Date: 19/07/2026 06:44:40
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2412449
Subject: US Politics 2026 #2

Being mid-year, it’s time we have another thread.

https://thirdtermproject.com/

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Date: 21/07/2026 10:50:26
From: Cymek
ID: 2413065
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/us-imposes-50pc-tariffs-on-canada/106938910

Mark Carney “You will remove the tariffs and we will not bomb the Baldwins”
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Date: 21/07/2026 13:58:28
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2413114
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/us-imposes-50pc-tariffs-on-canada/106938910

Mark Carney “You will remove the tariffs and we will not bomb the Baldwins”

Today, the United States administration announced its intention to impose a new 50% tariff on a significant number of Canadian goods.

This is the latest in a series of unilateral U.S. trade actions that began with the U.S. imposing a series of tariffs in direct violation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the free trade agreement between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

These include tariffs on the Canadian auto sector, in violation of CUSMA. Canada, as is its right, has merely matched those measures.

More broadly, in response to these measures and threats to Canadian sovereignty, provinces, territories, and Canadians from coast to coast to coast have stood together, taking the necessary actions to support our economy and defend our workers, farmers, businesses, and families.

Recognising that the U.S. has been transforming all of its trade relationships, including those covered under CUSMA, over the past 18 months, Canada has made a series of detailed and comprehensive proposals to resolve this dispute and to modernise CUSMA. We stand ready to intensify those discussions in the coming weeks.

Canada believes in the benefits of free and fair trade, as evidenced by our new government signing more than 20 new economic and security partnerships. This trade dispute has raised costs for families, particularly in the U.S. Canada stands ready to engage intensively to address outstanding issues with the U.S. to the mutual benefit of our citizens.

In all circumstances, Canada will work relentlessly and take any measures necessary to build our strength at home and to support Canadian workers, farmers, businesses, and families.

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/07/20/statement-prime-minister-carney-united-states-administrations-intention

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Date: 21/07/2026 17:57:37
From: Ian
ID: 2413151
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Jon Stewart

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Date: 21/07/2026 19:18:16
From: buffy
ID: 2413166
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Ian said:


Jon Stewart

Thanks for that one.

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Date: 21/07/2026 19:28:24
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2413168
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

We aren’t going survive as a viable species much longer I think.
Darwinism isn’t working fast enough.

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Date: 21/07/2026 19:30:38
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2413169
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Spiny Norman said:


We aren’t going survive as a viable species much longer I think.
Darwinism isn’t working fast enough.

We just need another pandemic 👍🏼

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Date: 21/07/2026 19:32:31
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2413170
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


Spiny Norman said:

We aren’t going survive as a viable species much longer I think.
Darwinism isn’t working fast enough.

We just need another pandemic 👍🏼

I’ll see what I can organise.

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Date: 21/07/2026 19:57:46
From: ms spock
ID: 2413173
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


Spiny Norman said:

We aren’t going survive as a viable species much longer I think.
Darwinism isn’t working fast enough.

We just need another pandemic 👍🏼

Bird Flu and Ebola are on their way.

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Date: 21/07/2026 20:24:21
From: ms spock
ID: 2413185
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Danielle Moodie was an MSNow/MSNBC and CNN contributor.

Link

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Date: 21/07/2026 20:55:17
From: Witty Rejoinder
ID: 2413197
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

ms spock said:


Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

We aren’t going survive as a viable species much longer I think.
Darwinism isn’t working fast enough.

We just need another pandemic 👍🏼

Bird Flu and Ebola are on their way.

Don’t forget the explosive diarrhea!

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Date: 21/07/2026 21:18:32
From: captain_spalding
ID: 2413204
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Witty Rejoinder said:


ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

We just need another pandemic 👍🏼

Bird Flu and Ebola are on their way.

Don’t forget the explosive diarrhea!

Once experienced, never forgotten.

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Date: 22/07/2026 08:55:33
From: ms spock
ID: 2413258
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Witty Rejoinder said:


ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

We just need another pandemic 👍🏼

Bird Flu and Ebola are on their way.

Don’t forget the explosive diarrhea!

Indeed!

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Date: 22/07/2026 11:34:28
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2413338
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

I do wish Pete B was in the top job. He’d be bloody great I reckon.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uAz3mo61S_c

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Date: 22/07/2026 18:58:54
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2413490
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 22/07/2026 19:04:15
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2413492
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


mahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Date: 25/07/2026 09:01:45
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2414142
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

White House admits it scrapped grants to blue states because they didn’t vote for Trump

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-grants-blue-states-trump-vought-vote-2024-election

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Date: 25/07/2026 09:43:45
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2414149
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


White House admits it scrapped grants to blue states because they didn’t vote for Trump

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-grants-blue-states-trump-vought-vote-2024-election

fish barreling

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Date: 28/07/2026 11:43:56
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2414979
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo suggested Friday that opposition to abortion could have helped fuel a measles outbreak in Florida since many cases are tied to a private Roman Catholic college.

