“I reject the notion that I was not aware of adverse events. I was fully aware.” - Dr. Terry Adirim We urge House Oversight Chairman James Comer @RepJamesComer , Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul @RandPaul , and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson @SenRonJohnson to subpoena Dr. Adirim to testify under oath. Let’s make this happen. Fauci may have a pardon, but Terry Adirim does not. You can find the deposition here: fedsforfreedom.org/adirim

THIS 👇👇🔥🔥 Fauci may have a pardon, but @TerryAdirimMD does not. By the way, she must have been made adequately uncomfortable this past week…she blocked me and @feds4freedomusa 🤣🤣🤣

A memo mandating COVID-19 vaccines for service members was signed, despite the authorized product being under emergency use authorization and not legally mandatable. This created confusion and conflicting orders down the chain of command. @IvanRaiklin

The evidence is mounting. All of the people who took credit at the podium upon the arrest of Brian Cole Jr. are complicit, either through negligence or malfeasance. Mr. Cole is not the J5/J6 pipe bomber, and the identity of the actual perpetrator is being obscured. Bookmark it.

They said 12 of us were responsible for 65% of all “vaccine misinformation” online. Biden called us killers. The report was off by 1,300 fold. @ChildrensHD in DC · Constitution Day · Sept 17, 2026 🇺🇸 Those guilty as charged for spreading "missing information": @SecKennedy @mercola @sayerjigmi @kellybroganmd @BusyDrT @RizzaIslam @DrChrisNorthrup @DrBenTapper1 @TyCharleneB @DrButtar @Kevdjenkins1963 @unhealthytruth And you are probably one of the millions who were censored as well. Take action at restorethe1st.com, and put your censorship story on record! @restorethe1st

Feds For Freedom urges House Oversight Chairman James Comer @RepJamesComer , Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul @RandPaul , and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson @SenRonJohnson to subpoena Dr. Adirim to testify under oath. Let’s make this happen. Fauci may have a pardon, but Terry Adirim does not. harris.house.gov/media/press…

And this was the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. 😱 ummmmm…

🚨🚨🚨Feds For Freedom Releases Adirim Deposition, Calls for Congressional Subpoena and Full DoW Records On Constitution Day, Feds For Freedom released the full transcript of Dr. Terry Adirim’s August 12, 2026 deposition and called on Congress and the Department of War to act on what it shows about her role in implementing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. September 17 marks the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, which binds every officer of the United States. Feds For Freedom urges House Oversight Chairman James Comer @RepJamesComer , Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul @RandPaul , and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson @SenRonJohnson to subpoena Dr. Adirim to testify under oath. On behalf of service members subjected to the mandate, the organization also urges Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar , Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness HON Anthony Tata @USW_PR_HONTata , and Department of War General Counsel Earl G. Matthews to release all official communications concerning the staffing, legal review, and issuance of Dr. Adirim’s September 14, 2021 interchangeability memorandum. @DOWResponse On August 24, 2021, then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin limited compulsory COVID-19 vaccination to fully licensed products, “in accordance with FDA-approved labeling and guidance.”¹ Three weeks later, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Terry Adirim directed military providers that they “will use” the Emergency Use Authorized Pfizer- BioNTech product interchangeably with FDA-licensed Comirnaty.² The FDA described the products as having the same formulation and as usable interchangeably, while stating they remained “legally distinct.”³ Under 10 U.S.C. § 1107a, a service member offered an EUA product must be told he may refuse. Only the President may waive that condition, in writing. Only the Secretary of Defense may request such a waiver.⁴ No waiver was issued. In November 2021, the Department conceded that fact in open court. A federal judge wrote that without a waiver, “the DOD cannot mandate vaccines that only have an EUA.”⁵ More than 8,500 service members were later separated for refusing the product. Secretary Hegseth has said the prior administration “issued unlawful orders on mandatory vaccines on an experimental vaccine, COVID-19.” On May 7, 2025, the Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness wrote that the mandate “was unlawful as implemented.” Adirim’s memorandum was that implementation. In deposition, Dr. Adirim called the EUA and licensed products “the same exact vaccine,” while simultaneously acknowledging the FDA description of them as “legally distinct.”⁶ She used an FDA fact sheet—not a statute, not a presidential waiver, and not a legal opinion—to justify the September 14 guidance. Asked whether she was qualified to determine whether the vaccine was safe for the force, she said: “I was qualified to trust the agency, the regulatory agency, that told the nation that it was safe and effective....”⁷ Trust in a sister agency is not compliance with Title 10. A fact sheet is not a statute.“Service members were told they were receiving a licensed vaccine but instead were given EUA vials. For those who legally refused the shot, careers ended. Secretary Hegseth has stated that the vaccine mandate was ‘unlawful as implemented.’ Adirim’s memo was the implementation. An investigation into Adirim is overdue.” — Stephanie Weidle @ActiveSinger24 , Executive Director “Constitution Day reminds every official that the Constitution and the laws of the land are not optional. Dr. Adirim should be offered an unlimited amount of accountability. Feds For Freedom will be watching.” — Kevin McAfee @KevinMcAfeKY , President

