A federal defamation lawsuit from Dr. Terry Adirim, a former health official at the Pentagon, has emerged as a crucial forum for a larger debate surrounding the U.S. military’s COVID-19 shot mandate instituted in 2021.

Dr. Adirim, who served as the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, played a key role in advising the Pentagon during the so-called vaccine rollout. Three years later, she transitioned to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as director of the agency’s Center for Global Health Services but was dismissed from her position on April 4, 2025.

In response to her termination, Adirim filed a lawsuit against the CIA, its director John Ratcliffe, and Ivan Raiklin, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer and attorney who publicly alleged her involvement in the shot mandate. In a ruling last February, Judge Michael Nachmanoff dismissed the remaining claims against the CIA but allowed portions of Adirim’s lawsuit against Raiklin to move forward.

This ongoing legal battle has notable implications, as Raiklin’s defense will introduce powerful claims regarding the mandate and alleged mRNA shot-related injuries into the evidentiary record.

Adding to the controversy, a recent declaration reported by The Gateway Pundit has intensified the discourse surrounding the case. Retired Army flight surgeon Lt. Col. (Dr.) Theresa Long claims to have direct knowledge of over 29 service member fatalities following COVID-19 vaccinations. She is currently reviewing approximately 55,000 reports of adverse events associated with military vaccinations, including 2,544 recorded deaths.

On October 30, 2026, Raiklin is set to appear in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to address two defense motions in the case of Adirim v. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency et al., No. 1:25-cv-00768-MSN-WBP (E.D. Va.). The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 600 of the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse, located at 401 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314. Key discussions will revolve around ECF 78 (Motion for Summary Judgment) and ECF 81 (Motion to Exclude), with a potential jury trial scheduled for January 19, 2027.

In a post on X, Raiklin expressed his desire for strong attendance at the hearing, particularly from those who signed the Declaration of Military Accountability and an open letter advocating for the elimination of the mRNA vaccine platform.

Press Advisory!

When: October 30
Where: 401 Courthouse Square, Courtroom 600
Alexandria, VA 22314

What: 9am Press conference in front of the Courthouse to discuss the COVID Cartel from the White House, DOD and CIA (with special guest TBA)

10am Motion for Summary Judgment Hearing

After the hearing I will answer questions outside the Courthouse (with different special guest)

I request that all signatories of the
1. Declaration of Military Accountability and the
2. Open Letter Regarding the Removal of the mRNA Platform

To attend this crucial hearing that will determine the path forward for COVID transparency and accountability!
For more information: https://t.co/SG8fr0PhfO

— Ivan Raiklin (@IvanRaiklin) September 22, 2026

The Declaration of Military Accountability, first reported by author J.M. Phelps on January 1, 2024, is a pivotal document in military history, spearheaded by author and Commander Robert A. Green Jr. of the U.S. Navy. It has garnered the support of 231 service members and veterans, including active-duty personnel, who are calling for significant reforms and accountability regarding the shot mandate. Raiklin is among the signatories.

Citing Thomas Jefferson, Raiklin told The Gateway Pundit, “When the government fears the people, there is freedom.” He expressed that he is advocating for “maximum freedom” not just for himself but also for what he claims are 8,700 service members discharged due to the mandate, 80,000 who had their careers cut short, 20,000 who retired prematurely, and approximately two million others who he believes were “duped and unlawfully coerced” into accepting an unsafe, ineffective, and at times harmful—even lethal—emergency-use-authorized product. He contends that if individuals had been aware of the “legally distinct” framework outlined in 10 U.S.C. § 1107a, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6200.02—and if misinformation and censorship had not stemmed from what he describes as corrupt former senior leadership within the Federal Burea of Investigation (FBI)—they would not have opted to receive the shot.

As the push for accountability reverberates within the military community, a similar urgency is emerging across the broader healthcare sector, as reported by The Gateway Pundit earlier today. An open letter addressed to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and President Donald Trump, dated September 18, 2026, has been signed by over 160 healthcare advocates demanding a reevaluation of mRNA vaccine policies—a movement that Raiklin supports wholeheartedly.