Federal data show Florida had 141 confirmed measles cases as of July 23, ranking the state fifth in the nation for most infections.

During a press conference in Orlando Friday, a reporter asked Ladapo about his level of concern about the measles cases and what he’d tell Florida families about the rising number of cases.

The surgeon general, long known for his vaccine skepticism, initially replied, “Oh no. Everyone’s got to take a vaccine.”

But he followed noting that “a lot of those cases” were reported at Ave Maria University, a private Roman Catholic college in Collier County. Ninety-three measles cases were reported in Collier County where the university is located.

“You know, for some people — people may or may not know that the measles vaccines is developed with the cells that are a progeny from … an aborted fetus, and you know whether there’s a connection between the fact that you know some of the students at this university chose not to receive that vaccine, and it happens to be a vaccine that is related to the practice of abortion, I’m not sure.”

https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/07/24/surgeon-general-suggests-high-measles-counts-could-be-tied-to-abortion-opposition/

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Date: 28/07/2026 11:48:58
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2414981
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

“There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton,” McConnell said. “When I first attended 42 years ago, Fancy Farm was a pretty lonely place to be a Republican. But, my, how times have changed. Today, western Kentucky is a conservative Republican sea of red. So I hate that I’ll miss the fun this year, but I’m sending my best wishes to the St. Jerome community for a successful picnic.”

https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/07/27/mcconnell-shares-second-photo-amid-absence-says-he-will-not-attend-kentucky-political-event/

✨✨✨
How tragic that he will die suddenly next Tuesday.

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Date: 28/07/2026 11:59:06
From: Cymek
ID: 2414983
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


“There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton,” McConnell said. “When I first attended 42 years ago, Fancy Farm was a pretty lonely place to be a Republican. But, my, how times have changed. Today, western Kentucky is a conservative Republican sea of red. So I hate that I’ll miss the fun this year, but I’m sending my best wishes to the St. Jerome community for a successful picnic.”

https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/07/27/mcconnell-shares-second-photo-amid-absence-says-he-will-not-attend-kentucky-political-event/

✨✨✨
How tragic that he will die suddenly next Tuesday.

He looks like he could wander outside of a locked ward and have an “accident’

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Date: 28/07/2026 12:20:18
From: ms spock
ID: 2415002
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo suggested Friday that opposition to abortion could have helped fuel a measles outbreak in Florida since many cases are tied to a private Roman Catholic college.

Federal data show Florida had 141 confirmed measles cases as of July 23, ranking the state fifth in the nation for most infections.

During a press conference in Orlando Friday, a reporter asked Ladapo about his level of concern about the measles cases and what he’d tell Florida families about the rising number of cases.

The surgeon general, long known for his vaccine skepticism, initially replied, “Oh no. Everyone’s got to take a vaccine.”

But he followed noting that “a lot of those cases” were reported at Ave Maria University, a private Roman Catholic college in Collier County. Ninety-three measles cases were reported in Collier County where the university is located.

“You know, for some people — people may or may not know that the measles vaccines is developed with the cells that are a progeny from … an aborted fetus, and you know whether there’s a connection between the fact that you know some of the students at this university chose not to receive that vaccine, and it happens to be a vaccine that is related to the practice of abortion, I’m not sure.”

https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/07/24/surgeon-general-suggests-high-measles-counts-could-be-tied-to-abortion-opposition/

Interesting child rape was so not a problem and okay that the rotated child rapist priests from parish to parish.

There’s too many insane people in this world.

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Date: 28/07/2026 12:21:49
From: ms spock
ID: 2415003
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Comments on the building of AI Data Centres.

Link

3 minutes

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Date: 28/07/2026 18:23:25
From: Ian
ID: 2415116
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Jon Stewart

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Date: 28/07/2026 18:28:24
From: ms spock
ID: 2415118
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ asks Supreme Court to Let Him Block Your Mail Ballot

Link

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Date: 28/07/2026 20:58:27
From: ms spock
ID: 2415143
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

’Bad news’ for Trump and GOP with 99 days until the midterms | MS NOW Analysis

MS NOW (MSNBC)

Link

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Date: 29/07/2026 07:04:47
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2415187
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 29/07/2026 07:04:47
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2415188
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 29/07/2026 07:54:08
From: roughbarked
ID: 2415190
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:



Yes but RFK leaves his wife to fend for herself in the aftermath of the shooting incident at th dinner.

