Echinocentric @Echinocentric@social.cleverlibre.org

Thanks to @snolen from the NY Times for putting the spotlight on Vertex Pharmaceuticals and their abominable behavior on Trikafta. This is the same sort of profiteering and BS we saw from AIDS drugs manufacturers in the 1990s. They deserve the same criticism and opprobrium. This is medical apartheid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/health/cystic-fibrosis-drug-trikafta.html

Biden calling out republicans for wanting to end social security and Medicare

"Social Security and its bookend, Medicare are off the books now, right? We have unanimity"

And now, the Republican response:

Ladies and Gentleman, last night our unhinged, wackadoodle former president gave what he calls the *real State of the Union* address.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-real-state-of-union-victim_n_63e38070e4b0c8e3fc88971b

Mike Lee : I want to get rid of social security
Rick Scott : I want to get rid of social security
Ron Johnson : I want to get rid of entitlements

Joe Biden #SOTU : guys Republicans don't like Social Security

GOP : OMG OMG LIAR BULLSHIT LIAR LIAR WE WOULD NEVER *pearls clutch*

#Politics #SOTU

https://www.newsweek.com/video-resurfaces-senator-mike-lee-vowing-gut-social-security-1756796

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/us/politics/republicans-social-security-medicare.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/03/ron-johnson-medicare-social-security/

The choice is between normal or crazy, huh?

#SOTU

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Delivers The Christian Fascist White Grievance Incel Shut-In SOTU Response https://www.wonkette.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-state-of-the-union-responsesarah-huckabee-sanders-state-of-the-union-response

#Arkansas #China #Donald_trump #Grammy_awards #Kim_jongun #Little_rock_central_high #Mike_huckabee #Russia #Sarah_huckabee_sanders #Sarah_huckabee_sanders_sotu_response #Sarah_huckabee_sanders_state_of_the_union_response #Sir_stories #Sotu #State_of_the_union #Ukraine #Vid

@YouGiveMeFever
They won't. Here is what they will argue in 2024:
- Trans people are dangerous
- Liberal women kill babies
- CRT is racist indoctrination of elementary kids

Eagle eyes readers might notice that literally all of these are lies. Republicans don't have policy. They have lies. Bigoted, fascist lies, designed explicitly to hurt people for profit.

I'm continuously amazed that the left is somehow unaware of this. Anyone who thinks the right will debate policy in 2024 is fooling themselves.

So it seems the North Carolina (elected) Supreme Court is about to say that it is OK to disenfranchise voters of the wrong color and political persuasion.

These are fascists using the cover of law to take over society.

BREAKING: People Who Shit On The Poor And Downtrodden, Mock The Sick And Disabled, And Ignore Children Being Slaughtered Claim Musical Act At Grammys Was “Satan Worship”

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An anti LGBTQ bill just passed its final committee in North Carolina

It prohibits any mention of #LGBTQ existence to anyone up to grade 4 but also…

FORCES TEACHERS TO OUT GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANSGENDER MINORS OF ANY AGE!

Of course regressives are calling it “The Parents’ Bill of Rights.” And it will result in bullied, murdered children. Party of pro-life my ass.

https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/s49

My greatest hope for the Barbie movie is that when the romance heats up and sex seems imminent two giant hands appear onscreen to lift up the fully clothed actors and smush them together a few times

“Satan Trolls The Hell Out Of Alito's Mom”
https://thegodpodcast.com/satan-trolls-the-hell-out-of-alitos-mom/

The Fed raised interest rates again. That’s the eighth consecutive hike. They say even more are coming.

This puts workers and consumers on the frontline of fighting inflation.

But corporations largely responsible for driving up prices get away scot-free.

It's outrageous.

Today's #Republican party is not much more unhinged than it has been for decades. Many people seem to long for the "reasonable republicans" to coalesce and take the reins of the party...are our memories THAT short?
#FuckRepublicans

@uspolitics Now we know. #RonDeSantis wants to control #Disney. “State officials had previously hinted that the state might opt for some sort of power-sharing arrangement, whereby the governor’s appointees would serve alongside Disney’s representatives on the board.” I will completely boycott Disney if this happens. F #FascistFlorida

A neo-Nazi leader is charged in a plot to attack the #Maryland power grid with his girlfriend https://wapo.st/3I2w02W

Let me get this straight: neo-Nazis want to achieve white power by cutting the power

And is the media ready to call these people domestic terrorists yet or are we still having a love affair with white supremacists?

They're not "entitlements" you dickweed. It's our money. And BTW, no one is buying this horseshit you're selling.

If customers don't care, neither will businesses, and as long as people are willing to race back into unsafe commercial environments, there's little reason for leaders to make investments that improve safety. Still, I'd hope that leaders' commitment to corporate social responsibility and diversity, equity and inclusion would encourage more action. If businesses only do what's required and not what is necessary to protect workers and employees, they risk increased costs.
https://www.benefitspro.com/2022/09/15/the-cost-of-long-covid-to-employers-is-skyrocketing/