To the Canadian hockey fans that booed the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ last night I just wanna say….well f*cking done. USA is under the control of a criminal and his henchmen, most of the folks who support him are fake patriots and poltroons. Keep it up and fight back hard. MAGA is not most of us, just the worst of us.🙏
The end game has ALWAYS been privatization of all government services. Privatization is an especially pernicious grift but a foundational part of conservative ideology is that government is bad and the private sector can do everything better, faster, cheaper, shinier, sparklier. It's not true, certainly not in this area, but that never stopped conservatives from pushing the great privatization con.
I spent 40 years working in public health for a state agency. Most people have no clue about how much the government routinely does - up till now - to protect health. I live in a blue state, and we do stuff that doesn’t get a lot of attention - but is vital.
Look up Newborn Screening - it’s invisible to most people, but it’s critical in detecting serious problems for babies so that they can get proper treatment ASAP.
We’re going to miss Public Health when it’s gone.
Before MAGA, there was “the Gre…