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Date: 29/07/2026 08:00:08
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415191
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

well how many sigma does it have to be to be ruled out

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Date: 29/07/2026 10:14:24
From: buffy
ID: 2415209
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Robert Reich on the American Declaration of Independence

Thanks to my Houston sister, again.

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Date: 29/07/2026 10:21:42
From: Cymek
ID: 2415211
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

buffy said:


Robert Reich on the American Declaration of Independence

Thanks to my Houston sister, again.

Good you received it and no problems

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Date: 29/07/2026 10:31:15
From: buffy
ID: 2415212
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:


buffy said:

Robert Reich on the American Declaration of Independence

Thanks to my Houston sister, again.

Good you received it and no problems

She’s got it up on her Facebook.

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Date: 29/07/2026 10:38:17
From: ms spock
ID: 2415214
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

buffy said:


Robert Reich on the American Declaration of Independence

Thanks to my Houston sister, again.

Ta buffy’s sister.

Robert Reich just keeps on educating folks.

He does a Coffee Klatch once per week.

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Date: 29/07/2026 10:53:27
From: ms spock
ID: 2415219
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:



That is most concerning.

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Date: 29/07/2026 11:00:12
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2415222
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

ms spock said:


Divine Angel said:


That is most concerning.

Stop the world, I want to get off. :(

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Date: 29/07/2026 11:06:29
From: Cymek
ID: 2415226
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Spiny Norman said:


ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:


That is most concerning.

Stop the world, I want to get off. :(

The anti vaccines movement really is so many steps backwards for humanity
I can understand the worry of side effects but none of its based on reality.

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Date: 29/07/2026 11:07:25
From: captain_spalding
ID: 2415227
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

ms spock said:


Divine Angel said:


That is most concerning.

I suggest that if you read the page:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

you may find that there’s rather less cause for concern than that screenshot alone would indicate.

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Date: 29/07/2026 11:19:08
From: kii
ID: 2415233
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

roughbarked said:


Divine Angel said:


Yes but RFK leaves his wife to fend for herself in the aftermath of the shooting incident at th dinner.

Lololol 😹
What the fuck does that have to do with anything?

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Date: 29/07/2026 11:20:59
From: dv
ID: 2415235
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

captain_spalding said:


ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:


That is most concerning.

I suggest that if you read the page:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

you may find that there’s rather less cause for concern than that screenshot alone would indicate.

I did. It’s very concerning.


State of the Evidence: MMR Vaccine

The MMR vaccine has been studied regarding autism, and the reviews from IOM and AHRQ maintain with a high strength of evidence that there is no association with autism spectrum disorders based on observational evidence only.

However, in 2012, the IOM reviewed the published MMR-autism studies and found that all but four of them had “serious methodological limitations,” and the IOM gave them no weight. The remaining four studies and a few similar studies published since also have all been criticized for serious methodological flaws. Furthermore, they are all retrospective epidemiological studies which cannot prove causation, fail to account for potential vulnerable subgroups, and fail to account for mechanistic and other evidence linking vaccines with autism.

Many of the retrospective studies utilized, such as the 2002 New England Journal of Medicine study on the Denmark population, may be unreliable for the U.S. population. Children in these studies receive vaccines based on foreign vaccination schedules that differ from the schedule in the U.S. As outlined in the 2013 IOM report on the childhood immunization schedule, “there are few comparative studies evaluating the safety of different vaccine schedules,” but “there are cases in which the risk of adverse events can depend on the vaccination schedule used and factors such as timing and adjuvants should be studied with appropriate design methods.”

For example, the MMR vaccine does not contain aluminum. However, other infant vaccines have aluminum content ranging from 0.25 mg to 0.625 mg per dose (DTaP has the highest content). One analysis found that the 2019 CDC vaccine schedule resulted in 4.925 mg of total vaccine-related aluminum exposure by age 18 months. There is evidence in the U.S. of a positive association between vaccine-related aluminum exposure and persistent asthma. Evidence from a large Danish cohort study reported no increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders with early childhood exposure to aluminum-adsorbed vaccines, but a detailed review of the supplementary tables shows some higher event rates of neurodevelopmental conditions with moderate aluminum exposure (Supplement Figure 11 — though a dose response was not evident) and a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger’s syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4). Together, these findings warrant further investigation of aluminum exposures (high, low, and none) for a variety of childhood chronic diseases, including autism.

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Date: 29/07/2026 11:27:42
From: captain_spalding
ID: 2415238
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

dv said:


captain_spalding said:

ms spock said:

I suggest that if you read the page:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

you may find that there’s rather less cause for concern than that screenshot alone would indicate.

I did. It’s very concerning.


State of the Evidence: MMR Vaccine

The MMR vaccine has been studied regarding autism, and the reviews from IOM and AHRQ maintain with a high strength of evidence that there is no association with autism spectrum disorders based on observational evidence only.

