The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
This is fascinating to me, because beyond the surface level it illuminates why conservatives are often so full of shit.
The baseline here is that there's a heatwave, and Mamdani asked New Yorkers to adjust their thermostats to help the grid. This is regular practice in red and blue areas of the country. Daniel posts a defiant "I'm not gonna do what mommy tells me!" style post. He surely thinks he's a very clever boy here.
Now if the message is "This is a free country, and I love my AC, and by god it's my house and no government bureaucrat can force me to change", then fine. Sure. But there is no law being proposed here. No police are bursting down your door demanding to check your thermostat. It's a request from a community leader, a polite ask that you engage in a very small pro-social sacrifice.
You would think conservatives would understand the idea that local communities should pull together in times of need. For the 'common good', perhaps. You'd think. And that they'd be happy if no government force was involved, if they could act merely because they had strong moral character and believed in private charitable action.
"Nobody should ever ask anyone to sacrifice for the common good, even if it's just a polite request" is just dipshit nihilism.
But I suspect Daniel doesn't actually believe in those conservative ideas. Or if he does, they're a distant second to the true guiding star of conservative thought: owning the libs. Given the chance to help people or own the libs, conservatives will always own the libs. Given the chance to demonstrate strong principles or own the libs, they'll always abandon the principle to own the libs. The actual philosophy of the right is merely "We hate the left". And it's sad.
I worked for USAID when It was closed, these guys literally were firing senior Foreign Service Officers with 30 years of experience on the spot. These kids were drunk on power and a reckoning is coming. I will always be hot about this shit. I know for a fact we allowed children to die because of these snotty shits.
With voucher applications closing, data shows less than 1% of Texas public school families applied for a voucher.
Last year, I warned the Senate that vouchers would mainly benefit private school kids who can already afford to pay.
This was never about school choice. Watch below:
These fucking grifters will look us dead in the eye and say the single mother on food stamps is a moocher and the immigrant down the road is stealing welfare money, and then spend billions on lobster dinners. They are horrific fucking liars and thieves. They need to pay back what they STOLE from taxpayers
The self-proclaimed “President of peace” is once again starting illegal wars without Congressional authorization. This is not what the American people asked for.
Time and time again, Trump has proven that he is not interested in — or capable of — putting “America First.” Our soldiers will have to put their lives on the line to defend his reckless decisions. Congress must pass a War Powers Resolution to rein in this dangerous overreach before more damage is done.
🚨 BREAKING: AOC in Germany torches Pam Bondi over the Epstein case:
“You’re the Attorney General of the United States of America and you don’t want to hold any of these pedophiles accountable? Resign or be impeached.”
She rejected the idea that pushing for accountability in the Epstein files is “cancel culture,” calling it a moral failure to shrug and say “there’s no more work to be done.”
Pam Bondi LOSES HER MIND when asked why she has not indicted any of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients.
“The Dow is over 50k right now, the Nasdaq smashing records, that’s what we should be talking about!!”
If we talking about drugs let’s talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to rape them. Why yall don’t wanna talk about the Epstein files?
@votetimscott Have you been asleep for the past two decades? Donald Trump literally broke into the political conversation peddling racism against Barack Obama while he was president.
BREAKING: I'm reintroducing my bill with @SenMarkey to end qualified immunity for federal officers—including ICE agents.
This bill is for Renee Good, Keith Porter, & everyone in America to know that when ICE agents break the law & kill our neighbors, they'll be held accountable.