They were promised MAHA, but they got muahaha (evil, mustache-twirling laughter). Predictable!
Are Democrats doing anything to pick up these easy votes? Say: “We have always been the party of public health, and here’s how a vote for us is a vote against the preventable diseases RFK pretends to be concerned about when he focuses on unrelated and debunked scapegoats.” And maybe say: “Yes, we will now actually put priority on policy behind our existing distrust of ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that are now being demanded across the political divide.”
I kinda wanna take the Democratic party platform into our own hands, write it all out without the influence of lobbyists and ultra-rich donors, and directly ask all the candidates in the midterms to take a stand on which policies they would pledge to prioritize if elected, including the environmental and public health low-hanging fruit outlined here. If Democrats are primed to pick up a few seats from the usual pendulum swing, let’s force them into a platform that could be more like a landslide wipeout in November.
The last paragraph is so important. The idea that everyone can personally reduce their exposure to everything potentially harmful is more than short sighted. Unfortunately like with the cases of measles now the people most harmed by these decisions will be children.
So happy to see this article by Dr. Knurick! I follow her in Instagram and learn a lot from her insights. Great article!
Same!
Same!
Me too! Loving this collaboration!
They were promised MAHA, but they got muahaha (evil, mustache-twirling laughter). Predictable!
Are Democrats doing anything to pick up these easy votes? Say: “We have always been the party of public health, and here’s how a vote for us is a vote against the preventable diseases RFK pretends to be concerned about when he focuses on unrelated and debunked scapegoats.” And maybe say: “Yes, we will now actually put priority on policy behind our existing distrust of ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that are now being demanded across the political divide.”
I kinda wanna take the Democratic party platform into our own hands, write it all out without the influence of lobbyists and ultra-rich donors, and directly ask all the candidates in the midterms to take a stand on which policies they would pledge to prioritize if elected, including the environmental and public health low-hanging fruit outlined here. If Democrats are primed to pick up a few seats from the usual pendulum swing, let’s force them into a platform that could be more like a landslide wipeout in November.
I just need to applaud the MAHA/muahaha line! So true, so clever.
My best work comes to mind at 4am, and then it’s all downhill from here 😌😴
The last paragraph is so important. The idea that everyone can personally reduce their exposure to everything potentially harmful is more than short sighted. Unfortunately like with the cases of measles now the people most harmed by these decisions will be children.