Dad, Texan, humanist, skeptic, PhD in physics “I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention” -Orwell
In the debate, Trump claimed he he fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper because he “did a bad job”
Trump fired the Iraq war vet & lifelong Republican by tweet on Nov 9, 2020
Here’s the real reason. This is how close we came at the end of Trump’s term 👇
@Urtoez75_2
Those are good points. The bathroom debate is confusing to me
Presumably trans people have been using the bathroom all this time, before it became a highly topical political issue, without too many problems
The “honor system” seems to have worked well enough
@DrBrianKeating
@leecronin
✋ I’m not a chemist, I do have a PhD in physics
I watched the first 1 minute and as best I can tell, this appears to be nonsense ..?
I admit I’m rusty but I’m unclear what he means by hydrogen ‘tone’ of 40.5 Hz. H2 light emission is around 10^15 Hz and H2 NMR is ~+10^7 Hz
@DouthatNYT
Yes, Vance had the monumental task of promoting a wannabe fascist who says things like he will “root out the vermin living in the confines of this country”
Vance took on his task with unflinching elan and great skill, and for that he deserves our disgust
@joyce_pugh
@vaxxedandproud
Yes
It’s worth asking: how can Trump be so bad, and his hold on minds so powerful, that a thing like this can possibly EVER become “old news”?
@Hendry22912984
@Michell33650674
Indeed. This very question was put directly to Trump, and he insisted the military would NOT refuse his illegal orders 👇
Remember what Donald Trump said in 2016 about giving the military illegal orders?
TRUMP: They won't refuse. They're not going to refuse me. Believe me.
BAIER: But they're illegal.
And now the Supreme Court says the President is immune from giving such orders
@BillAckman
@AdamKinzinger
@POTUS
The video you shared edited out Biden smiling, waving, and looking around to give the impression that the couple of seconds of him standing still was longer than it actually was
Bc you are famous misinfo campaigns probably target u
Here’s a more complete clip. See the diff?
@RightWingCope
First they gave my child breakfast
And I said nothing because my child eats breakfast
Then they came for the Jews
… And so on.
Yep, straight out of Hitler’s playbook alright.
@beakersucks1
@DrBrianKeating
@leecronin
Okay. When an object, like a violin string, vibrates, it is actually a compression (or transverse) wave of atoms propagating through their neighbors in a solid or fluid. Like ‘the wave’ in a crowd at a baseball stadium
A single atom, like a hydrogen atom, cannot do that
@keithboykin
All the hands are weird
Feet are weird
Stars in flags have more than five points
Trumps pants are tight even for him
He has long hair
His face is wrong
Jacket too long
Everyone is the same height
Faces look identical
Jacket has 4 random buttons
Ear rings don’t match
@GoomiesDii
@taraxrh
If masked men with automatic weapons kidnapped you
After you witnessed them murder +1,000 people
How would you act towards them?
If you want to live to see your family again, and not endanger the lives of other hostages, you would not reject their pathetic high fives.
@michaelshermer
Fair question.
First: even if it is probable that a Trump re-election won’t end our democracy, what % risk of that happening is acceptable?
Why should I put up with an unprecedented candidate who poses ANY risk of that happening?
Second: why is the threshold criteria an “end”
How Deborah Birx intentionally misled Donald Trump and the American people to implement months of lockdowns in the United States: Birx's own words
The current data indicate that lockdowns were either ineffective or even destructive to the public health in the United States and
@GadSaad
Trump to his acting Attorney General “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen”
Trump calls the brownshirts who stormed our Capitol to stop the certification “warriors” he will pardon
He’s already saying if he loses, it’s rigged
@michaelshermer
@BretWeinstein
Even if Pfizer did it for the profits that does not mean the mRNA vaccine doesn’t work
It would be like accusing an NBA player of doing it for the profits — therefore — he can’t dunk?
@RichardDawkins
@jordanbpeterson
Prof Dawkins - unfortunately, Peterson is given to making evidence-free and sometimes content-free outlandish statements
He said in a recent video with someone named Destiny:
“Vaccines were not tested by any stretch of the imagination”
“It wasn’t a vaccine”
Etc, etc
@OccupyDemocrats
Why the hatred against Musk and hysteria over this?
