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Mark Whitson's avatar

This is NOT Government efficiency. It is INSANITY…

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Patricia Lane's avatar

Thank you for reminding all of us the Trump is , was and will be a fascist if he’s not called to task and the media is terribly remiss for not doing their jobs. They are a pathetic group of scared little kids who can’t tell the truth because it will piss off their scheming malevolent Daddy’s

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Anne-christine d'Adesky's avatar

* The Trump administration was considering destroying a stockpile of free-to-the-public COVID tests but reversed itself after the WaPo came asking questions.

Wapo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/18/trump-administration-covid-tests-stockpile/

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Michelangelo Signorile's avatar

Yes, I linked to that in the piece and explained the reversal--after they were exposed.

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Don't Stop Me Now - TLawrence's avatar

WaPo came through this time. I wish it would do it more often.

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Patricia's avatar

Thank You for alerting us about this monstrous action. Alerted my friends and fam. You are a national treasure🔥🔥🔥 We need to protect you at all costs🔥🔥🔥

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Suki Herr's avatar

It’s a difficult choice for which of the Trump actions is worst, but this is the most stupidly wasteful idea imaginable.

Trump&family get every possible healthcare service. He’s been treated for Covid. He didn’t want to wear a mask because it smeared his orange goo, not because they were ineffective.

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Don't Stop Me Now - TLawrence's avatar

So true Suki. Yes - he sent Putin the tests when our medical people were begging for them.

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Caroline Sheely's avatar

It is all despicable. That you for calling out fascism. Keep up your important reporting.

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Terence Hughes's avatar

The meekness of the Democrats is incomprehensible, akin to Trump handing Ukraine to Putin. Shameful.

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Curmudgeon's avatar

The American voters are shameful for doing exactly what they did in 2016 convinced they has damn good reason for letting Trump win and we just repeated what didn't work in 2016 in 2024. I seriously can't tell a paid MAGA Democrat basher from people like you.

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Randy's avatar

Trump was probably paid off by the pharmaceutical companies to destroy the tests so they could make money by selling them. Plus they could Jack up the price because they would be in short supply

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Deborah's avatar

Thank you for the wonderful analysis - and for pointing out all of the specific examples of Trump and Musk's fascistic behavior. I wish the mainstream media would follow your example.

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Erik Johnson's avatar

My quote of the day:

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

H.L. Mencken

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Mark Whitson's avatar

Similar to how the Reagan administration burned about a million copies of 2 tax payer funded books. These books showed how homeowners could improve the energy efficiency of homes. The transnational oil companies didn’t want the average American to be able to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels.

Each two page spread featured for homes, which utilized various simple techniques to make these homes more energy efficient. 200 pages long. Four homes from each state.

Put in the incinerator as the solar panels came down off the White House.

Fortunately, I still have two of these books. And have used some of these techniques to reduce our energy demand.

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James Schwindt's avatar

It should surprise absolutely nobody that the orange lump of lard is doing this. He oversaw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans while calling covid-19 a "hoax". He did that even after admitting to Woodward that it was a very serious and dangerous problem.

I seriously doubt that trump has brains enough to pour piss out of a boot.

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Don't Stop Me Now - TLawrence's avatar

Trump bungled Covid, from not taking immediate action when he learned about it to tearing down professionals like Dr. Fauci, who spent their lives working to combat communicable diseases. He is doing the same now with the Avian flu. Containment is essential, and it's not penning them because chickens don't fly (a myth). My entire family of 5 had Covid over the Christmas holiday. We didn't realize it was Covid until my daughter took out one of those home kits. She reported it to work, and may have saved many from getting it too - since it was thought to be just a cold. The ignorance of this administration has no bounds - so why NOT install someone who doesn't believe in science?

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TheLegalEdition's avatar

Taxpayers paid for those tests. Gov’t has no right to destroy!

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Sharron Little Burnett's avatar

It only makes sense when you understand that Trump and MAGAs are on a revenge tour that will not stop until they have destroyed all the good work in our nation.

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Deb.🇩🇰's avatar

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

H.L. Mencken

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Deb.🇩🇰's avatar

Thank you Eric. Going to borrow that one. Chuckling.

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