{"id":2643098,"date":"2026-08-11T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rot-in-our-organ-transplant-system-runs-deep\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:07:33","slug":"the-rot-in-our-organ-transplant-system-runs-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rot-in-our-organ-transplant-system-runs-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"The rot in our organ transplant system runs deep"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fthe-rot-in-our-organ-transplant-system-runs-deep%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=2643098&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>Washington Secrets reports on serious concerns surrounding the organ procurement adn transplant system, highlighting claims of unethical practices, fraud, and systemic corruption. Last week, RFK Jr. disclosed that federal reviews uncovered nearly 30% of examined donor cases involving serious issues,including cases where patients woke up during surgery or were improperly considered donors. Notably,the Kentucky-based Network for Hope was decertified by the Trump management for unsafe practices,but remains operational as it appeals.Allegations include overbilling Medicare, misuse of organs, and fraudulently exploiting donor families, with whistleblowers revealing organs being discarded or misused for research. The inquiry shows a system that benefits executives financially while endangering patient safety and wasting taxpayer money. Additionally, the article touches on other political topics, such as the appointment of Anthropic\u2019s first global affairs officer with a controversial history, and recent revelations about Trump\u2019s secretive travel arrangements. the piece paints a picture of a deeply flawed organ donation system rife with abuse, prompting calls for reform and increased oversight.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Welcome to Tuesday\u2019s edition of <\/em>Washington Secrets<em>. Last week, RFK Jr. took decisive action against an organ procurement organization, detailing cases in which potential donors woke up or showed signs of consciousness on the operating table. Yet, as we show, concerns about the 55 nonprofit groups that procure organs run much deeper than that. Plus, we have some extra details on the president\u2019s secret flight from Turkey and a new Anthropic hire.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is five years since an unconscious <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kentucky\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"30\">Kentucky<\/a> man began to wake up just as he was being prepared for organ donation.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4682493\/rot-us-organ-transplant-system\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The rot in our organ transplant system goes way beyond donors waking up on operating tables<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4680731\/cuba-expert-trump-more-likely-tighten-screws-than-send-troops\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Cuba expert: Trump more likely to tighten screws than send in troops \u2026 for now<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4678925\/white-house-report-card-americans-not-proud-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House report card: Less than one-third of Americans are proud that Trump is president<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates, now known as Network for Hope, still tried to move ahead with surgery, even as TJ Hoover cried and shook his head.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was only when a hospital doctor refused to proceed that organ harvesting was abandoned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> revealed that the abuses went much, much further than just one man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He announced that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4676507\/rfk-jr-disbands-kentucky-organ-donation-group-coerced-harvesting\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4676507\/rfk-jr-disbands-kentucky-organ-donation-group-coerced-harvesting\/\">federal reviewers found serious problems<\/a> in nearly 30% of the donor cases that they examined at the organ procurement organization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe found patients placed on the organ donation pathway who should have never been there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe found cases where the donation process continued despite signs that patients were not appropriate organ donors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was speaking at a press conference that he said was designed to restore confidence in the transplant system. Then he announced that the Trump administration was decertifying Network for Hope, removing it from its role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just one problem: It\u2019s a process, not an immediate ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSeven million people across four states are at risk because this dangerous federal contractor is in every hospital in these 136 counties, and they\u2019re still there today,\u201d said Jennifer Erickson, a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists and a former assistant director in the Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then there\u2019s the fraud. People waking up mid-procedure is just one of the allegations leveled at some of the 55 OPOs who run local monopolies to source organs for transplants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Ways and Means Committee last year highlighted instances in which they were overbilling Medicare for costs that do not qualify for reimbursement, such as exorbitant executive compensation, lobbying, meals, and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a 2023 nationwide audit, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-and-human-services\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-and-human-services\/\">Department of Health and Human Services<\/a> Office of Inspector General examined 10 of them and found that 36 of 300 professional or public education expenses were fraudulently paid by Medicare. That was estimated to cost taxpayers at least $500,000 across the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there is the use of private jets. An <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/waysandmeans.house.gov\/2025\/07\/23\/smith-schweikert-demand-tax-exempt-organ-procurement-organizations-turn-over-financial-records-flight-logs-medicare-reimbursements-other-documents-as-part-of-committee-investigation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/waysandmeans.house.gov\/2025\/07\/23\/smith-schweikert-demand-tax-exempt-organ-procurement-organizations-turn-over-financial-records-flight-logs-medicare-reimbursements-other-documents-as-part-of-committee-investigation\/\">investigation into Indiana Donor Network<\/a>, which operates a fleet of small jets purportedly to fly kidneys and other organs around the country, has had to answer questions about personal trips on the planes and whether the organization improperly billed the federal government for the flights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The allegations get worse from there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerica will be shocked when they find out what\u2019s happening \u2026 just the way that we harvest organs and give organs to families,\u201d<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/9jOsmE3vDo0?t=3374s\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/9jOsmE3vDo0?t=3374s\"> Rep Aaron Bean (R-FL) said<\/a> at the December hearing of the Ways and Means Committee that exposed some of the most shocking cases. \u201c\u2026 I\u2019m going to use a word you don\u2019t hear very often: It\u2019s evil. It\u2019s evil to rob families of the hope, to mislead them, to take organs before any organs should be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He displayed a photograph from the OPO in New Jersey that showed boxes and boxes containing human organs, including pancreases, in a storage cupboard instead of being used for transplants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witness testimony described a loophole that meant when donor families were asked for permission to retrieve organs, pancreases could instead be used in research and still count toward OPO transplant metrics. Oftentimes, they weren\u2019t even used in research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extraordinary testimony from a whistleblower in Kentucky described how, when one OPO\u2019s freezers were too full of kidneys, staff would take the unwanted organs to a nearby hospital for incineration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, OPO executives can make millions a year while working for a nonprofit group that commands a monopoly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the allegations have floated around for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet it was not until 2025 that HHS <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4676507\/rfk-jr-disbands-kentucky-organ-donation-group-coerced-harvesting\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4676507\/rfk-jr-disbands-kentucky-organ-donation-group-coerced-harvesting\/\">moved to shut down an OPO for the first time<\/a>. Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency in Miami did not even fight the decision after it was accused of unsafe practices, poor training, chronic underperformance, and understaffing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, Network for Hope said it will appeal last week\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barry Massa, the group\u2019s chief executive, said thousands of people waiting for life-saving organs would be affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNetwork for Hope strongly disagrees with Secretary Kennedy\u2019s decision to decertify our organization and will appeal this decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kennedy described Network for Hope as a \u201cbad apple\u201d when he made the announcement. Researchers and whistleblowers see a rotten system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a system that works incredibly well for the executives that get these paychecks, and yet it\u2019s incredibly dangerous for people like TJ who are in an ICU,\u201d Erickson said. \u201cIt\u2019s also phenomenally costly to the taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data from the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network showed that since 2020, when OPOs started being under bipartisan congressional investigation, 12,000 human pancreases have been harvested under potentially fraudulent circumstances, and more than 45,000 kidneys have been thrown away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you want to know what\u2019s happening, follow the money,\u201d said Molly McCarthy, a three-time recipient who has testified before Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diving further into these allegations seems like a no-brainer for an administration that has put waste, fraud, and abuse at the heart of its work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HHS did not respond to questions about how many organs were destroyed each year or how long it would take for Network For Hope to be removed from its role.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-anthropic-gambles-on-a-trump-critic\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anthropic gambles on a Trump critic<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthropic\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthropic\/\">Anthropic <\/a>just named its first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-continues-its-dramatic-overhaul-abruptly-axes-major-dei-programs\/\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg&#039;s Meta Continues Its Dramatic Overhaul, Abruptly Axes Major DEI Programs\">chief global affairs officer<\/a>, and his record suggests he will not have an easy time working with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tino Cuellar, appointed to lead Anthropic\u2019s government relations, will have a full in-tray as the AI giant hurtles toward a massive IPO. He will have to navigate questions about the Trump administration\u2019s plans to regulate the industry, cheap competition from China, and a growing backlash over data centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His recent history suggests top Trump officials may not warm to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He sat on the Harvard Corporation when it <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harvard.edu\/2023\/12\/12\/statement-from-the-harvard-corporation-our-president\/\">issued a statement<\/a> of unanimous support for Claudine Gay, the former Harvard University president. It called her \u201cthe right leader\u201d even as plagiarism accusations were mounting and criticism of her response to campus antisemitism was exploding nationally. She resigned three weeks later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then there is Cuellar\u2019s published commentary on Donald Trump and his presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever in history has the country faced such a massive, \u2018Flood the zone\u2019 strategy from a president who muses openly about a third term, implies that he can choose to impound funds previously appropriated by congress, and does not appear to care about the Constitution as it has been established by court doctrine and understood by generations of legal scholars,\u201d he wrote in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/how-survive-constitutional-crisis-save-democracy\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/how-survive-constitutional-crisis-save-democracy\">essay for <em>Foreign Affairs<\/em><\/a>  last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His social media feeds have chirped along approvingly at Supreme Court rulings against Trump, defending the Federal Reserve\u2019s independence in the face of the president\u2019s pressure, and criticized Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, who has made it a priority to investigate anti-Trump content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet a spokesman for Anthropic, which has had its run-ins with the Trump administration, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/anthropic-names-global-affairs-chief-tackle-ai-policy-trump-tensions-persist-2026-08-04\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/anthropic-names-global-affairs-chief-tackle-ai-policy-trump-tensions-persist-2026-08-04\/\">told <em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>  that his appointment represents a choice for a consensus builder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s see how that goes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-air-force-zero\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air Force Zero<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you read the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/10\/trump-flew-secrecy-amid-iran-threat-air-force-one-became-decoy\/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/10\/trump-flew-secrecy-amid-iran-threat-air-force-one-became-decoy\/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001\">extraordinary <em>Washington Post<\/em> report <\/a>that Trump was shuttled from Air Force One in a catering truck to a backup plane, becoming Air Force One as he boarded, for his flight out of Turkey last month? In light of that, we are sharing these details from one of the television poolers who thought they were flying on the same plane as the president, but were in fact flying on the decoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from ABC\u2019s Michelle Stoddart, who was the TV pool producer on the flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Upon arrival to the airport, the events did not seem particularly out of the ordinary to the travel pool. The pool vans were far back in the motorcade, so we did not get a shot of the president boarding from the underwing position. Our photographer noted that the stairs were quickly pulled away as the press loaded. Press and White House staff loaded as usual. On board the old plane, there were bags of snack mix waiting for us with the presidential seal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Once on board, the pool was instructed to keep our window shades closed. Our audio tech John Glennon notes that a Secret Service agent came back to the press cabin to remind us to keep our window shades closed. At one point, a photographer seated behind me opened their shade and was quickly instructed to close it again. We asked a wrangler why, and they only said it was a request from Secret Service.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember how, at the time, a pool report recorded how journalists were told not to open the window blinds? It all makes sense now, doesn\u2019t it!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, other photos show that the airport catering truck was hitched up to the president\u2019s modified 747 when he boarded. <em>Secrets<\/em> has flown on Air Force One many, many times. Not once has a catering truck been anywhere near the plane.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-lunchtime-reading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lunchtime reading<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4681357\/campus-pipeline-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-victory\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4681357\/campus-pipeline-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-victory\/\"><strong>The campus pipeline behind Abdul el Sayed\u2019s Michigan win<\/strong><\/a>: College campuses have become some of the most fertile organizing grounds for the country\u2019s socialist insurgency, while the movement struggles in counties with higher concentrations of working-class voters whose interests they claim to represent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/08\/aoc-democrats-wokeness-republicans\/688241\/?gift=zDNA_sKx6rr2LEIH1wVbk5nt_DfqSnAHpx5ZKQd0azo&#038;utm_source=copy-link&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=share\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/08\/aoc-democrats-wokeness-republicans\/688241\/?gift=zDNA_sKx6rr2LEIH1wVbk5nt_DfqSnAHpx5ZKQd0azo&#038;utm_source=copy-link&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=share\"><strong>The Democrats Can\u2019t Just Laugh Off \u2018Woke 1\u2019<\/strong><\/a>: The excesses of \u201cWoke 1\u201d aren\u2019t going away any time soon, despite what Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) might want.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>You are reading <\/em>Washington Secrets<em>, a guide to power and politics in D.C. and beyond. It is written by Rob Crilly, who you can reach at<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#addec8cedfc8d9deeddaccdec5c4c3cad9c2c3c8d5ccc0c4c3c8df83cec2c0\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"1b687e78697e6f685b6c7a687372757c6f74757e637a7672757e6935787476\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a> with your comments, story tips, and suggestions. 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