However, in 2012, the IOM reviewed the published MMR-autism studies and found that all but four of them had “serious methodological limitations,” and the IOM gave them no weight. The remaining four studies and a few similar studies published since also have all been criticized for serious methodological flaws. Furthermore, they are all retrospective epidemiological studies which cannot prove causation, fail to account for potential vulnerable subgroups, and fail to account for mechanistic and other evidence linking vaccines with autism.

Many of the retrospective studies utilized, such as the 2002 New England Journal of Medicine study on the Denmark population, may be unreliable for the U.S. population. Children in these studies receive vaccines based on foreign vaccination schedules that differ from the schedule in the U.S. As outlined in the 2013 IOM report on the childhood immunization schedule, “there are few comparative studies evaluating the safety of different vaccine schedules,” but “there are cases in which the risk of adverse events can depend on the vaccination schedule used and factors such as timing and adjuvants should be studied with appropriate design methods.”

For example, the MMR vaccine does not contain aluminum. However, other infant vaccines have aluminum content ranging from 0.25 mg to 0.625 mg per dose (DTaP has the highest content). One analysis found that the 2019 CDC vaccine schedule resulted in 4.925 mg of total vaccine-related aluminum exposure by age 18 months. There is evidence in the U.S. of a positive association between vaccine-related aluminum exposure and persistent asthma. Evidence from a large Danish cohort study reported no increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders with early childhood exposure to aluminum-adsorbed vaccines, but a detailed review of the supplementary tables shows some higher event rates of neurodevelopmental conditions with moderate aluminum exposure (Supplement Figure 11 — though a dose response was not evident) and a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger’s syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4). Together, these findings warrant further investigation of aluminum exposures (high, low, and none) for a variety of childhood chronic diseases, including autism.


I took it as, “OK, calm down, tinfoil brigade’, we’ll take a look at whatever comes along about vaccines, and, if it holds up to scrutiny and seems to have some scientific value, we’ll tell you about it here”.

Not “we’re throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and we think that the wackos are on to something”.

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Date: 29/07/2026 11:42:19
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2415245
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:


Spiny Norman said:

ms spock said:

That is most concerning.

Stop the world, I want to get off. :(

The anti vaccines movement really is so many steps backwards for humanity
I can understand the worry of side effects but none of its based on reality.

Imagine thinking autism is worse than child death, physical disability like losing use of limbs (polio), or acquired brain injury.

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Date: 29/07/2026 12:25:42
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415256
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Stop the world, I want to get off. :(

The anti vaccines movement really is so many steps backwards for humanity
I can understand the worry of side effects but none of its based on reality.

Imagine thinking autism is worse than child death, physical disability like losing use of limbs (polio), or acquired brain injury.

surely autism allegedly caused by vaccination is an allegedly acquired brain injury

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Date: 29/07/2026 12:27:37
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415257
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

captain_spalding said:


dv said:

captain_spalding said:

I did. It’s very concerning.


State of the Evidence: MMR Vaccine

The MMR vaccine has been studied regarding autism, and the reviews from IOM and AHRQ maintain with a high strength of evidence that there is no association with autism spectrum disorders based on observational evidence only.

However, in 2012, the IOM reviewed the published MMR-autism studies and found that all but four of them had “serious methodological limitations,” and the IOM gave them no weight. The remaining four studies and a few similar studies published since also have all been criticized for serious methodological flaws. Furthermore, they are all retrospective epidemiological studies which cannot prove causation, fail to account for potential vulnerable subgroups, and fail to account for mechanistic and other evidence linking vaccines with autism.

Many of the retrospective studies utilized, such as the 2002 New England Journal of Medicine study on the Denmark population, may be unreliable for the U.S. population. Children in these studies receive vaccines based on foreign vaccination schedules that differ from the schedule in the U.S. As outlined in the 2013 IOM report on the childhood immunization schedule, “there are few comparative studies evaluating the safety of different vaccine schedules,” but “there are cases in which the risk of adverse events can depend on the vaccination schedule used and factors such as timing and adjuvants should be studied with appropriate design methods.”

For example, the MMR vaccine does not contain aluminum. However, other infant vaccines have aluminum content ranging from 0.25 mg to 0.625 mg per dose (DTaP has the highest content). One analysis found that the 2019 CDC vaccine schedule resulted in 4.925 mg of total vaccine-related aluminum exposure by age 18 months. There is evidence in the U.S. of a positive association between vaccine-related aluminum exposure and persistent asthma. Evidence from a large Danish cohort study reported no increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders with early childhood exposure to aluminum-adsorbed vaccines, but a detailed review of the supplementary tables shows some higher event rates of neurodevelopmental conditions with moderate aluminum exposure (Supplement Figure 11 — though a dose response was not evident) and a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger’s syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4). Together, these findings warrant further investigation of aluminum exposures (high, low, and none) for a variety of childhood chronic diseases, including autism.