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 New podcast episode out now! 144. Terry Adirim Under Oath: The Memo That Forced the Military Jab | Ivan Raiklin @IvanRaiklin & Kevin McAfee @KevinMcAfeKY Feds For Freedom Releases Adirim Deposition, Calls for Congressional Subpoena and Full DoW Records Read full press release here: fedsforfreedom.org/adirim Terry Adirim, MD, then acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, signed a memo on Sept. 14, 2021, stating that the Pfizer BioNTech EUA shot was interchangeable with the FDA approved Comirnaty. But they were legally distinct- one carries a right of refusal, the other doesn't. After her time at the DOD and Veterans Affairs, Adirim worked at the CIA and was promptly fired in Spring 2025, once President Trump took office. She turned around and sued Ivan Raiklin for defamation (and CIA Dir. Ratcliffe for firing her, claim now dropped), claiming he was the reason she was fired. Feds For Freedom is supporting the defense in the lawsuit Terry Adirim v CIA et al. Ivan Raiklin, constitutional attorney, and Kevin McAfee, president of Feds For Freedom join us to discuss Adirim’s memo and what she revealed in her August 2026 deposition as to how she determined these shots were safe for 2 million servicemembers. Chapters: 01:45 — Who Signed the Memo? 05:28 — Adirim: Pediatrics to Defense Health Affairs 09:04 — Comirnaty, the EUA Product, and "Legally Distinct" 15:18 — Kevin McAfee: What the Memo Meant Inside the Force 25:01 — The Adirim v. CIA et al Lawsuit and Its Claims 32:58 — Discovery and the Adirim’s Deposition 44:54 — Liability, Manufacturers, and Why the Distinction Mattered 1:04:42 — Participate in Accountability Read more: thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09… Rep. Harris calls for Adirim subpoena: harris.house.gov/media/press… What does it mean to Own Your Freedom? It’s not waiting for freedom to be granted to you. It’s not asking for rights to be given, it’s not even reclaiming your rights- as they’re yours and they’ve been yours along- you just need to never let go of your God-given rights. Owning freedom is taking responsibility for your rights and living them out in all facets of life. On this podcast, we interview people who have taken ownership of their freedoms and as a result have made incredible change, whether it be at the federal, state, local levels, or in the home. It’s a way of living. Own Your Freedom. It’s that simple.

Rep. Andy Harris: ‘Fauci got an autopen scribble pardon. Dr. Adirim has no pardon.’ By J.M. Phelps / The Gateway Pundit For @DavisYounts, “putting her under oath is an absolutely critical step towards accountability for the unlawful mandate issued by Biden’s Department of Defense.” Several questions need to be raised, such as: • Who requested Adirim to draft the memo? • Which JAGs and attorneys from the General Counsel’s office examined it? • Who gave the final approval for the draft? “Because the memo was obviously factually and legally wrong,” Younts proposed, “the ultimate question: Who was involved in creating the fabrication?” “Thousands of military members had their careers ended because of this memo, so we need to know how it happened and who was complicit,” he remarked. PUT ADIRIM UNDER OATH! @SecWar @PeteHegseth @DeptofWar @USW_PR_HONTata @ajtata @stuartscheller @IvanRaiklin @LauraLoomer @ted_macie @freedomcaucus @repandyharrismd @RepJamesComer @SenRandPaul @SenRonJohnson @RobertKenndyJr Follow the link to today’s story @gatewaypundit in the replies below.

Too many service members still suffer the consequences of what Terry Adirim put them through.

Well servicemembers and family members- lets educate Dr Adirim about the impact she had during the pandemic- I have heard from thousands of you- now is the time for you to tell her what you think!

