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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Chief Medical Advisor to the President, appeared consumed with media attention and his growing public image as the coronavirus pandemic claimed lives and overwhelmed hospitals around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) released an avalanche of private Fauci diaries ahead of his expected testimony this Wednesday before a key oversight committee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The documents shed light on the COVID adviser\u2019s obsession with his public profile at the height of the years-long pandemic. Inside the near-daily journal entries chronicled Fauci\u2019s nonstop media appearances on local and national outlets, reaching a level of publicity that Fauci himself couldn\u2019t help but blush about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPress still hot and heavy about me,\u201d Fauci wrote on April 7, 2020. \u201cMultiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Weeks later, hundreds of thousands of infections spread worldwide, and nearly 10,000 had died from the virus when Fauci penned the following journal entry on May 21, 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBig front page article abut me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyoperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson in the world,\u201d Fauci wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Daily Wire is publishing excerpts from Fauci\u2019s journal without any edits or spelling corrections.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCountless profiles on me in multiple media. I cannot even read all the things that are written abuyt me since I am so busy \u2026 seriously. POTUS seems to be enamored of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him. We are developing a very unique and interesting relationship,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fauci also recounted how U.S. Secret Service agents routinely waved him through the White House gates without asking to see his badge, often striking up casual conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is worried about my health and welfare, probably because it is all over the place that I am almost 80 years old,\u201d he wrote at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About a month later, Fauci admitted to telling his counterpart, Dr. Deborah Birx, that the administration\u2019s infamous contact tracing and isolation strategy to combat the virus was a \u201cf*cking disaster and an abject failure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the same journal entry, however, Fauci quipped about being invited to appear on \u201cDancing With The Stars.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The infatuation with television hits did not stop as the virus abated in parts of the country and red-state governors started reopening measures. In a June 29 meeting with then-Vice President Mike Pence, Fauci pleaded to get back on the big screens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI told him that I am being blocked from TV and I needed to get on TV to give the \u2018risk reduction\u201d message and that I would avoid being pitted against him or the POTUS merely by not playing that game,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHe did promise that he would get me out there on TV since he really liked my message. First time anyone ever spoke that way to VP. He truly likes me a lot (and vice versa).\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow we have to get the POTUS press people to agree. Interesting intrigue in the White House. POTUS people versus VP people,\u201d he added, suggesting internal divisions at the time over public relations strategy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In June, Sen. Paul announced that he issued a subpoena after Fauci allegedly backed out of an agreement to voluntarily appear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLast week, Anthony Fauci notified us he will NOT voluntarily testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, even though he had previously agreed to do so,\u201d Paul <\/span>wrote on X<\/span>. \u201cTherefore, today I have issued a subpoena requiring him to testify before the Committee, in public, next month.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The subpoena is the first issued by Paul since taking over as chairman of the committee, which granted its chairman unilateral subpoena authority last year, <\/span>The Daily Wire reported<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to <\/span>Semafor<\/span>, Paul said months of negotiations with Fauci ultimately broke down after the former public health official agreed to appear and then reversed course.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been slow-walking information to us for six months or more,\u201d Paul told the outlet. \u201cWe\u2019ve been negotiating over the date for several months. He agreed, then he said he wouldn\u2019t. So, I think it\u2019s time that we bring him in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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1\/9 \u2014 My investigation uncovered that Anthony Fauci kept a diary.
