RFK Jr has gotten a lot of media coverage posing as a transformative advocate for child health. And yet on a genuine issue of child health . . . crickets. “Mere hours after birth, most newborns are tested for two things: whether they have signs of hearing loss and whether they have any of a […]
And the billionaire grift goes on and on. “One of the most important stories in some time came out two days ago. But with so much else going it didn’t get quite as much attention as it should have. It’s from ProPublica. And it’s about a Peter Thiel-backed start up called Ramp. It’s a corporate […]
You may have read that the Trump so-called “antisemitism taskforce” recently sent a letter to Harvard effectively demanding management control over the University. Unlike any other university, Harvard publicly refused to comply. Now, the taskforce says the letter was sent by mistake. Sorta. “The university announced its intentions Monday, setting off a tectonic battle between […]
The Trump Administration is weaponizing tax-exempt status to punish its political enemies and enforce viewpoint discrimination. It’s illegal, but can it work? Here’s Josh Marshall over at TPM: “It seems unlikely that these moves would hold up in court. And the organizations are highly likely to sue. But this gets at a critical dimension of […]
At this point, it seems like piling on, but here’s RFK Jr again showing his ignorance: “Speaking of kids with autism, Kennedy said “these are kids who will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date. Many of them […]
RFK Jr claims he will discover the “cause” of autism by September 2025. He will fail, for the simple reason that we already know that autism is a genetic disease. Poor RFK Jr. His vaccine-autism connection has been a fail, so he’s grasping desperately for something that won’t force him to admit he’s either a […]
The alleged connection between vaccines and autism maps to a since-retracted British publication that faked data purporting to show that vaccines containing the methylmercury-based preservative thimerosal were associated with autism in children. Thimerosal was discontinued in US childhood vaccines in 2001. Since then, the anti-vaxxers have noted that autism diagnoses have increased, which would seem […]
It’s illegal in every state to manipulate odometers to record mileage other than the actual mileage on the car. “ . . . Tesla’s warranties on vehicles are capped by mileage and are supposed to “cover repairs and replacements necessary to correct defects” in parts that it manufactures or supplies. “However, Tesla allegedly ”knowingly overstates […]
There’s a paywalled post over at TPM. Here are the nut grafs: “In other words, the notional agreements don’t appear to have any of the basic blocking and tackling features that constitute anything close to a contract. They don’t explicitly state who the parties to the agreement are. They don’t state the duration of the […]
The letter to Harvard that accompanied the Trump Administration funding freeze shows once again that whatever the right accuses others of is what they’re doing. In this case, the Administration demands affirmative action hires of MAGA political commissars under the guise of fighting antisemitism and promoting diversity. “Among other things, it requires the university to […]