2 words... Bill Cassidy. We might have had the same problems with a different appointment but Dr. Cassidy was the decider for this one. And here we are.
We believe in vaccines & are grateful for the Covid /Flu vac & ongoing work. Prevention & Env’l Health matter. Healthy waterways & foods …include soil & gardening. I thought Americans were work collegially with other nations - WHO . Veterinarians have worked on canine tick preventation …Humans? Who wants Lyme? Yes, they’re problems to solve.
Let’s get back to real science with innovation & guidelines that respect safety & expertise. Americans have led these efforts & guided env’l health globally. Science & engineering are an American strength. There are problems to solve.
*snort* This line had me laughing for a few minutes, thank you so much for that one. Maybe because he calls himself "kid" is why I found it so funny.
Anyone who'd vote for trump based on his stance on "health" would be crazy lol. Mr. McDonald's Big Mac himself.
He could care less about this movement unless it helps him. That's it and that's all. I doubt he even gives this much thought.
Anyone who'd listen to Kennedy about their health is also rather stupid, that man is clearly an idiot.
I blame the whole measles outbreak on him AND people like him, these poor children should not be suffering with a dangerous disease that can ultimately lead to Pneumonia, Encephalitis that can lead to perm brain damage and intellectual disability, deafness, and even, death. How many have died already? At least 2 so far.
What a horrible tragedy for those families. It was too bad we don't have something to give babies to stop this miserable disease, oh wait we do. This is the United States of America, we shouldn't behave as a 3rd world country does about our public health. Our young people deserve better than that! Be informed, read about health, but don't drive yourself nuts in paranoia. New parents are almost always scared! I know I was terrified taking my son home. So let's not scare them to the point that they stop doing actual lifesaving measures for their children like vaccinations.
Clearly, American voters have the memories of gnats - because in the first go 'round with this awful person, the administration was clearly on the side of big businesses. How he was able to snooker people again as being for the "average American" will clearly be studied as the greatest con ever. As for rfk? I think I'll take health advice from public health advocates who have studied for years instead of the drug-addled old white guy who used to "snort coca in off toilets." Also, it must be infuriating to black women that when Michelle Obama promoted healthy eating and being active it was "communism," but somehow it's okay when it's a old white man; ugh.
Here is a statistic for MAHA Moms: one in five, that's how many children didn't live to their 5th birthday a hundred years ago. Credit better sanitation, modern drugs like insulin and antibiotics, better food and , yes vaccines to reduce childhood mortality to less than 30 per 100,000--a number that has increased from 27 in recent years due in part to vaccine resistance. So if we want to increase child mortality, listen to Kennedy and his clown cohort
It is so interesting to see the MAHA meltdown. They have spent years spreading disinformation about glyphosate, so I'm sure they are mad that farmers, ranchers and their respective industry groups are defending the herbicide. For the MAHA crowd that feels like RFK Jr lied to them, yes he did, but he started long before he promised them he would make changes in Washington. He started lying about vaccines and agriculture years ago by amplifying junk science and attempting to discredit this country's regulatory agencies. With him now at the helm of HHS it has been super interesting to see some of these legacy "health influencers" reappear in an attempt to take advantage of some of the MAHA momentum. The Health Ranger, The Food Babe, Moms Across America etc. All of them pushing disinfo about chemicals while selling books and supplements and protein powder (I guess that is the good kind of ultra-processed?) A few additions to your info in the article about glyphosate. IARC the WHO agency which lists glyphosate as a "probable carcinogen" doesn't measure risk, only hazard. It is why they classify so many things as probable carcinogens including shift work. Other WHO agencies disagree with IARC's classification on glyphosate. And at least one of the scientists involved with the IARC process showed up as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in litigation. You are correct that the EPA has concluded it unlikely to be a human carcinogen. So has the European Food Safety Authority, Health Canada and many other regulatory agencies around the world. So the consensus on glyphosate is settled in the regulatory space, just not in the disinformation fueled court of public opinion. Full disclosure I work for Bayer and am involved in my family's row crop and cattle operation. Advocating for agriculture is really important to me especially now. Long time subscriber to the Bulwark. Thank you for being a voice of reason in these crazy times!
Interesting and not surprising about MAHA moms and their dislike of glyphosate. I've learned a lot about MAHA moms from clinics I've attended as a patient poisoned by glyphosate. I was/am the only democrat or liberal or whatever you want to call it at these clinics, surrounded by people who became maggots soon thereafter. At first I was surprised, but then realized their anti-vaxx politics led to a distrust of the allopathic world of big pharma. We shared some concerns, vaccines were not one of them but glyphosate, yes. Indeed the poisoning of our food in the U.S. is real. Most of us understood the disparity with other countries, even of U.S. "food" products, the very same label, sold outside the U.S. The former loaded up with unnecessary chemicals, the latter devoid of them. Yet this group of magas did not understand the relationship of gov. regulation, or rather lack thereof, to U.S. businesses. They were all libertarians, wanting government to get out of the way. I'd like to simplify this and conclude: they lacked higher education and critical thinking skills. But, in fact, several of the ones I met had attended Stanford and the Ivys, more had not. Of course, they did lack critical thinking skills. But they are absolutely right to be concerned about the poisoning of our food and the [partial] control of our health system by big pharma. Dems need to grab onto this issue. And, frankly, they need to do something about it. In Maine, we have MOFGA trying desperately to do something about PFAS regulation. But our Dem governor isn't into regulating them. So, there's that. Paper companies up north still to this day aerial spray glyphosate onto the trees before harvesting them.
