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By #AmandaMarcotte via #Salon @ 6:30am EST on Dec 29, 2025
In 2025, Epstein showed MAGA who they really are
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Trump is desperate to distract his base
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/29/in-2025-epstein-showed-maga-who-they-really-are/
Via #RawStory @ 9:37am ET on Aug 11, 2025
Vice President #JDVance's marriage appears to be falling apart behind the scenes, #AmandaMarcotte wrote for #Salon — and the 2 barely seem to be capable of hiding how much they "loathe each other" @ this point
The tension between the Vice President and #UshaVance..has already gotten to the point that comedians are making fun of it. But those jokes are coming from a real place, Marcotte continued
'Miserable': Analyst highlights signs that JD Vance and his wife 'loathe each other'
Vice President J.D. Vance's marriage appears to be falling apart behind the scenes, Amanda Marcotte wrote for Salon — and the two barely seem to be capable of hiding how much they "loathe each other" at this point.The tension between the vice president and Usha Vance, who has already been dispatched...
AnarchoNinaAnalyzesAfter watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spout ableism and eugenic theory on live TV while lying about and dehumanizing folks with autism, I'm alarmed that the story here appears to be "wow RFK Jr is a total crank" What it should be is that everything about RFK Jr’s sham HHS study into the “causes” of autism is a reactionary eugenicist nightmare that threatens the health & lives of autistic people, particular children.
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/04/18/nina-bytes-kennedy-conspiracies-and-kids/
Nina-Bytes: Kennedy, Conspiracies, and Kids
"Reading this piece, two things immediately sprung to mind. First, I wouldn’t let Robert F. Kennedy Jr within ten feet of any child whatsoever if I had the ability to prevent it. Secondly; are we sure putting RFK Jr. in charge of Health and Human Services isn’t just a way to let some sadistic eugenicist freaks torture autistic children and profit from it? Because from out here, it sure does seem like that’s Kennedy’s plan and the reason for his department’s “massive testing and research” effort. I’m not a scientist, but somehow I doubt that conspiracy crank Kennedy and a fake doctor whose family business is apparently torturing children have the best interests of autistic Americans at heart; particularly when Kennedy is openly promoting the eugenicist idea that autism is an “epidemic” that is “destroying our children.”
#Fascism #TrumpRegime #RFKJr #Autism #Eugenics #Ableism #HHS #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #Vaccines #Eliminationism #Grift #USPol #Healthcare #Nazis #DavidGeier #Kennedy #AmandaMarcotte #Salon #Blog
Nina-Bytes: Kennedy, Conspiracies, and Kids | on NIDC
Everything about RFK Jr's sham HHS study into the "causes" of autism is a reactionary eugenicist nightmare that threatens the health & lives of autistic people.
(((Cindy Weinstein)))"It's the men who appear to have let their emotions — whether it's unjustified fear of immigrants or an unwillingness to cross Trump — interfere with rational decision-making." #AmandaMarcotte in today's #Salon column
This exchange between #RichardGrenell, interim head of the #KennedyCenter, and musician #YasminWilliams, demonstrates the accuracy of her claim. She's calm; he's unhinged. It's the men (think #Kavanaugh, #StephenMiller [if you dare]) who are irrational.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/kennedy-center-richard-grenell-yasmin-williams
(((Cindy Weinstein)))"It's the men who appear to have let their emotions — whether it's unjustified fear of immigrants or an unwillingness to cross Trump — interfere with rational decision-making." #AmandaMarcotte in today's #Salon column
This exchange between #RichardGrenell, interim head of the #KennedyCenter, and musician #YasminWilliams, demonstrates the accuracy of her claim. She's calm; he's unhinged. It's the men (think #Kavanaugh, #StephenMiller [if you dare]) who are irrational.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/kennedy-center-richard-grenell-yasmin-williams
Reading the truth of the #MAGA disinformation campaign, borne of #misogyny & #transphobia is like breathing clean air: "Even w/in the context of this false info. about the gender makeup of the LAFD, there's no attempt to explain why having women in leadership would harm the ability of the firefighters . . . to do their jobs. It's just a vague gesture — "ew, women" — & a total unwillingness to explain why women are unfit to serve." #AmandaMarcotte
Reading the truth of the #MAGA disinformation campaign, borne of #misogyny & #transphobia is like breathing clean air: "Even w/in the context of this false info. about the gender makeup of the LAFD, there's no attempt to explain why having women in leadership would harm the ability of the firefighters . . . to do their jobs. It's just a vague gesture — "ew, women" — & a total unwillingness to explain why women are unfit to serve." #AmandaMarcotte
The poison of #ToxicMasculinity: "Whether it's radical Islam or #MAGA vitriol, the appeal is obvious. They allow the troubled man to blame others, especially women and "woke" culture, rather than look to themselves. They offer a false promise that their ideologies will transform followers from losers to heroes. What they actually sell them is more of the same poison that led to their problems in the first place: toxic masculinity." #AmandaMarcotte
The poison of #ToxicMasculinity: "Whether it's radical Islam or #MAGA vitriol, the appeal is obvious. They allow the troubled man to blame others, especially women and "woke" culture, rather than look to themselves. They offer a false promise that their ideologies will transform followers from losers to heroes. What they actually sell them is more of the same poison that led to their problems in the first place: toxic masculinity." #AmandaMarcotte
"Despite being led by a thrice-divorced chronic adulterer, the #MAGA movement is downright obsessed w/ heterosexual #marriage."
Smart #AmandaMarcotte column. I'd say the obsession is even more specific: Arnold Palmer; the (ugh the "the") post-menopausal woman; tampon Tim; #abortion; transphobia w/Trump saying children come home from school having undergone a sex change (real fear: not coming home b/c of a school shooting).
