Nostr notes by Ron Chusid :verified:

US military working remotely, often from hotels, due to damage to ...

2026-03-26T12:57:05Z

US military working remotely, often from hotels, due to damage to bases by Iran. "Many of the 13 military bases in the region used by American troops are all but uninhabitable, with the ones in Kuwait, which is next door to Iran, suffering perhaps the most damage." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/iran-us-bases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.SuDb._IwsDBphmRlL&smid=nytcore-android-share

With ICE involved, airline travelers will no longer know if they ...

2026-03-22T18:21:09Z

With ICE involved, airline travelers will no longer know if they will wind up at their planned destination or at a detention center.

Gallup poll: More Americans now sympathize with Palestinians over ...

2026-02-27T20:28:56Z

Gallup poll: More Americans now sympathize with Palestinians over Israel. https://news.gallup.com/poll/702440/israelis-no-longer-ahead-americans-middle-east-sympathies.aspx

Most Americans disapprove of Trump on the issues but don't ...

2026-02-23T23:38:21Z

Most Americans disapprove of Trump on the issues but don't trust Congressional Democrats to do any better per recent poll. This should be a wake up call to Democrats that it is necessary to throw out the incumbents in the primaries and elect new members.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/americans-disapprove-trump-issues-americans-dont-trust-dems/story?id=130346647

Just as expected, the report which the DNC does not want released ...

2026-02-23T03:18:53Z

Just as expected, the report which the DNC does not want released shows that support for genocide in Gaza cost Harris the 2024 election. This is consistent with other studies and polls on the election.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/22/dnc-2024-autopsy-harris-gaza

For Democrats to really support democracy they need to end super ...

2026-02-14T15:16:44Z

For Democrats to really support democracy they need to end super delegates, front loading of southern states & rule changes to benefit preferred candidates. They need to allow 3rd parties in general election debates, cease efforts to keep them off ballots & support reforms including ranked choice voting.

Trump's cuts to USAID has led to an estimated 762,000 deaths ...

2026-01-22T03:18:26Z

Trump's cuts to USAID has led to an estimated 762,000 deaths including more than 500,000 children.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/chikungunya/quick-takes-death-toll-usaid-cuts-withdrawal-chikungunya-vaccine-funding-updated-ebola

Yet another study shows that Covid causes prolonged immune ...

2026-01-18T15:08:26Z

Yet another study shows that Covid causes prolonged immune dysregulation.
#COVID #LongCovid https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971225005090

Biden greatly increased the budget for ICE, ignoring protests ...

2026-01-10T03:31:36Z

Biden greatly increased the budget for ICE, ignoring protests from the left, and Democratic leaders continue to ignore calls to slash funding. We need a real opposition party, not controlled opposition from Democratic collabolators, and to abolish ICE.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/government-shutdown-january

Democrats failed to join the left in opposition to ICE. They have ...

2026-01-08T21:43:27Z

Democrats failed to join the left in opposition to ICE. They have partnered with Republicans in increasing ICE funding, including by Biden in 2024, despite opposition from multiple human rights organizations. Almost everything bad that is happening under Trump has been facilitated by centrist Democrats.
https://immigrantjustice.org/press-release/200-ngos-oppose-bidens-historic-expansion-of-ice-detention-system-detention-should-not-be-about-politics/

Trump breaking records for most countries attacked despite claims ...

2025-12-26T05:00:04Z

Trump breaking records for most countries attacked despite claims of being an anti-war president.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-bombs-nigeria

Both parties have been supporting endless wars, genocide, ...

2025-11-29T21:16:09Z

Both parties have been supporting endless wars, genocide, authoritarianism & dismantling public health. We will not get out of this mess until more people realize the problem is the duopoly and not just the other political party.

The solution to the budget impasse is obvious. Both parties ...

2025-11-07T20:36:03Z

The solution to the budget impasse is obvious. Both parties should agree on Medicare for All. Republicans can say they ended Obamacare along with the subsidies & Democrats can take credit for actually giving us healthcare coverage. Unfortunately neither duopoly party will do this.

Israel continues to bomb and they can no longer claim it is about ...

2025-10-20T02:37:12Z

Israel continues to bomb and they can no longer claim it is about hostages. Israeli genocide was never about the hostages.

Tomorrow the protest will be No Kings. By the midterms Democratic ...