I don’t necessarily agree with everything Musk does
But the concept of pay for service is no different from countless other businesses
Paid subscriptions launched the golden age of TV (Netflix, Hulu HBO etc)
@mynamehear
You know Donald is lying when his lips are moving but especially when he claims someone called him “sir”
I’m sure Stevie Wonder called him sir 😂
@noam_dworman
@JamesSurowiecki
👋 Hi, I’ve worked in New York City on Wall Street
In the financial capital of the world, it may surprise you to learn fraud is a big deal. You get fined. You go to jail.
Trump committed 34 counts of financial fraud. Have you read the indictment? I have. It’s blatant.
@RpsAgainstTrump
@GeoffDuncanGA
“The implied objective of this line of thought is a nightmare world in which the Leader, or some ruling clique, controls not only the future but the past. If the Leader says of such and such an event, ‘It never happened’ – well, it never happened”
- George Orwell, on fascism
@DanielBerman2
I see your point but I think you missed the mark. The fact is, Biden in spite of his declining energy and acuity has had a far less chaotic WH than Trump, the very stable genius
For example, Trump cycled through seven (7!) Secretaries of Defense, oversaw the longest US govt
@tribelaw
I have children.
Instead of giving me more of a voice, the Republican Party sued to have my vote, and the votes of 100,000 other voters in Houston, thrown out in 2020 for using drive thru voting during a pandemic
Get bent, Vance. 😀👍
@RancyTamblin
@beakersucks1
@DrBrianKeating
@leecronin
The title of that paper is ‘Diatomic’ hydrogen, a molecule not a single atom. But okay. Where does the ‘40.5 Hz’ ‘tune’ that was referred to in the video appear in diatomic hydrogen?
@ggreenwald
“Tucker Carlson, for better or worse, has a bigger reach in the US and globally than every writer at the Atlantic combined”
And yet all of your oxygen is used to attack Tom and none can be spared to correct Tucker, the global sensation who bravely interviews a murderer without
Remember what Donald Trump said in 2016 about giving the military illegal orders?
TRUMP: They won't refuse. They're not going to refuse me. Believe me.
BAIER: But they're illegal.
And now the Supreme Court says the President is immune from giving such orders
This is a great summary of the history of Covid disinformation
Trump pretended to throw a tennis ball and his gullible retrievers ran off after it and never looked back
Thank you Prof Hotez
1/n Trump Getting DESTROYED on Truth Social Over His Vaccine Post -
@MeidasTouch
To help people understand this phenomenon, it might be useful to look at each of the three major waves of COVID disinformation from 2020-2024. Will break it down…
@AGHamilton29
“We are seeing videos of Jewish kids being restricted from entering school libraries. Jewish kids are being assaulted.”
Absolutely shameful.
@jj_talking
@julie_kelly2
Enrique felt “numbers were off” because people like me voted and our votes outnumbered his vote
So he organized his brownshirts to storm our Capitol to try to suspend the counting of my vote per our Constitution
Not cool. I didn’t storm the Capitol when Trump won.
@RichardDawkins
Well said Professor Dawkins, thank you for articulating that in expert language for the benefit of the rest of us!
When Orwell wrote his essay “Politics and the English Language”, one of the twists of language he cited was conflating “equality” with “political equality” as a way
@Liz_Cheney
The Confederacy could have negotiated. They could have agreed to the lawful prohibition of slavery in the new frontier states
Is that the side he would have represented?
@KeneAkers
Kenny - those of us who are aware and understand this history read and listen, and may not reply
It’s probably more likely for a person to reply if they disagree, so the % of replies will probably underrepresent the % who agree
Keep sharing information, information is power
@kevinnbass
A few questions:
1 No link to the full study? Why?
2 Why would we completely ignore the deaths of ppl over 70? Are they not human?
3 If 0.07% is the IFR of a new virus, and the average 35-yr old has a 0.3% baseline chance of death in one year according to actuarial tables
@KeneAkers
As a white guy who once thought that way, and who has many friends and family who have made that statement
I think it really means:
“I don’t understand color, and will not learn because I don’t need to”
@RpsAgainstTrump
Exactly! 👏👏👏
A functional Republican Party will also force the Democratic Party to up their game and be better, if they want to win next time
Both parties will be better, and our country will be better, when the fever of Trump breaks
@GenoVeno73
@elonmusk
^ This
Also (1) complete nonsense from Elon to suggest that non-citizens voted in the prior election or that any illegal migrants crossing the border TODAY would vote in November
(2) so tell House MAGAns to pass bipartisan bill to fix it
Appraisers: “I told Eric Trump there could be penalties if a Court finds out he fraudulently represented the value as much greater than $45 million. He understood.”
