Fauci's Pandemic Memoirs Read Like a Hollywood Audition With a Side of Public Health

While Americans were wiping down groceries, homeschooling kids, closing businesses, canceling funerals, and wondering whether standing six feet apart from grandma was enough to survive the apocalypse, Dr. Anthony Fauci apparently had another pressing concern.

His fan mail.

Newly released private diary entries, published ahead of Fauci's Senate testimony after being subpoenaed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), paint the portrait of a man who seemed just as fascinated by his exploding celebrity status as by the virus consuming the world.

Instead of reading like the journal of a wartime physician carrying the weight of a global pandemic, the entries tend to resemble the diary of an aspiring influencer who suddenly found himself trending.

"Press still hot and heavy about me," Fauci wrote on April 7, 2020. "Multiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me."

What a dork.

At the time, thousands of Americans had already died, hospitals were scrambling for supplies, and families were saying goodbye to loved ones over FaceTime. Fauci, meanwhile, appeared to be tracking media mentions like they were stock prices. [Dud I mention he's a dork?]

By May, the self appreciation had only intensified.

"Big front page article abut me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable person in the world," Fauci wrote as he looked in his full-body mirror.

Not content to stop there, he added, "Countless profiles on me in multiple media. I cannot even read all the things that are written about me since I am so busy … seriously. POTUS seems to be enamored of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him. We are developing a very unique and interesting relationship."

Look at me--I'm Mister Cool

So, while the globe is suffering from a raging pandemic, our humble servant is depicting himself as one of the most recognizable people on Earth.

The diaries also suggest Fauci viewed television appearances less as an opportunity to inform the public than as oxygen.

After complaining that White House officials were limiting his media access, he proudly recorded a conversation with then Vice President Mike Pence.

"I told him that I am being blocked from TV and I needed to get on TV to give the 'risk reduction' message and that I would avoid being pitted against him or the POTUS merely by not playing that game," Fauci wrote. "He did promise that he would get me out there on TV since he really liked my message. First time anyone ever spoke that way to VP. He truly likes me a lot (and vice versa)."

Dork.

Apparently, flattening the curve was important. Keeping Fauci off cable news was the real emergency. The people needed him; the world needs him.

At another point, Fauci admitted privately that the administration's contact tracing strategy was a "f*cking disaster and an abject failure."

Then, almost seamlessly, he noted he had been invited to appear on "Dancing With The Stars."

It's obvious that when the nation's pandemic response is collapsing, your next thought is ballroom choreography.

The celebrity obsession did not end with television.

The diaries feature a cast list worthy of the Oscars. Julia Roberts hosted him on Instagram Live, sent him flowers, and presented him with an award. Vogue editor Anna Wintour, comedian Trevor Noah, NBA star Steph Curry, actors Sean Penn and Matt Damon, rapper Lil Wayne, billionaire Larry Ellison, and numerous media personalities all wandered through Fauci's journal.

CNN's Jake Tapper appears repeatedly through calls, dinners, and text messages. Dana Bash congratulated Fauci after his exchange with Rep. Jim Jordan, even telling him that Wolf Blitzer joked nobody would have blamed him if he had told Jordan to "go f--k yourself."

When journalist Peter Nicholas suggested Fauci had been "humiliated" over a canceled CNN appearance, Fauci's diary recorded his response in two concise words.

"F--- you, Peter."

Apparently, social distancing did not apply to grudges [nor to certain state governors].

The journals also reveal Fauci becoming increasingly irritated with White House officials who threatened to reduce his television appearances. Mark Meadows allegedly argued with him over messaging, while Fauci praised communications director Alyssa Farah for helping restore his media bookings. He described Michael Caputo as "a con man who is completely full of sh-t."

His relationship with President Trump, however, began warmly. Fauci recalled Trump calling him "the smartest person in the world," telling him, "We are counting on you," and appearing "enamored" with him before the relationship later deteriorated after more information came forward.

Perhaps the most unintentionally revealing entries involve Fauci marveling that Secret Service agents no longer bothered checking his credentials because they recognized him. That made him a bit moist.

"Everyone is worried about my health and welfare, probably because it is all over the place that I am almost 80 years old," he wrote.

Some people measure success by lives saved; Fauci measured it by the number of his tv appearances and whether security waves them through the front gate by recognizing him.

The diaries conclude with yet another celebrity cameo. At the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors, Fauci hugged Hunter Biden, who joked the internet "would explode" if someone photographed them together because they were both "being attacked by the far right GOP."