2025-10-17T13:38:49Z

Tomorrow the protest will be No Kings. By the midterms Democratic consultants will have the party moving to the right and their message will be moderated to Not Too Many Kings. If they win in 2028 the message will be Only Democratic Kings as they continue the erosion of democracy.

Democrats usually lose when they move to the right but they keep ...

2025-10-13T01:18:39Z

Democrats usually lose when they move to the right but they keep doing it. Perhaps it is more about establishment Democrats being conservatives, or about selling out to donors, than it is about looking for a winning strategy.
https://prospect.org/politics/centrist-democrats-pivot-right-kamala-harris/

Annual Covid vaccines reduced ER visits by 29%, hospitalizations ...

2025-10-09T01:49:14Z

Annual Covid vaccines reduced ER visits by 29%, hospitalizations by 39% & death by 64%. Benefits last up to 6 months. The vaccine is valuable, but deaths and disease could be far lower if both Biden & Trump hadn't opposed a more comprehensive approach.
#COVID #vaccines
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-study-finds-annual-covid-vaccines-protect-people-against-severe-disease/

Risk of new onset dementia 41% higher after Covid infection in ...

2025-10-02T23:15:28Z

Risk of new onset dementia 41% higher after Covid infection in people age 50 and older. Risk highest in men, unvaccinated, those with high blood pressure, and those with frequent alcohol consumption.
#COVID
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-infection-associated-increased-risk-new-onset-vascular-dementia-older-adults

I've had two BlueMAGA trolls this week with a couple of bad ...

2025-09-26T16:07:36Z

I've had two BlueMAGA trolls this week with a couple of bad arguments. One defended Obama for bombing multiple countries saying he did not start any new wars. Wrong. Regardless of whether a new war is declared, bombing another country is an act of war. So are economic sanctions & financing proxy wars.

Not sure what took so long but Bernie Sanders is the first ...

2025-09-17T20:47:21Z

Not sure what took so long but Bernie Sanders is the first Senator to say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
https://aje.io/ftb3pj

NFC player of the week in his first start since winning the 2023 ...

2025-09-11T22:23:07Z

NFC player of the week in his first start since winning the 2023 National Championship and now the birth of his son. Has anyone had a more awesome week than JJ McCarthy?
https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/j-j-mccarthy-missing-vikings-practice-thursday-attend-birth-of-his-son

The problem is that the party has been breaking their own rules ...

2025-09-04T16:41:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…zls2
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The problem is that the party has been breaking their own rules to influence primary results in some ways. In other ways, party rules are written to influence the outcome.

As Democrats consider the 2028 nomination process they must stop ...

2025-09-04T16:32:46Z

As Democrats consider the 2028 nomination process they must stop their actions to influence the outcome. Their rigging of primaries both leads to poor candidates & alienates many potential voters. They also must learn to stop blaming voters who reject their candidates--that is not how democracy works.

FEMA now denying disaster assistance to people without an email ...

2025-08-20T13:58:26Z

FEMA now denying disaster assistance to people without an email address. Having done telehealth since 2020 I have found that many vulnerable people have no email or internet access with a significant portion unable to understand how to use the internet.
https://www.wired.com/story/fema-now-requires-disaster-victims-to-have-an-email-address/

"Long COVID is the largest mass disabling event in human ...

2025-08-14T02:16:58Z

"Long COVID is the largest mass disabling event in human history, and it is still ongoing. If you have had COVID-19 once, your risk of getting cancer increases. Each time you get COVID, every system in your body is wrecked more and more, and your chances of getting long COVID increase dramatically."
#COVID #LongCovid https://www.buzzfeed.com/aronawriting/silent-killers-harming-health-reddit

It is amazing that Democrats who claim to be fighting for ...

2025-08-13T14:08:52Z

It is amazing that Democrats who claim to be fighting for democracy continue to defend the rigged primaries of 2016, 2020 & 2024. Party interference in fair primaries began before 2016 & goes beyond presidential primaries but these were especially blatant examples. If you think these were fair, I want nothing to do with your party. Clean up your party or you will continue to lose votes.

I often see a false narrative from establishment Democrats that ...

2025-08-11T03:06:14Z

I often see a false narrative from establishment Democrats that the left opposes compromise and opposes them because we don't get 100% of what we want. Both are false. We are willing to compromise if needed but we oppose the Democratic establishment's support for endless wars, attacks on civil liberties & democracy, and following the dictates of their corporate donors.

