The CDC website now falsely suggests that autism-vaccine research is still an open question, prompting distrust among researchers—some of whom anticipate more unreliable statements. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/aut...

With O'Neill (apparently) taking over CDC (if they ever get around to firing Monarez), I think it's worth looking back to Project 2025 and asking what they actually intend to *do* to CDC. So, I went to remind myself today. Here's what's in store:

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… this time not even caring about where you are from - content-wise.

This is very neat and, unfortunately, timely!

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I read the first post in this thread about mirror life, thought “they can’t mean…”, and then clicked the link. Yep, that’s exactly what they mean. Bioengineering reversed-chirality microbes. Vaughn’s piece is a necessary if frightening read.

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Though you have to create an account first, this is a super interesting resource: policyprofiles.sagepub.com @veraaraujosoares.bsky.social @fsniehotta.bsky.social

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Hi everyone. The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars. We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website. We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off. I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.