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Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.
Jon of The NorthTurns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
ForbesTaylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.
Taco Bell is the CUSTOMER here, just like the rest of us. But now folks are cracking jokes about Taco Bell customers and downplaying the seriousness of the illness and the challenges of removing the parasite from produce on the consumer side. It all feels so familiar… (if you know, you know)
Gail DrakesFASCINATING (😏) that the media seems more invested in mentioning Taco Bell by name…instead of Taylor Farms, a repeat offender who choices have already killed/harmed so many. How many more will suffer because folks love judging/ignoring lower-income people?
to hear Trump tell it, American elections were completely corrupted while he was president and he was helpless to stop it, then they were cleaned up by Biden ahead of Trump's victory in 2024, and now that Trump is president again they are once again becoming third world caliber
I wrote about Naomi Klein joining Substack and why writers of conscience shouldn't launch new media ventures on platforms that court white supremacy for clicks.
Why is Naomi Klein Funding Substack’s Hate Machine?Writers of good conscience should not be building new media companies on the back of a platform that opportunistically coddles white supremacy.karlbode.com
New in PN: Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism "Graham died a coward. From Gingrich to Trump, he embodied the movement-to-racket transformation of the GOP. Has America ever seen a capitulation so self-abnegating as his conversion from snarling Trump critic into swooning cheerleader?"
Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatismFrom Gingrich to Trump, Graham was a fixture as the GOP became increasingly malignant.www.publicnotice.co
The nyt’s recent anti-women campaign traces exactly the path as its propagandistic blitz against trans ppl The elevation of extreme sources and views. The rejection of science and individual human rights. The exclusion of dissenting mainstream voices. The normalisation of fringe right-wing stances
Billie Jean SweeneyThe nyt is following Heritage’s plan, illustrated best by Sulzberger’s new campaign against women. Pronatalism. “Biblical patriarchy,” which seeks to strip women’s voting rights. Criminalisation of women’s reproductive health care. Extremist ideas, baked in Heritage’s oven, served by the nyt
The NYT obituary of Lindsey Graham makes no mention of his effort to overturn the 2020 election by calling Georgia’s secretary of state to intimidate him into manufacturing votes for Trump. The Times, like all news media, is GOP propaganda erasing Republicans’ history as election deniers