Eric Trump: “Let’s say it’s worth $101 million”
@DC_Draino
What is he talking about?
There’s an enormous amount of J6 footage here’s a massive resource
There were forensic election audits in Georgia and Arizona
Including signature match
Links to:
"Quick Reference Guide-Not Let In" (Blue banner)
🧵Showing that police did NOT move barriers, open doors, invite in, wave in the mob.
"Exterior Capitol Door Breaches" (Red banner)
🧵When, where, how the mob breached them.
@DougJBalloon
Excuse me. He also didn’t say “people” should do the injections
He specifically said it should be done by “medical doctors” on people, as part of medical experiments to test this promising idea he came up with
I have been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near former President Trump and his property in Florida, and I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America.
@Howell_Karen16
@GeorgeTakei
Israel has a right to defend itself but I think George meant this will perpetuate the cycle of violence long term
Cutting off resources to 2 million people … is that really Israel’s only military option?
@RpsAgainstTrump
“When one thinks of all the people who support or have supported Fascism, one stands amazed at their diversity. What a crew!”
- George Orwell
Trump claims he fired his top military advisors bc they “did a bad job”
Here’s the real reason 👇
BRIT HUME what would you do as Commander in Chief if the military refused an illegal order?
TRUMP they’re not going to refuse me. Believe me
BRITE HUME but they’re illegal
@RealJamesWoods
The comments demonstrate that very few of Mr Woods’ fans are capable of
1 watching a 22 second clip all the way to the end
2 understanding elementary concepts, like risk tradeoffs (the risk of X is less than the risk of Y)
@ErrataRob
What a coincidence … I did the exact same thing today!
I went to Elon’s profile and searched “civil war”. I think it borders on alarmist and irresponsible. He and the accts he’s responding to frame it almost as if they would welcome such a war
@michaeljknowles
Wow he wasn’t even physically there on Jan6?
How can one plan and effectuate a seditious conspiracy of dozens of people without being there?
It’s as if they used some kind of encrypted chat, or radio, or something.
If you aren’t following pediatrician, vaccine expert, author and autism dad Prof Hotez, you should!
Thank you Peter for sharing your expertise with the world 🌎
I’m equally concerned that dengue and other arthropod-borne pathogens could also become a permanent fixture in South Texas and U.S. Gulf Coast from climate change, urbanization, poverty and other determinants. I’ve been sounding this warning part of ongoing pandemic preparedness
@RpsAgainstTrump
A true leader would have acknowledged the issue and taken appropriate corrective action
Trump behaving like a true leader, of course, is practically unimaginable
@KeneAkers
Here’s one answer. It’s not the whole answer, but an important part of the answer
Some conservatives - mostly white people but not all, as you can see from Dinesh’s post below - are being fed a steady diet of junk food for the mind on social media. Look at Dinesh’s post below.
@atrupar
Like a magician, Trump palmed the “America First” card and swapped it with “Trump First” in plain sight
And like a magician’s audience, his supporters are delighted by the deception and want it to succeed
@partylover82372
Orwell was anti communist, anti fascist and anti colonialist
He called himself a democratic socialist, the label Bernie Sanders uses today
Works for me 👍
@darwintojesus
The fact that being gay is not a choice, like all facts, is a necessary starting point. It is the beginning, not the end of a rational discussion
Sadly, many religious people haven’t even made it that far
I think prejudice is a harmful inclination that should not be indulged
@darwintojesus
Yes pedophiles are in a certain sense victims of their terrible temptation
But children are victims of their terrible action. A great example would be altar boys victimized by priests, covered up by the Church
A lesbian who marries another lesbian has victimized no one
@ThePlumLineGS
Make sure to ask those who think the initial level of security (lack of national guard at first, etc) constituted entrapment:
Why would so much security be needed, if Trump’s actions didn’t foreseeably pose a threat to the Capitol?
@stephen_richer
That is weird. And this is because Trump was unanimously convicted of a crime no one denies he committed, correct?
