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IIRC, I've talked to Republicans about how Trump has wrestled the party from neocons & do-nothings. This is the second war involving nuke powers this term, and he seems very much involved in nation-building here. So, Mr. "No-Wars" Trump, former liberal now hawk, is not a neocon, how exactly?

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Oh! If only we knew that Trump would turn into a dictator, militarizing law enforcement across the country. Meanwhile, in August 2024... Fact is that the voting public is cool with this b/c they've been relentlessly primed by the Fear Industrial Complex. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/u...

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I’m curious just how much different interests have been able to employ directed memery to drive specific populations toward specific directions. Not just Russia’s hybrid warfare doctrines, but also, I suppose. No coincidence the US right suddenly started spouting fresh Russian talking pts daily

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Pertussis is a baby killer -- literally and horrifically. By extension, so are vaccine deniers. Feel free to call them that.

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If our medical societies are worth a damn, they should collectively support Shadow Committees comprised of dismissed HHS advisors to publicly report on what SHOULD be happening. Also, someone fund a death clock on Times Square, include deaths from cut social services. Make it gold.

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Trump moves to slash NSF If the NSF budget were to be enacted as is, it “would spell the end of any pretence that the US leads the world in science and technology” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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ICE crossed a line in LA

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Can you recommend any good articles summarizing the #MAHA #Grifterverse? All the quacks are now clustering in the Trump orbit, or so it seems. #Bhattacharya, #CaseyMeans #Malhotra, #RFKjr, #VaniHari, #pseudoscience, Is it a movement, or is everyone just hopping aboard the scam train?

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Bad news: I somehow managed to crack a tooth while flossing (that'll teach me!) Good news: my appointment is at 2:30. For those who have ever gone to grade school, 2:30 is the ideal time to see the dentist, I've been told.

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open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi... RFK Jr. has now put healthy young children at risk. He should step down as head of HHS. Enough.

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Our standard was the gold standard for science, now dismantled and being reconstituted by a legion of woo-merchants, hucksters, and fools.

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Are we sensing a pattern here? Campaign Trump: "What Project 2025?" Nominee RFK, jr: "What anti-vax agenda?"

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This is well worth a listen. Mercola is charlatan who is in the RFKjr Woo-sphere. According to Jarry, Mercola is being bamboozled by a psychic, which makes me question whether there is some grand law of irony to which the universe bends.

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I really want to know what led to this decision somewhere out on a rural road in Berks County, Pa. I'm not even against it, just fascinated.

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What do we want? 📢 "Incremental improvements to existing systems that will greatly improve our quality of life." 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🆘👫 When do we want it? 📢 "Incrementally!" 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🆘👫

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So, Trump can't ride a bike? What a loser. www.jalopnik.com/1861712/trum...

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If the secretary of Homeland Security can’t tell what Habeas Corpus is, why are any of us afraid of feeling like an imposter?

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On this day in 1993, Slowdive released their second studio album “Souvlaki” featuring the single “Alison”

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Someday, someone in the DoD will put together a slideshow about derivative classification and use the sad fate of Dedra Meero and the piecing together of Death Star material to illustrate the dangers of compilation. And then there will be an awkward "Are We The Baddies?" moment before lunch.

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"NIH funding is gone, so you should pivot to private foundations for funding" Meanwhile, private foundations:

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Everyone: The nominee for Sec. of Keeping Boats Afloat is an iceberg GOP Senators: Sure, who better to know how to save boats? E: It just Tweeted "I❤️ Hulls w/Holes" G: It's got 1st Amendment Rights! E: There are 🐧 w/Exocets on it! G: This is a 🧙‍♀️ hunt Boats: sink G: Look at the savings!

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The old skeptic freelancer, when a paying client starts talking in depth about energy healing.

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If a commercial airliner crashed every day, we would call for massive reforms to the air travel system. Yet we’ve come to accept the same number of people be killed each year by cars. We can choose another path.

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This is intolerable The barbarians are well past the gates and are currently taking a dump on the credenza There is no inherent American magic that led to our science, med & tech prominence, it was our investment in the NIH and NSF grant process It has driven global health & prosperity Fui!

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