epbwrisci
Scientist, aspiring writer; Natual habitats: coastlines, rivers, mountains
- Insurance companies would do well to read the room. Vaccines in many ways *are* insurance.
- RFK Jr. brought a disgraced anti-vaxxer, William Archer, to help lead HHS. Now Archer is reportedly preparing to roll back recommendations for several vaccines, a move that could limit insurance coverage and access to the shots. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
- RFK Jr. brought a disgraced anti-vaxxer, William Archer, to help lead HHS. Now Archer is reportedly preparing to roll back recommendations for several vaccines, a move that could limit insurance coverage and access to the shots. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
- Insurance companies would do well to read the room. Vaccines in many ways *are* insurance.
- Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.
- MTG shows of her lack of wisdom, intelligence, grace, and honesty as efficiently as any person has ever done.
- "A rapist and a murderer share a giggle."
- The irony is that both plausibly qualify for both titles.
- Secretary Noem appears to not want to say if the picture of Abrego Garcia’s hand is doctored Swalwell: I have a 7 year old, a 6 year old, and 3 year old. I have a bullshit detector. I’m just asking you a question
- She's a bit off the hook, no? And frankly, Swalwell was too kind. This borders on contempt of congress behavior on Noem's part.
- Mike Johnson: "Medicaid is intended, remember, as a safety net for young pregnant mothers and the elderly and disabled and vulnerable populations, not for young able-bodied men without dependents. Those are the kinds of people we're taking off the program."
- Not calling for violence, but am I wrong in feeling that his QuasiChristianSmarm (TM) needs slapped off his face.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to be quizzed on Capitol Hill on his handling of the measles outbreak, the firing of thousands of federal health workers and major cuts to the health agencies he oversees.
- Question: ”What is the projected number of premature deaths arising from these actions?”
- I'd just like to spare a thought for the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi today. Brian Kilmeade thinks America has "moved past" his horrifying assassination. I haven't. And I doubt I'm alone.
- Kilmeade the Enabler can fuck right off.
- Because of the layoffs at NIOSH, multiple lifesaving programs have been shut down even though they’re required by law.
- Saving lives? Protecting workers? C’mon! That kills profit!
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- The bribe is primary. That it was even considered reinforces the perception of sloppy national security priorities. So in practice, I agree with you. But in terms of broader implications, I’d say the intel risk is a valid point. More importantly, it’s a distraction from the GICEstapo.
- “Government Launching Database of Everyday People With Autism” is just a harbinger of a eugenics program. Nothing to see here. futurism.com/neoscope/gov...
- This is one of the hills to die on, people.
- This is a disturbing post, but the math is bound to add up. I dare say it will also add up if you take the assessment global and include civilian casualties from American wars that followed 9/11. The inane perspectives and policies are that dangerous.
- If I were a member of Congress I would have already introduced a bill prohibiting ICE agents from wearing face masks and requiring them to wear official identification at all times
- I’ll bet this would reveal many are not actual agents.
- When Laura Loomer is the voice of reason, democracy’s officially on life support.
- The intel/natsec nightmare the plane represents is appalling.
- Biden queued up and initiated investments to the tune of $5B to fix this. Guess who derailed them.
- “The FAA reauthorization … earmarked $15 billion to expand airport capacity and increase safety measures, $5 billion to improve air traffic control facilities, ...” pennsylvaniaindependent.com/politics/bid...
- Over 90% of NIOSH employees have received “reduction-in-force” letters, placing them on administrative leave ahead of permanent layoffs.
- Laying the groundwork for profitable stochastic murder.
- "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Indeed.
- Honestly? The $400M plane from Qatar is quaint compared to his crypto scam, memecoin con, insider trading, and tariff shakedowns.
- And yet a massive intel security risk.
- We need this to happen on FOX. Lutnick is demonstrably lying on tariffs.
- House Republicans are now targeting federal workers’ retirement benefits to help fund their massive tax cuts. Last week, the House Oversight Committee approved a plan to slash $50 billion from the retirement system over the next decade by changing
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- Please don’t put words in others sheets.
- I think it fair to say that Paul Dana’s editorial (“By Invitation”) in The Economist is a steaming pile of horseshit. This bastard clearly despises the core function of government of, by, and for the people as a shield against the hellscape capitalism has repeatedly attempted. Total horseshit.
- Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.
- Throw RFKjr and his ilk in there for stochastic mass atrocities they are promulgating.
- Useful thread on India-Pakistan conflict at the moment.
