Author: Doug

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August 7, 2025

Republican Congressman Mike Flood actually had a town hall where he tried to sell the big ugly bill by touting the Medicaid work requirement and like many conservatives he resorted to a dog whistle not backed up by any real data. Then we meet Dr. Jessica Knurick, a science communicator on social media who confronts the misinformation put out my MAHA influencers and other quacks

July 24, 2025

President Trump has had a bad few weeks and we aren’t talking about cutting Medicaid and defunding NPR no it is really bad for Trump because he is collateral damage from the Epstein files. The longer he refuses to release them the more he will be considered – allegedly – part of Epstein’s child sex abuse activities. Who knew that Jeffery Epstein might be the angel all of us progressives needed to smite Trump down. Then we also discuss Mehdi Hasan being debated by actual Nazis.

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