Same old, same old and it doesn't really show up on your radar until it has been weaponized against you. Until you've lived it, you don't really know. Ask @SteveBakerUSA Ask @SuspendablesUSA Ask @KyleSeraphin Ask @Jerdman2005

🚨Our original story about the J6 pipe bomber’s use of a smartwatch now comes with new validations and surprises🚨 *Stay tuned for the big surprise in the last minute of the short video below.* (Additional photos and links in the comment thread.🧵) As reported by @hannereports and me, back on July 1st of this year, we now have an even higher degree of certainty that the @FBI knew the January 5/6, 2021 pipe bomber (“Hoodie”) was wearing and using a smartwatch during the roughly 45-minute stroll around the RNC and DNC neighborhood near the Capitol in D.C. In that story (link below), we showed video of a light flashing on the inside of Hoodie’s left wrist while walking through the Rumsey Court alley behind the RNC. Some critics claimed it was probably just a light reflection off a regular watch or other jewelry flashing under the camera’s nighttime infrared function. But … no. I have come into possession of the FBI “Receipt of Property” form listing the items seized and collected as evidence from Brian Cole Jr’s family home. One of those items seized (image below) was Brian’s mother’s “Apple Watch with red band.” Taken from her bedroom by the FBI. This action strongly suggests the FBI knew Hoodie was wearing a smartwatch. As we previously reported, Brian has never owned or worn a watch of any kind. Family photos from many years back verify this. He is never seen wearing a watch or any type of jewelry. Family members all validate this particular peculiarity of Brian’s many unique peculiarities. (From the same property receipt, we can see the FBI also seized a pair of dark sunglasses from their home. Something else Brian has never owned or worn. Likely because of his poor eyesight and severe eyeglass prescription. But … that’s another story, coming later.) Not only do @thejusticedept and the FBI want us to believe that Brian—who never wore a watch of any kind—not only kiped his mother’s watch on January 5, 2021, but also learned how to use it as a phone during that 45-minute b*mb-placement stroll. The joint Loudermilk–Massie report released in early January 2025, titled “Four Years Later: Examining the State of the Investigation into the RNC and DNC Pipe Bombs,” provided us with a very interesting revelation. (Image below.) The report states: “During its investigation, the FBI identified at least five different instances in which security camera footage revealed the suspect appearing to use a cellular device.” Note the wording: "a cellular device." Not a "phone" or "cell phone." Hoodie is never seen raising a phone to their ear. The first time Hoodie sits at the DNC bench, we do see him/her remove a phone from the back right pant pocket and look at the screen while holding it in their lap. Not talking directly into the phone. Ever. But we do see five different instances when Hoodie raises the left wrist to their masked face in a manner that appears to indicate they are speaking into the smartwatch we saw flashing in that Rumsey Court video. (Video and map, with timestamps, below.) Another interesting aspect of Hoodie using that smartwatch as a phone is how few people actually used smartwatches back in 2021. Grok estimates the percentage of U.S. adults using smartwatches to be roughly in the low-to-mid teens in 2020, rising toward about 20%+ by late 2021. Of that small percentage of adults who wore smartwatches in 2020/2021, an even smaller percentage used the phone feature to receive and make calls. Grok estimates that today only between 5-15% of smartwatch owners use them as phones. In January 2021, that 5–15% range was even lower for adults using a watch instead of a phone. More likely in the low- to high-single digits among all smartwatch users. *Which makes the surprise ending of the attached video all the more significant, in terms of probabilities." —— Just for fun, here’s a quick review and head-to-toe comparison of Brian Cole Jr. vs. Hoodie the Bomber: -Brian never owned or wore a ball cap. Hoodie has a ball cap under the hoodie. -Brian never owned or wore sunglasses, and wears a severe clear-lens prescription. Hoodie was wearing dark-lensed glasses. -Brian always wore his trademark headphones when walking. We can see that Hoodie had no headphone bulge or imprint under the hoodie. -Brian never wore N95-style masks during the COVID era, preferring only the more comfortable cloth masks his mother would make for him. Hoodie is seen wearing an N95 mask throughout the walk. -Brian always carried his keys on a lanyard around his neck, and family photography shows he has done so for many years. There is no imprint of a ring of keys seen under the flat chest of Hoodie’s hoodie. -Brian never owned or wore a watch of any kind. Hoodie is clearly wearing a smartwatch and using it as a phone, as shown by CCTV video, the FBI’s evidence seizure receipt, and the Loudermilk/Massie congressional report indicates a "cellular device." -Brian always changed into short pants for his long daily walks, even in extreme cold temps. This is attested to by both his family and neighbors who witnessed his walks hundreds and thousands of times over the years. Hoodie was wearing long trousers. -Brian has never owned or worn expensive shoes. Described as a wardrobe “minimalist” by family members, he prefers to wear Crocs on his long walks and Converse Chuck Taylors when at work. Family members swear that he never owned a pair of those limited-edition Nikes the FBI reports Hoodie was wearing on J5. -I have personally held every pair of Brian’s shoes in my hands. I have photographed every tag (as seen below), and all show he wears nothing but men’s “size 12.” We have measured Hoodie’s foot placement against the Rumsey Court brick pavement, wearing those specified Nikes, and determined Hoodie’s foot size to be between a men’s 9 and 9.5. -Brian walks with his toes pointed outward. Hoodie walks with a pigeon-toed right foot that frequently crosses in front of the left foot during the stride. They are not the same person. “Our” FBI and Department of Justice want all of us to suspend what we see with our own eyes and dismiss the known behaviors and habits of an autistic, highly OCD young man to believe he suddenly transformed into a criminal mastermind of disguises and feigned gait. (See: Usual Suspects/Keyser Soze.) A true chameleon. Master of spy tradecraft ... from head to toe ... on the eve of January 6, 2021. More in thread. ⬇️ #FreeBrianColeJr

