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Fun fact since we are still in a pandemic. Here's the average cost/person for public health emergency mgmt/prep for the last 5 yrs: 2020: $1 2019: $1.90 2018: $1.90 2017: $1.89 2016: $1.86 If we want to be prepared for the next pandemic, maybe we should start funding it.

@theredbird_way I'm curious what was going through Davey Johnson's mind leaving Park in for that whole inning.

OTD: 4/23/99: Fernando Tatis hits two grand slams in one inning against the Dodgers. First and only time in baseball history.

@kellymnyc I wish I could say nobody saw this coming...

FEMA is pulling back from the front lines: fewer Disaster Recovery Centers, no door-to-door outreach, and shifting the burden to states that lack their own survivor assistance programs. It looks efficient on paper, but for seniors, people with access and functional needs, and anyone without internet access, it means survivors are left behind gao.gov/products/gao-2…

@9000000and1 @TheWapplehouse The most likely vehicle for those personalized vaccines is mRNA though and he cancelled that funding, so....🤷

@TheWapplehouse That’s fair. It was an interesting story about how future more personalized vaccines could be used to treat cancer but obviously he isn’t the person who gets to claim that as a win

Look at my health secretary, dawg. I’m gonna die.

@norman_m_adams @thereal_truther @DawnsMission That info was last reviewed nearly 3 years ago and it doesn't mention cancer at all. This is a big ol nothing burger.

@thereal_truther @DawnsMission Here… cdc.gov/vaccines/covid…

The CDC admits the Covid vaccine is causing myocarditis and cancer yet they haven’t pulled it off the market. This is an absolute crime at this point.

@lhtness66060 @kraekin_me @not_stefan0 @JustinTheeCoach @EndTribalism So you just like being wrong for fun then. Good to know.

@kraekin_me @not_stefan0 @JustinTheeCoach @EndTribalism Scientists are paid to be wrong. I'm not.

RFK Jr. calmly breaks down to a Democrat representative why it’s critical parents have vaccine choice when it comes to the Hep B vaccine. “We just believe that Americans should have that choice, and that the state should not make that choice for them.” “The Hepatitis B vaccine was not safety tested.” “It had a 4-day test with no placebo.” “We don’t know what the risk profile is, and parents are allowed to ask that question.”

@pete_vm @atrupar There were no medical degrees in the time of Jesus, but the mental gymnastics you are doing here is rather impressive.

Biblical context: Jesus was a healer. A doctor by practice, not degree, according to the first four books of the New Testament (the Gospels). No shame required if the focus is healer, not Jesus. Nice deflection on the part of his messianic starstruck followers. If ever a book were available for personal interpretation, the Bible's it. Reminder: it's how the Gospels state that Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness. Trump uses anything to create advantage and/or distraction.

Q: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? TRUMP: I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross. Only the fake news could come up with that one.

@gtfinchy @UofSC @libsoftiktok What exactly was flippant about it? Just bc you don't like the answer does not make it inaccurate or flippant.

@UofSC @libsoftiktok Perhaps let’s talk to your supervisor?? As you are clearly not able to correctly ascertain the level of stupidity this flippant answer is. How much State & Federal funds does UofSC get yearly?? How about we ask for a refund?

SCOOP: This video promoting a DRAG QUEEN EVENT is being broadcast on the University of South Carolina campus. .@UofSC is using YOUR tax dollars to host and promote this trash.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg Has no bearing on you following a cult of personality. It's especially telling that you refused to refute any of my points and instead resorted to cheap ad hominems. Gee, I wonder why that is. Enjoy your irrelevance though, bc this country is done with idiots like you.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg you've decided that for some reason you deserve a moral superiority, yet have shown that you deserve none. You refuse to push back on known and proven lies bc you worship a person more than your country and have the gall to claim that you are spreading truth. And my location,

