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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Given that surveys tend to overestimate belief in <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/conspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracyTheories</span></a> (<a href="https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/zsncr_v1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/zsnc</span><span class="invisible">r_v1</span></a>) and support for <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/politicalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalViolence</span></a> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116870119" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1073/pnas.211687011</span><span class="invisible">9</span></a>), I wonder how much of the correlation between such variables remains after accounting for such measurement error.</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/psychometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychometrics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/surveyMethods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveyMethods</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>One of the stranger things about analyzing Downmarket Mussolini's fascist executive orders is the way folks around me are always prepared to write off some of the most dangerous things Der Leader tries to do as mere "petty vindictiveness." Take for example Trump's recent executive orders targeting a law firm that sued Fox News for spreading lies about an electronic voting machine company, and two former members of his previous administration - a DHS official who refuted Trump's blatantly false claims that the 2020 election was rigged for Joe Biden, and a whistleblower he's accusing of Espionage Act violations and has accused of treason in the past. Is this about revenge for our (not so) beloved tangerine tyrant? Of course, but particularly in the first two cases, this is also about establishing Der Führer's "Big Lie" about the 2020 election being rigged against him, as the only officially sanctioned truth the government, and by extension its judiciary branch, should recognize.</p><p>First up we have the president signing an executive order designed to punish Susman Godfrey for forcing the Trump regime's quasi-official state news outlet, Fox, to settle with Dominion Voting Systems after they spent literally months openly broadcasting fascist conspiracy theories about the 2020 election (that Trump lost) being rigged:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-executive-order-fox-news-law-firm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/09/trump-executive-order-fox-news-law-firm</span></a></p><p>Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit</p><p>"Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday punishing the law firm that helped Dominion Voting Systems obtain a $787.5m settlement from Fox for lies about the 2020 election.</p><p>The order against the firm, Susman Godfrey, marks the latest effort by the president to punish attorneys and firms who have opposed his interests.</p><p>The order seeks to harm the firm by limiting its attorneys from accessing government buildings, revoking security clearances and essentially making it impossible for it to represent anyone who has business before the federal government."</p><p>Like a lot of Trump's efforts to punish or intimidate law firms, this blatantly unconstitutional executive order is mostly about trying to put Susman Godfrey out of business by denying them access to the federal government, and the courtrooms it controls. What's telling here is that Trump isn't even trying to make the argument that the firm broke any laws, or violated any rules; no reason for the executive order was given, and the president has only said <br>"there were some very bad things that happened with these law firms,” because Trump hasn't found a valid excuse for this ideological policing and he's not ready to just up and admit he's trying to take out his perceived political enemies for A) disputing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and B) forcing his friends at Fox to pay for its libelous claims about Dominion. </p><p>Which then brings us to Trump's blatantly authoritarian use of the DoJ to target two of his political "enemies" that served in his administration, but spoke out against the regime and in Krebs's case, actively debunked "The Big Lie" Trump has been telling about the 2020 election being rigged against him since it happened:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-justice-department-critics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/09/trump-justice-department-critics</span></a></p><p>Trump orders DoJ to investigate duo who debunked claims of election fraud</p><p>"Donald Trump’s persecution of critics intensified on Wednesday when he ordered the justice department to investigate a whistleblower and a cybersecurity director who refuted unfounded claims of election fraud.</p><p>The US president signed memorandums targeting Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs, former homeland security officials who served in the first Trump administration."</p><p>Look my friends, I'm not expecting you to find much sympathy for a Big Law firm rolling in filthy lucre, or two former fascist collaborators that are now finding out the leopards will indeed eat their faces, but in this situation the "who" of this story, is far less important than the "what." What Trump is doing here is weaponizing the US government to punish folks for contradicting his "enforced unreality" surrounding the 2020 election, and let me assure you that there are a lot of people in the judiciary, legal profession, and media who have gone on record saying that Trump's claims where baseless (fascist) conspiracy theories, so that isn't just a question of the president arguing with the experts about some bullshit he picked up on Fox News. Furthermore, Trumps actions ultimately seek to make his enemies, the enemies of the United States government; this is a classic sign of a state sliding into an authoritarian dictatorship and thus cannot be dismissed as Trump simply being a petulant vengeful manchild. </p><p>Smoke em if you got em, because if Trump gets away with this, we're through the looking glass and his every utterance becomes our new reality.