\nWhat he wrote privately and what he told the country are two different stories.<\/p>\n

Today I\u2019m releasing his entries from December 2019 through December 2022. \ud83e\uddf5 pic.twitter.com\/58LvmeYkCN<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) July 25, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Chief Medical Advisor to the President, appeared consumed with media attention and his growing public image as the coronavirus pandemic claimed lives and overwhelmed hospitals around the globe.Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) released an avalanche of private Fauci diaries ahead of his expected testimony this Wednesday before a key oversight committee.\u00a0\u00a0The documents shed light on the COVID adviser\u2019s obsession with his public profile at the height of the years-long pandemic. Inside the near-daily journal entries chronicled Fauci\u2019s nonstop media appearances on local and national outlets, reaching a level of publicity that Fauci himself couldn\u2019t help but blush about.\u00a0\u201cPress still hot and heavy about me,\u201d Fauci wrote on April 7, 2020. \u201cMultiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me.\u201dWeeks later, hundreds of thousands of infections spread worldwide, and nearly 10,000 had died from the virus when Fauci penned the following journal entry on May 21, 2020.\u00a0\u201cBig front page article abut me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyoperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson in the world,\u201d Fauci wrote.\u00a0The Daily Wire is publishing excerpts from Fauci\u2019s journal without any edits or spelling corrections.\u201cCountless profiles on me in multiple media. I cannot even read all the things that are written abuyt me since I am so busy \u2026 seriously. POTUS seems to be enamored of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him. We are developing a very unique and interesting relationship,\u201d he added.\u00a0Fauci also recounted how U.S. Secret Service agents routinely waved him through the White House gates without asking to see his badge, often striking up casual conversations.\u201cEveryone is worried about my health and welfare, probably because it is all over the place that I am almost 80 years old,\u201d he wrote at the time.\u00a0About a month later, Fauci admitted to telling his counterpart, Dr. Deborah Birx, that the administration\u2019s infamous contact tracing and isolation strategy to combat the virus was a \u201cf*cking disaster and an abject failure.\u201dIn the same journal entry, however, Fauci quipped about being invited to appear on \u201cDancing With The Stars.\u201d\u00a0The infatuation with television hits did not stop as the virus abated in parts of the country and red-state governors started reopening measures. In a June 29 meeting with then-Vice President Mike Pence, Fauci pleaded to get back on the big screens.\u00a0\u201cI told him that I am being blocked from TV and I needed to get on TV to give the \u2018risk reduction\u201d message and that I would avoid being pitted against him or the POTUS merely by not playing that game,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHe did promise that he would get me out there on TV since he really liked my message. First time anyone ever spoke that way to VP. He truly likes me a lot (and vice versa).\u201d\u00a0\u201cNow we have to get the POTUS press people to agree. Interesting intrigue in the White House. POTUS people versus VP people,\u201d he added, suggesting internal divisions at the time over public relations strategy.\u00a0In June, Sen. Paul announced that he issued a subpoena after Fauci allegedly backed out of an agreement to voluntarily appear.\u00a0\u201cLast week, Anthony Fauci notified us he will NOT voluntarily testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, even though he had previously agreed to do so,\u201d Paul wrote on X. \u201cTherefore, today I have issued a subpoena requiring him to testify before the Committee, in public, next month.\u201dThe subpoena is the first issued by Paul since taking over as chairman of the committee, which granted its chairman unilateral subpoena authority last year, The Daily Wire reported.Speaking to Semafor, Paul said months of negotiations with Fauci ultimately broke down after the former public health official agreed to appear and then reversed course.\u201cHe\u2019s been slow-walking information to us for six months or more,\u201d Paul told the outlet. \u201cWe\u2019ve been negotiating over the date for several months. He agreed, then he said he wouldn\u2019t. So, I think it\u2019s time that we bring him in.\u201d1\/9 \u2014 My investigation uncovered that Anthony Fauci kept a diary.What he wrote privately and what he told the country are two different stories.Today I\u2019m releasing his entries from December 2019 through December 2022. \ud83e\uddf5 pic.twitter.com\/58LvmeYkCN\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) July 25, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Fauci Diaries Reveal Celebrity Obsession At Height Of COVID Crisis - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1683\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Fauci Diaries Reveal Celebrity Obsession At Height Of COVID Crisis - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Chief Medical Advisor to the President, appeared consumed with media attention and his growing public image as the coronavirus pandemic claimed lives and overwhelmed hospitals around the globe.Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) released an avalanche of private Fauci diaries ahead of his expected testimony this Wednesday before a key oversight committee.\u00a0\u00a0The documents shed light on the COVID adviser\u2019s obsession with his public profile at the height of the years-long pandemic. 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