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I am astonished about how much these guys are still angry about the pandemic. A complaint about public health experts and their advice even showed up in the Science: a New Golden Age document, even though it was completely off topic.
Aaron RuparPeter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."
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FYI: Science Policy News from AIPFYI is an authoritative source for science policy news and analysis trusted by policymakers and scientists nationwide.www.aip.orgCheap drones are going to mean the only economic way to defend yourself is going to be a WWII style "lots of radar guided guns" situation.
WarTranslated (Dmitri)Digi24 reports that Romania spent 1.5 million euros in three days to destroy three Shahed drones. For each drone that entered Romanian territory, the Air Force scrambled F-16 jets and fired one AIM-9X missile, which costs about $400,000. www.digi24.ro/stiri/actual...
Amazing timing — as the ultra wealthy are busy demonstrating they're got near sociopathic levels of interest in the common good, this guy thinks "maybe we can convince the public to give us more political power?"
Rachel GilmoreVery cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?
I think most people are interpreting this as "look how political CBS News management is", when for me it's "look how incompetent they are." These are people who are supposed to be running a major news source, and they get their info from conspiracy addled sources.
Donie O’SullivanThis is exactly what I run into with conspiracy theorists — a stray, unverified claim gets treated as if it debunks the real story, and it almost always falls apart under scrutiny. Wild to hear that pattern showing up at 60 Minutes as Cecilia Vega describes it.
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for HimFederal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.www.nytimes.com