{"id":2396706,"date":"2025-01-29T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smear-group-attacking-rfk-led-by-trans-activist-funded-by-aylo\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T18:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T23:29:45","slug":"smear-group-attacking-rfk-led-by-trans-activist-funded-by-aylo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smear-group-attacking-rfk-led-by-trans-activist-funded-by-aylo\/","title":{"rendered":"Smear Group Attacking RFK Led By &#8216;Trans Activist,&#8217; Funded By Aylo"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmear-group-attacking-rfk-led-by-trans-activist-funded-by-aylo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396706&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A leftist advocacy\u2063 group called Fight For The future has initiated a campaign against Robert F. Kennedy\u200d Jr.&#8217;s nomination for the position of Secretary\u200b of the department of Health and Human Services.The group\u2064 has labeled Kennedy as a \u2063&#8221;bigoted conspiracy theorist&#8221; and argues that his confirmation would harm healthcare in America, despite his long-standing involvement in public health reform and the popularity of his health\u2063 movement, &#8220;Make America Healthy Again.&#8221; Fight For The Future has created a petition and\u200d scorecard\u200b to track senators&#8217; \u200cresponses to Kennedy&#8217;s nomination, backed by significant donations from tech companies associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: &#039;Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable&#039;\">left-wing<\/a> causes.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s confirmation\u200b hearing \u200dhighlighted resistance from lawmakers with links to \u200cpharmaceutical interests, \u2062who have previously\u2064 received ample funding from \u200ddrug \u200ccompanies. During the hearing, Kennedy expressed his intention not to accept any fees while\u200b serving\u2062 in the position \u2062but was\u200b less definitive \u2064about pursuing lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies afterward. \u2062The group&#8217;s tactics \u200bare reminiscent\u200c of past campaigns against \u200bSupreme\u2062 Court nominations, suggesting \u2062a concerted effort to influence \u2063the outcome of Kennedy&#8217;s confirmation process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A shadowy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-leftists-get-censored-by-social-media-platforms\/\" title=\"Antifa, leftists get censored by social media platforms\">leftist group<\/a> has targeted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&rsquo;s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fight For The Future, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-conservative-tech-groups-slam-ex-intelligence-officials-for-defending-monopolies-urge-passage-of-antitrust-bills\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Tech Groups Slam Ex-Intelligence Officials For Defending Monopolies, Urge Passage Of Antitrust Bills\">tech advocacy group<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/about\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leftist leadership<\/a>, launched a campaign on Jan. 28 to sink the confirmation of Kennedy, whom it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/news\/2025-01-28-new-campaign-tracks-rfk-jr-support-among-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smeared<\/a> as a &ldquo;bigoted conspiracy theorist&rdquo; &mdash; despite the group&rsquo;s adherence to wild theories that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/news\/2024-12-18-new-letter-lgbtq-civil-rights-organizations-implore-congress-to-push-back-against-trump-agency-agenda-for-lgbtq-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">men can be women<\/a>, and that President Donald Trump is a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org\/technology-can-be-used-to-automate-fascism-or-to-revolt-against-it-fight-for-the-future-is-ready-for-the-battle-ahead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wannabe fascist<\/a>.&rdquo; The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockrfkjr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> a petition to pressure senators to keep Kennedy out of office, and a scorecard tracking how lawmakers plan to vote on the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy has been a long-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advocate<\/a> of reforming public health since the 1990s, and he has become the figurehead of the Make America Healthy Again movement. But Fight For The Future claims he will &ldquo;destroy[] healthcare,&rdquo; even though America currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgpf.org\/article\/how-does-the-us-healthcare-system-compare-to-other-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spends the most money<\/a> on healthcare compared to other countries and has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/publications\/issue-briefs\/2023\/jan\/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20has%20the%20lowest,nearly%20twice%20the%20OECD%20average.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vastly unhealthy population<\/a> to show for it. Recent polling data also shows the MAHA movement is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/18\/americans-overwhelmingly-support-maha-rfks-plans-to-reform-the-food-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">popular<\/a> among Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Fight For The Future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/actions\/transparentsletter\/\">opposed<\/a> the &ldquo;Kids Online Safety Act,&rdquo; which would have required online platforms to take &ldquo;reasonable measures&rdquo; to protect minors from &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/1409\/text#toc-id835701d0-c064-42db-b2af-8eb6591ac0e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sexual exploitation and abuse<\/a>.&rdquo; Aylo &mdash; the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-major-pornography-distributor-violating-texas-age-verification-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parent company<\/a>&nbsp;of PornHub which admitted to profiting from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/21\/nyregion\/pornhub-aylo-profits-sex-trafficking.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sex trafficking<\/a> &mdash; gave &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/donate\/supporters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$50,000 or more<\/a>&rdquo; to the Fight For The Future, according to the group&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n<p>DuckDuckGo and Yelp are also listed as Fight For the Future &ldquo;supporters&rdquo; who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/donate\/supporters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donated<\/a> &ldquo;$50,000 or more.