There is no other way to frame this administration’s goals other than as a direct assault on science and basic human dignity. Anyone who tries to say otherwise is lying to themself and to you. - ThreadSky

chriswarcraft.bsky.social • 118 days ago

There is no other way to frame this administration’s goals other than as a direct assault on science and basic human dignity. Anyone who tries to say otherwise is lying to themself and to you.

Reposted from The Washington Post

Breaking news: President-elect Donald Trump announced he had selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for administering millions of Americans’ health insurance and responding to infectious-disease outbreaks.

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sraars.comrades.social•118 days ago

Walking into my locally owned pharmacy, throwing my arms on the counter and asking them to “fill me up with all of the vaccines”.

mschubert24.bsky.social•118 days ago

I just invested in iron lungs

thethinblackduke.bsky.social•118 days ago

We're living in the timeline where the primates in 2001 would piss on the monolith.

cosmichomicide.bsky.social•117 days ago

Despite what they believe, they are not John Galt.

shillelagh.bsky.social•118 days ago

I’m filled with a feeling of futility about what is to come. There aren’t enough of us who want to stop the train, so we all get to take the ride.

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•118 days ago

Not a fun feeling, that’s for sure!

tapandrollgames.bsky.social•118 days ago

At this point, his nominations are less "laughably stupid" and more "openly terroristic" in their nature.

synthdream.bsky.social•118 days ago

In this day and age where people worship media content creation over experts and legitimate journalism it is incredibly hard to get them to understand this is bad for everyone.

rayanselmo.bsky.social•118 days ago

Every Republican policy and action of the last 30 years only makes sense if you assume the underlying primary goal is to completely destroy the country.

meehawl.com•118 days ago

I suspect a lot of people in 2025 will be becoming familiar with the old story of Trofim Lysenko and how that all turned out.

https://ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/560/

sweatybikedad.bsky.social•118 days ago

Bird flu with RFK at the helm is gonna be great. They’ll actively block vaccine development and advocate for raw milk and expensive supplements. These people are begging for angry mobs.