Orangeworker

An allegiance to any politician is a civic failure.

covid and the vaccines created cults around both sides of the debate. Gain of function is probably a good thing overall, but like much of science and medicine, carries risks. We saw one of the risks play out, which happens. But he should not have lied about it consistently for so long and under oath.

The whole “Fauci funded Wuhan” outrage is always funny to me. Yes, public health officials funded research into dangerous viruses. That’s what they’re supposed to do. The goal wasn’t to start a pandemic. The goal was to understand potential pandemic threats before they spread around the world. Apparently some people believe scientists should only study viruses after they’ve already killed millions of people. You can debate whether every grant was a good idea. You can debate oversight. But pretending Fauci’s intent was anything other than trying to prevent future outbreaks is just conspiracy fan fiction. The man funded virus research because he thought understanding viruses saves lives. What a monster.

Apparently we’ve reached the stage of American politics where the guy who spent decades fighting deadly diseases is the villain, while the people who spent COVID promoting horse dewormer, conspiracy theories, and Facebook memes are somehow the heroes. Anthony Fauci should be honored, not prosecuted. Let’s remember what was actually happening in 2020. A brand-new virus was spreading across the globe. Hospitals were overflowing. Morgues were using refrigerated trucks. Nobody knew exactly how the virus spread, how deadly it would be, or what treatments would work. In the middle of all that chaos, Fauci did something apparently unforgivable: he listened to scientists. The biggest complaint from his critics seems to be that his recommendations changed over time. Yes. That’s called science. When new evidence appears, scientists update their conclusions. That’s literally the entire point. The alternative is deciding everything once and refusing to change your mind regardless of the facts—which, coincidentally, seems to be the preferred approach of many of the people demanding his prosecution. Did Fauci get everything right? Of course not. Nobody did. Not the CDC. Not governors. Not presidents. Not public health officials in Europe, Asia, or anywhere else. When you’re dealing with a once-in-a-century pandemic, perfection isn’t an option. You make decisions using the best information available at the time and adjust as new data arrives. But somehow we’ve decided that every mistake made during a global emergency should be treated like evidence of criminal intent. That’s absurd. If being wrong occasionally during an unprecedented crisis is grounds for prosecution, then we’d better clear out a lot more government offices than just Fauci’s. What’s especially ridiculous is that many of the same people attacking him benefited from the very scientific advances they mocked. The vaccines dramatically reduced severe illness and death. Treatments improved. Hospitals became better equipped to handle outbreaks. Life eventually returned to normal not because the virus got bored and left, but because scientists, researchers, doctors, and public health experts worked around the clock to understand it. And through all of it, Fauci became the national punching bag simply because he represented expertise in an era where expertise itself became suspicious. The irony is almost impressive. We spent decades telling kids to study hard, trust evidence, and pursue careers in science. Then when a real crisis arrived, we turned one of the country’s leading infectious disease experts into a political supervillain because reality didn’t always align with partisan talking points. History will likely view Fauci as what he actually was: a career public servant trying to navigate an impossible situation. The pandemic response was messy. Mistakes were made. Debate is healthy. Accountability matters. But criminalizing scientific judgment because you didn’t like the conclusions is not accountability. It’s political theater. Anthony Fauci spent his life fighting diseases. The fact that some people now want to treat him like a criminal says a lot more about our politics than it does about him.

@hockeytender6 @mitchellvii

Giorgia Meloni is all butt-hurt now that Trump publicly criticized her after she stabbed him in the back over Iran. She was the one who betrayed Trump, not the other way around.

Maybe trump's singular qualification for any cabinet position is how many people they plan to fire. Trump’s new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds yahoo.com/news/politics/…

@SecKennedy Tell your boss to stop killing nature, please.