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/BigLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigLaw</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DoJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoJ</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SusmanGodfrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SusmanGodfrey</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DominionVotingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DominionVotingSystems</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TheBigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBigLie</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/2020USElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2020USElection</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Targeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Targeting</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MilesTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilesTaylor</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ChrisKrebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisKrebs</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>New study of partisan and non-partisan <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/conspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracyTheories</span></a> about <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>:</p><p>Two factors emerged, correlating with "non-normative"<br>- behavior (like political violence)<br>- personality and attitudes (like denialism)</p><p>More correlations in the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/openAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openAccess</span></a> paper: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.70004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1111/josi.70004</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Frank<p>RJK Jnr continues his quest to make all Americans sick</p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Fluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fluoride</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Cooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cooker</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Samoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Samoa</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Antivaxx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antivaxx</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Antivaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antivaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-announces-his-plan-to-change-fluoride-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-annou</span><span class="invisible">nces-his-plan-to-change-fluoride-policy/</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>I mean it wouldn't be an anti-Musk/Trump protests without fascist propagandists claiming *checks notes* millions of protestors were a paid psy-op (and also, Hamas, apparently.) </p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/elon-musk-says-saturdays-protesters-were-paid-puppets-thats-not-what-i-saw/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/elon-musk-says-saturdays-protesters-were-paid-puppets-thats-not-what-i-saw/</span></a></p><p>Elon Musk Says Saturday’s Protesters Were Paid “Puppets.” That’s Not What I Saw.</p><p>"Musk chimed in on the same video: “The problem is the puppetmasters, not the puppets, as the latter have no idea why they are even there,” he wrote. “He had to read the paper he was given to understand the sign he was holding,” Musk wrote over a video of a protester explaining what his sign—which said “End the kakistocracy”—meant. Musk also shared several posts from the Wall Street Apes account on X, which has more than 929,000 followers, and right-wing influencer Mario Nawfal, who has more than two million followers, alleging—without evidence—that the protesters were paid.</p><p>Conspiracy theorist and journalist cosplayer Laura Loomer also alleged that “the radical left is BUSSING IN PROTESTERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CAUSE CHAOS IN WASHINGTON DC” who she claimed were “pro-Hamas,”an apparent reference to the fact that some were holding Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs."</p><p>Folks, I don't know who needs to hear that it is feasibly impossible for a "puppet master" (man, he even talks like Goebbels) to pay MILLIONS of protestors, but it is. Please keep in mind that when it comes to Musk, who is literally a fucking nazi, this is the same guy who was accusing George Soros of paying hecklers at his Wisconsin Volkish Revival rally while he was dishing out million dollar checks to voters for "signing a petition" in an effort to buy a judicial election. As for Loomer, I'm pretty sure she also thinks her Uber driver and any particularly "swarthy" person she encounters in public spaces is also "Hamas" if her past social media transgressions are any indication.</p><p>The bigger picture here is pretty simple; for whatever the Hands Off protests did, didn't, will, or won't accomplish, if these nazi maggots are scared enough to lie about it with poorly-coordinated conspiracy theories to try and explain it away for the cult of Trump, that means *they* certainly noticed millions of people giving up their Saturday to tell Trump and Musk to get in the fucking sea.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cult</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>The fact that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CandaceOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CandaceOwens</span></a> and conspiracy theorists like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IanCarroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IanCarroll</span></a> are turning against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> because of the video game fakery is... fascinating.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/IanCarrollShow/status/1908603974380376344" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/IanCarrollShow/status/19</span><span class="invisible">08603974380376344</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/eupol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eupol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/conspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/conspiracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A second <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> has died in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> where hundreds of cases of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> have been recorded in recent weeks, prompting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a>* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> to plan a trip to the state, local media reported early on Sunday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GetVaccinated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetVaccinated</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VaccinesWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinesWork</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kennedy-travel-texas-after-second-measles-related-death-axios-reports-2025-04-06/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/kennedy-t</span><span class="invisible">ravel-texas-after-second-measles-related-death-axios-reports-2025-04-06/</span></a></p>