Trump’s new budget adds an extra $500 billion to fund wars abroad — about $3,700 more for every household in America — while cutting health, jobs, housing, and education. Put simply, it takes more of your money for foreign wars, while making life in America even more unaffordable.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg I'm not surprised though that these are your takes. You've decided that being partisan is more important than allowing for a free press. And that cheap insults are useful rhetoric. You clearly have fallen prey to the cult of Trump, so we are done here. x.com/i/status/20336…

Trump isnt fantasy fixing. Hes delivering results after years of damage. Broken relationships? He pressured NATO freeloaders to finally spend more on defense something Biden never achieved. Abraham Accords expanded without new wars. Allies respect strength not endless American subsidies. Decimating the economy? Inflation was crushing families under the prior administration. Trump inherited that mess and is reversing it with energy production deregulation and border security cutting costs on welfare crime and remittances. Looking like a fool? The world sees America putting its own citizens first instead of playing global ATM. Thats realism not foolishness. Weakness under previous leadership invited chaos on borders trade and security. Selective facts cut both ways. Pretending the prior status quo was working is the real fantasy. Trump is course correcting not breaking things.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg doesn't understand how it works, which you appear to not understand it either. This doesn't even begin to touch on the irreparable damage his cabinet is doing that will take decades to fix. We used to be a country to look up to, now we are one that people are actively avoiding.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg It must be nice living in your little fantasy. Trump claims to be America first, yet everything is less affordable now than a year ago. Markets for our products are drying up as we can no longer be seen as reliable trade partners. Oh and he's threatening to leave NATO bc he

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg Again with your alternative facts. No new wars? What do you call Iran? The Abraham accords? Hugely unpopular in the Middle East bc they favor Israel over all else. And we've been focusing on China for over 30 years. In the meantime trump is leaving real Americans behind.

No ones pushing isolationism thats your strawman. America First rejects failed globalism: endless wars, open borders, and deals that hollowed out US jobs while we subsidize everyone elses defense. Trump showed it works zero new wars, Abraham Accords without US blood, real pressure on NATO freeloaders, and focus on China. Globalisms record? Trillions wasted and bipartisan disasters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya. Realism isnt retreat its putting American strength and interests first so we deter enemies instead of bleeding dry. Your fools dream is the fantasy that more entanglement equals victory.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg stage are all his doing. He claims America first, but that really only means trump first. Trump is only out for himself and doesn't care who he steps on to get what he wants, which leaves actual Americans out in the cold.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg Your "facts" are selective in your own right and ignore any sense of critical thought. And I never said it was one side, but to pretend like trump is fixing anything is the true fantasy. Broken relationships, decimating an economy, and making us look like a fool on the world

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg Oh and as to your failed globalism part, isolationism has never worked for any country but especially not for the US. Pretending like we can do everything alone is a fool's dream.

Our military budget looks large because America alone shoulders the burden of global security while allies freeload and China rapidly modernizes its navy missiles and hypersonics to challenge us. Years of endless wars woke DEI quotas procurement waste and Biden era neglect left our forces short on munitions ships fighters and recruitment with readiness at dangerous lows. Trimming domestic bloat does not fix that real depletion it demands focused spending on strength not the failed globalism that invites aggression and forces even higher costs later.

@techmudder @PeteButtigieg Depleted how? We spend more on our military than the next 10 countries combined? If anything is bloated, it's our military budget.

Trump's budget boosts defense by 500 billion to rebuild a depleted military and deter threats after years of weakness. It trims bloated domestic programs that fueled inflation not endless foreign wars. Prioritizing security and restraint puts money back in American pockets by ending failed big government spending that hurts families.

@JB46374796 @GretheViggo @DarrigoMelanie Gee that almost sounds to me like we need to fix the system then. Now which party is it that torpedoes immigration reform every time it's brought up? It shouldn't take anyone 20+ years to navigate our system, yet here we are.

@BarnettMPH @GretheViggo @DarrigoMelanie You are the one pretending that all asylum claims are valid when every indication, including government records under Democrats and Republican administrations show that 90 percent of adjudicated cases are denied. Then when given removal orders most don't comply.

At least 33 other countries have birthright citizenship.