I'm very curious/hopeful to see if the cabinet carousel continues from the last admin. Trump could have done a lot more damage if he didn't alienate everybody in his orbit almost immediately.
Which is not to say that he didn't do damage, but rather that he didn't do as much as he planned because everybody fucking hated him inside the administration
My theory is he gets blindsided because this quackery is not conducive to the overall kleptocracy, so he gets shafted and turns on them with like a tell-all book
How do you know they won’t just let him catch all the ire/distract attention while they slip broad FDA deregulation past the public, so they can cut costs and rush to market?
im fairly positive RFK Jr and Elon will run afoul of Trump within the first year of this presidency. Elon will be calling him a pedo and Trump will be saying he's the dumbest man on the planet.
Honestly, if the Dems don’t take the house, our best hope (outside of massive protest, which should happen) is that these incompetent assholes will turn on each other.
It happened in his 1st term. And, he’s got objectively worse people around him now.
One of the reasons I’m so uncomfortable with DT, is who he associates with. I can only hope someone will convince him that RFK should not be involved in this administration.
Biotech products save lives. There are plenty of US companies that have proved that and made great money in the process. Let’s hope they can put some pressure on. America without FDA would not be ‘great again’.
Consumer protection also has an educational effect. From now on more and more pseudo sciences are going to be selling their services to people unaware that are actually throwing their money away
Crossing all my digits and limbs about this. Also hope Elon realizes universities are the source of everything tech builds on. If they gut NIH and NSF tech will have nothing to build on.
I mean in the case of RFK we might also be able to just get him to walk into an open manhole, that family has the survival instincts of a particularly stupid kitten
Given that Elon is DIRECTLY in his ear this time, I can only imagine he's gonna be running the same do-first-ask-never-panic-after playbook all the way to Turbo Hell.
I think that's the best long-term thing, because it puts the idiot accellerationism at the feet of a guy who's obviously unqualified & makes following him up with functional fascism way harder. Our best bet is for him to make everything worse for everyone in big, loud,.dumb ways & then get canned.
I genuinely don't think he can get any Senate-confirmed position, even with a GOP Senate. Too many of them are either 1) sane or 2) backed by pharma. And as a White House "czar" his influence is only as much as the actual appointed officials care to listen to him.
And Judy Shelton. The down-ballot strength for Democrats this year might save us by discouraging some people who are up in 2026 and 2028 from taking the more suicidal decisions.
Thanks, I hadn't thought of this. This + TFG's general sociopathy (like, I just figu
red he'd realize yoga chicks like BobbyJ more & dump him) gives me hope for...CDC and/or FDA.
This will be a shitstorm, but I am looking forward to when the infighting starts as people say things that upset dear leader or policy aims begin clashing.
Exactly, tunp will force them to each other, that's his style. It will be wonderful to watch them biting each other to win the heart of their heartless Fuhrer.
I work in public health, specifically immunizations, and I spent all Tuesday panicking about losing my job. Then I remembered how lucrative vaccines are for pharmaceutical companies and it would just take one phone call to the right senator for Bobby Jr to be axed.
No I’m saying this as someone who knows how much money vaccines and medicines make for pharmaceutical companies. Some vaccines cost hundreds of dollars per dose. Do you think they’ll sit back and say fine, take my expensive product off the market.
If it hurts their bottom line, they’ll absolutely step in. There’s lots of money for them in the drugs and vaccines that he rails against. One or two calls to the right senator about cutting off campaign contributions will do it.
Thanks for pointing this out, I think much of Trump's promises will not materialize in the way he promised for sure, but I am still scared for many in this nation who will suffer.
It’s simultaneously delusional (because big business only really cares about money and anything “good” they do will be a coincidence in pursuit of money) and actually reasonable (because big business are the ones buying politicians and manipulating elections to begin with)
Yeah, his tariffs will crash the economy, so I don't think they will happen. But I also think he's going to be sidelined almost completely, and the likes of Steven Miller will be running things, and this time they understand that they have to follow the rules, then they can do what they want.
Liz Truss was Prime Minister of UK for just 49 days in 2022, but with her Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, they were able to do immense damage to our economy in that short time. UK interest rates still have not recovered from it.