Ross of Ottawa<p>Caught just a few min of a compelling piece on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> about a reporter whose dad is consumed by wacko right wing conspiracy theories, but is otherwise seems sane and functional. </p><p>He was sure ten crazy things were going to happen last year, and bet his son they would. What happens when they (obv) didn't?</p><p>Found it's a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> called "Embedded" and you can check out. Listening now. </p><p>It's three episodes here called "Alternate Realities."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedd</span><span class="invisible">ed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radicalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radicalized</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> outbreak by far is in West <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, where the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> is spreading quickly in remote, rural areas where the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> rates are low. The outbreak has also spread across the boarder into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, but the outbreak there is moving more slowly due to higher vaccination rates.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The US now has >600 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> cases in 22 states, acc/to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> [& who knows if that’s being accurately reported]. That includes 481 cases in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> alone. The country has now reported >2X the number of measles cases this year than were reported in all of 2024.</p><p>The CDC says there have been 6 measles <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a> so far this year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> Cmte on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a>, Education, Labor, and Pensions invited <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> to attend a hearing next week to explain the firings. The committee is chaired by Republican U.S. Senator & physician <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillCassidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillCassidy</span></a> of Louisiana, whose vote was key to Kennedy's confirmation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> layoffs begin to erode <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> drug review system</p><p>The Trump admin's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> at the FDA have removed employees critical to reviewing new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicines</span></a>, setting back years of effort to bring promising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treatments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treatments</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> more quickly.</p><p>The FDA is slated to lose 3,500 employees under Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>'s massive *restructuring* of US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> agencies….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>No plan—not his *MAHA* agenda, not efficiency, nothing—can realistically explain cuts like these. Instead, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> don’t seem to be a means to an end on the way to overhauling American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>. They are an end in themselves.</p><p>It’ll take months, if not years, to fully appreciate the effect that the cuts will have on America’s scientific enterprise.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>the director of the National Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildHealth</span></a> & Human Development [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NICHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NICHD</span></a>], the director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>’s Division of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> & Infectious Diseases, the director of the National Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nursing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nursing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NINR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NINR</span></a>], & the director of the National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIMHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIMHD</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>the head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>’s Office of New <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a>, the head of the National Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Allergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allergy</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIAID</span></a>], the director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>’s National Center for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a>, Viral <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hepatitis</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/STD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STD</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TB</span></a> Prevention, the head of the CDC’s Center for Forecasting & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreak</span></a> Analytics,</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> advocate, seems to have targeted more than just the most pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> voices in the govt. During his confirmation hearings, Kennedy said he would “empower the scientists” as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> secy, but here are just a few of the MDs & PhDs who were reportedly targeted yesterday:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Even before he took office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> warned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> ofcls that they should pack their bags, & on Tues, he defended the cuts: “What we’ve been doing isn’t working,” RFKJr posted. He [says he] is focused on “realigning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> w/its core mission: to stop the chronic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> epidemic & Make America Healthy Again.” But instead of improving how the federal health bureaucracy works, RFKJr is throwing his agencies into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> Is Out for Revenge</p><p>By Nicholas Florko</p><p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is finally getting his wish of sucker-punching the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> agencies. This week, Kennedy began the process of firing some 10k employees working under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> umbrella.