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MAGA's pandemic obsession with harassing Dr. Anthony Fauci has revealed its dark core, an analyst argued on Monday.

Salon's Amanda Marcotte discussed how, as MAGA fractures, Republicans have been looking for a scapegoat. Trump's approval rating is sinking as the economy and the Iran war fuel frustration among the coalition's loyal followers.

"For normal people, yearning for a time when we were socially isolated and afraid of dying from a highly contagious virus is downright bizarre," Marcotte wrote. "MAGA, though, has a reason to feel nostalgia for a pandemic that killed millions. It was an era when the GOP got to do what they love more than anything: play the victim as loudly as possible before huge audiences that were especially vulnerable to disinformation."...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy director, Dr. Ralph Abraham, has stepped down from his role and left the agency effective immediately, according to reports released Monday.

Abraham reportedly decided to step down "to address unforeseen family obligations," according to a statement from the CDC. No further details were released.

"It has been an honor to serve alongside the dedicated public health professionals at the CDC and to support the agency's critical mission," Abraham said....

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s revelation Thursday that he wasn't afraid of COVID-19 since he "used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats" prompted a wave of responses online.

Kennedy recalled during an interview that he had met podcaster Theo Von at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on Los Angeles' Westside.

"And, you know, I mean, for me, I, you know what, I said this when we came in, and I said, I don't care what happens, I'm going to a meeting every day," he added. "And I said, I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. brought in more than $10 million last year across various sources — from a health organization and law firm campaigning against vaccines to a right-wing college and a conservative book publisher — according to his latest public financial disclosure.

Kennedy, who is running for president as an independent, earned more than $400,000 each from conservative book publisher, Skyhorse Publishing, and JW Howard Attorneys, which litigated more than 40 cases against vaccine mandates, according to his public personal financial disclosure, which the Federal Election Commission released Monday afternoon and required of all presidential candidates.

RELATED ARTICLE: Why Trump won't reveal his personal finances before Debate Day...

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Four years into the COVID-19 pandemic, few Americans are especially concerned about catching the disease. A recent poll from Pew found that only 20 percent of Americans consider the virus to be a major health threat. Only 10 percent are concerned about becoming very ill or hospitalized. Less than a third have received an updated COVID-19 vaccine. Pew did not ask how many people still wear masks.

But for many with disabilities and chronic illnesses, it is impossible to move on. ...

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“IT’S BEEN REVEALED THAT FAUCI BROUGHT COVID TO THE MONTANA ONE YEAR BEFORE COVID BROKE OUT IN THE U.S!” — ad from the Matt Rosendale for Montana campaign

A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, behind bars, swarmed by flying bats....