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We Told You the Truth About the Wuhan Lab Leak From the Beginning and Were Punished For It

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This week, the Department of Energy finally confirmed what we've been reporting for you since early 2020 about the true origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"The Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory," an updated document from the National Security Council states. "The Energy Department's conclusion is the result of new intelligence and is significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise and oversees a network of U.S. national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research." 

Unlike the rest of the media, we carefully listen and follow the facts. When former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said early on the virus could very well have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, we reported his statement. 

"There is enormous evidence that that's where this began," Pompeo said in May 2020. "I can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan." 

"Look, the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade. I have no reason to disbelieve that at this point," he continued. 

When former CDC Director Robert Redfield said the same, we highlighted his remarks and followed up when he stood by his hypothesis. 

"Former CDC Director Robert Redfield is standing by his assertion the COVID-19 virus was manufactured in the Wuhan Institute of Virology as Republicans on Capitol Hill vow to investigate the origins of the pandemic," we reported in December 2022.  

We also carefully analyzed the guilty actions of the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization, who engaged in a cover-up by disappearing whistleblower doctors, burning labs, shutting down outside investigations, expelling reporters, and much more. 

While the media was slamming Dr. Rand Paul and taking Dr. Anthony Fauci's side during hearings, we reported on the dangerous gain-of-function, frankensteining of viruses that created the disease. 

We called out the so-called "fact-checkers" who claimed the lab leak theory was actually a conspiracy theory and blasted Big Tech for censoring the story. 

"After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Republican Senator Tom Cotton and other high profile sources said Wuhan coronavirus could have come from a laboratory in China back in spring 2020, the leftist media sprung into action to censor their comments," we reported. "So-called 'fact checkers' have rated stories about the lab leak theory, including stories simply quoting Pompeo and Cotton, false or mostly false. Facebook, through the use of third-party advocacy groups posing as fact checkers, limited or removed millions of posts they deemed 'misleading' about the virus, including its origins." 

We're ahead of the curve because we report the facts, years in advance of government or 'mainstream' media revelations. 

These facts were crucial misses in government decision and policy making, which devastated the learning of our children, the economy, and American trust in federal institutions. 

We're dedicated to pursuing the truth, even under threat of censorship and a media mob, backed by government bureaucrats like Dr. Anthony Fauci. We can only do this through the support of our VIP members, which allow us to bust through the liberal media and Big Tech censorship of crucial and factual information. Please, in the name of truth, join our team in the fight today. Use promo code CENSORSHIP for 50% off your membership.