So if the federal government isn't going to spend our tax dollars responsibly, why are we paying taxes? Or does this mean we can stop paying taxes and donate that money to nonprofits that will actually take care of our citizens? Asking for a friend.

So that's why he changed the name from Twitter to X. It all makes sense now.

In Defense of Rest

Americans work longer hours, leave more vacation days on the table, and feel more stressed than European workers. Meanwhile, the rich get richer off our labor. It's time to rest without the guilt.

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A little louder for the folks in the back:

The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

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Last weekend, neo-Nazis demonstrated at a performance of Anne Frank in Michigan. This weekend, more were parading in Ohio. Displays of hate are on the rise. We need our leaders to denounce them.
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A MAHA themed meme that is circulating

What do you notice in this photo with the incoming health expert?

Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.

Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”

This was Columbus, Ohio just yesterday.
The home state of the Vice President-elect, JD Vance.

When I said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being DHHS Secretary would kill people, you all understood that I was being literal, right?

To underscore: Kennedy Jr. will actually kill people. Mostly children. And only a contemptible monster like Trump would position him to do that and think nothing of it.

Big win for polio today.

Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:

Vaccines are a miracle and amazing