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June 1, 2025

'There is data': CBS host busts Trump's FDA head by reading study results to him

By Tom Boggioni
Published June 1, 2025 1:45 PM ET

"Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan continually called out Donald Trump's choice to head the FDA on Sunday morning for making blanket statements about vaccine studies and undergoing a conversion to align himself with HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

With Dr. Marty Makakry batting away the host's questions on why he's dismissing previous studies of the safety of vaccines, Brennan put him on the spot about pregnant women.

"We're saying it's going to be between a doctor and a patient until that committee meets or more experts weigh in, or we get some clinical data. If there's zero clinical data, you're opining. I mean, you're just, it's a theory, and so we don't want to put out an absolute recommendation for kids with no clinical data at this point," he stated while talking about inoculating children," he told the host.

https://www.rawstory.com/makaray-vaccines/

Hey............ Brennan you should have looked at him and said I do not want you to be my doctor..............

June 1, 2025

C-SPAN caller torches 'liar' Mike Johnson: Did Jesus have a work requirement?

By David Edwards
Published June 1, 2025 2:04 PM ET

A caller to C-SPAN's Washington Journal program accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of being a "liar" because he espouses Christianity while stripping aid from impoverished people.

During Sunday's program, an Oklahoma Democrat named Joe called in to speak to right-wing pundit Erick Erickson.

"I want to come down to the granular level of some of the teachings in the Bible," Joe said. "And one of the things that's clear in the Bible that God hates, literally hates, it says this in Proverbs, is a lying tongue. And the Republican Party, though they take oaths on the Bible to come into office, they just lie constantly."

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-jesus-work-requirement/

Not all politicians are liars Erickson.........and as for abdicating duties to the government have you ever thought Erickson about reading a book called Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green..............just maybe you should enlighten yourself to what poverty does during Tuberculosis out breaks.......I want the government to protect me and my family from that deadly disease's, along with Measles, HIV, Flu, Covid19 for example.............maybe you will learn that over 1,250,000 died from Tuberculosis every year.............

June 1, 2025

Trump official put on the spot for saying he wants federal workers traumatized

By Tom Boggioni
Published June 1, 2025 10:23 AM ET

During an interview on CNN with host Dana Bash, Donald Trump's budget director was out on the spot for previous comments he made about wanting federal workers to be "in trauma."

Appearing on "State of the Union" to defend the current budget bill coming out of the Republican-controlled NHouse, Bash switched it up on OMB Director Russell Vought by playing a clip of him glibly attacking civil servants.

In the clip he can be heard stating, "“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down so that the EPA can’t do all of the rules against our energy industry because they have no bandwidth financially to do so. We want to put them in trauma.”

https://www.rawstory.com/russell-vought-trauma/

Hey shit for brains its called cherry picking..................you can't even jerry pick properly.............here let me give you the definition since your a fallacy..........


Cherry picking is the fallacy of selecting evidence that supports an argument while ignoring evidence that contradicts it

June 1, 2025

Joni Ernst gives mocking 'apology' for haunting 'We're all going to die' comment

By David McAfee
Published May 31, 2025 7:09 PM ET

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was criticized after she offered a "haunting" response to a constituent concerned about health care cuts in the Republican budget bill, and now she's doubling down by giving a faux apology.

The Iowa Republican held a town hall Friday morning in Parkersburg, where she repeatedly expressed frustration with angry constituents who demanded answers on proposed cuts to Medicaid and food stamp benefits and asked pointed questions about Congress putting a check on president Donald Trump's power, reported KCRG-TV.

She also angered some in the audience when she defended rolling back benefits for those she said were not supposed to be eligible for assistance.

https://www.rawstory.com/jonie-ernst-mockery-apology-video/

Your lord if he or she looked you face would say your a disgrace............and just for the record you can have your lord.............your nothing but a self righteous hypocrite money changer.........you want to hurt people...........end of story...............resign............

May 31, 2025

'It's not fair!' CNN's Jennings goes off on treatment of Trump by 60 Minutes

By Tom Boggioni
Published May 31, 2025 1:47 PM ET

CNN conservative Scott Jennings went on a tirade on Saturday morning after "Table for Five" host Abby Phillip pointed out that Donald Trump is trying to use his presidential bully pulpit to enrich himself in his battle with CBS.

Near the conclusion of the Saturday morning show, the viral Wake Forrest University commencement speech given by "60 Minutes" host Scott Pelley took center stage which led to the two butting heads.

Reflecting on Pelley telling the graduates, "You are the educated. You are the compassionate. You are the fierce defenders of democracy, the seekers of truth, the vanguard against ignorance. You are millions strong across our land. I might be sorry that you were picked by history for this role. But maybe that was the plan. Hard times are going to make you better and going to make you stronger," Trump's lawsuit was hotly debated.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-60-minutes-2672240867/

Hey Jennings really.............been to the AM and FM dial lately..............how about propaganda channels Newsmax, and Fix Noise........have you asked how may newspapers such and the LA Times and Washington Post turning into rags of BS.........

