Kim ScheinbergFeb 19

MAHA!

"Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at spurring the domestic production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller that has figured in health lawsuits

The move immediately set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement, and appeared to put Mr. Kennedy in an awkward position
...
But in a statement issued through a spokesman Wednesday night, the health secretary said he supported the president"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/trump-boost-weedkiller.html

Trump’s Order Aims to Boost Ingredient Used in Roundup

An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The New York Times
Show threadKim ScheinbergFeb 19

I am required to quote @pluralistic here:

"You'll recall that Bayer merged with Monsanto in 2018, paying $66b in an all-cash deal and erasing the Monsanto name (apparently, they judged Bayer's association with Auschwitz to be preferable to Monsanto's association with Roundup)."

SpottyFeb 20
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@kims @pluralistic The thing is, people in Germany don't associate the name Bayer with Auschwitz. In our delusional tale of denazification, we decided that all the bad things were done by IG Farben and everyone just has amnesia about the years 1933 to 1945. Everybody vanished in 1933 and magically reappeared in 1945. Nobody knows what happened in between but we were certainly not involved. 🤷
Feb 19 at 11:22pmWeb