Melinda Wel

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

EPIC!!! 👏

[Kevin Bass @kevinnbass]

I was a lifelong Democrat. I thought most conservatives were ignorant or evil or lying. I believed almost everything written in the New York Times, The New Republic, and the Atlantic. I was horrified when conservatives criticized the authorities. Every criticism I saw: I thought all of it was motivated by animus, resentment, self-interest, or ignorance.

Whatever truth there might have been in the criticism, I saw as a mere "half-truth": an exploitation of this or that cherrypicked fact being weaponized. Why did I see it in terms of weaponization? Because I was biased: I saw liberal establishment institutions and figures as fundamentally good, so all criticism of them was automatically interpreted as being in bad faith.

Didn't the critics know that these institutions or figures were fundamentally good? If they didn't, they were ignorant. If they did, they were evil. It was that simple. This meant that any legitimate criticisms would just be dismissed, as if bouncing off of an impenetrable bulletproof shield.

This all changed once I started writing about the pandemic. Soon people started talking about me the way I once thought about conservatives. This led to a complete identity collapse as I came to understand that my old worldview was hateful and ignorant, that I hadn't understood what I had been judging.

I cannot forget the hearing that led to my dismissal from medical school a year after I started writing. During the hearing, people talked about me as if I wasn't human. My behavior was interpreted in the worst possible light. Complete fabrications were created. Nobody was concerned with the truth, only horrified at my apparent "unprofessional behavior", which was really a mirror of their unprofessional behavior directed at me. They structured the hearing to make it virtually impossible for me to speak and explain that what was being said was a lie. And nobody seemed to have any problem with this. Why? Because I was bad. If I am bad, then every mistreatment and every violation of the school's own policies became justified. A person who is bad does not deserve any rights. They only deserve punishment.

But the thing I remember most was the allusions to my social media activity. They said, "Kevin is driven by resentment from his childhood." I wasn't. I was on good terms with my parents. They alleged that I needed psychotherapy to deal with this trauma. It was a completely fake story that they had constructed about me, to demean me, to marginalize me, to try to explain the views I had expressed: that something terribly wrong had happened during the pandemic. They couldn't imagine that I might have legitimate points. So they reduced me to the same kinds of psychological caricatures that I once reduced conservatives to in my own mind.

When I was dismissed, I was broken. But I had help from friends who helped me understand what happened. And I came to realize that a hysteria had overtaken the left. I spent a lot of time reading about show trials, about witch trials, and so on. I also connected with people who had experienced similar things and came to realize that something similar had happened to hundreds of physicians around the country. My story wasn't unique. It was all the same story over and over again.

I cannot believe the person I once was. I cannot believe that I could exist like that. I still don't understand how I could be like that, or how millions of people in this country could continue being like that. It disturbs me greatly.

One thing I know is that whatever this thing is that is driving people crazy needs to be destroyed. It is hostile to civilization and to our humanity. It causes us to dehumanize each other and try to destroy each other. It is the very same monstrous thing that I once attributed to conservatives. But it had been inside me, and I could now see it inside others. This is something I still grapple with.

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

Yep! 👇🙏🏻🙌🏼

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

Since I’m going to be hearing this for the next 6 months as a Texas voter, let me answer the question:

“You would vote for an adulterer over James Talarico? That’s not very Christian.”

Here’s the truth: I would rather vote for almost anyone else who is going to at least advocate for conservative *policies* over a literal heretic who wears my faith like a skin suit, advocates for policies that harm children, endorses immorality and generally harm society.

Ken Paxton has personal baggage. I don’t deny that. But Talarico has plenty too — and he openly mocks God’s law and treats Jesus as a political mascot all while pushing a radical far-left agenda that would be a disaster for my state.

You see, I’m an adult. I do not expect those who are seeking political office to be my moral superiors or even trustworthy. They are tools to be used to do the least amount of damage via policy.

I wish more pastors and men who live godly lives were running. I really do. But the options we get are what they are.

Paxton supports secure borders, law enforcement, lower taxes, unleashing American energy, the Second Amendment, just to name a few.

Talarico supports unlimited abortion, trans-ing children, higher taxes, government-run “healthcare,” and is incredibly comfortable blaspheming the word of God.

I’m not voting for a priest. I’m voting for an imperfect person to represent my interests. That’s how it works.

You’re not going to guilt trip Texans into supporting a looney tunes candidate like Talarico. Paxton will win by 5+.

It’s about policy, not personality.

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

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[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@VivienCBuckley @KennyCarmody @SabinehazanMD @Kevin_McKernan @Jikkyleaks @SciGuardians @weldeiry They are MHE3 (matured hops extract). They have already greatly improved my IBS-C, anxiety, focus, skin, fingernails, cognitive function, libido (even while getting off my bio-identical hormones), and so much more in just 3 months.

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@KennyCarmody @SabinehazanMD @Kevin_McKernan @Jikkyleaks @SciGuardians @weldeiry @VivienCBuckley I just started taking some drops that reset my vagus nerve. Hubby and I have been taking them for a little over 3 months. It’s been astonishing how much better I feel. I was a mess so my results are more dramatic than my husband’s. 🙂

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@morellifit Test

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@drtaubraun My husband and I contracted Covid three years ago and both struggle with both of those symptoms. We also both had the antibody infusion to knock it out quickly, so wondered if that was the culprit.

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@SabinehazanMD Happy birthday Dr. Hazan! God bless you greatly on your birthday! 🎁 Your knowledge and your boldness in passing it along are a blessing to me and many others!

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@SabinehazanMD @newstart_2024 @LetsTalkSht Great information! How do you fix it?

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@newstart_2024 Fascinating! So how do you fix it?

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! WooHoo 🤸‍♀️I’ve learned so much!! #MyXAnniversary

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@MidwesternDoc Thank you!! Fascinating article! We were definitely in a bad place but I’m hopeful that things are changing. MAHA

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@SabinehazanMD Ditto what others said…I get all of your posts because I have it set to do so. I don’t want to miss any nugget of knowledge. I have lived what you preach so it resonates with me.

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@AngelitaDru @MakisMD I’ve been putting a small amount of castor oil on my nodules. I just started doing it a few days ago, but they are shrinking. I’m hopeful.

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@FurFeather3 @DavidWolfe I took 2 doses of Levaquin for a worsening cat bite. I ended up with extreme plantar fasciitis for 7 years and colostrum difficile colitis. An amazing masseuse finally helped with the plantar fasciitis, all in one visit. Learned a LOT about gut microbiome because of the C. Diff.

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

Amen! It IS a spiritual crisis!!

[Dr. Ben Tapper @DrBenTapper1]

Mic drop!

I’ve been saying this whole thing is spiritual and psychological warfare since day one!

@CaseyMeansMD

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@ColangeloCarla That’s AWFUL!!😢 🙏🏻

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@SabinehazanMD @delbigtree @MAHAalliance @newstart_2024 What’s the healthiest way to clear your bowels on a regular basis? I’m asking as a 62 yr old lifelong sufferer of IBS-C. I’ve tried EVERYTHING! Prunes, magnesium, high fiber, prescription, otc products, magnesium citrate, etc

[Melinda Wel @MinervaJames20]

@newstart_2024 What’s the healthiest way to clear your bowels on a regular basis? I’m asking as a 62 yr old lifelong sufferer of IBS-C. I’ve tried EVERYTHING! Prunes, magnesium, high fiber, prescription, otc products, magnesium citrate, etc.