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-end-game/682276/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcSBkUX6DzVli5zuhIWDVp0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/health/archive</span><span class="invisible">/2025/04/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-end-game/682276/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcSBkUX6DzVli5zuhIWDVp0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>I haven't seen a lot about this in the national news, but the lawyer for the 2019 El Paso mass shooter (Patrick Crusius) is now expressly stating that his client thought he was working for Trump to stop the "invasion" (by brown people) the president said was occurring in Texas.</p><p><a href="https://elpasomatters.org/2025/03/30/patrick-crusius-donald-trump-aug-3-2019-walmart-mass-shooting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elpasomatters.org/2025/03/30/p</span><span class="invisible">atrick-crusius-donald-trump-aug-3-2019-walmart-mass-shooting/</span></a></p><p>Patrick Crusius believed he was fulfilling Trump’s wishes in El Paso attack, his attorney says</p><p>"Patrick Crusius believed he was acting at the direction of President Donald Trump when he murdered 23 people and wounded 22 others at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, his defense lawyer told El Paso Matters.</p><p>“He thought he had to stop the invasion because that’s what his president was telling him, which is just not rational,” defense attorney Joe Spencer said in his first extended interview about the mass shooting that Crusius said was meant to stop “the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”</p><p>“He thought, if he doesn’t do it, then nobody’s going to do it. He’s got to start,” Spencer said."</p><p>It's not lost on me that Trump sycophants and apologists have a whole ream of excuses at the ready; the shooter had a history of serious mental illness, his lawyer is a Democrat who (rightfully) thinks Trump's white nationalist rhetoric is dangerous, Crusius awkwardly tried to absolve Trump in his manifesto, and so forth. The fact is however that just because fascists are willing to spew disingenuous lies to cover up Trump and the larger fascist propaganda industry's involvement in motivating a mass murderer, doesn't mean any thinking person has to treat those disingenuous excuses seriously. This guy was one of Trump's legion of white nationalist fanboys; he was quoting Great Replacement conspiracy theories in his cut and pasted manifesto, he was adamantly against his lawyer subpoenaing Trump, and the shooter even admitted a 2019 Trump rally in Florida was the moment that convinced him to plan and enact the murders.</p><p>"Spencer said Crusius told him that a key event leading to the murderous rampage in El Paso occurred in May 2019 in Panama City Beach, Florida, when Trump spoke at a rally.</p><p>“I mean, you have 15,000 people marching up and you have hundreds and hundreds of people and you have two or three border security people that are brave and great,” Trump said, then added falsely that Border Patrol agents weren’t allowed to use weapons.</p><p>“But how do you stop these people?” Trump said.</p><p>“Shoot them,” someone in the audience shouted, drawing laughter from the crowd and a smile from the president. </p><p>“That’s only in the (Florida) Panhandle you can get away with that statement,” Trump said while shaking his head. “Only in the Panhandle.”</p><p>Crusius said he saw video of that Trump rally and was motivated to act, Spencer said. In June 2019, a month after the Florida Trump rally, Crusius purchased a semiautomatic rifle online and had it delivered to a gun dealer in his hometown of Allen, Texas, near Dallas, according to court records."</p><p>Like are you fucking kidding me? Please keep in mind that as you read this, the Trump regime is currently arguing that Venezuelan migrants are literally "an invasion" that justifies the president invoking war powers to ship them to a slave labor prison in El Salvador without due process. Of *course* this maggot fascist believed Trump was serious about migrants "invading" America and destroying the country because Trump himself is serious every time he says it! And the fact that Crusius was suffering from documented mental illness isn't a valid excuse either because when you tell folks that they're being invaded by brown people who're going to rape and murder them, you don't get to pretend its a surprise when vulnerable people high on your white nationalist conspiracy theories take that seriously; the negligence itself, is the problem here just as much as the overt race war rhetoric is. </p><p>By the way, don't sleep on the fact that the primary reason you're only hearing all of this now is that his lawyer has been under a gag order that was only dissolved in late March; you know, after Trump was elected again. </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ElPasoShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElPasoShooting</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PatrickCrusius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickCrusius</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GreatReplacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatReplacement</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MassShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShooting</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/JoeSpencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeSpencer</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Negligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negligence</span></a></p>
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