Speak truth to power @RWMaloneMD

Buying votes? Ever heard of the welfare state. How about anybody who pays over 5k in taxes … you know … Just keeps it? Maybe just create a tax holiday? This year, no taxes. Both equally fantastical. House and Senate stay red AND the USG will forego extortion. SMH.

A gentle reminder that @dbongino quit his FBI job after 292 days of zero results on Epstein, cocaine in the White House, and the Dobbs leaker.

🚨EXCLUSIVE: The untold story of the FBI’s J6 pipe bomber “Person of Interest #2”🚨 If what the @FBI’s January 6 pipe bomber “Person of Interest #2” (POI2) told me about his FBI interview is true, there is further proof that the Bureau has covered up, or “deleted,” additional video footage about what happened when the RNC pipe bomb was allegedly discovered by Karlin Younger on January 6, 2021. I will not reveal the identity or any other identifying information about the FBI’s POI2 in the January 6 pipe bomb saga. I also won't discuss the full five hours of personal interview time with POI2; instead, I will focus on two key pieces of information he gave me. As a primer for those not already following this story in detail, here is a brief rundown of the facts in POI2’s case and why the FBI was initially interested in him as a “person of interest”: -POI2 does not live in the Greater D.C. area. He lives in a large American city in a state that does not border D.C. -From news releases, congressional reports, FBI statements, and an FBI whistleblower disclosure, we know that POI2 was visiting a lifelong acquaintance (POI3) at his residence in Fall Church, VA, over the course of January 4 - 7, 2021. -POI2 used POI3’s Metrorail card for travel back and forth to the District on the 5th and 6th. -POI2 caught the attention of law enforcement investigators when he emerged from D.C.’s Metro South rail station on January 5, changed hats and put on dark sunglasses, then beelined straight across the street from the station into the Rumsey Court alley behind the Republican National Committee headquarters. It was in that alley that POI2 began taking photos of “numbers.” Numbers on trash cans, dumpsters, door addresses, and the like. According to the FBI, POI2 planned to use those photographs in a forthcoming book. (To date, that book has not been published.) Then, after walking around Capitol Hill all day long, and even attending some of the J5 protest events, POI2 ducked back into the same alley for a few minutes — after dark — before returning to the Metro South station across the street from the RNC. He returned to Falls Church via the train, where POI3 picked him up by car, and they went back to POI3’s home. POI2 then returned to DC the next morning to attend Trump’s speech at The Ellipse on the 6th. -POI2 was cleared of suspicion following two FBI interviews on January 19, 2021, at his residence in his home city. These interviews took place six days after the FBI pulled their Special Operations Group (SOG) surveillance team off POI3’s home on January 13, just two days after they were deployed to watch the infamous Falls Church, VA condominium address where we now know POI3 shared a firewall between his address and the then residence of former Capitol Police officer Shauni Kerkhoff. The subject of our November 8, 2025 story published by Blaze Media. How I came to spend five hours with POI2 I met with POI2 twice, on December 11 and 12, 2025. On the 11th, a member of our team accompanied me: a retired FBI veteran of 25 years now working as a private investigator. That first interview lasted for three hours, and then the next day I met with POI2, just him and me, for another two hours. I arrived in POI2’s home city on the 10th to do some early recon. We had POI2’s name (which I’d acquired from a congressional source), and his address, but we didn’t have a current phone number. After running an extensive background on him, we learned a lot about his life and work, social media, friends and close associates, and even where he attends church, but we still didn't have a phone number to call him and ask for a meeting. Most interesting of all, POI2 is a prolific international traveler. In one recent year, he had logged over 40 international flights. So we didn’t even know if he’d be in the country, much less at home, if we knocked on this door. My recon of his address was a huge disappointment. His apartment building is one of those old inner-city manufacturing plants refitted into modern, upscale housing. The entire property is ringed by tall wrought-iron fencing, with electronic security for entry into the parking garage, foot traffic, and into the building itself. There was no visible way for us to just pay him a visit for a “knock and talk.” Perhaps we could have “buzzed” him from an exterior gate, but I didn’t get that far that day. Later that evening, I picked up my team member from the airport — the retired FBI guy — and we went to dinner for a long, late-night planning session. We identified a couple of strong local personal connections he had via his Facebook page, and we planned to visit them first, get more info about POI2, and maybe even get their help reaching out to him. At 9:00 a.m. the next morning, we arrived at the home of someone who seemed like they might be closest to him. We were lucky and hit a home run on the first swing. Without the long details, our “story” about why we were looking for POI2 — their close friend — worked like a charm, and we were invited into their home. Our host called POI2, and within two hours POI2 joined us at our new friend’s home. Luckily, POI2 had returned to the States from an overseas trip only the day before. For the next three hours, I asked most of the questions while my partner listened and observed. Based on my partner’s 25+ years of experience with the FBI, he believed POI2 answered everything truthfully … “Or, he’s a very, very good liar.” My partner had to fly back home the next morning, but I had many follow-up questions for POI2. I reached out again early in the morning, and he agreed to meet me at a coffee shop in his neighborhood. ***(On a personal timeline aside: during my second interview with POI2, I was only nine days away from my heart failure episode, and was already struggling to breath after the slightest of physical exertions.)