May 30, 2025

Defiance: CDC directly contradicts direct demand from RFK Jr.

By Julia Conley, Common Dreams
Published May 30, 2025 5:22 PM ET

Amid reports of a new Covid-19 subvariant spreading in several U.S. states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday failed to update guidance on receiving vaccines against the coronavirus that contradicted a controversial recent announcement from the nation's top health official.

The CDC's schedule for vaccines for children aged 6 months to 17 years retained the Covid-19 shot, advising parents and doctors to engage in "shared clinical decision-making" when determining if a child should be vaccinated—meaning children can receive the shots if their parents and physicians agree.

That guidance contradicts a statement from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. earlier this week. Kennedy claimed Tuesday that there was a "lack of any clinical data to support the repeat booster strategy in children" for Covid vaccines as he announced, alongside National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary, that the shots would no longer be recommended for pregnant women or healthy children.

https://www.rawstory.com/defiance/

I just ask myself what if Kennedy parents told the doctor not to give our kids the measles, mumps and rubella shots what would they have done.......I just ask myself if this idiot in charge of HHS remembers when he had to take the TB test also.................probably not...........again someone should ask him if he took the required shots or was given the MMR shot to get into school............

May 30, 2025

Fox News Millionaires' Easy Solution: Raise Retirement Age

Cutting benefits to seniors is always Fox News' solution.

By John Amato — May 30, 2025

On Maria Bartiromo's FOX Business program, a panel of very wealthy people wants to raise the retirement age of the working class to be eligible for Social Security benefits because they would never retire at 62.

In a very bizarre discussion, Bartiromo's panel of the rich lied throughout this segment about the entirety of Social Security recipients in order to justify taking benefits away from seniors instead of raising taxes on those who can afford it.

BARTIROMO: In terms of Social Security, 47% of Republicans say they wanna reduce benefits for future retirees. Seventy-three percent of Democrats, though, prefer raising taxes instead. Todd Piro, your reaction?

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/05/fox-news-millionaires-raise-retirement-age

Hey Todd,..............did you talk to your economics professor about what happened in 1929 .........do you or your professor know how many firms had retirements plans in place for the displaced in 1929 until Francis Perkins and FDR got into power.............where is the list of Wall Street firm............and as for Marie.............are your parents on Social Security............how much do you and Todd pay into social security after you make $168,500.01 every year.........not one dime.................your both idiots...........

May 30, 2025

'Never met a poor person that created jobs': GOP senator mocks tax cut question

By Travis Gettys
Published May 30, 2025 1:23 PM ET

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) dismissed a student's question about the Republican tax cut bill by mocking poor people.

The Wisconsin Republican spoke Thursday at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he defended the extension of president Donald Trump's tax cuts when one of the students asked why the GOP bill focused on spending cuts instead of raising revenue to balance the budget.

"I'm a young person, and in your talk you talked a lot about how the deficit represents a transfer of wealth from young to old, and I'm sensitive to that," said student Joseph Hennessy. "Of course, you can't spend money that you don't have. But, of course, there are two ways to reduce the deficit. One is to cut spending and the other is to increase revenue. So I'm wondering why you're only focused on one half of that equation, cutting spending, and not opposing these massive tax cuts that disproportionately go to the wealthiest Americans who really don't need that tax cut and why we're looking at cutting things like Medicaid and funding for critical scientific research on the back of that."

https://www.rawstory.com/ron-johnson-tax-cuts-mock/

Hey Ronny..............where did you get your money..........if history is any indicator your money came from your wife and her family...........and PACUR...............so again your a dickhead..............there are a lot of people that are "poor" dickhead that created jobs...........they are called self employed..........like I was when I was delivering newspapers..............you really are a POS and yes you will vote to screw Wisconsinites out of Medicaid and Medicare and SNAP.......no doubt in my my mind............

May 30, 2025

'Should be embarrassed': Trump admin slaps back as it's caught in major lie

By ProPublica
Published May 30, 2025 9:38 AM ET

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants it sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the United States before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security data that has not been previously reported.

President Donald Trump and his aides have branded the Venezuelans as “rapists,” “savages,” “monsters” and “the worst of the worst.” When multiple news organizations disputed those assertions with reporting that showed many of the deportees did not have criminal records, the administration doubled down. It said that its assessment of the deportees was based on a thorough vetting process that included looking at crimes committed both inside and outside the United States.

But the government’s own data, which was obtained by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and a team of journalists from Venezuela, showed that officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations.

https://www.rawstory.com/should-be-embarrassed-trump-admin-slaps-back-as-it-s-caught-in-major-lie/

Sounds like this gang was told to read the Mein Kampf manifesto by the head traitor and implement program..................

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