jfetting

Feminist, environmentalist, traditional bleeding heart liberal, retired CPA, MBA #TheResistance

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

So much of this is an attack on expertise, on the idea that there are actual experts who know more than a reality tv host. Because once you succeed in denigrating experts, you have no one to question you who has any, well, expertise.

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

The city of Monterey, California, has released a statement confirming there was a police sexual assault investigation involving Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth.
https://t.co/MbwHzMHJMg

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

Are we seriously not going get Democrat-requested #SwingStateHandRecounts?

We should at least have select precincts in a single swing state like NC or PA examined to determine whether or not there are deviations between the cast and tabulated votes.

Two months from an autocracy, @POTUS @VP @HouseDemocrats @SenateDems @marceelias, it feels like this is an effort at due diligence to ensure the process was sound, that America deserves.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Nearly half of Americans – and a majority of Republicans – don’t think scientists should play a role in scientific policy issues.

If we don’t want anti-vaxxers in charge of HHS, we’ll need to start convincing the American people on the value of science.

cc:@axios

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

In the next two months, Senate Democrats can...

-Fill 47 judicial vacancies

-Ensure a Dem majority on the NLRB

-Appoint key regulators to the SEC and FDIC to protect the American people from financial fraud

-Reappoint FTC Chair Lina Khan

Democrats need to act. Now.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

"Decapitation Strike: Preserving America from Trump's Appointments"
See link in profile or image below.

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

Four years ago, we faced unprecedented crises. President Biden understood the magnitude of the challenge and used the tools of government to meet the moment—including an infrastructure package that is transforming our nation. It will be remembered as this century's Big Deal.

[Laura Packard @lpackard]

Annual limits: Insurance companies in America used to have annual limits on how much they would pay for your care. If your cancer care hit the limit for that year, they would stop paying. The Affordable Care Act ended this.

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

I don’t care about hurting anyone’s feelings anymore.

You are a dumb fuck if you voted for that rapist, racist felon.

You are a dumb fuck if you thought both candidates would be bad and sat your ass at home.

Don't you fucking dare complain when your kid's teeth start separating from their gums.

Don't fucking complain when polio and measles are running rampant.

Don't fucking complain when cancer research is halted along with research for other deadly diseases.

Don't fucking complain when you can't find the prescription drugs to treat your serious conditions because the brain worm guy who is not a doctor will be deciding what medications you should be taking.

Don't complain when RFK Jr. has children drinking raw milk.

This is what the fuck you wanted.

A kook in charge of America’s health.

#DemsUnited

[Wendy Hasson MD @WendyHassonMD]

Have you ever watched a baby die of pertussis? I have. Several.

This is what it looks like:
A newborn baby can’t stop coughing. They can’t catch their breath and they can’t eat. They get dehydrated and stop peeing. They sometimes have pauses in their breathing. Parents are terrified so they come to the ER.

In the ER, labs show they have a dangerously high white blood cell count. Their blood has become thick from the white blood cells and doesn’t travel through organs like it should. Less oxygen gets delivered to vital organs. They start to seize. Imaging reveals they had a stroke. They can’t pump blood to their lungs and body.

A breathing tube gets placed in their trachea. They get put on a ventilator. A plastic catheter is placed in their veins and arteries to give them medicine and measure blood pressure.

If they are lucky, they can make it to a #PedsICU that provides #ECMO, or full heart lung bypass. They are attached to machines that take over all their body functions.

But it’s too late. Their hands and feet turn black because they can’t perfuse their bodies. Their faces turn grey/green. They won’t stop seizing from the brain injury.

They are attached to too many machines to hold while alive and parents lay their bodies on top of them and cry until they fall asleep then cry again.

There is nothing to do but stop the machines. Antibiotics to treat pertussis were given but were no match for the infections effects on a newborn baby.

Parents finally hold their baby after the machines have turned off and their baby is cold and lifeless.

Is this what you want? This is what RFK Jr will bring to American families.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my six-year-old friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good.

RFK Jr being tapped to lead HHS is a disgrace.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

BREAKING: Today, the United Nations voted 170-6 on "The Right of the Palestinian People to Self-Determination".

Those voting against:

🇺🇸United States
🇮🇱Israel
🇦🇷Argentina
🇵🇾Paraguay
🇫🇲Micronesia
🇳🇷Nauru

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

UPDATE: The Onion just bought Alex Jones' Infowars after he was forced to sell it due to a defamation suit from Sandy Hook parents.

Last month Rudy Giuliani had to give his luxury apartment & all his valuables to poll workers he defamed.

Can defamation law end right-wing lies?

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

World Diabetes Day is a good time to remember that the price of insulin and other lifesaving medications could skyrocket if Trump and Republicans make good on their threat to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Why don't we discuss the fact that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Larry Ellison own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans?

Part of the answer is that the people who own the media are doing phenomenally well. They aren't interested in highlighting massive levels of inequality.

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

The same man who was tied to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa is slated to become the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. https://t.co/EsUOJT66b0

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Our economy is far larger than it was decades ago.

Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.

Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.

This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Anyone you see on your timeline right now praising RFK Jr. is a person you never need to take seriously on anything ever again.

It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

A rapist for AG.
A spy for DNI.
A zealot for Defense.
An antivaxer for Health.
A criminal for president.

This is what Orwellian means.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

This account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.

It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.

This level of corruption is staggering.