Deepwader

@deepwader.bsky.social

Retired with plenty of time to pay attention. Lifelong proud Dem and more liberal than Bernie. I believe in truth and goodness and I'm not afraid to swear about it.

From the NIH website: In Dec 2021, we reported that the first year of the U.S. vaccination effort had averted 1.1 million deaths and 10.3 million hospitalizations (compared to a no-vaccine scenario), primarily by blunting a surge in the Delta variant during the summer and early autumn of 2021.

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Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Mother Jones obtained around 2,000 pages of court filings and police reports pertaining to Miller, which include allegations dating back to high school.

“Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats”: Mother Jones Exposé on Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Miller

Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller’s ex-wife Emily Moren...

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According to the World Health Organization, who acknowledge deaths are under reported, 7.1 million people died - 1.2 of them Americans - during the pandemic. And this man, this willfully ignorant gnome who had been vaccinated, tries to blame Dr. Fauci?

RFK Jr. targets Fauci and pushes medical misinformation in fiery CNN interview | CNN Politics

In attempting to rewrite the history of the US Covid-19 response, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday pinned the blame for pandemic lockdowns on Dr. Anthony Fauci, while simultaneously re...

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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

This indicates incompetence or a war crime. One of the biggest ordinance available with no military target nearby. "We are aware of the reports and looking into them,” said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a Central Command spokesman. “The U.S. military never targets civilians

Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians (Gift Article)

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

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I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)

Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.

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