Meet Nicole Sirotek, a former nurse who has become an anti-vaxx superstar and is using her platform not only to spread disinformation but also harass real nurses who are trying to debunk her lies
Sirotek shot to fame in 2020 for this video where she claimed NYC hospitals, then the epicenter of the pandemic, were murdering patients for money and compared the ICU to a Nazi gas chamber.
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She quickly found fame in the anti-vaxxer community, speaking at the rally in Washington on #Jan6th and at a DC event hosted by @SenRonJohnson
She also set up American Frontline Nurses, a nonprofit that has raised tens of thousands of dollars to spread disinformation
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Throughout all of this, she remained on the Nursing Practice Committee, appointed by the Nevada Board of Nursing. Even when he actions were brought to light, her contract was extended.
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Over the last year she has mounted an unending harassment campaign against nurses who are trying to debunk her disinformation online.
Tyler Kuhk has been her main target, and she even put his picture on a mug she was selling in her store
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More seriously, Sirotek also reported Tyler to her local police department falsely claiming he was threatening her children.
The police report, which I obtained said the investigation found no evidence to back up her claims.
The Lawrences spoke to the white suprematist website the Justice Report, which has ties tothe National Justice Party, which Katja Lawrence promoted in her Dissident Homeschool group encouraging members to join and meet up in real life
The Ohio Department of Education has finished its investigation into the neo-Nazi homeschooling group...and appears to have concluded there's nothing it can do
The department effectly concluded that it has very little power to control what parents teach their children at home, and oversight falls to the superintendent.
Katja Lawrence said last year that she founded the group because she was "having a rough time finding Nazi-approved school material for [her] homeschool children"
Just an update on #CPACHungary. As far as I can tell, no journalists from any US media outlet have been allowed entry to the event. Reporters from @voxdotcom@RollingStone and @NewYorker along with myself were all denied entry this morning.
Representatives from @CPAC blamed their Hungarian colleagues who organized press accreditation. When asked if they were OK with no US media outlets being allowed in, they said: "You can watch it online."
Matt Schlapp, the head of the ACU, was asked why no independent media was allowed into the event, and he said he didn't understand the words "independent media." #CPACHungary
Heading to Budapest today to cover #CPACHungary where American conservatives will come to learn how to be better conservatives by listening to authoritarian Hungarian leader Victor Orban, who will give the keynote speech
At least the weather in Budapest is better
#CPACHungary is taking place in a newly built shopping centre/conference centre know locally as "The Whale"