Anti-vaxxer and now presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing Daily Kos. Here's where things currently stand:

Friend, now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a presidential candidate, he has been hitting the interview circuit hard. And just as news media outlets did to Trump, they are not holding Kennedy accountable for his lies, disinformation, and half-truths. The pandemic gave the rabid anti-vaxxer a new, hungry audience for his lies. A study by [The Center for Countering Digital Hate]( (PDF) found that just a dozen people are responsible for 65% of the COVID-19 disinformation being spread on social media platforms, and that Kennedy and his organization, Children's Health Defense, were the second biggest offenders. The newly announced presidential candidate is taking all his unfounded conspiracy theories mainstream and major news media outlets are giving him an [unchecked]( microphone. In a recent ABC interview, the news outlet cut out his lies about COVID vaccines. Meanwhile, over at CNN they tossed him a bunch of softball questions and completely ignored his anti-vax theories that launched him from the fringes to the mainstream. Daily Kos is one of the largest progressive news outlets in the country, but we need to be much, much bigger in order to more effectively debunk right-wing lies coming from the right and now those coming from this supposedly-Democratic presidential candidate. It gets worse, [Kennedy is suing Daily Kos]( to unmask a community user that wrote about Kennedy attending an anti-vax, anti-mask rally in Berlin that was organized, promoted and largely attended by neo-Nazis. Daily Kos is now in the second year of defending Kennedy's frivolous lawsuit to protect the privacy of our community and our First Amendment rights. We are now awaiting an appeal and we expect expenses for this fight to increase significantly again once the next phase begins. [We refuse to back down from Kennedy's bullying, but unfortunately, two of our major revenue streams have been falling behind our projections. Meanwhile, Kennedy has a major family fortune on which he can draw. Help fund our defense against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a dangerous, life-threatening conspiracy theorist and make sure that we continually have the resources to debunk the lies that go unchecked in the mainstream media by donating $8 a month to Daily Kos.]( [If you can't commit to donating monthly, a one-time donation of $8 will support our work in debunking lies.]( Thank you for all you do, Amanda McKay, Daily Kos P.S. [Public Citizen]( has joined us in this fight by providing legal representation pro-bono for the community writer at the center of this case. [Please consider making a donation to support their work.]( If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.