Claims of protecting children are being used to increase ...

2025-08-10T05:01:14Z

Claims of protecting children are being used to increase censorship regardless of age.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/09/uk-online-safety-act-internet-censorship-world-following-suit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Democrats have been working for years to shut down discussion of ...

2025-08-09T16:19:41Z

Democrats have been working for years to shut down discussion of opposing ideas, including ideas held by many Democratic voters. This is certainly not limited to Reddit but these rules from r/democrats show how Democrats wish to censor progressive ideas and close the Overton window as they move to the right.

Notice that the people who claim conditions would be better if ...

2025-08-07T20:35:04Z

Notice that the people who claim conditions would be better if Harris won are generally the same people who deny how Biden & Harris supported genocide on their watch, ignore how Biden destroyed public health on a federal level, expanded mass surveillance & attacked 1st Amendment rights.

It was a Nazi tactic to deny vaccines to the populations they ...

2025-08-06T04:06:51Z

It was a Nazi tactic to deny vaccines to the populations they invaded to cause more people in invaded countries to die off. But why are RFK Jr. and Trump doing this to the people right here in the United States?
#antivaxxers

More civilians die when Israel receives defensive weapons. No ...

2025-07-28T14:04:14Z

More civilians die when Israel receives defensive weapons. No weapons should be sent to a country engaged in committing genocide. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/aoc-israel-gaza/

Two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide ...

2025-07-28T13:30:51Z

Two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, join many human rights groups around the world.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/middleeast/israeli-human-rights-group-accuses-israel-genocide-gaza-intl

I normally oppose regime change wars. I'd make an exception ...

2025-07-26T02:07:43Z

I normally oppose regime change wars. I'd make an exception to remove the Nazi regime in control of Israel.

Beware of political parties which try to gain support by ...

2025-07-22T17:20:54Z

Beware of political parties which try to gain support by manufacturing fear. Republicans do this re immigrants. Democrats portray anyone to the left or right of them as working for Putin or being fascists to scare people into voting for them when they are every bit as anti-democratic as the Republicans.

Both Trump I and Biden I were terrible administrations. The bad ...

2025-07-20T17:58:59Z

Both Trump I and Biden I were terrible administrations. The bad news is that Trump II has accomplished even more evil at an accelerated rate in the first six months. The good news is that protests are becoming more widespread. Democrats who were out to brunch as Biden supported genocide, attacks on civil liberties, and dismantling public health are protesting similar actions under Trump.

Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is calling for this week’s meeting ...

2025-06-24T00:08:14Z

Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is calling for this week’s meeting of the panel of vaccine advisers handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be delayed, citing their lack of experience and potential bias against some vaccines.
#antivaxxers
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/23/bill-cassidy-calls-for-acip-vaccine-panel-delay-after-rfk-jr-purge/

The corrupt, conservative Democratic Party leadership is putting ...

2025-06-22T15:08:28Z

The corrupt, conservative Democratic Party leadership is putting out far more effort to try to keep a progressive Democrat from becoming mayor of New York City than they are trying to keep Trump from starting Word War III.

Democrats totally miss the problem with military attacks and ...

2025-06-22T15:01:09Z

Democrats totally miss the problem with military attacks and endless wars when their only complaint is that Trump attacked illegally by not obtaining Congressional approval first.

If Harris had won or if Biden had a second term we would also ...

2025-06-22T14:54:26Z

If Harris had won or if Biden had a second term we would also have continued genocide in Gaza and war against Iran. The difference is that most Democrats would fall in line rather than opposing the same from Trump.

No war with Iran No more weapons to Israel ...

2025-06-13T03:26:31Z

No war with Iran
No more weapons to Israel

Lab leak conspiracy theories about the origin of the Covid ...

2025-06-05T13:44:51Z

Lab leak conspiracy theories about the origin of the Covid pandemic and distortions re gain of function research are contributing to the defunding of science in the United States.
#COVID
https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gain-fiction-how-covid-origins-motivated-defunding-us-science

RFK Jr. and other anti-vaxxers often lie and claim that there ...

2025-05-30T14:46:43Z

RFK Jr. and other anti-vaxxers often lie and claim that there have not been RCTs done on vaccines. Here's links showing that they are wrong:
#vaccines #antivaxxers
https://www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts

Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi were great in the past when ...

