It was always the right-wing pushing everyone to the right. And politicians need to be pushed back, and the only people who can do that is constituents. Quite a catch 22.
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We do need a shadow cabinet, but a private medical society is unlikely to overthrow the current regime.
Don’t wait for some elite doctors and scientists to save science for the people from “behind the scenes”.
Yes, calling and writing your elected representatives makes a difference.
And no, don’t bother calling politicians if you’re not a verifiable constituent they represent. I keep going over this because I continually people saying they’re doing activism, and then telling people to make anonymous calls, or send emails to some official in another state, and that’s just not going to do anything. I’ve explained the […]
Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul pushing Trumpian faschy anti-mask law.
Democrat voters in New York should be shaming Hochul immediately for this right-wing anti-mask maga bullshit.
The postal service should be expanded, not downsized.
I want the postal service to remain the U.S. postal service and continue serving the people with mail delivery without regard for profitability.
Parks, forests, and nature, are economic powerhouses, actually.
If all you care about is the economics when it comes to parks and public lands, then you should want them, because setting aside and preserving nature is actually very good for The Economy.
Return to Normalcy is not progress anyway.
I hope we all realize by now that nothing will ever be the same again, there’s no normal to return to, and let’s face it normal was never all it was cracked up to be. On the anniversary of the pandemic declaration by the WHO, I’m reflecting on the fact that nothing has really ever […]
No to data center corporate welfare.
Data centers don’t need to be subsidized as businesses that need them and will build them either way. There is zero justification for giving taxpayer giveaways to big tech companies and cryptocurrency tycoons to build their data centers. Boondoggle – Big Tech’s AI Blackmail State and local data center extortion is going national. Pat Garofalo […]
Calling Gretchen Whitmer – pick up the clue phone, Big Gretch.
Remember, if your Democratic Party representative isn’t hearing from you, they will assume you think they’re doing just fine!
Tiktok is dead, long live tiktok.
All the platforms with their black box manipulative algorithms are problematic.
Elected representatives care about what their constituents say.
No matter the issue, you are always best off contacting your own elected representatives.
Letters to reps.
each person who writes really makes a larger difference than you might expect
It’s hard to convince people, but they can be nudged.
We need regulatory incentives for doctors to explain the benefits of vaccination to patients.
The woke-washing of right-wingers in opposition to public health.
Spare me arguments that someone against public health is going to solve public health issues.
“Behind the scenes” hopium peddling needs to stop.
Savior syndrome, normalcy bias, and apocalyptic hopium, it’s all a bamboozle.