I took it as, “OK, calm down, tinfoil brigade’, we’ll take a look at whatever comes along about vaccines, and, if it holds up to scrutiny and seems to have some scientific value, we’ll tell you about it here”.

Not “we’re throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and we think that the wackos are on to something”.

pretty sure “just asking questions” is an innocuous wish to simply be more personally informed Abbie inoculations, there’s no agenda and no harm

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Date: 29/07/2026 12:32:32
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415259
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

kii said:


roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:


Yes but RFK leaves his wife to fend for herself in the aftermath of the shooting incident at th dinner.

Lololol 😹
What the fuck does that have to do with anything?

wait is this not rfks doing

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Date: 29/07/2026 12:33:29
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415260
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:


Spiny Norman said:

ms spock said:

That is most concerning.

Stop the world, I want to get off. :(

The anti vaccines movement really is so many steps backwards for humanity
I can understand the worry of side effects but none of its based on reality.

well too bad violating people’s bodily sovereignty is communism

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Date: 29/07/2026 12:53:54
From: buffy
ID: 2415265
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Good grief!

FIFA boss Infantino unveils $US20b plan to sell World Cup to Kushner consortium

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Date: 29/07/2026 12:57:01
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 2415267
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

buffy said:


Good grief!

FIFA boss Infantino unveils $US20b plan to sell World Cup to Kushner consortium

And there’ll be a world cup all year round every year and everywhere.

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Date: 29/07/2026 14:06:30
From: ms spock
ID: 2415279
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:


Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Stop the world, I want to get off. :(

The anti vaccines movement really is so many steps backwards for humanity
I can understand the worry of side effects but none of its based on reality.

well too bad violating people’s bodily sovereignty is communism

The anti vaxxers are a very disturbing group of people.

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Date: 29/07/2026 14:42:44
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415282
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

ms spock said:

SCIENCE said:

Cymek said:

The anti vaccines movement really is so many steps backwards for humanity
I can understand the worry of side effects but none of its based on reality.

well too bad violating people’s bodily sovereignty is communism

The anti vaxxers are a very disturbing group of people.

well, you know, the cultural revolution is famous for supposedly killing millions of millions of millions of people, can’t let those other countries outdo glorious capitalist freedom, bring on the bacterial cultural revolution

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Date: 29/07/2026 17:07:16
From: ms spock
ID: 2415307
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

captain_spalding said:


ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:


That is most concerning.

I suggest that if you read the page:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

you may find that there’s rather less cause for concern than that screenshot alone would indicate.

I hadn’t read that. Ta Captain Spalding

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Date: 29/07/2026 17:24:27
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415313
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

alleged

but we know it’s not true, they won’t try socialised healthcare either

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Date: 29/07/2026 17:33:43
From: Michael V
ID: 2415323
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

alleged

but we know it’s not true, they won’t try socialised healthcare either

Ha!

:)

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Date: 29/07/2026 21:19:10
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415384
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

ms spock said:

captain_spalding said:

ms spock said:

That is most concerning.

I suggest that if you read the page:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

you may find that there’s rather less cause for concern than that screenshot alone would indicate.

I hadn’t read that. Ta Captain Spalding

well there’s this at least

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/sen-collins-announces-state-department-to-restore-full-contribution-to-gavi

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Date: 30/07/2026 09:57:39
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415433
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Men Can Be Witches Too

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/dr-anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-pleads-fifth-covid-pandemic/106974476

gotta take this shithole country back to 1700 yeah

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Date: 30/07/2026 09:59:26
From: roughbarked
ID: 2415436
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

Men Can Be Witches Too

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/dr-anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-pleads-fifth-covid-pandemic/106974476

gotta take this shithole country back to 1700 yeah

The war is not yet over. The civil war that is.

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Date: 30/07/2026 10:46:54
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 2415448
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

Men Can Be Witches Too

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/dr-anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-pleads-fifth-covid-pandemic/106974476

gotta take this shithole country back to 1700 yeah

Punter: I’m surrounded by male witches
Policeman: Warlocks
Punter: No it’s true.

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:02:29
From: kii
ID: 2415455
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

Men Can Be Witches Too

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/dr-anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-pleads-fifth-covid-pandemic/106974476

gotta take this shithole country back to 1700 yeah

Watch the body language of Hawley. The little bouncy bobbing around tough man shit. He’s always been an arsehole.

Link

The behaviour I am referring to is in the opening part of this video.

Remember him on J6?