One almost expects the next page to include an acceptance speech thanking his agent, his stylist, and everyone who made his rise from bureaucrat to pandemic superstar possible.

Rand Paul argues the journals reveal a public official more concerned with his personal brand than the crisis facing the country. After months of negotiations broke down, Paul subpoenaed Fauci to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

"He’s been slow-walking information to us for six months or more," Paul said. "We’ve been negotiating over the date for several months. He agreed, then he said he wouldn’t. So, I think it’s time that we bring him in."

The American people spent the pandemic wondering whether the science was settled.

The diary suggests at least one thing certainly was.

Anthony Fauci never missed an opportunity to check whether the spotlight was still shining on Anthony Fauci.

What a dork!

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Americans Continue Voting With Their Feet, Apparently Preferring Not To Be Taxed Into Oblivion

New Census data reveals a massive migration shift as high-tax states lose residents to the booming Southeast and Sun Belt. Experts are baffled why anyone would leave paradise for lower taxes and functioning streets. Hmmm?

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-host Charlie Hurt discuss an exodus of residents from Democrat-led states due to taxes.

Americans appear to be voting with their feet as the country’s most iconic cities continue to see declining populations or struggle to regain their pre-pandemic footing, shocking no one with two brain cells to rub together.

On the East Coast, New York City is facing a renewed exodus. 

According to a Citizens Budget Commission study released earlier this month, the Big Apple lost more residents than it gained last year. The report found that New York City lost approximately 114,000 more domestic residents to other U.S. cities than it gained in 2025, reversing two years of marginal growth.

The decline has become so pronounced that even New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has sounded the alarm. Pleading in March for "high net worth" individuals to return, Hochul noted the erosion of the Empire State’s tax base is threatening "the generous social programs that we want to have in our state."

A nervous Hochul admitted that New York is "in competition with other states who have less of a tax burden," specifically citing "Wall Street businesses looking at Texas" as a primary concern.Further north, Boston is struggling to retain its next generation of workers. 

In Massachusetts, a 2026 Young Residents Survey from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundation, released in April, revealed that 26 percent of residents aged 20 to 30 plan to leave the area within the next five years.

Of those planning to move, nearly half are looking to exit the state entirely, with a majority eyeing the Southeast and Southwest. High housing costs remain the primary driver for those planning to leave, followed closely by the irresistible urge not to fund endless progressive experiments.

The trend is part of a larger drain on the Commonwealth. 

An analysis by the Pioneer Institute shows Massachusetts has suffered a net loss of approximately 182,000 residents due to domestic out-migration over the last five years. At this rate the state bird will soon be the U-Haul.The West Coast is seeing similar patterns, particularly in Los Angeles County. The latest U.S. Census data released in March 2026 shows that between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, 53,421 residents left the county. The largest numeric decline of any county in the nation. Since 2020, Los Angeles County’s population has shrunk from roughly 10 million to 9.7 million, proving once again that even the weather cannot overcome terrible governance.

In San Francisco, the population has failed to recover from its pandemic-era low. Despite a localized boom in the artificial intelligence sector, newly released Census estimates show the city’s total population remains well below 2020 levels. AI may be the future, but apparently it still cannot convince people to live around  the homeless and human feces, drugs and violence.

While the coastlines struggle, the Southeast is booming like it just discovered low taxes and personal responsibility. The Census Bureau reported in March that many of the fastest-growing counties in the country are now concentrated in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

South Carolina has officially claimed the title of the fastest-growing state in the nation. Between July 2024 and July 2025, the Palmetto State’s population surged by 1.5 percent, fueled by a net influx of 66,622 domestic migrants who probably just wanted grocery stores without bulletproof glass.

In terms of "income migration," Florida remains the undisputed king. The Florida Chamber of Commerce reports that the Sunshine State leads the nation with a net income migration of nearly 36.1 billion dollars annually. Turns out people enjoy keeping more of their own money rather than giving it to, say, Somalia businesses.

A new study by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation released on April 7, 2026, confirmed that taxpayers are fleeing high-tax environments for more fiscally friendly states. While Texas and Florida remain the top targets, states like North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee are also seeing record gains. Notably, the NTUF "Migration in Minutes" metric found that Texas surpassed Florida in 2022 as the state gaining a new taxpayer most frequently. One every 4 minutes and 40 seconds. That is not a migration, it's more like a stampede of J.B. Pritzker look-alike contestants at a free pizza grand opening.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s March report highlighted that the nation’s most populous counties. Including Los Angeles, Cook County (Chicago), Harris County (Houston), and the five boroughs of New York City. Are feeling the sting of lower Net International Migration.