Truss was actively supporting Trump during his campaign
You and I see that argument, and it makes sense. But a /lot/ of companies have been chasing short term profits lately. The reasons are legion (Get big quick, sell to someone bigger, cash out. Fire your workers before the end of quarter for fun balance sheet tricks investors love. To name a couple)
Never dreamed I'd live long enough for Big Business to go to bat (for American consumers) just to stop any possibility that Trump will ruin their bottom lines with inferior products?
So Trump, Musk, and Thiel all definitely think they are the one in charge and they all have different interests that will start coming into conflict like immediately. I’m not entirely sure Trump has the hire/fire authority there
Diarrhea will be for the lucky ones. Raw milk, for example, can lead to deadly infections. In addition, this will create huge problems for the export of these products to Europe, where legislation is particularly restrictive (fortunately).
True our "healthcare" system is about disease management, our health can greatly be improved by choosing whole foods over processed foods, and drugs are overprescribed. But THIS crackpot isn't the person to fix these issues. Seriously ivermectin and clean foods in the same post???
oh my goodness !!! we are definitely back 🤪🤪🤪 Goodbye science and research. Hello To snake oil medicines. Idiots voters , you got what you wanted!!! 🤬🤬🤬
PotentialTHINGS inT’rump Admin 🤬
-More #KidsInCages this time USa kids, too
-MFlynn Sec’y of Defense
-EMusk, Sec’y of Commerce
-Pardons4Insurrectionists
-RGiuliani, Attorney General (Disbarred qualification required)
- NetyanBibi, Sec’y of State
- #GOPWarOnWomen finalized, to name a few
And haemolytic syndrome, and polio and diphtheria and so on. You know what? That when US citizens realize they fucked up, either they blame communists 🤣 or anyway it will be too late because no one will be allowed to change things. A fucking anti-science Christocracy
The old, young, and infirm dying of foodborne illnesses and easily preventable diseases will become an unfortunate new norm in the brave new world to come...
As too, I imagine, will foreign quarantines of American visitors...
That's a rogue's gallery of things that probably don't work, things that definitely don't work, or things that have harmful consequences when they do work. Lots of dark clouds on the horizon for personal and public health.
unscrupulous manufacturers do already and unfortunately may get away with it more - the part of the FDA dealing with label claim enforcement may be one of the sections gutted
dietary supplement regulatory compliance person here (not FDA though…)
What he will not tell you is that his greatest healthcare achievement to date is being born filthy rich. Having money will keep you alive but it’ll be cheap useless alt meds for the common folk.
It wouldn't happen but I wonder how much garbage I'd put up with for four years in any arena is it meant all the prohibitions went out the door and we started with a clean slate. Just to clean out a couple centuries of bad law. Probably not worth the chaos and damage but at least there's an upside
Let's see if Trump actually pays his debts. Wouldn't be surprised if RFK never even gets the job. 2 months is a long time for two narcissistic fragile giant egos to work together.
By the end of this administration, there will probably be ... like ... ten thousand Americans left. And they'll be living in Barcelona, toasting each other in Cava and murmuring "Smallpox, eh? Didn't think he'd be making *that* great again."
You don’t even need to get it that hot. 162°F (72°C) for 15 seconds will do, or 145°F (63°C) for a half hour or more. So if you have sous vide equipment, you can very easily do the lower temperature option, for example.
When bird flu breaks out into humans, I'm sure he'll be ready. We are going to need MDMA therapy to deal with the increase in trauma, I hope we actually get that finally (I've been following that process closely).
One thing I am looking forward to is how Trump will fuck over all these batshit insane cranks that have flocked to him. Trump is not banning Doritos, that is the wrong kind of stupid for him
we have all come here to get away from Twitters angry hostile decline and from the mental tiredness the whole thing is causing. I disagree with reposting conspiracy rubbish here by any politician please do not willingly give them publicity.
Ah...where to even begin holy shit. Those meds aren't banned, the sun still shines, you are absolutely allowed to exercise, it isn't the FDA that makes our foods unclean,
And boy oh boy can't wait for conservatives to hear his take on stem cells. They're the ones who hate that shit.
jfc... all the recalls we've 'enjoyed' these past few years are gonna be a bittersweet memory once we won't even get the head's up about all the listeria, e coli, salmonella, mold, bugs, broken glass, heavy metals and who knows what else headed our way huh... thanks to the 'germophobe' guy 🫥
WTF? My life and ability to live it normally relies on a biologic drug that was just approved by the FDA for my issue. This asshole will KILL many if he gets the chance. We need to stop his confirmation to any place of power and need a couple of Republicans to help stop this.
