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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:11 PM Sep 2020

NIH staffer to retire after he was exposed as the blogger behind anti-Fauci, anti-mask stories

A public-affairs specialist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will retire after revelations that he used a pseudonym online to savage the government response to the covid-19 pandemic — including the work of Anthony S. Fauci, who heads that agency, an NIAID spokeswoman said Monday.

William Crews told NIAID officials he will retire after the Daily Beast revealed he is also the managing editor of the conservative website RedState.com, where, under the pseudonym “streiff,” he has ridiculed the government’s activity against the coronavirus outbreak, according to the NIAID spokeswoman, who asked not to be identified because the matter involves personnel.

The spokeswoman, who confirmed the Daily Beast’s reporting that Crews is the pseudonymous writer, said the agency had learned of the matter Monday morning.

The Daily Beast reported that Crews, as “streiff.” has called Fauci a “mask nazi,” and implied that “government officials responsible for the pandemic response should be executed.” It’s unclear whether Crews had direct dealings on the job with Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease official and one of the leaders of the government’s response to the pandemic.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nih-staffer-to-retire-after-he-was-exposed-as-the-blogger-behind-anti-fauci-anti-mask-stories/ar-BB19h1rb?li=BBnb7Kz

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NIH staffer to retire after he was exposed as the blogger behind anti-Fauci, anti-mask stories (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
Fuck that noise! 2naSalit Sep 2020 #1
+1000 soothsayer Sep 2020 #3
Thank You for posting...K and R Stuart G Sep 2020 #2
Could that be considered 'Deep State'? keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #4
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