Skip to content Skip to footer

Stephen Pitt | Christine O’Donnell and Homo Musculus

Click the image to view larger version. While appearing on The O’Reilly Factor TV program in 2007, Christine O’Donnell claimed, “American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.”

As we produce journalism that combats authoritarianism, censorship, injustice, and misinformation, your support is urgently needed. Please make a year-end gift to Truthout today.

Click the image to view larger version.

While appearing on The O’Reilly Factor TV program in 2007, Christine O’Donnell claimed, “American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.”

48 Hours Left: All gifts to Truthout now matched!

From now until the end of the year, all donations to Truthout will be matched dollar for dollar up to $28,000! Thanks to a generous supporter, your one-time gift today will be matched immediately. As well, your monthly donation will be matched for the whole first year, doubling your impact.

We have just 48 hours left to raise $28,000 and receive the full match.

This matching gift comes at a critical time. As Trump attempts to silence dissenting voices and oppositional nonprofits, reader support is our best defense against the right-wing agenda.

Help Truthout confront Trump’s fascism in 2026, and have your donation matched now!