In their letter, advocates explicitly warned that “neither Republicans nor Democrats could have prevailed” without the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) and health freedom vote. They cautioned that these voters “can and will walk away” from the coalition in upcoming elections if the administration continues to ignore their core stance on vaccine mandates and medical freedom.

Interestingly, the hearing with Raiklin is set to take place at a critical moment, positioned between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection on October 27 and the U.S. Midterm Elections on November 3. This timing could intensify scrutiny on Jared Kushner, a special envoy for peace, who is advocating for the demilitarization and governance of Gaza after the conflict, as he was one of the cofounders of Operation Warp Speed, as Raiklin pointed out.

This growing momentum for transparency and scrutiny is further reflected in Raiklin’s upcoming press availability, where he intends to illuminate critical issues surrounding the pandemic response. According to a press release, Raiklin is scheduled to provide details regarding Jared Kushner, Anthony Fauci, Operation Warp Speed, and documents related to Fauci released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). Reporters are encouraged to gather on the courthouse grounds at 9:00 a.m. for access to primary documents.

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The ramifications of Adirim’s lawsuit and the surrounding controversies extend well beyond individual grievances. The testimonies and declarations from military and healthcare leaders are fostering an essential dialogue about the safety of vaccination protocols and the accountability of those in positions of power. The forthcoming days may well prove pivotal in shaping the future of public health and military protocols in the United States.

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At last, Brussels pushes back against Ukraine’s rampant corruption.

After US President Donald J. Trump stopped the draining of American taxpayers’ funds and stopped giving money to Kiev’s war effort, Volodymyr Zelensky had to redirect his constant begging to the Globalist EU leaders and some peripheral countries like Canada.

Needless to say, their European ‘powers’ are all in bad shape financially, but they squeeze their citizens to keep sending money to their proxy war against Russia.

But earlier this month, something changed – take a look at these two NYT headlines below:

The unavoidable fact is that the Kiev regime is riddled with graft, and the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO have arrested, detained, are investigating or has charged many people in the close orbit of Zelensky.

A non-exhaustive list includes Tymur Mindich, Zelensky’s longtime business partner; his right-hand man, Andriy Yermak; former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov; Herman Halushchenko, former Energy and Justice Minister; former Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Iryna Mudra; ambassador to the U.S. Olga Stefanishyna; and even Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.

Read: As Many MSM Outlets Speculate on Zelensky’s Departure, Former Minister Fedorov Becomes Ukrainian Opposition Leader, Says President Should Be Questioned About Rampant Corruption

So, it’s not surprising that even EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen may have been taken to the edge by the constant money begging by Kiev.

Several Ukrainian news outlets – no, it’s not Russian propaganda – report on how the meeting between Zelensky and von der Leyen on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly was riddled with ‘tension’.

The New Voice of Ukraine reported:

“Disagreements over funding and the slow pace of legislative reforms in Ukraine’s parliament led to a ‘tense’ meeting in New York between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

[…] The Ukrainian side voiced concern about the prospects of Russian escalation over the winter with limited air defenses to shield their cities.”

Ukraine wanted the EU to help ‘plug’ a $30 billion hole in its budget, and speed up the disbursement of a previously agreed-upon €90 billion loan.

“European Union officials told Ukraine they need to see progress on new legislation to curb the shadow economy, bolster tax revenue, and move closer to EU law before they’ll dispense more funding.

The European Union questioned Ukraine’s calculations regarding the size of its budget deficit, suggesting instead that additional funding be provided by other international partners, specifically Canada, Norway, and Japan.”

The Kiev Independent reported:

“[The EU] funding is tied to conditions agreed with Kiev that directly link disbursements to the carrying out of a range of reforms intended to improve the rule of law and economy, and to prepare Ukraine for eventual EU membership.”

The clash came with the EU pressuring to see continued reforms, while the Ukrainians complained over EU countries’ decision to remove sanctions from two Russian oligarchs.

