A few weeks ago, I tweeted about the seemingly odd announcement of Emily Burns’ run for Congress.

She is a conservative Republican, known for her strong anti-mask views, running in the deep blue MA-4 district.

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As I noted, Burns’ campaign is being run by Axiom Strategies.

They are a conservative firm that handled Ted Cruz’s failed 2016 presidential bid.

Burns’ website is even registered directly to Axiom Strategies, who created it on September 7.

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Guess who else’s campaign was run by Axiom/Jeff Roe?

Glenn Youngkin.

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washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…
No fan of masks or closing schools, Monica Gandhi chimed in after Tuesday’s results came in.

She describes herself as “left of left”, but does interviews with The Epoch Times and lends scientific credence to these right-wing political agendas.

Make of that what you will.

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There is undoubtedly a big-picture political strategy that is driving the current anti-mask hysteria and downplaying of covid’s effects on kids.

It proved very successful in this week’s elections so don’t expect it to let up anytime soon.

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Apparently a “blog” was added to Emily Burns’ campaign website recently.

“The miserable spell of the awokening is being broken. The people who cast it are flailing, melting down, like so many Wicked Witches of the West.”

Enjoy!

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Fascinating interview with Youngkin’s strategists, one of whom is Jeff Roe of Axiom Strategies.

“We had to find a place to play offense on education, or you're playing defense.”

Emily Burns’ anti-mask message fits right in to this new R strategy.

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politico.com/news/magazine/…
This piece is more specifically about CRT, etc., but the anti-mask/open school/recall school boards nonsense is all related.

It’s manufactured outrage.

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theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
“There are two types of Democrats falling for this trap now. One type is the group of fairly well-meaning people who assume that the fact there is a cottage industry dedicated to amplifying these terms in the media means there must be something to them.”

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Also MG: check out my new interview with know disinfo machine The Epoch Times!

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Full video interview here:


FWIW this appears to be a newly uploaded 8 hours ago. The original video from yesterday had 70+ comments and ~3,600 views when I last looked at it. Not sure why it was taken down and uploaded again. Appears unchanged.

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As some of us know, these claims are based on misleading math. When we see a number like 99%, it’s usually because a statistically irrelevant (far larger) denominator is being used.

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Frustratingly, @CDCgov and local public health agencies have intentionally not collected breakthrough data, or withheld it from the public.

Fortunately, @lapublichealth gave us a peek into the current rate of breakthrough cases yesterday by accident.

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