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oakey66 @lemmy.world
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Sotomayor Offers a Preview of What Trump Could Do as President
  • Are we really still talking about how Clinton being one of the least popular politicians to run for president took it upon herself to tank a must win election? Really? I need this talking point to find its place in a grave. This is stupid.

    Everyone knew Trump was a trainwreck. Clinton was so unpopular that people stayed home. She snubbed key states against campaign advice. She sucks. And she lost democracy for the US. We didn't owe Clinton a vote. Clinton needed people to vote for her. She didn't do enough to earn the votes. I voted for her begrudgingly. But Democrats turned their knives on Bernie harder than they did against Trump. And it turned a lot of people off from voting. At least Biden did some semblance of appeasement for the left populist wing of the Democrats in the first election.

  • The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic bird flu vaccine
  • If we were a reasonable country, we'd have a research arm of the FDA that was employing scientists/chemists to develop drugs for the most basic health needs of its citizens and dispensing them at cost to keep drugs affordable but developing cures versus disease maintenance drugs. It was something that Elizabeth Warren proposed in 2016 that was absolutely the right thing to run on.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-scientists-cure-diabetes-using-205304771.html

    But we live in a hellish American landscape where our government does absolutely the bare minimum amount of support for those in need. And does so begrudgingly.

  • FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas
  • If we were a reasonable country, we'd have a research arm of the FDA that was employing scientists/chemists to develop drugs for the most basic health needs of its citizens and dispensing them at cost to keep drugs affordable but developing cures versus disease maintenance drugs. It was something that Elizabeth Warren proposed in 2016 that was absolutely the right thing to run on.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-scientists-cure-diabetes-using-205304771.html

    But we live in a hellish American landscape where our government does absolutely the bare minimum amount of support for those in need. And does so begrudgingly.

  • Americans Show Heightened Concern About Antisemitism
  • I don't know where you are getting the notion that American Jews are likely to support the Palestinian cause.

    The polling shows that a large majority of (62%) American Jews think the response by Israel is acceptable. They also support funding weapons to Israel to carry out the atrocities against Palestinians.

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/how-us-jews-are-experiencing-the-israel-hamas-war/

  • US tells Israel it will support Israel in a conflict with Hezbollah
  • You're not wrong. But this is our tax payer money being flushed down the toilet to make war profiteering companies more money. I guess go buy some military contractor stocks since it doesn't look like we have any representatives that can actually stop this bullet train to WWIII.

  • US tells Israel it will support Israel in a conflict with Hezbollah
  • Hezbollah has been retaliating against Israeli aggression on Lebanon. Israel has been stepping up attacks on Lebanon in the past 6-8 months in an effort to (I assume) drag the US into a war with Iran. Iran who's actually been incredibly restrained in their responses to Israeli and American aggression.

  • The US healthcare system is broken...
  • GoodRx or something like it was used. Welcome to the man in the middle scam that makes people think they're getting a good deal when in reality, they pay for insurance but insurance makes it so costly to use their insurance that people have to pay for it out of pocket or with an HSA but can't apply the cost to their annual deductible. This is a win win for insurance companies and patients get screwed. I hate the US healthcare system so much from spending time interacting with it from the perspective of work and personally.

  • Hilary Clinton Endorses George Latimer in Challenge to Unseat Jamaal Bowman

    If you need a clearer example of how the Clintons are opportunist scumbags that will use race to get elected in one breath and throw minorities under the bus if they don't agree with their horrific world views.

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    www.avclub.com Bob Odenkirk's Lucky Hank runs out of luck on AMC

    AMC was very apologetic about it, but Lucky Hank is nonetheless canceled

    Bob Odenkirk's Lucky Hank runs out of luck on AMC

    Absolute shame that this show got canceled.

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    can you imagine an American grocery chain standing up to their vendors?

    www.cnn.com French supermarket chain is using 'shrinkflation' stickers to pressure PepsiCo and other suppliers | CNN Business

    French supermarket chain Carrefour has slapped price warnings on products ranging from Lindt chocolates to Lipton Ice Tea to pressure suppliers such as Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever to cut their prices.

    French supermarket chain is using 'shrinkflation' stickers to pressure PepsiCo and other suppliers | CNN Business

    The difference between European countries and America is becoming so stark. Anyone reading or watching global news has to see how backwards this country is and that it’s only getting worse.

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    It’s about time that Intuit was called out for their scam. Hopefully, the attempt to stop the federal tax filing will get dismissed as well.

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