Hinderaker here rises — to praise… a return to the ways of Theodoric of York, and… bloodletting, as therapy?! But of course he does. Damnation.

And, the irony — the more serious irony — of all this is that it will in all probability be mostly rural, lower education, poorer (mostly whyte) people who suffer/see the brunt of his unscientific views… harm them, and their children.

And these are of course the people who’ve foolishly bought all the Tangerine 2.0 lies. It is still atrocious, but my thesis is that most urban dwelling people of limited means, and many people of color generally, still live in blue zones and blue states. In sum, where state safety nets exist — and real bio-science still holds sway. Here’s a bit from STAT+:

…Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist-turned-politician with a long history of embracing anti-scientific views, will become the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Senators voted 52-48 on Thursday to confirm Kennedy to the role. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voted against RFK Jr., as did all Democrats….

Wow — what a surreal time (in some respects), indeed as John forgets that Matt Gaetz ever existed, too.

In proof of this, but not relatedly, Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Tangerine 2.0 politicos now leading the US Justice Department told her she must dismiss her indicted case against Mayor Adams. Crazy — except that Trump has decided bribes aren’t real crimes at all. Since he’s in that same barrel, but for Chief Justice Roberts’ strange opinion. [Most of America disagrees with him on that.]

Onward — just the same.

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