*** The most significant reveal We met at 1:30 p.m., and spent another two full hours together. During this session, we had a detailed conversation about his two interviews with two FBI special agents. Both of those interviews were on the same day. January 19, 2021. POI2 had explained to the FBI agents that the reason he returned to the Rumsey Court alley behind the RNC was that he remembered there were several trash cans in the alley, and he wanted to dispose of an empty plastic water bottle before going back to the train station. I asked him why he didn’t simply throw the bottle away at the Metrotrain station. He shrugged. From our video review, POI2 only stayed in the alley for about three to four minutes. But if what he revealed to me is true, it is one of the most significant discoveries in our years-long pipe bomb investigation. POI2 shared with me that the FBI agents told him that he had thrown the empty water bottle away in the very trash container next to where the bomb would be placed a little over an hour and a half later. Why that is significant FIRST, it reveals that the FBI most likely had video of him depositing that empty bottle into that container. Yes … they could have taken DNA samples of every item in that trash can, but then they would also have needed DNA from POI2 in their database. POI2 didn’t offer that option as their explanation. He assumed they saw him on camera. I can personally attest that there is currently a camera in Rumsey Court that would cover the area where the bomb was placed, but I do not know if that same camera existed in January of 2021. But if they did observe POI2, on camera, tossing the bottle in the trash can immediately next to where the bomb was placed, then the FBI most certainly has video of Karlin Younger — the FirstNet employee — who discovered that device at approximately 12:35 p.m. the next day, January 6. Only 25 minutes before Vice President Mike Pence was to drop the gavel on the joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College presidential vote. Only about 18 minutes before the first breach of that outer bike rack barricade on the west Capitol grounds, led by Ray Epps, Ryan Samsel, and other suspicious characters. Many investigators, including Congressman Loudermilk and his committee, have posited that the two devices placed by the gray hooded bomber on J5 were retrieved at some point in the early morning hours of J6, then replaced just before their “discovery” a few minutes either side of 1:00 p.m. The allegedly “deleted” video from the two DNC cameras that provided the footage of the gray hooded bomber placing a device on the evening of J5 would have also shown us what happened after midnight. Whether or not the two plainclothes Capitol Police counter-surveillance officers were the ones who replaced the device just before reporting its discovery to the Secret Service agents attending VP-Elect Kamala Harris’s presence inside the building at the time. (Article to that story linked in comments below.) A camera aimed at the RNC drop location would give us the same information about what happened during the night, and when Karlin Younger discovered that device while walking back and forth and doing her laundry. The FBI claims that the footage from the two DNC cameras — after that device was planted under a bench — was accidentally deleted. (No one buys that story.) Those two FBI agents may also have inadvertently revealed to POI2 that video footage exists from that dark corner of the RNC/Capitol Hill Club alley on J5 and J6. Both missing videos, if they were to surface, would either invalidate all conspiracy theories about the pipe bombs, or confirm the prevailing theories and circumstantial evidence pointing to law enforcement participation and a multi-agency conspiracy. SECOND, if the two FBI agents were telling POI2 the truth about that specific trash container, then it brings into question all of POI2’s own statements about why he returned to that alley after dark. That very trash can was in the furthest and darkest corner of the RNC/Capitol Hill Club side of Rumsey Court. He would have had to ignore several of the first and most clearly visible, well-lit trash bins upon his arrival into that alley by way of the walkway between the RNC and the Capitol Hill Club. Instead, he made a hard left behind the Capitol Hill Club and headed toward the darkest corner of the alley, from which the view of that trash can was also likely obstructed by one or more cars typically parked between him and what would be his line of sight to that dark corner. This implies POI2 was either on a recon mission to determine the best drop location for the second device, or, as one retired, formerly high-ranking law enforcement officer has theorized, he may have placed an AirTag or other electronic beacon to lead the bomber to the most advantageous location to deposit the bomb. Near the end of my second meeting with POI2, he shared with me several photos of “numbers” he took in that alley. He shared the “time and location” data from those original photos on his iPhone. He also gave me screenshots from his phone’s call history of the exact moment the two FBI agents phoned him for both interviews on January 19, 2021. He was very earnest, forthcoming, and eager to answer all my questions. (Photo examples in comments below.) As a person, I like POI2. We could be friends. But either he or the FBI is lying about what happened in that dark corner behind the Capitol Hill Club. (Maybe both?) Just as POI2 and I were about to say goodbye and shake hands, I opened my phone to show him one photo. It was the shot I took of the two side-by-side doors at the condo complex in Falls Church, VA. The door on the left was the home of his lifelong acquaintance, POI3. The door on the right was Shauni Kerkhoff's January 6 residence. I asked him: “Can you make this math work for me?” He replied: “No, man. That’s so weird.” We have stayed in contact and spoken many times since those two days in December. ⬇️

