I believe the only answer here is that the congresspeople and senators all get unimaginable pressure.
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Vaccine fruit basket upset: write your reps.
Vaccines are in jeopardy and a public health doctor resigned from CDC, openly citing the eugenics language of leadership.
Democratic Party “leadership” poised to screw up massively in Michigan and elsewhere.
Nobody with sense who wants to win a senate seat for the party would tee up an uninspiring candidate who votes aligned with the fossil fuel industry and takes money from fossil fuels. They’re trying to thwart 2 candidates that are popular because they stand up strong for the values that the Democratic Party is […]
Don’t let them tell you we’re to blame for monstrosity AI data centers.
Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 029
Youtube allows ads that make a really great argument for the government to crack down on this stuff.
These bonkers eyeglasses commercials aren’t even the worst commercials I’ve seen on Youtube, but a lot of these ads are great arguments for government regulation that’s unfortunately not happening. Ever since I was getting new glasses recently, which involved a multiple trips to eye care over a couple of months in order to get it […]
Pennsylvania has DLCs not DMVs, don’t believe DMV scammers.
Pennsylvania doesn’t have DMV offices, only DLCs.
“Killing Fields”
“Accusation in a Mirror (AiM) is a rhetorical practice in which one falsely accuses one’s enemies of conducting, plotting, or desiring to commit precisely the same transgressions that one plans to commit against them.”
Deregulation appears to be an attempt to grease the wheels toward corruption with political favours.
Why would anyone want to go backwards to a system that was more corrupt other than corrupt bad actors?
Berwick school board entertains MAGA psychological hangups about trans kids.
Waiting for a lot of unequal treatment with the implementation of this “only your proper name” policy.
When something is sold with a “trick” to get around safety regulations, that’s a big red flag.
There are tons of supplements sold with this trick, where they have influencers and mommy bloggers, and accounts that seem like randos on social media, making the claims, even when the label on the bottles say something else, something serious, because there’s a rule to try to protect people.
The Wellness Company is right-wing, and pushes covid quackery including anti-vax crap.
Deregulation of supplements has funded the right-wing greatly, so much so some think that regulating it would go a long way toward defeating the far right.
Pandemic fraud leads to jail time for a landlord in Scranton Pennsylvania.
“The companies had no business operations, according to a federal indictment. Four companies own five residential buildings, where the businesses supposedly operated, according to deeds.”
St. Charles Missouri community rejects the AI data center plan.
This place had public officials signing NDAs too.
AI data centers and the real economy.
This big tech AI data center boondoggle push is leading to soaring electricity prices. Nobody wants that.
Another attempt, this time at the state level, to legislate forcing consumers into harm from automated stuff without recourse.
Colorado edition. The Lever – Aug 19, 2025 The Plot To Outlaw AI Lawsuits State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI use potentially violates consumer protection laws. Helen Santoro Under pressure from tech giants after their legislative loss in Washington, Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has called […]
Whistleblower book about the culty Tesla workplace.
This is an eye opening interview with financial journalist Sönke Iwersen that includes lots of creepy deets about Tesla workplaces in Europe.
Ghost health insurance plans.
Spread the word about sketchy health insurance! You never know who in your life might be buying health insurance and walk ass-backwards into one of these hustles. Health insurance plans tied to fake jobs. Self-employed, small business owners and people in the gig economy are getting ripped off when they think they’re buying health insurance […]
Consolidation is not strength in numbers, diversity is strength in numbers.
If you consolidate everything, it’s in one big target that’s more vulnerable and less agile.
Of course messaging from leadership is a central factor in public health.
Anyone telling anyone that people refused covid mitigations because of personal choice based on rational rejection of vaccines, testing, masks, and remote work, is either lying or themselves a fool.
Funded advertising for the idea of state sponsored ethnic cleansing in America is not a good sign.
And I really don’t want my tax dollars paying for that bullshit, do you?