I would sure hate to see how they would react if Trump had been handcuffed face down surrounded by officers and slowly suffocated
@AndyBuzz72
As a fellow atheist dad myself, I like your Twitter handle
However I respectfully disagree
Free expression is a good thing. If you believe something why hide it?
Atheists generally don’t wear atheist necklaces - but that’s our choice, which is what matters
@RonFilipkowski
This is the same Clay Higgins who claimed there were “ghost buses” full of incognito FBI agents on Jan 6, 2021, correct?
So named because of their opaque white paint jobs, very unusual for a bus, but typical of ghosts
@KR35676238
@michaelshermer
Every President in my lifetime was challenged by his opponents and the courts on the limits of his authority. Including Trump and Biden
But to normalize what Trump did in 2020-2021 is just blind both-sidesism. Read the indictment
@JoelWBerry
He loves freedom unless you are a member of the Muslim religion in which case he wants to ban you from taking the London to NY flight
Totally normal freedom-loving stuff. To make a freedom omelette you gotta break a few minority freedom eggs, I guess
@stephen_richer
👏👏👏
Stephen’s post is very informative as usual
But here’s what is MOST informative about it: whether Scott will read it, acknowledge it, and factor it into his future beliefs and assumptions
Point out bullshit, and you help us not fall for that bullshit for a day
But point
@BillAckman
@AdamKinzinger
@POTUS
Also, on other NY Post videos about Biden, community notes had this to say 👇
Is Biden old? Sure! But his opponents will lie about it (whenever their lips move) and unlike his predecessor, the govt didn’t shut down and he didn’t have to fire his Nat Sec Advisor every 12 months
@WalshFreedom
Joe, respectfully disagree on this
Here in Houston it’s a diverse city and I personally know a few Muslims, Hindus Jews and heathens in addition to Christians
I say Happy Holidays because I don’t know who celebrates Christmas but everyone recognizes New Years
@davidfrum
“People on your team twice tried to kill Trump”?
Serious question: what is the matter with him? That is such a stupid, immature and reckless thing to say
He must be “creating a story” again 🙄🤢🤮
@RpsAgainstTrump
What a terrible disguise for supporting fascism that was in 1940, at the height of the Blitz
December 26, 1941: Churchill gives a stirring speech to Congress about why international cooperation is critical to PREVENT the next war
“Here we are together, facing a group of
@Gutsick_Gibbon
Indeed. It is insanely complex how bipedal human women give birth to babies with large heads - so complex, that many died in childbirth before modern medicine!
Amazing! Nope, no way something that needlessly complicated and error prone was a result of evolution
@RichardHanania
Yes, the Yale educated venture capitalist JD Vance is highly intelligent
It takes a great intellect to defend the indefensible - his running mate
1/N 🧵🪡 What will happen to MAGA if Trump is defeated at the ballot box?
Trump must be defeated, regardless of the answer to this question. But it is worth anticipating how MAGA could mutate in response
@JoelWBerry
Got it. Islam hates freedom, blacks lower housing prices and Irish need not apply since America was Great Again
It’s all right there in the US Constitution - that thing Trump wouldn’t read, if he could read
@iamAtheistGirl
Good for you for being thoughtful about marriage and charting a path that makes sense for you
Marriage isn’t something that should be entered into lightly
I was lucky. I met my best friend and had a non-religious wedding with our own vows and ceremony that had meaning to us
On Haitian schoolchildren:
‘They came in illegally’ (lie)
‘Each one will have a private interpreter’ (lie)
‘We’re hiring teachers to teach them English, can you believe it?’
‘They take the place of our children in school’
‘They’re destroying our country’
‘We’re getting
@SwipeWright
In a certain sense, it can be formulated as a scientific hypothesis
For example Behe claimed the bacterial flagellum is irreducible complex
Turns out, it isn’t. Protein complexes in the flagellum can have other functions
So that’s a valid hypothesis - a tested and failed one
@GlennCraven
Let’s see, for starters:
- American flag looks like a cyclops
- All the hands and fingers are messed up
- Insignia make no sense (“US Aaarrmmyy”?)
- Dad’s chin is warping baby’s helmet
- Baby’s clothing is a mess of buttons and straps
- Do they make infant uniforms?
@Lucas_Gage_
Great question. There are these things called phones and radios. Have you read the indictment of Enrique Torres?
Here’s a link, and a snippet.
I don’t want to spoil the ending but all his conspiring to commit crimes succeeds in the end.