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BeyondGeography

(40,810 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:02 PM Apr 2025

Chilling interview of David Kessler by Rachel tonight

Re. the HHS cuts. He was as civil as humanly possible, saying Trump probably doesn’t know he just fired someone who may have saved his life when he was sick with COVID. But he also said we will be paying for these decisions for decades from a public health standpoint if they are not rescinded.

Edited to add the video:

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Chilling interview of David Kessler by Rachel tonight (Original Post) BeyondGeography Apr 2025 OP
It was a really dark interview. Very scary. nt Ilsa Apr 2025 #1
If we bdamomma Apr 2025 #2
The deaths will be underreported gab13by13 Apr 2025 #3
they'll redefine poverty even lead poisoning as natural causes cynical_idealist Apr 2025 #17
This is the apex of why I am considering leaving America. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #4
Its scary Hornedfrog2000 Apr 2025 #7
It is scary. You might consider a foreign bank acct. They won't have access to it. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #10
I was literally thinking Hornedfrog2000 Apr 2025 #22
We will be paying... progressoid Apr 2025 #5
THIS SunSeeker Apr 2025 #14
Trump wouldn't care if he fired people who saved his life Skittles Apr 2025 #6
UNDOUBTEDLY thinks they should be thanking him. calimary Apr 2025 #9
Reminds me of an risque joke about Trump Shipwack Apr 2025 #12
heh Skittles Apr 2025 #13
Are you still active in the ass kicking business? Hope you haven't retired from that. Lasher Apr 2025 #15
I am Skittles Apr 2025 #18
I'm right there with you. Lasher Apr 2025 #19
an aquaintance who voted for Trump still hopes her student loans will be forgiven Skittles Apr 2025 #20
And you're just the one to render it! Lasher Apr 2025 #21
I/We will continue to get vaccinated. BidenRocks Apr 2025 #8
Trump was ridiculed/blamed/humiliated for his Covid response, NoMoreRepugs Apr 2025 #11
If Trump gets Covid again, he should have RFK Jr as his doctor. milestogo Apr 2025 #16

bdamomma

(69,172 posts)
2. If we
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:10 PM
Apr 2025

do not stop this regime there will be many more Americans dying. We saw it during Covid, and he called it a hoax. He's a madman.

gab13by13

(31,238 posts)
3. The deaths will be underreported
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:14 PM
Apr 2025

or listed as natural causes. When one can't afford prescription drugs or afford medical care, one simply dies from natural causes.

58Sunliner

(6,273 posts)
4. This is the apex of why I am considering leaving America.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:47 PM
Apr 2025

No news, lack of policy, lack of care, and no interest in helping the public should a pandemic or new disease erupt here. We shouldn't have to live like that.

 

Hornedfrog2000

(866 posts)
7. Its scary
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:59 PM
Apr 2025

Sooner or later we wont be able to leave with our own money. They will be checking out phones for allegiance, etc. Freezing peoples funds...

58Sunliner

(6,273 posts)
10. It is scary. You might consider a foreign bank acct. They won't have access to it.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:10 PM
Apr 2025

I was going to post a piece from the WIRE. They recommend that you may want to have a travel phone to go through customs with so they won't see anything. You also have privacy folder in android phones and Apple phones. You might also take an extra battery and put in a dead battery before you go through customs, or turn your phone off. It avoids them asking to go through your phone. Apparently if you don't agree to have your phone searched, they can make it an issue. Found it-https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

 

Hornedfrog2000

(866 posts)
22. I was literally thinking
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 06:07 AM
Apr 2025

I should have a phone for traveling, or one just for more personal use.

Skittles

(169,584 posts)
6. Trump wouldn't care if he fired people who saved his life
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:56 PM
Apr 2025

probably thinks they should be thanking HIM

calimary

(89,041 posts)
9. UNDOUBTEDLY thinks they should be thanking him.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:05 PM
Apr 2025

NO “probably” about it.

Aging low-life human thinks he’s God. And unfortunately, too many people (WAAAAAAAY too many people) feel compelled to agree.

Shipwack

(3,001 posts)
12. Reminds me of an risque joke about Trump
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:13 PM
Apr 2025

I heard this back in his "Apprentice" days.

Trump and a woman enter an elevator. The woman says, "Mr. Trump, if I press the button, the elevator will stop and I can give you a fantastic blow job."

He considers this for a moment and then asks,"Sounds interesting, but what do I get out of it?"

Lasher

(29,399 posts)
15. Are you still active in the ass kicking business? Hope you haven't retired from that.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 06:02 AM
Apr 2025

Skittles

(169,584 posts)
18. I am
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 12:44 PM
Apr 2025

it's just becoming exhausting with all these assclowns running my country into the ground

Skittles

(169,584 posts)
20. an aquaintance who voted for Trump still hopes her student loans will be forgiven
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 02:32 PM
Apr 2025

that right there requires a major ass-kicking

Lasher

(29,399 posts)
21. And you're just the one to render it!
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 06:23 PM
Apr 2025

Not the loan forgiveness, but the ass-whooping.

BidenRocks

(2,780 posts)
8. I/We will continue to get vaccinated.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:00 PM
Apr 2025

We will be informed by other than msm sources since they will be compromised.
Personal responsibility will help.
I don't trust This government.

NoMoreRepugs

(11,803 posts)
11. Trump was ridiculed/blamed/humiliated for his Covid response,
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:32 PM
Apr 2025

payback is coming for the entire planet.

milestogo

(22,582 posts)
16. If Trump gets Covid again, he should have RFK Jr as his doctor.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:38 AM
Apr 2025

The country needs to hear from these doctors about what these cuts have done. Its not as flashy as the tariffs, but in many ways its much, much worse.

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