&rdquo; Pinterest gave &ldquo;$25,000 or more,&rdquo; and Proton &mdash; the parent company of encrypted email service<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/proton.me\/mail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proton Mail<\/a> &mdash; gave &ldquo;$10,000 or more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fight For The Future has clear and open ties to left-wing activism. Its staff and leadership have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/about\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backgrounds<\/a> in &ldquo;combating abortion surveillance,&rdquo; &ldquo;LGBTQ+ organizing,&rdquo; &ldquo;building intersectional movements,&rdquo; Planned Parenthood, and &ldquo;the fat justice community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The group&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/about\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive Director<\/a> Sarah Roth-Gaudette has a background in leading &ldquo;voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns&rdquo; as well as &ldquo;neighbor-to-neighbor canvassing&rdquo; for the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/political-party\/moveon-org-political-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">progressive<\/a>&rdquo; PAC MoveOn.org. The group&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/about\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Director Evan Greer<\/a> &mdash; a &ldquo;queer trans activist&rdquo; &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/smsi\/2024\/advisory-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advises<\/a> the &ldquo;Social Media Safety Index&rdquo; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/gay-lesbian-alliance-against-defamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LGBT group<\/a> GLAAD.<\/p>\n<p>Fight For The Future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/2025?ref=touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org\">boasted<\/a> that last year, it &ldquo;stood up against anti-trans bigotry&rdquo; when Greer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/internet\/rep-nancy-mace-confronted-trans-activist-anti-trans-bathroom-rhetoric-rcna181408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disrupted<\/a> a panel at a tech summit to protest Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who was speaking at the event. The group also bemoaned Trump&rsquo;s November victory.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The outcome of this year&rsquo;s election in the US was devastating for all of us who care about human rights. We are dismayed, furious, grieving,&rdquo; the group <a href=\"https:\/\/touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org\/how-we-fight-for-the-future-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> online, adding that &ldquo;we still know where we&rsquo;re going, and we&rsquo;ll be louder and more audacious than ever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This year, the group plans to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org\/how-we-fight-for-the-future-in-2025\/\">hit the ground running<\/a>.&rdquo; One of its goals is to &ldquo;build cross-movement campaigns that unequivocally support LGBTQ+, immigrant and other vulnerable communities.&rdquo;  <\/p>\n<p>The group has a 501(c)4 nonprofit, Fight For The Future, and a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Fight For The Future Education Fund. The former has received &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/donate\/supporters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a>&rdquo; from the Heising-Simons Foundation, which, according to InfluenceWatch, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/heising-simons-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headed<\/a> by &ldquo;major&rdquo; Democrat donors. The latter has &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/donate\/supporters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received support<\/a>&rdquo; from Democracy Fund, which is &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/democracy-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solely funded<\/a>&rdquo; by eBay founder and Democrat megadonor <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democracy-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pierre Omidyar<\/a>. Fight For The Future also lists the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/ford-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ford Foundation<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/john-d-and-catherine-t-macarthur-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MacArthur Foundation<\/a> among its 501(c)3 &ldquo;supporters.&rdquo; According to InfluenceWatch, all three groups have shuttled loads of money to leftist causes.<\/p>\n<p>Fight For The Future&rsquo;s anti-Kennedy tactics recall those of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/demand-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Demand Justice<\/a>, which, according to InfluenceWatch, is a project of the leftist dark money network Arabella Advisors. Demand Justice &ldquo;is most notable for its activities opposing the confirmations of Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett&rdquo; in 2018 and 2020 respectively and for &ldquo;proposing &lsquo;court packing,&rsquo; or adding seats to be filled by Demand Justice&rsquo;s political allies to the Supreme Court,&rdquo; according to InfluenceWatch.<\/p>\n<p>Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/28\/senators-whove-raked-in-millions-from-big-pharma-to-question-rfk-jr-in-double-hearings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backed<\/a> by Big Pharma grilled Kennedy during his confirmation hearing on Jan. 29. As The Federalist previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/28\/senators-whove-raked-in-millions-from-big-pharma-to-question-rfk-jr-in-double-hearings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee have taken close to &ldquo;$7 million from drug companies between 2019 to 2024.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren &ldquo;seemingly flipped the script of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senators-side-with-big-pharma-over-rfk-jr-s-maha-agenda\/\" title=\"Dem Senators Side With Big Pharma Over RFK Jr.&#039;s MAHA Agenda\">usual anti-corporation playbook<\/a>,&rdquo; The Federalist&rsquo;s Tristan Justice noted on Wednesday, &ldquo;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ayy5LFSgNO0&amp;list=RDNSayy5LFSgNO0&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asking<\/a>&nbsp;Kennedy not to sue drug manufacturers.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kennedy said he would not take any fees while serving as HHS secretary,&rdquo; Justice wrote, &ldquo;but refused to say he would refrain from suing pharmaceutical corporations following his tenure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Logan Washburn is a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">staff writer covering election integrity<\/a>. He is a spring 2025 fellow of The College Fix. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leftist group is opposing Robert F. 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