“Except for a $9 billion contribution from Norway for 2027, no other key allies have stepped in with contributions to bridge the hole in Ukraine’s budget, despite requests from EU and Ukrainian politicians to do so.

And while Ukraine has not formally requested to frontload EU payments scheduled for 2027, already in 2026, Zelensky spoke in favor of that approach.

However, that would mean the EU dropping the timetable of reform requirements, and Brussels is increasingly exasperated with Ukraine’s slow-walking on several key reforms.”

Read more:

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Kravchenko Is Raided by Anti-Corruption Cops, a Safe Filled With Dollars and Euros Is Found in His Office, but He Flees the Country Before Arrest

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Kamala Harris is back on the campaign trail, and the word salads are back with her.

“When you feel powerless, you are powerless.” Thank you, Kamala.

Now she says an attack on DEI is an attack on maternal care. Don’t ask me to translate. I’m still trying to figure out what the first sentence means.

And this is the woman considering another run for president. In Michigan, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed looked like he just wanted her to stop talking.

We play the clips and ask the question Democrats should be asking: Is Kamala really the person they want back at the top of the ticket?

Plus, President Trump takes his message to the United Nations, while CNN, MS NOW, and Politico sue over his White House ban. The media meltdown is on. We break it all down on Stinchfield.

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President Donald Trump’s second-term drive to restore U.S. primacy in the Western Hemisphere — the “Donroe Doctrine,” his update of the Monroe Doctrine — has produced measurable results throughout his second term.

The administration’s Nov. 2025 National Security Strategy pledged to “reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine” and restore “American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere.” Officials call that the “Trump Corollary.”

After U.S. forces seized Maduro in Jan. 2026, President Trump put his official stamp on it.

“The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we’ve superseded it by a lot,” he said. “They now call it the ‘Donroe Doctrine.’ … American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”

The results from President Trump’s aggressive ‘America First’ policies in the hemisphere cannot be denied:

Maduro is in U.S. custody, and Venezuelan oil is no longer a rival slush fund

Operation Absolute Resolve pulled Maduro and Cilia Flores from Caracas. No U.S. personnel were killed. Independent imagery analysis later described the raid as tightly scoped, not a broad occupation as President Trump learned from the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan.

President Trump said Venezuela had hosted foreign adversaries and seized American oil assets in violation of two-century-old hemispheric rules.

In August, the White House announced a deal giving the United States a stake in concessions covering about 65 billion barrels of proven reserves, with Pentagon equity and a guaranteed U.S. offtake at cost. Oil that had moved toward China was redirected toward the U.S. market.

Chinese-linked operators lose the canal gates

President Trump entered office saying China effectively ran the Panama Canal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made Panama his first foreign stop.

In Jan. 2026, Panama’s Supreme Court ruled the CK Hutchison concession at Balboa and Cristóbal was unconstitutional. The terminals later passed to Western operators. Panama also pulled back from Belt and Road projects. The ChiComs called the case political. The Trump administration called it a security correction.

Washington, not Beijing, backstopped Milei — and got repaid

In Oct. 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent finalized a $20 billion currency-swap line with Argentina and bought pesos in the open market. Bessent described the move as an “economic Monroe Doctrine.”

President Trump tied continued help to Milei’s midterm prospects, letting Argentinians know the U.S. has their back when they choose free enterprise. Milei’s party won. By Jan. 2026, Argentina had fully repaid the limited draw. Bessent said the Exchange Stabilization Fund even booked a profit. U.S. officials also cited Argentine pledges to reduce Chinese influence and open mineral projects to American firms as successful long-term impacts of the economic intervention.

Cartels are treated as terrorist targets then obliterated

Operation Southern Spear began striking suspected drug boats in Sept. 2025. Pentagon and command statements have since listed dozens of strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against vessels linked to designated terrorist organizations.

In March 2026, President Trump launched the Shield of the Americas, also called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition. By September it had grown to nearly 20 governments. Colombia joined in August. Peru joined this month after Rubio visited Lima. This shows that this anti-cartel campaign is far from a unilateral bombing. These are actions supported by a growing coalition of Latin American nations.