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:13:23
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415460
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

in the ussa wokist leftists are agents provocateur manipulating poor simple minded battlers into giving their kids ridiculous names while the hypocritical leftist wokists choose safe successful names for themselves

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:14:30
From: kii
ID: 2415461
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

kii said:


SCIENCE said:

Men Can Be Witches Too

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/dr-anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-pleads-fifth-covid-pandemic/106974476

gotta take this shithole country back to 1700 yeah

Watch the body language of Hawley. The little bouncy bobbing around tough man shit. He’s always been an arsehole.

Link

The behaviour I am referring to is in the opening part of this video.

Remember him on J6?

This…

Link

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:18:11
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415464
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

kii said:

kii said:

SCIENCE said:

Men Can Be Witches Too

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/dr-anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-pleads-fifth-covid-pandemic/106974476

gotta take this shithole country back to 1700 yeah

Watch the body language of Hawley. The little bouncy bobbing around tough man shit. He’s always been an arsehole.

Link

The behaviour I am referring to is in the opening part of this video.

Remember him on J6?

This…

Link

it’s all gross

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:19:41
From: roughbarked
ID: 2415466
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

kii said:

Watch the body language of Hawley. The little bouncy bobbing around tough man shit. He’s always been an arsehole.

Link

The behaviour I am referring to is in the opening part of this video.

Remember him on J6?

This…

Link

it’s all gross

Men behaving really badly.

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:21:51
From: kii
ID: 2415467
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

roughbarked said:


SCIENCE said:

kii said:

This…

Link

it’s all gross

Men behaving really badly.

Seriously?

JFC

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:23:38
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415469
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

kii said:

roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

it’s all gross

Men behaving really badly.

Seriously?

JFC


more good news

The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. The administration announced new guidance on Monday clarifying that these “islanded” power plants do not have to be part of the Clean Air Act’s Acid Rain Program (ARP). This program requires power plants to reduce emissions of acid rain precursors sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

LOL

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:25:07
From: roughbarked
ID: 2415471
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

roughbarked said:

Men behaving really badly.

Seriously?

JFC


more good news

The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. The administration announced new guidance on Monday clarifying that these “islanded” power plants do not have to be part of the Clean Air Act’s Acid Rain Program (ARP). This program requires power plants to reduce emissions of acid rain precursors sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

LOL

and you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destrution.

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:25:36
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415472
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

roughbarked said:


SCIENCE said:

kii said:

Seriously?

JFC


more good news

The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. The administration announced new guidance on Monday clarifying that these “islanded” power plants do not have to be part of the Clean Air Act’s Acid Rain Program (ARP). This program requires power plants to reduce emissions of acid rain precursors sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

LOL

and you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destrution.

some other country will save us

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:30:32
From: Cymek
ID: 2415477
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

The push for AI data centres against what seems to be many people protests is worrying
What’s the long term agenda

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:31:46
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2415478
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:

The push for AI data centres against what seems to be many people protests is worrying
What’s the long term agenda

freedom

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:35:26
From: Cymek
ID: 2415483
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

Cymek said:

The push for AI data centres against what seems to be many people protests is worrying
What’s the long term agenda

freedom

That makes sense

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:37:17
From: kii
ID: 2415485
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:


The push for AI data centres against what seems to be many people protests is worrying
What’s the long term agenda

Meanwhile in Doña Ana County, where I was living.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1cLU366xBk/

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:38:15
From: Michael V
ID: 2415486
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

roughbarked said:

Men behaving really badly.

Seriously?

JFC


more good news

The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. The administration announced new guidance on Monday clarifying that these “islanded” power plants do not have to be part of the Clean Air Act’s Acid Rain Program (ARP). This program requires power plants to reduce emissions of acid rain precursors sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

LOL

More ‘Ken nonsense.

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:39:54
From: Michael V
ID: 2415488
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:


The push for AI data centres against what seems to be many people protests is worrying
What’s the long term agenda

For billionaires to become trillionaires.

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Date: 30/07/2026 11:53:44
From: roughbarked
ID: 2415494
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Cymek said:


The push for AI data centres against what seems to be many people protests is worrying
What’s the long term agenda

apparently we can’t do without them and we’ll just have to put up with them. Like everything else.

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Date: 30/07/2026 12:08:30
From: ms spock
ID: 2415502
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

roughbarked said:


Cymek said:

The push for AI data centres against what seems to be many people protests is worrying
What’s the long term agenda

apparently we can’t do without them and we’ll just have to put up with them. Like everything else.

They used NDAs to get the AI Data Centres built in some parts of America.

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Date: 30/07/2026 13:52:06
From: ms spock
ID: 2415544
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Marc Elias won in the Supreme Court.

