the outright politicization of all of hhs, the fda, and the cdc during a pandemic that's killed over 175,000 should be a much, much bigger issue than it is nytimes.com/2020/08/25/hea…
i know it's more fun to yell about whatever dumb convention speech is going on, but i promise, you'll almost certainly forget that speech is a month
if there's no cost to doing this type of shit, then it's not only going to stay that way, but it's going to get so, so much worse
holy shit! the trump administration is allegedly imposing covid testing guidelines on the cdc nytimes.com/2020/08/26/wor…
Grenell, a former Fox contributor who is speaking at the RNC tonight, is out here 1) defending new guidelines downplaying testing that were allegedly imposed on the CDC and 2) touting the new spokesperson for the FDA, a longtime right-wing hack.
They're just going to skip right past the actual reports on the CDC slowing down testing, trusting that the media won't give it blockbuster coverage with the convention and a hurricane happening, and go right to attacking people who see through it.
It *appears* that the CDC director tried to rationalize the plainly ridiculous new testing guidelines that experts have harshly criticized, and the NYT took that rationalization as him backing down? I don't really get it.
The bad testing guidelines are still there.
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As Angelo notes, we've obtained a lightly redacted copy of Dominion's motion for summary judgment in the case against Fox News/ I'll be noting some excerpts here
This is pathetic. Fox News essentially changed a quote of John Fetterman answering a question about the "gun lobby" where he rails at NRA talking points being out of touch. The "lunatic fringe" was in reference to the NRA's extreme positions that are different from gun owners.
There have been plenty of people who have noted over the years that a strong majority of gun owners -- even NRA members -- favor things like stronger background checks. Here's a piece from Time. There are many more. time.com/5197807/strict…
Here's transcript of the full exchange -- he even refers later in the answer to gun owners who may not support him.