"The summit underscored just how closely Republicans have hitched themselves to the MAHA campaign, banking on its popularity to give them an electoral bounce in the midterms.

"The summit underscored just how closely Republicans have hitched themselves to the MAHA campaign, banking on its popularity to give them an electoral bounce in the midterms. But the strategy carries risks, because support for Kennedy is cratering and polls show voters care more about reducing health care costs than MAHA priorities such as ending vaccine mandates and promoting raw milk."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/maha-midterms-gop-strategy-health-rfk-vaccines-ultraprocessed-food/

#PublicHealth #vaccines #food #MAHA #misinformation #insurance #CostsOfCare #USpol

@bicmay I used to think that Republicans wanted to make things better, they just disagreed about how best to do it.

But nope. All this MAHA stuff shows that they are deeply committed to making things worse. They just want to make things worse in every way.

@bicmay I used to think that Republicans wanted to make things better, they just disagreed about how best to do it.

But nope. All this MAHA stuff shows that they are deeply committed to making things worse. They just want to make things worse in every way.

@isaackuo @bicmay Basically a whole murder-suicide cult.

@ptvirgo @isaackuo @bicmay
As long as live, I have never believed a word from a republican. It maybe because I follow the US politics from across the Atlantic.
But as a political scientist, I have always been critical of politicians, but the right (or extreme right) has never made good on their promises.
It’s just beyond me that so many people think the right will solve the problems of the ordinary (since that has never been the case throughout history).

@davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo @bicmay It took me decades of my life to wake up to that, and I have been annoyed that so much of my life was wasted not fighting as hard as I could have against the Republicans.

@isaackuo @ptvirgo @bicmay wisdom comes with the years .

@ptvirgo @isaackuo @bicmay
As long as live, I have never believed a word from a republican. It maybe because I follow the US politics from across the Atlantic.
But as a political scientist, I have always been critical of politicians, but the right (or extreme right) has never made good on their promises.
It’s just beyond me that so many people think the right will solve the problems of the ordinary (since that has never been the case throughout history).

@davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo @isaackuo @bicmay ok but have you considered that eggs were expensive

@davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo @isaackuo @bicmay ok but have you considered that eggs were expensive

@gildilinie @davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo @isaackuo

@bicmay @gildilinie @davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo It's such a tough choice between

"Eggs are expensive but we live in a democracy run by sane people who earnestly want to make things better"

and

"Eggs are even more expensive and we live in a collapsing fascist dictatorship run by people stupider than you can imagine who earnestly want to make absolutely everything for everyone worse except for the POTUS's Qatar bank account".

Truly sweating red button meme.

@isaackuo @bicmay @davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo you're looking at it all wrong. you need to step inside the mind of a Real American

@gildilinie @bicmay @davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo Oh, I forgot. You are correct. Replace my previous tough choice with:

"My brain is broken. I still have the sads because Obama was president supposedly even though he's a n-CENSORED EVEN INSIDE MY SADS BROKEN BRAIN BECAUSE EVEN I KNOW IT'S WRONG. I am so sads about the worst 4 or 8 years of my life (the ones where Obama was president which includes 9/11 and when the dinosaurs escaped Jurassic Park). Eggs make me sads.

@gildilinie @bicmay @davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo Eggs remind me of the worse 4 or 8 years of my life when the wokes forced us to drink vegetarian beer and took away beef based eggs from us. All of these things make sense to me because they make more sense than Obama being President. If Obama was President, what else could be true? Anything!

@isaackuo @bicmay @davidbootolazabal @ptvirgo you're looking at it all wrong. you need to step inside the mind of a Real American