Honduras swung into the Trump column

In last year’s Honduran election, National Party candidate Tito Asfura narrowly defeated socialist LIBRE candidate Rixi Moncada and Liberal Party figure Salvador Nasralla.

President Trump forcefully backed Asfura and pardoned former President Juan Orlando Hernández—considered a controversial action by some. But those actions quickly paid off. After the vote, the new conservative administration in Honduras aligned with Washington on migration and drug interdiction. Honduras’s ZEDE “freedom city” zones reopened, providing a safe haven for Western capital.

But despite the massive successes of the Donroe Doctrine, there remains a sinister fifth column operating within the State Department looking to undermine President Trump’s progress and keep the status quo in place.

Ana Quintana-Lovett’s Subversive Influence

Quintana-Lovett is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America and Migration Affairs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. She previously served as a senior adviser on the Policy Planning Staff and in the Counselor’s office.

Before that she led Western Hemisphere staff for House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), directed Latin America work at the Heritage Foundation, and worked at the Vandenberg Coalition. Her official biography also lists earlier time at the Defense Intelligence Agency. She is a former National Endowment for Democracy fellow. She has emerged as a particularly toxic gatekeeper who has wormed her way to a level of influence within the Trump administration.

On Guatemala, multiple sources have indicated that Quintana has repeatedly intervened for President Bernardo Arévalo. Arévalo is a leftist holdout in a region agitating against the Trump administration. Narcoterrorism has worsened on his watch and that the Justice Department has flagged the problem. Arévalo acts like he is playing ball with the Trump administration while actually enabling cartel behavior through his compliance or weakness.

Records obtained through public-records requests show that in July 2023, while still on House committee staff, Quintana advocated for Arévalo to get meetings with Biden administration officials. On June 24, Quintana met Arévalo in Guatemala City. The visit was announced as talks on security, migration, and trade. Her diplomatic efforts were meant to prop up Arévalo as he faces populist conservative opposition in next year’s Presidential election.

On Honduras, Quintana’s efforts ultimately failed. She worked diligently against the National Party and favored Nasralla. Trump had called Nasralla “no friend of freedom” and accused him of splitting the anti-communist vote. Nasralla had previously served as the Vice President under narco-communist President Ximena Castro.

After her efforts failed in Honduras, Quintana is doubling down on Guatemala, which could be the next domino to fall toward the success of the Donroe Doctrine. The liberal intervention effort Quintana has dedicated her life to promoting is falling apart, and she is hoping it holds together and then can be revitalized after President Trump leaves office.

Quintana’s earlier writing shows her true agenda. In 2015 she called for a Free Trade Area of the Americas. In 2021 she argued that women’s empowerment should be a pillar of U.S. foreign policy. In 2020 she criticized Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro over COVID restrictions and over a sovereignty fight with Emmanuel Macron about the Amazon.

Conservative governments now sitting in Buenos Aires, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Bogota, Lima, Santiago, La Paz and Quito form a vanguard that can Make the America’s Great Again. But the bureaucratic resistance against the fruits of the Donroe Doctrine are already in play, evidenced by the actions of Quintana, as they hope to outlast President Trump and flip the switch back to globalism, squalor and tyranny post-2028.

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Conservative media outlets are now stepping into the role once filled by the mainstream media and providing TV pool coverage of the President after networks announced plans to boycott Trump in response to CNN, MS Now, and Politico being banned from the White House. 

This comes amid major world news events, including Trump’s attendance at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to the United States this week. President Trump is scheduled to participate in an arrival ceremony for Xi Jinping today at 6:00 pm ET.

Trump banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House last week, citing the “FICTION and LIES” they report. The three outlets have since filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration.

ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC also suspended their pooled coverage of the White House in protest of the move by Trump, the Gateway Pundit reported.