2025-04-27T14:56:40Z

Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi were great in the past when they defended Snowden, criticized Democrats from the left & debunked Russiagate. Now they often repeat right wing arguments. For me they jumped the shark (especially Taibbi) with falling for right wing claims re Covid & missed the real scandal--science denialism by Trump & Biden breaking his campaign promises to minimize Covid in order to get people back to work without adequate precautions...
https://newrepublic.com/article/193531/glenn-greenwald-matt-taibbi-tech-billionaires-journalists

The murder of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers by the ...

2025-04-02T13:48:21Z

The murder of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers by the IDF is just one example of the war crimes being committed against medical workers and other civilians.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/palestinian-paramedics-shot-by-israeli-forces-had-hands-tied-eyewitnesses-say?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Five years into the pandemic access to treatment for Long Covid ...

2025-04-02T13:04:12Z

Five years into the pandemic access to treatment for Long Covid is limited as interest in Covid decreases.
#COVID #LongCovid https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/long-covid-clinics-closing/682251/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true-anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

It doesn't matter if it is measles, polio, Covid, or now bird ...

2025-03-19T18:32:44Z

It doesn't matter if it is measles, polio, Covid, or now bird flu RFK Jr's plan is the same: allow infections to spread out of control.
#antivaxxers #h5n1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/kennedy-bird-flu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.BNRY.WHVB325fFNA1&smid=nytcore-android-share

It is Trump's genocide now. Will Democrats who were willing ...

2025-03-19T11:23:04Z

It is Trump's genocide now. Will Democrats who were willing to normalize genocide from Biden and Harris finally oppose it when genocide is coming from Trump? Will Trumpers finally drop pretending that Trump is anti-war? https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/18/trump-gave-israel-the-green-light-to-restart-large-scale-bombing-in-gaza/

NASA reports greater than expected rise in sea level in 2024. It ...

2025-03-15T13:54:07Z

NASA reports greater than expected rise in sea level in 2024. It is also surprising that the Trump administration allowed this to be released.
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/jason-cs-sentinel-6/sentinel-6-michael-freilich/nasa-analysis-shows-unexpected-amount-of-sea-level-rise-in-2024/

No, holding townhalls would not have changed the results of the ...

2025-03-10T22:35:57Z

No, holding townhalls would not have changed the results of the election. The only way Harris could have won was to repudiate rather than support genocide and other policies of Joe Biden.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/walz-calls-out-overly-cautious-dem-campaign-we-shouldnt-have-been-playing-this-thing-so-safe/

A federal judge in New York City ordered that Khalil not be ...

2025-03-10T21:55:46Z

A federal judge in New York City ordered that Khalil not be deported while the court considered his case. A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-6964107d218dba43eb995d6dbbe528b1

It looks like Musk has managed to crash both Twitter and the US ...

2025-03-10T16:34:52Z

It looks like Musk has managed to crash both Twitter and the US economy today.

Hopefully European efforts at achieving a ceasefire are ...

2025-03-02T15:37:11Z

Hopefully European efforts at achieving a ceasefire are successful. Ukraine needs an alternative to both Trump's plan to plunder their resources and Biden's policy of a never ending proxy war with Russia which could only end with the destruction of Ukraine
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/white-house-clash-raises-tough-question-for-ukraine-how-long-could-it-fight-without-u-s-f780e8c1?st=JFuzmD

It looks like RFK Jr has a plan to see more deaths next winter: ...

2025-02-27T00:58:11Z

It looks like RFK Jr has a plan to see more deaths next winter: F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots.
#Influenza #antivaxxers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/fda-flu-vaccine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E4.bmSu.un6C5w8iNBQo

A federal judge in Seattle has blocked Trump’s suspension of ...

2025-02-25T22:33:42Z

A federal judge in Seattle has blocked Trump’s suspension of the nation’s refugee admissions system saying Trump could not nullify law passed by Congress establishing program.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugee-seattle-ruling-lawsuit-eef485154e2a3f008a01d6790ce0ee06

Yet another failure for Trump. With widespread opposition, Trump ...

2025-02-22T02:07:43Z

Yet another failure for Trump. With widespread opposition, Trump backs down on national parks firings.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-park-firings-elon-musk-d0cdc23fe5fac68e4dc8ef58f041ced4

Not at all surprised that this terrible idea is going nowhere: ...

