2024-11-20
Tag: it's just business
Neera Tanden’s missteps and the disability justice information space.
A reputation that was never that great. Neera Tanden has been accused of Hatch Act violations while working at the White House. This embarrassment is not unexpected sadly. Government Executive – Senior White House official violated the Hatch Act, OSC says A filing with the Merit Systems Protection Board alleges that Biden’s domestic policy advisor […]
All the nightmares of AI in hospitals.
Tracking everything a patient says in the ICU in order to deny nurses the ability to complain about unsafe staffing levels.
Public comment to CDC HICPAC committee November 2024 by Chloe
Going backward is a choice. We know better now. We use surgical gloves, autoclaves, disinfectants, checklists and yes, respirator masks exist. But big healthcare corporations don’t wanna pay for that, they lock up PPE, force nurses to work without sick leave at hospitals, and make patients beg for reasonable accommodation.
The Immorality of the so-called Job Creators.
“They also made ads to “trick overworked employees” into believing that more people would be brought on to alleviate their overwhelming workload.”
Trump admin’s grotesque folly set an extremely low bar for looking good on the pandemic.
More Trump will make more of the worst Democrats look not so bad because the comparison is a low set bar.
Big money industry interests have been on the side of disease all along.
On Knowledge Fight podcast #961, one of the guys said that Alex Jones worked for Covid-19 for free. But there was money behind spreading covid on purpose.
Trump sending tests to Putin — part of a larger cynical pandemic narrative.
So many of these journalists and reporters knew all sorts of things but you don’t find out until they release the “bombshell” books.
Trump rally streams still pushing ivermectin.
stream from the Trump rally at Madison Square garden with a 3-way split screen with the featured comedian in the middle, a view of the entire arena filled with people on the left, and on the right an advertisement for ivermectin
Making Novavax into a meme stock is a threat to public health.
All 3 vaccines approved in the U.S., from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax, are basically in the same ballpark with efficacy. There really haven’t been head to head studies of the 3 covid vaccines, of any size to say much about comparing them directly. But they all wane in efficacy over time, and that’s why there […]
Why are tycoons against public health? Follow the money.
“I’m an old-school journalist, I say follow the money. Because the greatest beneficiaries of their operations are the plutocrats that don’t want to pay any taxes…”
Right-wing pandemic denier political event in Pennsylvania.
Important Context – Who’s Speaking At the 2024 Brownstone Institute Conference? This year’s fringe fest shows the extent of the anti-science group’s influence. Walker Bragman, Allison Neitzel, and Natalie Jonas Oct 28, 2024 The panel lineup of the 2024 Pittsburgh conference not only illustrates how wide Brownstone’s influence web has become, but how unifying—and animating—public […]
The boycott that can make a dent on tycoons is a boycott by our government.
Government contracts don’t have to go unquestioned to the likes of people who buy newspapers and social media outlets to control propaganda and suppress free speech.
Lina Khan’s FTC announces click-to-cancel rule, requiring businesses to make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up.
There is a big push to get Lina Khan out by the executive class.
Republican state legislators in PA float punitive control of local governments forcing favour to fossil fuel.
Republican lawmakers want to punish municipalities attempting to protect local residents and public safety, and impede their compensation for environmental destruction by gas drillers. Saturday, October 12, 2024 Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And […]