Month: April 2025

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It Could Happen Here - RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System

Mia and Gare discuss RFK Jr.'s hideous cuts to everything from HIV prevention to child vaccination as he entrenches his anti-vaccine agenda in the HHS.

Sources:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/114853

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccine-peter-marks-resigns/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/

https://archive.ph/z2Fyx

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1839225/

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/29/rfk-jr-body-shames-west-virginia-governor

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-taps-anti-vaccine-activist-look-debunked-links-autism-vaccines-sou-rcna198214

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html

https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf

https://archive.ph/48Ua1

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/

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Chapo Trap House - Bonus: Ukrainian Politics Deep Dive feat. Peter Korotaev

Felix sits down with writer & journalist Peter Korotaev for a wide ranging conversation on the state of the Russo-Ukranian War in the wake of the Trump administration’s spat with Zelensky & attempts at a peace deal, and loads of context on the politics of Ukraine, Russia, various oligarchs, the Atlantic Council, and other non-state actors that have led to this point. You can find Peter’s writing on Ukraine here: https://substack.com/@eventsinukraine And some other writing of note: For al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/1/23/why-is-ukraine-struggling-to-mobilise-its-citizens-to-fight Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2022/07/ukraine-neoliberalism-war-russia-eu-imf Canada Files: https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles?author=645e6f082224bb01e8f3f37c Arena https://arena.org.au/ukraines-borderline-disorder/
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CBS News Roundup - 04/01/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

"Mr. Booker Goes to Washington:" Democratic Sen. Cory Booker nears 24 hours in a marathon speech protesting President Trump's policies. Special elections for Florida House seats and Wisconsin Supreme Court. White House confident reciprocal tariffs, to be imposed tomorrow, will work. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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Consider This from NPR - Trump is betting the economy on his tariff theory

In President Donald Trump's telling, tariffs are the political equivalent of duct tape: you can use them to fix anything.

For example, they're a negotiating tool — he used the threat of tariffs to pressure Canada and Mexico to implement border policies he liked. He also sees tariffs as a revenue source that might help offset his proposed $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and as a shield to protect American manufacturing jobs from overseas competition.

With all of these potentially conflicting aims, and with another major round of tariffs expected to be announced on Wednesday, what is the strategy behind them?

Rana Foroohar, a Financial Times columnist and the author of Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World, says they're an "experiment" that could lead to a big change in the way the global economy works.

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Consider This from NPR - Trump is betting the economy on his tariff theory

In President Donald Trump's telling, tariffs are the political equivalent of duct tape: you can use them to fix anything.

For example, they're a negotiating tool — he used the threat of tariffs to pressure Canada and Mexico to implement border policies he liked. He also sees tariffs as a revenue source that might help offset his proposed $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and as a shield to protect American manufacturing jobs from overseas competition.

With all of these potentially conflicting aims, and with another major round of tariffs expected to be announced on Wednesday, what is the strategy behind them?

Rana Foroohar, a Financial Times columnist and the author of Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World, says they're an "experiment" that could lead to a big change in the way the global economy works.

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Consider This from NPR - Trump is betting the economy on his tariff theory

In President Donald Trump's telling, tariffs are the political equivalent of duct tape: you can use them to fix anything.

For example, they're a negotiating tool — he used the threat of tariffs to pressure Canada and Mexico to implement border policies he liked. He also sees tariffs as a revenue source that might help offset his proposed $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and as a shield to protect American manufacturing jobs from overseas competition.

With all of these potentially conflicting aims, and with another major round of tariffs expected to be announced on Wednesday, what is the strategy behind them?

Rana Foroohar, a Financial Times columnist and the author of Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World, says they're an "experiment" that could lead to a big change in the way the global economy works.

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The Gist - David Pakman Calls Out Right-Wing Lies—and Is Challenged on the Left’s Spin

On this, the eve of “Liberation Day,” as key House and judicial races loom, we're joined by David Pakman to discuss his new book, The Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America. Pakman argues that conservative media and politicians have constructed a parallel reality that undermines Americans’ ability to think critically. But Pakman is also pressed on whether certain narratives on the left are similarly misleading, and if so, how much they contribute to the broader erosion of public trust.


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State of the World from NPR - China’s Global Electric Vehicle Boom

Sales of electric vehicles worldwide have been growing and the largest manufacturer of EVs is China's BYD. Their global revenue was over $100 billion in 2024, beating Tesla. To keep up that growth and to try to stave off the pain of U.S. tariffs, BYD is expanding in emerging markets. One of the markets where their cars are selling big is Brazil, where BYD is investing nearly a billion dollars in a factory. But as our Brazil correspondent tells us there have been some difficulties along the way.

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