2025-02-22T02:03:47Z

Not at all surprised that this terrible idea is going nowhere: With No Buy-in From Egypt or Jordan, Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-gaza-egypt-jordan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y04.JIGe.RSwbeQovvRkh

Stopping the genocide is more likely than ending the occupation ...

2025-02-08T18:55:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…z5pz
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Stopping the genocide is more likely than ending the occupation and was the best demand to start with

it was a very reasonable demand to stop genocide but Harris ...

2025-02-08T18:29:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…yrdw
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it was a very reasonable demand to stop genocide but Harris couldn't even agree to this.

Nuke Tehran? There is probably a greater chance that today's Democrats like Harris would get us into a nuclear war.

If the strategy is to make votes contingent on a change in policy ...

2025-02-08T17:12:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…lvnf
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If the strategy is to make votes contingent on a change in policy (such as support for genocide) and the candidate doesn't budge there is no real choice but to carry through and withhold votes. Voting for Harris would give the message that genocide is OK and remove any leverage in future elections. Besides, millions refused to vote for Harris. Voting for her would not change the outcome.

Both Trump and Harris were too terrible to vote for. Democrats ...

2025-02-07T23:44:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…kqma
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Both Trump and Harris were too terrible to vote for. Democrats supporting Harris only made it inevitable that Trump would win as she had no path to victory. The only potential way to stop Trump was if even more Democrats made it clear they would not vote for Harris. If winning was more important than continuing genocide, Biden and Harris could have had a ceasefire well before the election, rather than waiting for Trump to force one in January

That's not rewriting the situation. There was considerable ...

2025-02-07T23:26:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…zsl8
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That's not rewriting the situation. There was considerable evidence that Harris could not win Michigan or Wisconsin, and would probably lose other states based upon her position re genocide. There was no reasonable path for her to win based upon just losing Michigan.

It is also tricky because while Trump might advocate more evil, centrist Democrats can be more successful in carrying out more evil as they don't have the same opposition that Trump does.

Two problems with that logic. You don't know how many each ...

2025-02-07T22:46:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…3y8x
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Two problems with that logic. You don't know how many each will kill. I voted for Biden because of the people Trump killed from Covid. Then Biden would up handling Covid even worse than Trump did, killing more people. That is before all the people he killed in Gaza and his proxy war in Ukraine.

Secondly it was never really a choice. There was no path to victory for Harris while supporting genocide. The only way to potentially stop Trump was for more Democrats to refuse to vote for her

It is amazing how many Biden/Harris Democrats are now attacking ...

2025-02-07T21:23:35Z

It is amazing how many Biden/Harris Democrats are now attacking Democratic voters who refused to vote for Harris due to her support for genocide. If genocide isn't a deal killer with them, what is? Can't they figure out that their unwillingness to hold their party to basic principles of morality is why we are now stuck with Trump?

Trump administration censoring new info on H5N1: CDC Posts, Then ...

2025-02-07T04:38:20Z

Trump administration censoring new info on H5N1: CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People
#h5n1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/cdc-bird-flu-cats-people.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.XFcM.uNKKvpooWrcV

RFK Jr has a history of targeting blacks with vaccine information ...

2025-02-06T13:36:36Z

RFK Jr has a history of targeting blacks with vaccine information before his false claims at his confirmation hearings. He is a menace to minority health, and to public health in general.
#antivaxxers https://wordinblack.com/2025/02/public-health-experts-oppose-rfk-jrs-comments-on-vaccines-and-blacks/

It was never going to happen, and she was never going to be ...

2025-02-06T04:18:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…t7jp
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It was never going to happen, and she was never going to be elected because of that. The Democrats gave the election to Trump both in 2016 and 2024.

There was no path by which Harris could have been elected while ...

2025-02-06T04:04:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…7vxg
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There was no path by which Harris could have been elected while she supported genocide. Voting for her was just a symbolic gesture to support the status quo. The only way to stop Trump was to demand that Harris change her position on genocide.

Harris supporting genocide got Trump elected.

2025-02-06T03:59:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…5j4s
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Harris supporting genocide got Trump elected.

I've had many Biden supporters falsely claim Biden ended the ...

