Antibiotics are functionally different from steroids; vaccines are functionally different from antibiotics. Is the whole rejection of vaccine science is just psychological? Really about needle make ouchie, no like needle. And in the case of RFK, a 14 year heroin addict, needle = bad, vaccine = bad

Ah! Well. Nevertheless

i have "adopted" a few young republicans that I'm trying in good faith to teach basic economics to. i'm really trying. but i think explaining comparative advantage to my dog would be easier.

Seems like anybody who uses the word “fiscal” when referring to anything finance, economics, is an idiot

Democrats say that Republicans privately express their dismay about Donald Trump. At what point do they name names?

All you need to know about Twitter

Elbows up, Canada.

I guess my big take away over the last few weeks talking to “conservatives” is that they simply have no fucking idea what they are talking about. My sample skews towards people who advise people about what to do with their money. Just comically uninformed about how anything works. Terrifying.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

I'm sure he'll learn his lesson soon.

My dude. You. You are Congress. You must take action. Why the chicken-fried hell aren’t you going full Bernie chewing everyone a new one while using every drop of kompromat at your fingertips to protect the American people?

If we don’t oppose Trump aggressively enough, we might lose our democracy. But if we oppose him too aggressively, we might lose something even more important: our norms.

🧵

not to be a braggart, but i left twitter years ago