Hawaii Gov. Josh Green met with Dem and GOP senators today, warning them not to confirm RFK as HHS secretary and describing RFK's role in spreading anti-vax misinformation in 2019 in Samoa that resulted in dozens of children dying from the measles. huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-g…
Green, who is a physician, described the role he played in racing to vaccinate people in Samoa as RFK fueled anti-vax disinformation that drove down the measles vaccination rate to 31%.
“This is an absolute life-or-death decision" to confirm RFK as HHS secretary, Green warned.
“A celebrity with no public health experience named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went to Samoa.... He discouraged them from vaccinating," said Green.
"And what happens when you discourage individuals from vaccinating? When they’re afraid, a lot of them refuse to get vaccinated."
A reader in Philly has flagged another mysterious new monument that has magically appeared in a public park to "honor" Trump.
It looks a lot like the ones popping up in DC.
Titled "In Honor Of A Lifetime Of Sexual Assault," it features Trump's "grab em by the pu**y" comment.
This reader emails that she was walking her dog in Maja Park this morning and came across this "probably 8 foot tall statue of Donald Trump like leering at the nude Maja statue that's been there."
Some people have stopped to take pics of this "monument" to Trump.
I traveled 13 hours from DC to Window Rock, Arizona -- the capital of Navajo Nation -- for an Indigenous-led voter mobilization event featuring Mark Ruffalo, 100s of voters (and Hulk fans) + a 3-mile walk to cast ballots.
Native Americans have faced so many obstacles to voting, for so long.
Even for this walk to a remote polling site, which carried deep meaning for participants, people came with spirit and a demand to be heard -- and then hit a barrier to casting their votes at the end.
This 3-mile trek, organized by Allie Redhorse Young of @protect_sacred, was part of a broader voter engagement operation underway in reservations like Navajo Nation, the biggest tribe in the U.S.
I talked to North Carolina state Rep. Lindsey Prather, who represents part of Buncombe County -- a devastated region where Asheville is based -- about whether misinformation is affecting the disaster recovery efforts there.
“The biggest issue is rumors and fake memes and photos of people being trapped in areas around the county," said Prather, who said local/state/fed govt officials are working around the clock to help.
"We send folks out to rescue them, and there’s no one there to be rescued."
Prather said there's no cell service for much of the area.
The problem is when people get WiFi for a few mins, go on FB and see posts about people being trapped, share it without verifying it, those posts "spread like wildfire," rescue teams rush out there and nobody's there.
My god did JD Vance lie and gaslight his way through last night's VP debate. About big things. So casually. Things that are so easy to call out.
Like.... (1/x)
... his claim that Trump “salvaged” Obamacare.
How many times did Republicans in Congress try (and fail) to dismantle Obamacare? 65? 70? And how many times did Trump demand that they do it, before and after he became president? Dozens.
Last night, Vance bizarrely claimed Trump was Obamacare's savior because of some regulations he put in place as president.
“I think you can make a really good argument that it salvaged Obamacare, which was doing disastrously until Donald Trump came along,” he said.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founders have created a new limited edition ice cream flavor in support of Kamala Harris' campaign: "Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee." 🥥
MoveOn is raffling off free, signed pints as part of a new "Scoop the Voter" tour of swing states. huffpost.com/entry/2024-ele…
MoveOn will be driving an ice cream truck to more than 20 cities in swing states -- PA, MA, NV, AZ, MI -- handing out ice cream and engaging with voters.
Other Harris-themed ice cream flavors on the truck: "Unburdened By What Has Vanilla Bean" and "Fight For Our Rights Sorbet."