2025-02-06T03:13:49Z

I've had many Biden supporters falsely claim Biden ended the Forever Wars. Even putting aside the new wars on his watch, just a reminder that the United States has remained engaged in military action in Iraq. Same goes for Trump supporters who claim he is anti-war:
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4052471/five-isis-operatives-killed-in-iraqi-precision-airstrike-enabled-by-centcom-for/

One of the most insane takes on politics in years is ...

2025-02-06T02:59:19Z

One of the most insane takes on politics in years is pro-Biden/Harris Democrats using Trump's talk about taking over Gaza (and quickly walking it back) as reason why people should regret their decision not to vote for Harris--who outright supported genocide. The only moral choices in 2024 were to vote third party or to not vote for president.

Despite Trump's claims that he is deporting criminals, about ...

2025-01-28T11:48:18Z

Despite Trump's claims that he is deporting criminals, about half of those arrestrd by ICE do not have criminal records.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-trump-deportations-numbers-rcna188937

Hillary Clinton is about the most indecent of the bunch. Harris ...

2025-01-26T03:10:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…79vx
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Hillary Clinton is about the most indecent of the bunch. Harris has Biden's negatives being his BP and saying she would do the same as him

Trump did not win due to misogyny. He won because both women he ...

2025-01-26T02:43:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…5zuu
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Trump did not win due to misogyny. He won because both women he ran against moved far right and militaristic, with Clinton also running while exposed for dishonesty & corruption, negating these negatives from Trump. Harris ran better against Trump than Biden but was unwilling to break from his record, especially re Gaza. A decent female candidate could have beaten Trump in 2016 and 2024.

Usually but his popularity soared when in a head to head race ...

2025-01-26T02:25:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…henf
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Usually but his popularity soared when in a head to head race against Harris

Why Harris lost someone as unpopular as Trump: "Harris ran ...

2025-01-26T00:27:45Z

Why Harris lost someone as unpopular as Trump: "Harris ran for president while effectively issuing one middle finger to the left and the other to the anti-war movement."
Same explains why Clinton lost in 2016.
https://www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-most-unpopular-us-president

Who is the good cop with those two?

2025-01-23T01:55:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…2c6a
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Who is the good cop with those two?

No, BlueMAGA refers to partisan Democrats who act just like ...

2025-01-23T01:55:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…f4aw
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No, BlueMAGA refers to partisan Democrats who act just like Trumpers in support of their party

How long will this evil duo remain together? Elon Musk bashes the ...

2025-01-23T01:30:31Z

How long will this evil duo remain together? Elon Musk bashes the $500 billion AI project Trump announced, claiming its backers don’t ‘have the money’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/tech/elon-musk-trump-stargate-openai

It is sure good to see BlueMaga who stood by Biden as he engaged ...

2025-01-23T01:13:16Z

It is sure good to see BlueMaga who stood by Biden as he engaged in war crimes, demolished public health on the federal level, and attacked civil liberties finally get upset by bad things done by the US government now that they are being done by Donald Trump.

House passes bill re detaining immigrants with support from 46 ...

2025-01-22T22:43:13Z

House passes bill re detaining immigrants with support from 46 Democrats.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-laken-riley-act-teeing-immigration-crackdown/story?id=117984047

After Day 1 of Trump there have been many bad executive ...

2025-01-22T00:52:43Z

After Day 1 of Trump there have been many bad executive orders--some of which are truly harmful & some of which will fail to make actual changes. Despite the scare stories, Trump did not become a dictator on Day 1 and instead of greater destruction in Gaza we have a ceasefire (at least for the moment). On the other hand, I'm still waiting for Trump to end the war in Ukraine within a day as he claimed he could do.

Facebook fact checking has been unreliable and often leads to ...

2025-01-08T17:47:21Z

Facebook fact checking has been unreliable and often leads to inappropriate actions against users. Community Notes on Twitter has been reliable in correcting vaccine misinformation.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2818054

Jimmy Carter told the truth about apartheid in Israel, opposed ...

2024-12-29T23:29:48Z

Jimmy Carter told the truth about apartheid in Israel, opposed the Iraq war, and opposed the mass surveillance programs of Bush & Biden.

Younger People and Long COVID: Underreported, Undertreated. Young ...

2024-12-28T01:41:01Z

Younger People and Long COVID: Underreported, Undertreated. Young adults among those hit hardest by Long Covid.
#COVID #LongCovid

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/younger-people-and-long-covid-underreported-undertreated-2024a1000oyv?src=mbl_msp_android&ref=share

I don't understand articles like this speculating about ...

