@PeterHotez I think this is what drives so much Hotez-hate on the internet far right: he actually did what they dream of. He has been taking big pharma to the cleaners for years, cucking them out of revenue flows by just giving it away. All their talk, and some random Texan doc outdid them.
@MinnPost Look at the Republican policies as stated in the article. They require no action or initiative and solve no problems. Tax cuts? School choice?
@TheCommentation@GeoffBrown82@RadioFreeTom Covid's origin doesn't excuse how it was handled. That excuse doesn't work anymore - it never has.
Voters who voted against the economy just can't "yes" for an answer.
So, how and why did a then 94 yo Texas born & raised, Catholic, life-long, two-time Trump voter become a huge Kamala Harris fan? Bear with me, it’s not a short story.
I sold my home & bought a house in the suburb of St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN in the fall of 2021. I chose this city because my dad’s long-term memories are here. I moved my dad in with me so I could care for him. We have a split-level home, and he lives downstairs.
Dad grew up in generational racism. He doesn’t hate people - he was truly uninformed & ignorant. Living with me full-time, a tried & true Lib, well … he was exposed to more information than he had been for decades. Mom passed in 2010. Side note: Dad told her she had to vote Republican. Since the 1952 election (Eisenhower/Stevenson) she told my dad she voted Republican. On her death bed, she told me I could tell dad the truth once she was gone; she never once voted Republican! “He’ll be so mad I canceled out every single vote of his!”
Dad likes to spend time “upstairs” with me. I blocked Fox “News” from MY TV. If he wanted to watch it, he had to do it on his own time & on his own TV. He’d get to the church parking lot early every Saturday evening so he could listen to a conservative radio show, before mass.
In June of 2022, Roe was overturned. When is saw the breaking news chyron on the TV I dropped to my knees and sobbed. He didn’t get it. He didn’t understand why I was so upset, why I was sobbing. I began to explain the ramifications of the decision. He was quiet.
2022 was also an election year in MN for governor. Not long after Roe was overturned Gov. Walz codified abortion & reproductive rights in my state. When the laws passed Dad came to me and said he was glad. He said Dobbs was wrong. He was angry. He asked a question, which changed everything, “Even though I am registered as Republican, can I vote for Walz?” Yes, Dad, oh yes you can – and he DID. This was his first Democrat vote in his entire life, in 76 years of voting.
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It appears that based on Trump refusing to release his medical records that the GOP is basically putting up JD Vance at the top of the ticket for President. Both would be terrible. But let’s be clear. This is really JD Vance’s party at this point since Trump is of dubious health.
@HenYay@Angry_Staffer@faryl Yes, it will be well within Biden's *responsibility* to deploy the NG if the Trumpers attempt a reprise of the insurrection.