I'd ask when the FDA ever said exercise was bad, but the reality is that "sunshine & exercise" is dipshit 'sCiEnCe' for "you don't actually have any brain malfunctions that improve with medicine, you just need to drink more water."
My first thought was that Pharma would buy Trump's support and RFKjr would be ignored. But now I'm wondering how Pharma could make money with these changes. Would this also reduce costs for Pharma by gutting regulations and making it cheaper for them to pump expensive drugs out?
I'm on hydroxychloroquine medically for reactive arthritis and lemme tell you, this is NOT something you wanna give someone. It's an immunosuppressant, tastes bad, and the smell itself is literally nauseating if taken without a lot of food.
Darwinism seriously needs to come for RFK Jr. at this point. He's gonna make working in the medical field so fucking dangerous with how quickly old diseases are going to spread because of him.
Watch all the droplet and airborne cases rise, if he doesn't get rid of contact precautions as well.
Will polio be making a big comeback? I was young when polio was ravaging our country and I remember children dying and walking around in big clunky leg braces. How about iron lungs? Those were really cool. This should be exciting. 🙄
Looking forward to that awkward day when the US is hot by health travel advisories from around the world. Especially from countries they call shit holes.
I just went through the whole entire thread. 370 comments in total. Only 12 saw the fucked up stem cells are ok for this conservative bullshit. Meanwhile, they are outlawing abortion.
Yes the fuck it is. For a minute there i thought i was taking crazy pills. Not just seeing the stem cell bit. But i just KNEW bluesky users would have jumped on it. And shit. Only 12 out of 370. Like fuck.
Just throwing all the non-scientific charlatan crap out there isn't he. Chelation? The quacks are going to have a field day. Hopefully when we unwind all his mess we can actually get some realy overside of the supplement industry. So much quackery.
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(Yes, Kennedy supported chemical castration via Lupron as a cure for autism)
Also, wow, you'd think the folks who hate puberty blockers would have some thoughts on this, if they actually had principals.
It happened in his 1st term. And, he’s got objectively worse people around him now.
red he'd realize yoga chicks like BobbyJ more & dump him) gives me hope for...CDC and/or FDA.
They will gladly accept the benefit of lax/nonexistent regulations. I just think that RFK is also going to get fucked in this deal
Liz Truss was Prime Minister of UK for just 49 days in 2022, but with her Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, they were able to do immense damage to our economy in that short time. UK interest rates still have not recovered from it.
Truss was actively supporting Trump during his campaign
If two-thirds of the US population dies from this guy's gross incompetence, how will US companies make their money then?
I know.
Exciting times we live in.
I'm tired of hearing about erections that last longer than 6 hours..
That brainworm of his ain't eating it fast enough
Then tried to throw in some apple pie ideas like sunshine.
-More #KidsInCages this time USa kids, too
-MFlynn Sec’y of Defense
-EMusk, Sec’y of Commerce
-Pardons4Insurrectionists
-RGiuliani, Attorney General (Disbarred qualification required)
- NetyanBibi, Sec’y of State
- #GOPWarOnWomen finalized, to name a few
Worse comes to worse, just boil the milk down for a while
As too, I imagine, will foreign quarantines of American visitors...
dietary supplement regulatory compliance person here (not FDA though…)
Also opioids instead of ibuprofen megadoses that make my stomach bleed when I have goddamned surgery
Fucking brainwormed loser
I don't fit any of these categories and I still have it. Now what, asshole (him not you)
Also he's fine with weed? Gave me the worst adhd symptoms of my life lol
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Sadly, though, the “conspiracy rubbish” is about to be how we are governed, so I don’t dare look away. But that’s just me.
And boy oh boy can't wait for conservatives to hear his take on stem cells. They're the ones who hate that shit.
I can’t wait for them to find out what a contrail is… and then, how vaccines work.
A bunch of them are. If they legalize Quaaluds, Wallace and Tiernan/Novadel will 100% try to impose their patents on It.
Republicans have bought the American justice system!
Everything will be okay...(😵💫)
Seriously though what is this word vomit? Is this guy high? Is that why he mentioned psychedelics in this?
It also gives you mad diarrhea!
*sigh*
Watch all the droplet and airborne cases rise, if he doesn't get rid of contact precautions as well.
I see this as a positive.
but it's not the only issue here at all