Historically, these hubs relied on international arrivals to offset domestic losses. However, the CBC reported a 70 percent drop in international migration to New York City in 2025 compared to the previous year.

"The nation’s largest counties . . .  are often international migration hubs," said Census Bureau demographer George M. Hayward. "With fewer gains from international migration, these types of counties saw their population growth diminish or even turn into loss."Translation: Even the replacement population is starting to notice the vibe is off.

Communism much?

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Creative News Network hires 'the Bull Whisperer'

The Creative News Network (CNN) announced Friday the hiring of 'Lyin' Andy' McCabe, the disgraced FBI Deputy Director. He was fired from the bureau for lying just days before he was to retire, and that's when CNN knew that this was the guy for them and they scarfed him up. Who better to comment and "report" on President Trump and the GOP than "The Bull Whisperer?"

McCabe was canned in March 2018, merely hours before he was set to retire with a pension, after a Department of Justice Inspector General report found that he "lacked candor, including under oath" over the revelation that he leaked to the media. Due to the fact that justice is unequal and often political, McCabe is able to walk among us a free man.

The lizard brains at CNN complained incessantly this week over Fox News hiring former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and went equally ballistic when another former White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, landed an ABC "Dancing With The Stars" gig, because to them, everything is political.

CNN, also known colloquially as the Comedy News Network and as the Compromised News Network and formerly the Clinton News Network, had a crap-fest of a week. Their "Trump" propagandist, April Ryan, was giving a speech and her bodyguard was charged with assaulting a journalist. In other words, a so-called journalist allowed another journalist to be attacked by her bodyguard for the crime of doing journalism.

Then there's Chris Cuomo who in gangland style threatened to throw a man down a flight of stairs for calling him "Fredo," the dumb brother of the Godfather in the movie by the same name. In spite of the fact that Cuomo once referred to himself as Fredo, and the name was used on CNN in the past, "Don" Cuomo was super-pissed and went into a profanity-laced tirade which seemed to confirm the label he was given. Of course, it was wrong to call him Fredo in the first place, but Cuomo's response was over the top.

And then we have Don Lemon, an openly gay CNN host who makes Chris Cuomo seem like Stephen Hawking on Prevogin. A lawsuit has been filed in court against Lemon over sexual assault allegations, for which there is an alleged witness. A man in a bar asked Lemon if he could buy him a drink to which Lemon allegedly put his hand down into his skivvies, allegedly rubbed his balls and then allegedly shoved his fingers into the man's mustache and allegedly asked him if he liked d**k or p***y.

So political folks and journalists went on social media to share their thoughts about the hiring of McCabe.

Never the one to be shy about anything going on in the world that he could comment on, especially anything negative about CNN, President Trump reached into his limited bag of insults and tweeted: "Disgraceful!"

Dana Loesch tweeted: "So those at CNN who were up in arms over Fox hiring Sanders and Spicer appearing on dancing with the stars are celebrating their network’s hiring of Andrew McCabe, who, unlike Spicer and Sanders, lied under oath and was referred for criminal charges by the IG."

Perhaps my favorite is this one in which Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted: "It's not every day @CNN can hire someone with "failed coup attempt" on their resume..."

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) tweeted: "Andrew McCabe: fired for lying to the FBI, caught by the Inspector General for unauthorized media leaks, and—worst of all—one of the ring-leaders in spreading the debunked and disastrous "Russian collusion" conspiracy theory. His reward? A paid CNN contract. Comical."

Except it isn't really comical--it's downright disgusting.

Journalist Yashar Ali tweeted: "McCabe is still the subject of a federal criminal investigation. McCabe is suing the Justice Department and the FBI. Is CNN going to disclose that fact every time he is on air? I'm assuming they're hiring him to talk about matters related to criminal justice and not the stock market."

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) tweeted: "McCabe->the FBI’s former Acting Director fired for leaking to the media & lying about it to the FBI, including under oath & “failing to adhere to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, & accountability”. Nothing to see here...let’s just be outraged Spicer is dancing on ABC."

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted: "REMINDER: Andrew McCabe was fired by the FBI for leaking and getting caught lying about it. ANOTHER REMINDER: @CNN ceased being a 'news organization' a long time ago. They’re now a fully integrated anti-Trump propaganda network and they don’t even try hiding it anymore."