2024-12-21T15:01:50Z

I don't understand articles like this speculating about Democrats running in 2028. Didn't Harris, along with the MSNBC talking heads, just spend the last few months telling everyone that there would be no more elections if Trump won? Were they lying to us?

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-run-president-again-trump-2028-rcna184396

Raoult's paper which promoted hydroxychloroquine for Covid in ...

2024-12-18T01:23:03Z

Raoult's paper which promoted hydroxychloroquine for Covid in 2020, which has been known to be erroneous, has now been officially retracted.
#COVID https://www.science.org/content/article/infamous-paper-popularized-unproven-covid-19-treatment-finally-retracted

RFK Jr's idea that childhood vaccines are ...

2024-12-16T15:06:03Z

RFK Jr's idea that childhood vaccines are "overloading" the immune system is wrong.
(The article does have one fault in failing to note the considerable testing of the Covid vaccines despite accomplishing this over a short time period.)
#vaccines #antivaxxers
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/health/childhood-vaccines-immunity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h04.-MhC.ZvoqbZr6r6cG

Human cases of H5N1 bird flu are increasing. We might be just one ...

2024-12-16T14:52:16Z

Human cases of H5N1 bird flu are increasing. We might be just one mutation away from human to human spread, making it a real pandemic threat.
#h5n1
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/16/bird-flu-pandemic-threat-prepared?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Long Covid is becoming a serious problem in Australia. Same is ...

2024-12-11T18:21:34Z

Long Covid is becoming a serious problem in Australia. Same is true in other countries.
#COVID #LongCovid https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/02/long-covid-symptoms-viruses-health-labour-australia/

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information related to ...

2024-12-08T21:19:56Z

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information related to the shooting of Brian Thompson. Note that this reward has a $40,000 deductible before you can collect and you must make a $2500 copay.

Not a reliable source but the poll is correct that Joe Biden has ...

2024-12-07T05:16:56Z

Not a reliable source but the poll is correct that Joe Biden has been the worst president in recent years - - but not for the reasons in the article. He fails due to his support for endless wars, genocide, attacks on civil libertie & his decision to allow Covid to spread out of control. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14162187/joe-biden-nixon-trump-rating-president.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonline

The anti-science people influencing health care under Trump. ...

2024-12-03T14:30:47Z

The anti-science people influencing health care under Trump.
#antivaxxers
https://undark.org/2024/12/03/trump-maha-movement-gains-steam/

Treatments under investigation for Long Covid. #COVID #LongCovid ...

2024-11-30T14:43:41Z

Treatments under investigation for Long Covid.
#COVID #LongCovid
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-data-most-promising-treatments-long-covid-2024a1000lm5?src=mbl_msp_android&ref=share

Experts say bird flu is more widespread than we think: ‘We are ...

2024-11-28T01:37:21Z

Experts say bird flu is more widespread than we think: ‘We are in a soup of virus’
#h5n1 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/bird-flu-spread-virus-locations-b2653971.html

Bird flu found in sample of raw milk in California. Ignore anyone ...

2024-11-25T10:30:10Z

Bird flu found in sample of raw milk in California. Ignore anyone who says raw milk is good and vaccines are bad, regardless of whether they are nominated for a cabinet position.
#h5n1

https://abcnews.go.com/US/bird-flu-found-sample-california-raw-milk-officials/story?id=116185808

Democrats continue a losing formula: Moving right and then ...

2024-11-25T00:14:00Z

Democrats continue a losing formula: Moving right and then blaming the left when they lose elections.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188597/democrats-left-election-interest-groups?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR

Only 18 Senators voted for an arms embargo against Israel : ...

2024-11-21T04:18:07Z

Only 18 Senators voted for an arms embargo against Israel :

Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Smith
Van Hollen
Shaheen
Lujan
Warnock
Warren
Welch

Only 18 Senators voted for an arms embargo against Israel : ...

2024-11-21T04:17:46Z

Only 18 Senators voted for an arms embargo against Israel :

Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Smith
Van Hollen
Shaheen
Lujan
Warnock
Warren
Welch

You are missing the point. The flaw in our democracy is that we ...

2024-11-18T15:19:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…stjg
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You are missing the point. The flaw in our democracy is that we have more of an oligarchy in which those with the power get their way regardless of what voters want.