You’re either racing your boat at the bottom of some lake with a Trump flag or you think we’re in some serious shit.
They tell you you when you’re at bottom there’s nowhere to go but you. Only problem is you keep thinking you’re at bottom.
Remember when a couple of rock stars died a couple of years ago & everybody was like “can’t wait for 2015 to be over!” Good times.
Some countries compromised their democracies to fight COVID. We’ve compromised our democracy & have the most COVID.
Bad deal.
Apparently Lindsay Graham wants to explain why he’s not a hypocrite. If anybody is interested, I’m guessing Chuck Todd will have him on to ask a couple of hard balls. Ohhhh.
Thanks to the college campuses for keeping COVID alive to get us into flu season. Guess it was your turn to let money take over for reason.
You’re no better than the people selling truckloads of masks for $5 a piece.
I know the job market has been rough— ok non-existent, whatever— but the White House is looking for a new head of the CDC. Belief in evolution is not a must. A new scientific advisor— eugenicists welcome and a new head of the FDA— opinions not needed.
Marco Rubio take your pick.
This Supreme Court battle could get brutal. Remember Republicans Democrats said “please don’t.” So watch yourselves very carefully.
In case the ACA goes down with the new Supreme Court I’m going to get all my health care now since I won’t be able to get it in the future. Anything that looks like it could look funny in the next decade I’m asking the doctor to remove.
Apparently the top candidate for the Supreme Court believes life begins the moment you open up your Christian dating app.
And it ends when you’re not born white.
Apparently she’s also just declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election because millions of votes are about to be cast fraudulently.
That one isn’t funny. MAIL FRAUD IS REAL.
When Don Junior is president I pray we don’t look back on these days like they weren’t that bad and saying “at least his dad didn’t shoot deer from the White House window.”
I kid. He will never be president.
It will be Ivanka obviously.
You know the trick I keep falling for? First they convince me Ted Cruz is the worse person imaginable. Then they get Tom Cotton. Fine. Now they have Josh Hawley.
Not this time. Fool me twice. Uh uh. Now I’m sure they’re cooking up someone special.
Brodie took a look at this thread and said “I want no part of it. You’re giving no valuable information.”
What Brodie doesn’t realize is neither he nor I can leave the country anyway. So we might as well laugh about it.
Shockingly he’s also missing the fact that tomorrow I have the best podcast guest ever. @edyong209 episode.
No kidding the best conversation about COVID I think that exists anywhere.
“Ron DeSantis is taking the politics of being a bully to a different level,” Sykes tells me. “He’s decided he's going to move as hard and demagogically to the right as he can. He’s learned something from Donald Trump: you don’t need to be a nice guy.” 2/
Sykes says DeSantis is exploiting the culture wars in order to tap into Republicans’ grievances, and that the GOP sees the Florida governor as a “younger, smarter” but equally combative replacement for Trump. But DeSantis stands out from other conservatives for a reason. 3/
Some thoughts on using Twitter:
With Musk inviting back people who use the platform to threaten rape, to lie at scale & become whatever else his whims decide, here are some actions worth considering …
-Mute all advertisers in your feed. I’m not going to be a revenue source & don’t want those who advertise here to be encouraged.
-If you have a lot of followers or post a lot, consider moving the bulk of your content elsewhere. Post looks promising. (I’m @ASlavitt there.)
-I’m also on Mastadon to check it out & until Post is done with its waitlist & will eventually pick one.
-I continue to occasionally check the news feed here & promote things on Twitter minimally & will cross-post for a short time as people decide what they want to do.
COVID Update: It’s time for one as we look ahead to the winter.
The real question is whether we will have another 2021 with a lot of disruption— on a more modest wave— or nothing at all.
There is early data to help answer this question. 1/
Currently there are lots of Omicron sub-variants co-circulating around the globe.
Household names like:
BA.4.6
BQ1.1
XBB
While it’s all a little hard to follow, there’s something interesting about the nature of these variants. 2/
Variants: 1- These are all variants of Omicron. This is good. Better than dealing with a Delta variant emerging. Makes progression more closely resemble the flu. 2- Each are growing in different parts of the world without 1 being dominant. We could have a mix this winter.3/
NEW: COVID vaccines will now be recommended annually, with the flu shot.
I spoke to the White House yesterday about the plan. 1/
Rather than an ad hoc schedule which confuses many as to when to get vaccinated, the thinking is that an annual shot will result in many more people getting vaccinated.
They point to 2/3 of adults who take the flu vaccine vs 1/3 of adults over 50 who have been taking COVID. 2/
We have infrastructure, outreach, and habits that can be capitalized to get people their flu and COVID vaccines together.
This is the prime benefit.
But of course it comes with some questions they are preparing to address. 3/