking activities sponsored by the People’s Republic of China.”

… access to two hacking platforms known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” used to target U.S. critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks and created and operated by “QTFY,” a group sponsored by the People’s Republic of China (PRC).