Obviously the FDA rejection of Moderna’s vaccine and the subsequent reversal was an insider trading move. The stock fell sharply and now recovered. Journalists should find out who bought at the slump and now dumped the stock.
The motto of the oldest scientific society in the western world, The Royal Society, is "Nullus in Verba", which can be roughly translated as "take no one's word for it". If one is a deranged Trump cult member operative, what can be more subversive than that?
"“I READ AN ARTICLE TODAY,” Trump said during his January 2026 cabinet meeting,..."
I guess maybe there's a first time for everything...cutting into his (Kennedy's) MAHA base of support is certainly not one of them at this point though.
Clearly Kennedy is now well-entrenched with the sycophants who will stop at nothing to please Dear Leader (oh, but he did screw it up with Moderna, didn't he?). That he can do an absolute 180-degree pivot on Glycosphate says it all. He NEVER should have been confirmed, but neither should the rest of them!
I grew up on a farm in the Midwest. Every farmer used RoundUp and every farmer within tractor-driving distance of our farm died of cancer, including my father at age 59.
But, and this is the real point, what would make MAHA devotees vote for a Democrat? We are still lost in a messaging and policy fog.
it's deeply cynical to view Trump's exoneration of Roundup, looser regulations on Mercury from power plants, and the likely approval of Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine as a good thing for the midterms. But they are. Because each one, good or bad, is poison to MAHA's ideology. Good. Let these voters be good and mad at Bobby and Donnie and their ilk come November. Let them stay home, or vote against these two, and every unhealthy, horrible thing they stand for.
O4fxssake. Trump is a creepy puppet who’s mouth moves but who’s voice comes from whatever senior advisor’s hand is up his shorts. The Monsanto gift is the result of Brook Rollins doing the fondling.
Each and every MAGA and Trump supporter needs the living shit kicked out of them (without their medical expenses being paid with taxpayer dollars). There, I said it. Plenty of $$$ for ICE to terrorize people, but defunding the NIH which actually helps people? And all I can say is, Bhattacharya better not show himself around me, because it won't end well. There, I said it.
2 words... Bill Cassidy. We might have had the same problems with a different appointment but Dr. Cassidy was the decider for this one. And here we are.
We believe in vaccines & are grateful for the Covid /Flu vac & ongoing work. Prevention & Env’l Health matter. Healthy waterways & foods …include soil & gardening. I thought Americans were work collegially with other nations - WHO . Veterinarians have worked on canine tick preventation …Humans? Who wants Lyme? Yes, they’re problems to solve.
Let’s get back to real science with innovation & guidelines that respect safety & expertise. Americans have led these efforts & guided env’l health globally. Science & engineering are an American strength. There are problems to solve.
"the aging arena rocker turned MAGA provocateur"
*snort* This line had me laughing for a few minutes, thank you so much for that one. Maybe because he calls himself "kid" is why I found it so funny.
Anyone who'd vote for trump based on his stance on "health" would be crazy lol. Mr. McDonald's Big Mac himself.
He could care less about this movement unless it helps him. That's it and that's all. I doubt he even gives this much thought.
Anyone who'd listen to Kennedy about their health is also rather stupid, that man is clearly an idiot.
I blame the whole measles outbreak on him AND people like him, these poor children should not be suffering with a dangerous disease that can ultimately lead to Pneumonia, Encephalitis that can lead to perm brain damage and intellectual disability, deafness, and even, death. How many have died already? At least 2 so far.
What a horrible tragedy for those families. It was too bad we don't have something to give babies to stop this miserable disease, oh wait we do. This is the United States of America, we shouldn't behave as a 3rd world country does about our public health. Our young people deserve better than that! Be informed, read about health, but don't drive yourself nuts in paranoia. New parents are almost always scared! I know I was terrified taking my son home. So let's not scare them to the point that they stop doing actual lifesaving measures for their children like vaccinations.
Clearly, American voters have the memories of gnats - because in the first go 'round with this awful person, the administration was clearly on the side of big businesses. How he was able to snooker people again as being for the "average American" will clearly be studied as the greatest con ever. As for rfk? I think I'll take health advice from public health advocates who have studied for years instead of the drug-addled old white guy who used to "snort coca in off toilets." Also, it must be infuriating to black women that when Michelle Obama promoted healthy eating and being active it was "communism," but somehow it's okay when it's a old white man; ugh.
