The present attack on NIH/CDC - and behind it the appointment of anti-vaxxers to top jobs throughout the Trump administration - is partisan revenge upon MAGA's detested enemies in science and medicine. 5/x - ThreadSky

davidfrum.bsky.social • 17 days ago

The present attack on NIH/CDC - and behind it the appointment of anti-vaxxers to top jobs throughout the Trump administration - is partisan revenge upon MAGA's detested enemies in science and medicine. 5/x

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ellinst.bsky.social•17 days ago

A purge of people whose first allegiance is to facts and objective evidence.

lippard.bsky.social•17 days ago

Lysenkoism comes to America.

henryschoenberger.bsky.social•17 days ago

https://ehenryschoenberger.substack.com/p/us-military-has-the-moral-right-and

missmaudiemaude.bsky.social•17 days ago

💯

ingerw.bsky.social•15 days ago

It's the Dumbening. As H.L. Mencken predicted

msmilack75.bsky.social•17 days ago

Are Trump and his cabal too stupid to appreciate science or, in their ignorance, are they unnerved by it? They are certainly at war with Science. One only has to think back to how they treated Dr. Fauci, an American treasure of a scientist.

nycsimplehuman.bsky.social•17 days ago

davidfrum.bsky.social•17 days ago

But amid the working out of MAGA hatred of white lab coats - what happened to all those Republicans who just yesterday wanted cures for diseases? They've flipped from pro-trade to anti-trade, from pro-NATO to anti-NATO. But who flips from anti-cancer to pro-cancer? END

realancientlegend.bsky.social•16 days ago

That’s because GOP was never about policy. This was exposed during Obama, when the GOP era of “no successes for Dems” came to light. Normie republicans like yourself ignored this trend for 8 years, preferring policy goals over governance. This ignorance paved the way for Trump.

aplindurrrr.bsky.social•17 days ago

They aren't pro or anti anything. Their entire ethos is anti-anything that liberals might support. And I mean liberals, not the left.

r-floman.bsky.social•17 days ago

The Republicans railed at the anarchists that clashed at the WTO conference in Seattle in 1999. They were vicious in their condemnations and calls for arrests. Ironic that now they are the very same anarchists, destroying government and trade.

jonesy2653.bsky.social•15 days ago

Newt Gangrene

bethwrealtor.bsky.social•17 days ago

Maybe Canada needs to lock down its borders from US entries. We can’t have them bringing their multitude of diseases in

davidinnyc.bsky.social•17 days ago

So do you see any light past the end of this 4-year tunnel, or should we be braced for the worst? We need more funding for cancer research, not less.

conjurial.bsky.social•17 days ago

it's not a joke to say it's a death cult

reciprocalone.bsky.social•17 days ago

A cult does that, a pro-Trump cult.

bdkakak4.bsky.social•17 days ago

It’s a cult. We should treat it as one.

smushface.bsky.social•17 days ago

MAGA doesn’t hate white lab coats. They hate America. They’re a death cult brainwashed by Putin.

proggrrl.bsky.social•17 days ago

If their true goal here is just to blanket negate anything Dems/liberals/left supports - is there some other approach one could make as a centrist? Or will they just scream "RINO" at that?

mrwclarkson.bsky.social•17 days ago

But for the record, Gingrich is a first class asshole too, the fact he seems like a moderate now speaks volumes.

lawrencemoratl.bsky.social•17 days ago

C’mon, David; you know the answer to that. They still want the cures, but they want the private sector to provide them so US Congress members can buy stock in those companies.

lmb6453.bsky.social•17 days ago

David, what should we do? Feeling helpless.

epistemicrisis.bsky.social•17 days ago

#maga flips to pro-cancer just to own the libs. (The similar cynicism can be applied to Vance condoning collaboration with the Nazi AfD.) The world is sick and the Trump administration is turning the USA into the bad guy 😢

gsirc.bsky.social•17 days ago

P - U - T - I - N = the answer to all your queries, David.

msmilack75.bsky.social•17 days ago

The connective tissue of these arguments is missing.

732lighthouse.bsky.social•17 days ago

While dedicated/intelligent professionals were busy working to improve lives, media lowlifes were busy spewing propaganda/conspiracy theories/blatant lies. Too many ppl get their “education” from tainted FOX/Trump trash. Authoritarian regimes remove reputable professionals & replace with loyalists.