Link

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Date: 1/08/2026 18:06:49
From: dv
ID: 2416278
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz05yx5dd7yo

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Date: 1/08/2026 18:07:45
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2416279
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

dv said:


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz05yx5dd7yo

🌮

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Date: 1/08/2026 18:11:09
From: dv
ID: 2416280
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Divine Angel said:


dv said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz05yx5dd7yo

🌮

Exactly.
Trump Often Spouts Totally Asinine Daily Announcements.

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Date: 1/08/2026 18:34:18
From: Woodie
ID: 2416287
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

dv said:


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz05yx5dd7yo

Now let’s see if he will do the same with the Iran war.

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Date: 1/08/2026 19:11:33
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2416289
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Woodie said:


dv said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz05yx5dd7yo

Now let’s see if he will do the same with the Iran war.

Wouldn’t that be Iranic, don’tcha think?

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Date: 1/08/2026 19:24:58
From: Woodie
ID: 2416293
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Spiny Norman said:


Woodie said:

dv said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz05yx5dd7yo

Now let’s see if he will do the same with the Iran war.

Wouldn’t that be Iranic, don’tcha think?

groan

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Date: 2/08/2026 13:32:34
From: dv
ID: 2416447
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

This headline

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Date: 2/08/2026 13:45:58
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2416458
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

dv said:


This headline

you see $100000000 a year isn’t much after sending the kids to private school and booking the round the world trip and securing another private island and setting aside the retirement savings

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Date: 2/08/2026 15:43:57
From: dv
ID: 2416498
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 2/08/2026 15:52:52
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 2416501
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

dv said:



SCIENCE is a Conservative?

I never would have guessed.

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Date: 2/08/2026 15:57:34
From: dv
ID: 2416504
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Capital One Financial hit back on Friday against a lawsuit over its ⁠decision to close the Trump ⁠Organization’s bank accounts ​years ago, stating that it did so after a review by anti-money-laundering experts.

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump’s family business. Capital One is seeking to dismiss the case by casting doubt on claims of illegally debanking – or denying services on religious or political grounds – the Trump Organization.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/01/capital-one-trump-organization-money-laundering

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Date: 2/08/2026 16:26:32
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2416512
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

President Donald Trump has predicted that Greenland will be under U.S. control by the time he leaves office in January 2029.

Trump has fiercely pushed to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic since before he returned to the Oval Office. The globally unpopular move has helped strain America’s relationship with its European allies, who see it as a threat to Greenlanders’ sovereignty.

https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-greenland-under-us-013450000.html

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Date: 2/08/2026 17:59:50
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2416543
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:


SCIENCE is a Conservative?

I never would have guessed.

what, we’re systematically talking about diseases so don’t look at us, the only type of conservative we are is path independence

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Date: 2/08/2026 19:28:39
From: Bogsnorkler
ID: 2416575
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

right thread. hopefully.

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Date: 2/08/2026 20:15:28
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2416590
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Bogsnorkler said:

right thread. hopefully.

are those rainbows

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Date: 3/08/2026 11:56:10
From: ms spock
ID: 2416684
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Roland Martin used to be on CNN, MSNBC etc etc

He started his own media company.

Link

3 minutes

I find some of his interviews and panels most thought provoking. He did an interesting interview with Kamala Harris.

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Date: 3/08/2026 21:03:01
From: ms spock
ID: 2416796
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Roland Martin pressed James Talarico on what he would say to Black Texans after beating Jasmine Crockett and why Black voters should trust him.

Link

James Talarico has got guts. He keeps turning up and answering the questions. He did a town hall and there was an angry woman there and he heard her out.

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Date: 3/08/2026 21:43:25
From: ms spock
ID: 2416819
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

ICE Detention of “non criminals”.

Link

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Date: 3/08/2026 21:48:39
From: ms spock
ID: 2416821
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

MONSTERS: ICE grabbed a 17yo Target worker then dumped him at a Walmart 8 minutes away when they confirmed he’s a citizen.

Bystanders found him sobbing and bleeding, saying “They slammed me on the ground.” There’s no reforming this. Share widely.

Link

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Date: 3/08/2026 22:04:23
From: kii
ID: 2416825
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 3/08/2026 22:14:59
From: Kingy
ID: 2416826
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

kii said:



Yep, did lol.

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Date: 4/08/2026 06:57:10
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2416851
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

so the great man was correct again

The investigation tested supermarket food products, travelled to cocoa-growing communities in Ghana, and interviewed workers and industry insiders across Australia. It found problems from food fraud and misleading claims to worker exploitation and child labour, as well as tomato products originating from China’s Xinjiang region, which has been linked to allegations of forced labour. It comes weeks after the Trump administration imposed a 12.5 per cent tariff on certain Australian exports, arguing Australia does not effectively stop imports made with forced labour.