Here is a statistic for MAHA Moms: one in five, that's how many children didn't live to their 5th birthday a hundred years ago. Credit better sanitation, modern drugs like insulin and antibiotics, better food and , yes vaccines to reduce childhood mortality to less than 30 per 100,000--a number that has increased from 27 in recent years due in part to vaccine resistance. So if we want to increase child mortality, listen to Kennedy and his clown cohort
It is so interesting to see the MAHA meltdown. They have spent years spreading disinformation about glyphosate, so I'm sure they are mad that farmers, ranchers and their respective industry groups are defending the herbicide. For the MAHA crowd that feels like RFK Jr lied to them, yes he did, but he started long before he promised them he would make changes in Washington. He started lying about vaccines and agriculture years ago by amplifying junk science and attempting to discredit this country's regulatory agencies. With him now at the helm of HHS it has been super interesting to see some of these legacy "health influencers" reappear in an attempt to take advantage of some of the MAHA momentum. The Health Ranger, The Food Babe, Moms Across America etc. All of them pushing disinfo about chemicals while selling books and supplements and protein powder (I guess that is the good kind of ultra-processed?) A few additions to your info in the article about glyphosate. IARC the WHO agency which lists glyphosate as a "probable carcinogen" doesn't measure risk, only hazard. It is why they classify so many things as probable carcinogens including shift work. Other WHO agencies disagree with IARC's classification on glyphosate. And at least one of the scientists involved with the IARC process showed up as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in litigation. You are correct that the EPA has concluded it unlikely to be a human carcinogen. So has the European Food Safety Authority, Health Canada and many other regulatory agencies around the world. So the consensus on glyphosate is settled in the regulatory space, just not in the disinformation fueled court of public opinion. Full disclosure I work for Bayer and am involved in my family's row crop and cattle operation. Advocating for agriculture is really important to me especially now. Long time subscriber to the Bulwark. Thank you for being a voice of reason in these crazy times!
First sentence: herbicide
--confused midesterner
Interesting and not surprising about MAHA moms and their dislike of glyphosate. I've learned a lot about MAHA moms from clinics I've attended as a patient poisoned by glyphosate. I was/am the only democrat or liberal or whatever you want to call it at these clinics, surrounded by people who became maggots soon thereafter. At first I was surprised, but then realized their anti-vaxx politics led to a distrust of the allopathic world of big pharma. We shared some concerns, vaccines were not one of them but glyphosate, yes. Indeed the poisoning of our food in the U.S. is real. Most of us understood the disparity with other countries, even of U.S. "food" products, the very same label, sold outside the U.S. The former loaded up with unnecessary chemicals, the latter devoid of them. Yet this group of magas did not understand the relationship of gov. regulation, or rather lack thereof, to U.S. businesses. They were all libertarians, wanting government to get out of the way. I'd like to simplify this and conclude: they lacked higher education and critical thinking skills. But, in fact, several of the ones I met had attended Stanford and the Ivys, more had not. Of course, they did lack critical thinking skills. But they are absolutely right to be concerned about the poisoning of our food and the [partial] control of our health system by big pharma. Dems need to grab onto this issue. And, frankly, they need to do something about it. In Maine, we have MOFGA trying desperately to do something about PFAS regulation. But our Dem governor isn't into regulating them. So, there's that. Paper companies up north still to this day aerial spray glyphosate onto the trees before harvesting them.
Obviously the FDA rejection of Moderna’s vaccine and the subsequent reversal was an insider trading move. The stock fell sharply and now recovered. Journalists should find out who bought at the slump and now dumped the stock.
The motto of the oldest scientific society in the western world, The Royal Society, is "Nullus in Verba", which can be roughly translated as "take no one's word for it". If one is a deranged Trump cult member operative, what can be more subversive than that?
"“I READ AN ARTICLE TODAY,” Trump said during his January 2026 cabinet meeting,..."
I guess maybe there's a first time for everything...cutting into his (Kennedy's) MAHA base of support is certainly not one of them at this point though.
Clearly Kennedy is now well-entrenched with the sycophants who will stop at nothing to please Dear Leader (oh, but he did screw it up with Moderna, didn't he?). That he can do an absolute 180-degree pivot on Glycosphate says it all. He NEVER should have been confirmed, but neither should the rest of them!
I grew up on a farm in the Midwest. Every farmer used RoundUp and every farmer within tractor-driving distance of our farm died of cancer, including my father at age 59.
But, and this is the real point, what would make MAHA devotees vote for a Democrat? We are still lost in a messaging and policy fog.
it's deeply cynical to view Trump's exoneration of Roundup, looser regulations on Mercury from power plants, and the likely approval of Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine as a good thing for the midterms. But they are. Because each one, good or bad, is poison to MAHA's ideology. Good. Let these voters be good and mad at Bobby and Donnie and their ilk come November. Let them stay home, or vote against these two, and every unhealthy, horrible thing they stand for.
O4fxssake. Trump is a creepy puppet who’s mouth moves but who’s voice comes from whatever senior advisor’s hand is up his shorts. The Monsanto gift is the result of Brook Rollins doing the fondling.
Each and every MAGA and Trump supporter needs the living shit kicked out of them (without their medical expenses being paid with taxpayer dollars). There, I said it. Plenty of $$$ for ICE to terrorize people, but defunding the NIH which actually helps people? And all I can say is, Bhattacharya better not show himself around me, because it won't end well. There, I said it.