Above, John Mulaney’s opening monologue from last night, which did make me laugh out loud. Toward the last third, he gets going on RFK Jr, incredibly still the US Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Pan American Health Organization an international health body, has revoked the U.S.’s measles elimination status, which the Journal called “a stunning reversal.”
Meanwhile, the Flat Earth Society has for a decade enjoyed growth in online influence, Climate denial has been in a renaissance for several years, despite overwhelmingly obvious impacts, and Moon Landing denial is practically mandatory for the right wing podcast ecosystem.
Can we all agree now that the Republicans have pursued a 40 year war on Science?