Dawson Hicks
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For generations doctors have understood that germs — like bacteria or viruses — cause infectious diseases.
Yet we now have an HHS Secretary casting doubt on the germ theory — the foundation of modern medicine.
That’s not only unacceptable, it is dangerous. RFK Jr. must resign.
Yet we now have an HHS Secretary casting doubt on the germ theory — the foundation of modern medicine.
That’s not only unacceptable, it is dangerous. RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr does not just reject vaccines. He rejects science and must step down | Bernie Sanders
Kennedy is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern science
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For generations doctors have understood that germs — like bacteria or viruses — cause infectious diseases.
Yet we now have an HHS Secretary casting doubt on the germ theory — the foundation of modern medicine.
That’s not only unacceptable, it is dangerous. RFK Jr. must resign.
Yet we now have an HHS Secretary casting doubt on the germ theory — the foundation of modern medicine.
That’s not only unacceptable, it is dangerous. RFK Jr. must resign.
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Is anyone keeping a list of Democrats in office trying to sabotage their own party and help Republicans secure a win this fall?
Democratic congresswoman Laura Gillen says of Mamdani: "His comments about intifada, calls for violence against Jewish people, it's really inappropriate for someone like that to lead the city of New York."
June 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Is anyone keeping a list of Democrats in office trying to sabotage their own party and help Republicans secure a win this fall?
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Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down
June 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down
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It is worth reminding every American today that the people who hid Anne Frank were outlaws. The people who sent her to die in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp were law-abiding citizens.
It is hard to express enough how terrible today's decision is.
ICE will now send people to countries they've never been to or even heard of — Mexicans to South Sudan, Vietnamese to Libya, Venezuelans to Kosovo —and those people will have no right to challenge that decision.
ICE will now send people to countries they've never been to or even heard of — Mexicans to South Sudan, Vietnamese to Libya, Venezuelans to Kosovo —and those people will have no right to challenge that decision.
June 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It is worth reminding every American today that the people who hid Anne Frank were outlaws. The people who sent her to die in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp were law-abiding citizens.
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right-wingers will often say that America deserves credit for ending slavery rather than blame for having slavery. but then we made a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery and they still got mad, which should tell you what their real objection is.
when you’re so racist you don’t let your workers have a day off for a holiday recognizing the end of slavery
June 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
right-wingers will often say that America deserves credit for ending slavery rather than blame for having slavery. but then we made a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery and they still got mad, which should tell you what their real objection is.
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Lol i posted this a month ago and I was right. No more federal inspection of dairy but trying to remove red dye 40 from foods
Those people weren't talking about making sure that your food is free from e-coli. They just want red-dye 40 out of breakfast cereal. They don't care if you die from eating romaine. Shit, they WANT raw milk to be legal.
remember when some people were like "well I disagree with rfk jr on vaccines but at least he's going to make food safer"
April 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Lol i posted this a month ago and I was right. No more federal inspection of dairy but trying to remove red dye 40 from foods
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The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
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Yes. The tariffs don't represent a coherent philosophy or political strategy. Trump simply does not know how global trade works.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
April 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yes. The tariffs don't represent a coherent philosophy or political strategy. Trump simply does not know how global trade works.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
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A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks, wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies'
A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.npr.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks, wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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“The Great Gatsby is dated and irrelevant.” You’re right. What could a novel about a generation of young men becoming hustlers and white nationalists because they were sold a lie about the American Dream possibly have to say about our current moment?
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March 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“The Great Gatsby is dated and irrelevant.” You’re right. What could a novel about a generation of young men becoming hustlers and white nationalists because they were sold a lie about the American Dream possibly have to say about our current moment?
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There’s no reason to have a Democratic Party if it won’t go to the mat to save the Department of Education. It’s a fundamental belief that children in America deserve better futures. It’s tremendously simple. You cannot continue funding a government that would close this.
The Department of Education will begin sweeping layoffs tonight with about half of its 4,400 employees expected to be let go, sources tell CNN.
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
March 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s no reason to have a Democratic Party if it won’t go to the mat to save the Department of Education. It’s a fundamental belief that children in America deserve better futures. It’s tremendously simple. You cannot continue funding a government that would close this.
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Lincoln talked about a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Today, with Trump as our president, we have a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires.
Today, with Trump as our president, we have a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires.
March 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lincoln talked about a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Today, with Trump as our president, we have a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires.
Today, with Trump as our president, we have a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires.
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must rock being a cybertruck guy. every time you pull up it’s like beep beep make way for the Ambassador of Divorce
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
must rock being a cybertruck guy. every time you pull up it’s like beep beep make way for the Ambassador of Divorce
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Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English
Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English
WASHINGTON—In a move designed to promote unity and establish efficiency at the federal level, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday making the nation’s official language remedial Eng...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English
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This is probably the most accurate take.
February 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is probably the most accurate take.
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if you are on a plane in the United States the safest thing to do right now is to jump out
February 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you are on a plane in the United States the safest thing to do right now is to jump out
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I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls
February 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls
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DEI aims to hire qualified, talented people who had been shut out due to prejudice and the legacy thereof.
One can reasonably criticize how a program works in practice, or anything along those lines. But the idea is make orgs stronger via diversity, not hire unqualified people and make orgs weaker.
One can reasonably criticize how a program works in practice, or anything along those lines. But the idea is make orgs stronger via diversity, not hire unqualified people and make orgs weaker.
Pete Hegseth isn’t DEI. Daniel Penny isn’t DEI. That’s not what DEI is.
They’re just grossly unqualified for their jobs and add no value that any replacement legacy job applicant wouldn’t bring.
So stop saying “it’s DEI” like it’s a clever commentary on the situation. It’s not.
They’re just grossly unqualified for their jobs and add no value that any replacement legacy job applicant wouldn’t bring.
So stop saying “it’s DEI” like it’s a clever commentary on the situation. It’s not.
February 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
DEI aims to hire qualified, talented people who had been shut out due to prejudice and the legacy thereof.
One can reasonably criticize how a program works in practice, or anything along those lines. But the idea is make orgs stronger via diversity, not hire unqualified people and make orgs weaker.
One can reasonably criticize how a program works in practice, or anything along those lines. But the idea is make orgs stronger via diversity, not hire unqualified people and make orgs weaker.
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Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.
January 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.
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I guess I'm too woke because I find the proliferation of this really off-putting and gross. The fact that it's now reached the "enlightened centrists" class is depressing.
January 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I guess I'm too woke because I find the proliferation of this really off-putting and gross. The fact that it's now reached the "enlightened centrists" class is depressing.
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"Biology has a hard time telling us how to categorize people into nested anythings, let alone justify mistreatment based on group characteristics."
January 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Biology has a hard time telling us how to categorize people into nested anythings, let alone justify mistreatment based on group characteristics."
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republicans don’t think you count as an american if you live in the wrong place or vote for the wrong party!
BRENNAN: Do you expect though that Republicans will still help Californians in need even if they don't like their local politics and the party?
SEN. BARRASSO: I expect there will be strings attached to money that is ultimately approved ...
SEN. BARRASSO: I expect there will be strings attached to money that is ultimately approved ...
January 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
republicans don’t think you count as an american if you live in the wrong place or vote for the wrong party!