Following CNN’s exclusion from the White House press pool for the President’s trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Fox News Washington bureau chief Bryan Boughton, who leads the television pool consortium, said in a letter to television pool members that they will no longer cover the President, according to the New York Times.

JUST IN: Major Television Networks Suspend White House Pool Coverage After CNN Ban

CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins boasted of the boycott in a YouTube short posted by CNN this week. "Fox News, CBS, ABC, NBC, and CNN, have all banded together, and they have suspended the TV pool, which means that for the time being, the President will not have a camera and reporters from a major outlet, a major television outlet, covering him," she said. "That comes as he is headed to New York on Monday for the United Nations General Assembly, and also ahead of his big state visit in Washington with Xi Jinping, all events that we know the President values having broadcast on television."

She doesn't think the conservative press corps at the White House could do it.

WATCH:

Instead of CNN, Real America’s Voice stepped up to take over TV coverage as the secondary TV pool crew during the President's New York trip, posing a serious threat to the White House Correspondents' Association's monopoly on coverage of the President.

Here is some of the coverage of President Trump arriving in Washington, DC, broadcast to the world from Real America's Voice's cameras:

Today, Lindell TV is stepping up to the plate, in partnership with Real America's Voice, to broadcast and distribute live worldwide coverage of President Trump welcoming Xi Jinping to Washington, DC.

As noted by independent journalist Nick Sortor on Tuesday, the two networks could completely replace the five major networks' White House coverage.

Lindell TV should agree to work with RAV, who I’ve been working with today to set up infrastructure to distribute live feeds from their cameras to the pool.

If @RealLindellTV agrees to swap spots with RAV, we’ll have fully functional pool feeds to counter CNN’s boycott

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 23, 2026

This is a historic moment in breaking the left-wing media's stranglehold over the White House.

The Gateway Pundit will provide updates on the arrival ceremony for Xi Jinping and carry live video footage from Lindell TV on our website.

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Preferences for right-wing views are surging in politics and in the news, too.

The surging popularity of the populists in Reform UK is not an isolated event: the British preference for right-wing views is also leading the pack when it comes to news channels.

But the establishment is fighting tooth and nail to hide this simple truth from the population.

UK media regulator Ofcom is presently under fire, accused of covering up data showing that right-wing outlet GB News is more trusted by its viewers than the BBC.

Ofcom is accused of covering up data that shows GB News is more trusted by its viewers than the BBC https://t.co/YL8l7VVucR

— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) September 23, 2026

The Telegraph reported:

“The watchdog’s latest news consumption survey found that GB News viewers score the channel more highly for trustworthiness than viewers of the BBC, Sky News, ITV and Channel 4 score those channels.

GB News was also ranked by its viewers above all other British broadcasters for the range of viewpoints on offer and scored first equal with Sky for impartiality.”

‘This is fantastic news.’ @carveremily and @tomhfh react to Ofcom data that shows GB News is more trusted by viewers than Sky News or BBC. pic.twitter.com/so8u73Bmz4

— GB News (@GBNEWS) September 23, 2026

This year, the regulator omitted the figures from the press release summarizing its main findings, published last week.

It only released the data online following a request from GB News.

“The oversight has prompted accusations that Ofcom deliberately sought to suppress the true scale of GB News’s popularity among viewers.

A GB News spokesman said: ‘These figures prove why GB News is Britain’s undisputed number one news channel’.”

GB News reported:

“The People’s Channel last month marked a full year as Britain’s number one news channel.

Official audience data released in August found GB News had beaten the BBC News Channel and Sky News in July. Barb data for July showed GB News secured 81,600 average views (1.44 per cent audience share).

The figure was 11 per cent higher than the BBC News Channel’s 73,500 average views (1.29 per cent audience share).

Meanwhile, Sky News was a distant third on 68,900 (1.21 per cent audience share), trailing 18.4 per cent behind GB News.”

Read more:

Leftist-Globalist BBC Caught AGAIN Doctoring a Speech, This Time by US War Secretary Hegseth, Igniting Another ‘Impartiality’ Row in Britain

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