It's simultaneously a sophisticated Chinese bioweapon and also a completely harmless cold that doesn't require masking, says GOP
Michael Hiltzik
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Pulitzer-winning journalist, historian..."Golden State," my new history of California (the resistance state) came out on Feb. 18. Details at michaelhiltzik.com. And find my columns at www.latimes.com/hiltzik
When this shit started, there was a scramble to appease it, to be seen taking it seriously. But there was never scientific evidence for it. Never any reason to treat it as anything more than a conspiracy theory. It’s shameful that so many publications didn’t see the clear disinformation campaign.
SARS-CoV-2 did not come from a lab. There is no evidence pointing to laboratory origins. There’s been a massive disinformation campaign to convince the public otherwise. It’s scary how effective that campaign has been.
Congrats again to the White House Correspondents Association!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
The right wing whining about COVID lockdowns gets on my last nerve because these are the same people who refused to do *anything* to stop the spread, in the name of “liberty.” The way the right behaved when COVID broke out was disgusting and backward, directly responsible for making it even worse.
“Sandwich guy case” “Harvard clawed frog embryo smuggling case” “Olympic canoeist reflecting pool vandalism case” “James Comey seashells Instagram post case” New rule: If the case sounds like a Mad Libs story, it’s probably about to implode.
Since it is being discussed... my Substack piece on the Secretary's comments: My son's Autism was not "preventable" Mr. Secretary, nor was it "induced" timothymcbride.substack.com/p/my-sons-au...
My son's Autism was not "preventable" Mr. Secretary, nor was it "induced"
And he works, pays taxes, graduated from high school and college, is a great human being. All people have worth and should not be subject to inaccurate stereotypes.
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Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3d agoRFKJr: "I have never questioned the efficacy of the MMR vaccine." He is lying.
Well done by Dana Bash. -RFK Jr: You don't understand this. You're not a scientist. -Bash: Neither are you. Reminder of why it's a race among this guy, Hegseth, S Miller, R Vought, Lutnick, Bondi->Blanche, Noem->Markwain, Tulsi->Pulte, etc for WORST and most destructive mini-Trump.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
The president took on a vanity project, gave no-bid contracts to contractors who screwed it up, made up a story about vandals to cover it up, and then fomented a felony prosecution against an innocent scapegoat. You could impeach for anything he's done but "This asshole is out of control" is a layup
Roy Edroso@edroso.bsky.social · 4d agoWhen you slow down and think about it you realize it's ten times worse than it seems. Sure it's farcical, but it's also a brutal legal attack on a man they knew to be innocent, done to distract from their own thievery and incompetence and as a flex to terrify anyone who might make them look bad.
Hard to imagine a less responsible or knowledgable take on the Fauci hearing than this one, from Peggy Noonan, not that it's surprising given the author and the publication: www.wsj.com/opinion/anth...
Opinion | Anthony Fauci Unmasks Himself
His diaries make clear that he saw the pandemic less as a historic emergency than a media opportunity.
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Hard to imagine a dumber, less responsible or knowledgable take on the Fauci hearing than this one, from Peggy Noonan, not that it's surprising given the author and the publication: www.wsj.com/opinion/anth...
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This New Yorker writer brings the stupid in treating Rand Paul's ridiculous questions to Fauci as "worth exploring" and the zoonisis theory of COVID's origin, which is overwhelmingly favored by scientists, as just "one scenario": www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Failures of the Fauci Hearing
Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.
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man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
Shameless self promotion, but @hiltzikm.bsky.social review of We Want Them Infected recognized that disinformation agents never paid any price for being wrong. From 3 years ago.
Column: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price
They were some of the most prominent academics in the country. They pushed a devastatingly wrong COVID policy, but they've never admitted their error.
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Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing
I'd Love to read Fauci's diary entry for today...assume he'd be unloading on all the morons who questioned him and spouted lies
Good lord, there are a lot of TOTAL MORONS in the U.S. Senate. Case in point.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Ron Johnson claims the the "injection injured" are committing mass suicide
Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.
Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
Emily Wilson’s scathing review of Nolan’s Odyssey is fascinating, but says more about the poem than the movie: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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I think people underrate how long Musk has been coasting on his unearned reputation as a genius amongst the moron community over ten years ago. He’s long past his prime and those companies might easily do better dropping in a new fake boy genius to serve as figurehead.
People are saying the White House Correspondents dinner Friday was an embarrassment for Trump. It wasn't. It was an embarrassment for the WHCA and for anyone who was there and didn't walk out when Trump began to speak.
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