America faces more than a chronic disease epidemic that threatens our physical health. We also face a spiritual malaise that undermines our mental health. Our children are increasingly isolated, fragmented, and anxious, spending more than 8.5 hours a day on screens. This summer, put down the phone and reconnect with nature, family, and community. It's time to Take Back Your Health. Eat Real Food. Get Active. Together, we will Make America Healthy Again.

@WallStreetMav Wait, so you're telling me the party that prides itself on only looking out for itself attracts people that are only interested in benefitting themselves? Crazy.

Sen Kennedy (R-Louisiana) is a liberal, fooling Republicans with his folksy jokes. In areas which Republicans dominate, liberals change their voter registration to run for office. He votes with Conservates most of the time, when it doesn't matter. Then betrays us on key votes.

@RpsAgainstTrump x.com/JREEEEE9/statu…

Trump on Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni: “She’s probably happy I talked to her. I didn’t have to talk to her. She begged me to take a photo with her. She wanted a photo with me so much. I wouldn’t have even done it, but I felt sorry for her.”

@CNN x.com/JREEEEE9/statu…

Italy's foreign minister has canceled a planned trip to the US over Trump's comments about Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. cnn.it/4aXhQ0M

Begin the countdown to donald trump calling giorgia meloni "giorgia baloney"

It can be true that anthony fauci has been a historical force for good, including through covid, and that he lied under oath about wuhan gain of function research. Just like gain of function research, like most research, can have greatly positive results and greatly negative ones. Being some kind of covid extremist, on either side, doesn't mean one negates the other.

@colorisoseph @emeriticus Yes

@JREEEEE9 @emeriticus Oh you mean he only gets to be US Senator and US Vice President by age 40? That’s it?

There is no amount of money you could offer me to humiliate myself on a daily basis the way Vance does. The guy simply has no core, no shame, no charisma. He is the purest sock puppet to ever disgrace political office, an empty suit making human sounds.

Generally I haven't really cared about the whole reflecting pool hoopla. But the no-bid contract, the lying, the bluster, the blame games, the self congratulations, the overspending, the pointlessness, the spectacle over substance and the completely botched job, it's just another sad metaphor for his entire presidency and entire life. Blue liner floats to surface of newly renovated Reflecting Pool | Read full article at san.com/cc/blue-liner-…

Hours after this interview, israel attacked lebanon. Literally nobody respects trump. They just exploit his stupidity and weakness.

@shannonr709 @RpsAgainstTrump And weak values

@JREEEEE9 @RpsAgainstTrump People have short memories.

George W. Bush hands Michelle Obama mints ahead of the dedication ceremony at the Obama Presidential Center

@AAGDhillon @USEEOC "Encouraged" and "reportedly". Sounds like nothing more than christians desperately trying to be "persecuted" again. Some pick me shit.

Swing and a miss! Major League Baseball encouraged players to wear “Black Lives Matter” on their uniforms but reportedly threatened Christians who write Bible verses on their hats. @USEEOC will investigate whether this amounts to religious discrimination.

@WallStreetMav Gun control? Abortion access?

Wouldn’t it be refreshing if they could put as much energy into passing legislation that 80% of Americans support?

Of all the things there are to criticize the obamas about, normalizing war criminal and overall destructively horrible president george w. bush is the worst of them.

@AnthonyCumia Outside of the obamas themselves, I've never in my life seen, read or heard a democrat retain anything but contempt for that man.

It’s fascinating how George W Bush is now some kind of hero to the dems. They HATED this guy during his Presidency. They portrayed him as Hitler (of course) and burned him in effigy at protests. Now, because he’s anti Trump, they love the guy.

@BachemMacuno @emeriticus Possibly. I think he knew he needed someone with some credibility for the position, so why not "lil marco".

@JREEEEE9 @emeriticus I'm convinced trump only tapped him for Secretary of State so he could ritually humiliate him daily. He's the only person in trump's cabinet with any competence for his position, and whenever there's a job for the Secretary of State, he sends Kushner, Witkoff, Lutnick, or Vance.