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Date: 4/08/2026 11:19:42
From: Neophyte
ID: 2416871
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

BREAKING: Trump is now covering historic statues in Washington, DC in gold.

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Date: 4/08/2026 11:29:49
From: Bogsnorkler
ID: 2416872
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Neophyte said:


BREAKING: Trump is now covering historic statues in Washington, DC in gold.


they were originally gilded I believe.

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Date: 4/08/2026 11:45:09
From: kii
ID: 2416875
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

I know it’s painful to watch this insane fuckwit, but…

Link

Aaron Rupar: Trump says of blue cities that “their trees are all gross,” then goes on even more insane rant about the reflecting pool, including claiming he has a “moving picture” showing “people on the side cutting it with a box knife.” He went on to say Jeanine Pirro “choked” before snapping at a reporter who asked him if her job is safe, telling him “don’t ever talk again.”

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Date: 4/08/2026 11:47:30
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 2416877
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Neophyte said:


BREAKING: Trump is now covering historic statues in Washington, DC in gold.


Is there nothing he can’t do.

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Date: 4/08/2026 12:03:08
From: Neophyte
ID: 2416878
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Peak Warming Man said:


Neophyte said:

BREAKING: Trump is now covering historic statues in Washington, DC in gold.


Is there nothing he can’t do.

King Cnut might like a word with him…

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Date: 4/08/2026 12:45:15
From: kii
ID: 2416883
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Peak Warming Man said:


Neophyte said:

BREAKING: Trump is now covering historic statues in Washington, DC in gold.


Is there nothing he can’t do.

He can’t stfu.

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Date: 4/08/2026 12:52:08
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2416884
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Neophyte said:


BREAKING: Trump is now covering historic statues in Washington, DC in gold.


Blinded by the light statue
Wrapped up like a douche
etc

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Date: 4/08/2026 12:53:10
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 2416885
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

kii said:


Peak Warming Man said:

Neophyte said:

BREAKING: Trump is now covering historic statues in Washington, DC in gold.


Is there nothing he can’t do.

He can’t stfu.

Well there is that.

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Date: 4/08/2026 15:50:33
From: ms spock
ID: 2416917
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Aunt Tifa was acquitted of all charges. 😂

Link

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Date: 4/08/2026 16:30:33
From: Michael V
ID: 2416937
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

ms spock said:

Aunt Tifa was acquitted of all charges. 😂

Link

Good.

:)

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Date: 4/08/2026 18:37:28
From: Neophyte
ID: 2416971
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 4/08/2026 18:40:28
From: Michael V
ID: 2416972
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Neophyte said:



:)

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Date: 4/08/2026 18:43:36
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2416974
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Michael V said:

Neophyte said:


:)

wait is this satire

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Date: 5/08/2026 10:11:25
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2417067
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

Michael V said:

Neophyte said:


:)

wait is this satire

alleged

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Date: 5/08/2026 10:51:16
From: dv
ID: 2417076
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 5/08/2026 10:51:30
From: dv
ID: 2417077
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

SCIENCE said:

SCIENCE said:

Michael V said:

:)

wait is this satire

alleged


Fuck sorry

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Date: 5/08/2026 13:31:39
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2417149
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

dv said:

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

SCIENCE said:

Michael V said:

:)

wait is this satire

alleged



alleged


Fuck sorry

nah ‘scool it just proves that even we(1,1,1) isolationists in here are not immune to the pervasive interference of the Algorithms, so we(1,0,0) at least shall endeavour to be even more careful

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Date: 5/08/2026 13:50:21
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2417157
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Former senior US national security official Miles Taylor shares a personal account that raises a broader civic concern: the growing cost of dissent in American public life.

Drawing on his experience inside government and living the consequences of speaking openly, he says that the real threat to US democracy isn’t the politicians or hard-liners — it’s the two-thirds of Americans who don’t speak up. (This talk contains mature language.) (Recorded at TEDxMidAtlantic on November 1, 2025)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBnocNg69o4

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Date: 5/08/2026 14:29:57
From: ms spock
ID: 2417163
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Neophyte said:



Classic!

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Date: 5/08/2026 14:54:14
From: dv
ID: 2417170
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

More like Alborithms am I right?

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Date: 5/08/2026 15:13:55
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2417174
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

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Date: 5/08/2026 20:27:08
From: dv
ID: 2417289
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

Meanwhile

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/fox-news-host-griff-jenkins-063808468.html

Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins got a schooling on basic bird knowledge after claiming pigeons “don’t lay eggs” during a live segment covering JD Vance’s chicken coop.

Where do they find these people?

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Date: 5/08/2026 23:26:40
From: ms spock
ID: 2417321
Subject: re: US Politics 2026 #2

It is not looking good for people with disabilities in America.

Link

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