"I can do the same thing with my finger"

So whether you call them the Comedy News Network, Creative News Network, Commie News Network, Clinton News Network, or even the Compromised News Network, they are not to be taken seriously.



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Obama spy leaders amid Russia probe: "Throwing each other under the bus"

A new round of covert finger-pointing has begun among Obama administration officials after the launch of a formal inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. The investigation is being led by John Durham, one of the Justice Department’s toughest prosecutors. These officials just might have some explaining to do about efforts that were taken to surveil the Trump campaign.

A key issue that popped up like a wet zit this week concerns whether then-FBI Director James Comey or then-CIA Director John Brennan -- or both of these losers -- pushed the unverified and inaccurate Steele dossier containing claims about President Trump and his relationship to Russia. The dossier’s more sensational claims were never substantiated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) has long demanded to know about the origins of the Mueller probe tweeted:

“Amazing—James Comey says that in 2016, John Brennan insisted on including the dossier in their IC assessment. But Brennan says: no no, COMEY wanted to use the dossier.” 

Meadows added:

“They know the truth is coming. And now they're all throwing each other under the bus.”

It's actually quite fun to watch.

Sources told Fox News that a late-2016 email chain said that Comey told FBI subordinates that Brennan insisted the dossier be included in the intelligence community assessment (ICA) on Russian interference. That email chain has not been made public.

However, a former CIA official put the blame squarely on Comey, according to Fox News.

"Former Director Brennan, along with former [Director of National Intelligence] James Clapper, are the ones who opposed James Comey’s recommendation that the Steele Dossier be included in the intelligence report," the official said.

Clapper previously testified that the dossier was not ultimately used in the ICA, but with Clapper, the truth can be elusive.

News that Comey had briefed Trump personally on the dossier before the inauguration -- purportedly to warn him of potential blackmail threats -- leaked within days and opened the door for media outlets to publicize the dossier's harsh claims.

Another FBI top official said in a podcast that he and others worried that it could appear to people who fail to see the wonderment, wisdom and spiritual clarity of Comey that he was trying to blackmail Trump when he initially told him about the allegations in the dossier.

The trees and the road know of his purity.

The Justice Department’s watchdog, Michael Horowitz, also is expected to conclude his internal review of how the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele was used to secure the original surveillance warrant for former Trump aide Carter Page in October 2016, as well as for three renewals since it was built on bull crap.

Horowitz’s team has questioned why the FBI considered Steele, a foreign national, a credible source, and why the bureau seemed to use news reports to bolster Steele’s credibility. Is it even remotely possible Steele, et al, hate Donald Trump?

U.S. Attorney John Huber earlier was appointed by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to review not only alleged surveillance abuses by the Justice Department and the FBI, but also their handling of the investigation into the Clinton Foundation and other matters. The status of Huber's work is not known but the sweat is starting to form above many an upper lip.


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Rosenstein may become history: impeachment docs seen

Rod Rosenstein may soon be an unhappy camper as two House Republicans are seeking to file impeachment documents against the pencil-neck geek. This may, in fact, come as early as Monday, according to those good old anonymous Capitol Hill sources speaking to Politico.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus,Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows, are taking issue with Rosenstein's poor handling of the Russia investigation and his refusal to be transparent.

Rosenstein oversees special counsel Robert Mueller's screwed up and scandalous Russian collusion probe and it was Rosenstein who appointed Mueller last year.

Rosenstein, a Mr. Peepers lookalike and arrogant deputy attorney general, has repeatedly stonewalled requests from congressional Republicans for documents pertaining to the investigation.

The weasel even attempted to protect FBI scumcrumpet Peter Strzok, a former Mueller team member, who has been outed as a total anti-Trumper.

Politico's secret sources confirmed that Meadows was seen on the House floor with Rosenstein's impeachment documents Friday afternoon. This came at the same time Rosenstein was announcing new indictments in Mueller's case.

"It has not been filed today," Meadows spokesman told Politico, but he didn't rule out the possibility of the filing taking place sometime early this week.

The announcement by Rosenstein of the indictment of 12 Russian operatives may have been sketchy since it occurred simultaneous to President Trump's meeting with Queen Elizabeth.

The only question now is whether House Speaker Paul Rino Ryan will gather enough support to push it through. Thus far, Ryan has not criticized Rosenstein, although he supposedly backed a House measure condemning the stonewalling and demanding her release certain FBI documents by early July.

It's no surprise that Democrats will not support House Freedom members, because they have become the party of total obstructionists, regardless of the issues.

For those keeping score on the Mueller investigation, nothing substantive has been found against Trump.


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