142: Who Chooses the Blood You Get? | Liz James @blessedBHB 🔥 1 in 70 Americans will need a blood transfusion this year. Almost none of them know they most likely can't choose the donor. In this episode, Stephanie Weidle @ActiveSinger24 speaks with Liz James, a pharmacist of over thirty years and founder of Blessed by His Blood, a member-owned cooperative that matches direct blood donations to patients who want to choose whose blood they receive. The conversation explores how three separate parties — your doctor, your hospital, and the blood bank holding their contract — each have to say yes before you can receive a directed donation, and how any one of them can quietly say no. If three people have to approve before you can choose your own donor, who is the system actually built for? We discuss: 👉 Why doctors often don’t know how to write the order 👉 What happens to blood after you give it away for free 👉 Why only 3% of Americans donate, and the number is falling 👉 The Texas bill that died twice one step from the finish line Chapters: 01:29 — How Direct Donation Works, and Who's Blocking It 07:18 — Why People Ask for Direct Donor Blood 11:05 — Screening Questions and Shelf Life 14:48 — Only 3% Donate: The Supply Problem 17:01 — The $32 Billion Blood Industry 23:51 — Bodily Autonomy and Informed Consent 26:38 — Liz's Story: Leaving Pharmacy, Founding BBHB Learn more or become a member: blessedbyhisblood.com 🎧 Listen to The Feds on Substack & all other platforms: taplink.cc/fedsforfreedom 🇺🇸 Visit our Website: FedsForFreedom.org 🏃 Follow us on Instagram / X / Facebook: @feds4freedomusa

Thank you. I am very anemic iron deficiency and at 47 have had 8 units transfusion over past 4 years. Everytime I want family to donate it becomes to impossible to many hurdles. I really feel gross getting blood from who knows where and I know they cant make it 100% clean. Worry.