- Marge Greene knows that she can’t win an election outside her Georgia R+30 district, so she won’t run in a statewide race and will instead write long essays with lots of excuses. But the truth is she knows she will lose.
- where's the 'laugh out loud so much I pee my pants' emoji to drop on Marge?
- Life support is being pulled for species across the planet. With 8.2 billion humans, it’s no surprise. This is what ecological overshoot looks like. www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...
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- Huh? If it was an effective conservation hatchery, it would have used native stock and been operated to support the native population, not local harvest. Production hatcheries are designed to produce fish for harvest, often as a mitigation for losses in natural production due to dams, etc.
- Donnie No Deals strikes again with his "trade deal" with the UK: "The final details are being written up in the coming weeks." 🙄
- So good reading your script, D'Boy. Gold(faux) star!
- This is The Last Supper now.
- Da Bears!
- so the Pope is with the Dalai Lama on a nondenominational world peace tour & they stop in Chicago. The pope takes the Lama to his favorite hot dog stand, says, you gotta try it, this guy's the best. the guy says "What can I getcha, Your Holiness?" & the Dalai Lama says "Make me one with everything."
- Always worth a reboot, this joke! Well done!
- Spot on, and too kind by a long way, I'd say.
- staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org
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- What's your point here? Where is the lie?
- MEEKS: Does trade deficits constitute a national emergency? BESSENT: Yes MEEKS: Do you know that for the last four decades we have trade deficits and nobody said it was a national emergency?
- I love the implied “or are you a f’ing idiot? Or a liar? Which is it, jackass?”
- Worth looking a bit more deeply here. Solid evidence that MRH has hosted a non-native strain for quite a long time and in doing so may well have done more damage than good to regional steelhead stocks. Better to focus on restoring habitat above the hatchery and elsewhere in the species range.
- I will note that “introgression” damage is hard to quantify. But there’s no real chance that non-native fish were good for the regional stock, and hatcheries have been shown to dilute the genetics of native populations. This was a production, not conservation, hatchery.
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- This seems to violate that bit which says the government can’t increase or inflict a punishment after the fact. Yes, tax not criminal law, but this is same family of bullshit.
- The ONLY logical conclusion a rational person can conclude, is that TRUMP-MUSK-RFKjr, et. al., are deliberately, methodically, and premeditatively trying to cull Americans, en masse.
- Stochastic murder is still murder.
- They eliminated a trivial investment that yields massive societal and individual returns. This shows the malice-idiocy inherent in the current administration and its abettors.
- vandalism www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
- The Oklahoma GOP has updated their platform to include opposing funding increases for public schools. The platform now stands against “any increased state funding” for “government schools.” It also calls to abolish the state income tax, abolish the minimum wage, and more.
- They must take pride in being last in everything, doing what they can to get there asap.
- I have some important news about Joy, the ungovernable duck who abides neither man's nor god's trifling laws.
- This would be a fantastic opening sentence for a novel.
- Whence this hatred for Canada?
- This part just sends me: “Someone just drew a line…..I’m a very artistic person.” Just the insult of talking about another country’s borders and physical integrity this way with the PM sitting right there trying not to leap out of his chair. It’s just indecent.
- This should offend every American.
- REP. POCAN: “Who pays the tariffs, Mr. Secretary? Answer the question.” BESSENT: “Uh… uh… uh… it’s complicated.”
- The irony in Bessent's name tag could be used to forge a +3 vorpal sword.
- I’m pretty sure we took plenty of credit.
- Putting one's historical ignorance on blast is never a good look for a head of state.
- REPORTER: The president says he doesn't know what his responsibilities are under Article 5 of the Constitution. Who would it be who would educate him about that? HOMAN: I think the president is one of the most if not the most knowledgeable president that we've ever had
- Do these people know they are on record? That none of this will disappear?
- I have never been to Costco and am legitimately intimidated by the prospect. It seems like it would be very easy to make a mistake…
- They accept returns, readily. The only mistake is not going.
- She can win in a ruby red district, but she'll get creamed state-wide.
- The debates will be epic.
- This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.
- This *willful misunderstanding.
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- Not a M’gander —> Grain of salt. I’d hate to be in her position. Car industry (and by extension Michigan) is especially susceptible to tariffs. And the media is ineffective in placing the blame for their impacts. But still, I agree. Full on confrontation seems the winning strategy so far.
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- Laughable.
- Look at this friendless bastard.
- Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)
- Looks like a damned cartoon character.
