on Labour Market and Fiscal. Columnist on economics and politics for Guardian Australia
“Who killed Google Reader?”
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To recap: Supreme Court justices nominated by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by Senators representing far less than half the country have eliminated abortion rights, green-lighted anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and ended affirmative action.
In one year.
Shortly after his death, attention seeking drama queen Dr Norman Swan said, falsely, without evidence, that it was due to covid (it was actually coronary heart disease)
Now AAP is publishing a fact-check because antivax grifters are saying his death was due to covid vaccines.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/doctor-spins-theory-to-blame-warnes-death-on-covid-vaccines/
Just a phenomenal shitpost from the social media of the national broadcaster.
(for non Australians, the guy on the right is former Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou, the guy on the left is former Prime Minister John Howard)
Someone is probably getting fired tomorrow, but goddam, going out in style.