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7 hours ago, NRSKarenRN said:

Just watched COVID Senate hearing with Rand Paul grilling Dr Fauci with info from this Tucker broadcast.  Dr. Fauci emphatically pushed back that NIH did not fund Wuhan lab gain-of-function experiments.  The fact that a  dental trained Senator peddles in conspiracy theories is appalling for the harm in passing misinformation.

It is one thing for Rand Paul to for civil liberties,  I.e. anti-lockdown and masks, after all he is a Libertarian, but it's another to pedal such nonsense.  He has been after Fauci for a long time.  He knows it's not true, but wants the conspiracy theory out there to discredit Fauci.   I still want Fauci to give him a big "F-you and F-all of you" and just retire. God love him for putting up with it all.  I couldn't do it.

As for Tucker Carlson?  I don't even know where to begin. The question of "why if you're vaccinated do you still have to wear a mask" has been answered from Day 1, like I said in another post it's stupidity to continue to go down that route.  Fauci clearly is leaning towards taking the mask off now that more people are vaccinated.  Idiot.

The accusation about the virus starting in a lab with American influence is a tired old one that's already been played.   If this is so apparent to Tucker it needs to be proved.  If it happened, it happened under the Trump administration why bring it all up now?

Again with the "Harris kissed her husband with a mask" and asking "is this public health?". 

He also questions the need for vaccination.  

I don't suppose he's watching the news coming out from India as to what happens to an unvaccinated, unmasked country. 

America keeps getting better and better news thanks to the vaccine and other measures.  It's time to lift each other up and be glad for better times to come that we can gather and take those masks off.  

But yet we're still fighting.  Senator Susan Collins is going after the CDC saying she's lost all respect.   Perhaps she doesn't know what's going on in India either.

I don't get it.

 

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Thanks for correcting Sen Paul's medical specialty: ophthalmology. I found video of today's Faucci -Rand Paul dustup and added to above thread --just can't make sense of Sen. Pauls comments coming from a medical professional. 

Agree with Tweety's sentiments.

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2 hours ago, Curious1997 said:

So Lindsay Graham has said it out loud. If they don't continue to kneel to Trump he will take his supporters and leave. There we have it. The reason that republicans are so corrupt. 

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I wish he would, then maybe we can rebuild the party.  Not all of us are corrupt Trumpophiles.

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2 hours ago, Tweety said:

It is one thing for Rand Paul to for civil liberties,  I.e. anti-lockdown and masks, after all he is a Libertarian, but it's another to pedal such nonsense.  He has been after Fauci for a long time.  He knows it's not true, but wants the conspiracy theory out there to discredit Fauci.   I still want Fauci to give him a big "F-you and F-all of you" and just retire. God love him for putting up with it all.  I couldn't do it.

As for Tucker Carlson?  I don't even know where to begin. The question of "why if you're vaccinated do you still have to wear a mask" has been answered from Day 1, like I said in another post it's stupidity to continue to go down that route.  Fauci clearly is leaning towards taking the mask off now that more people are vaccinated.  Idiot.

The accusation about the virus starting in a lab with American influence is a tired old one that's already been played.   If this is so apparent to Tucker it needs to be proved.  If it happened, it happened under the Trump administration why bring it all up now?

Again with the "Harris kissed her husband with a mask" and asking "is this public health?". 

He also questions the need for vaccination.  

I don't suppose he's watching the news coming out from India as to what happens to an unvaccinated, unmasked country. 

America keeps getting better and better news thanks to the vaccine and other measures.  It's time to lift each other up and be glad for better times to come that we can gather and take those masks off.  

But yet we're still fighting.  Senator Susan Collins is going after the CDC saying she's lost all respect.   Perhaps she doesn't know what's going on in India either.

I don't get it.

 

Regarding Collins, it's important to remember that her judgement is so bad that she thought Trump's behavior was impeachable but that he didn't need removal because he learned a lesson.  She learned a lesson but she seems reluctant and slow to recognize corruption. 

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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Regarding Collins, it's important to remember that her judgement is so bad that she thought Trump's behavior was impeachable but that he didn't need removal because he learned a lesson.  She learned a lesson but she seems reluctant and slow to recognize corruption. 

Fauci didn't back down. He gave Paul a lesson in how to conduct yourself. He stuck to the facts and refused to be drawn in while refuting Paul's idiotic conspiracy theories. 

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More than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, are preparing to release a letter this week threatening to form a third party if the Republican Party does not make certain changes, according to an organizer of the effort.

The statement is expected to take aim at former President Donald J. Trump’s stranglehold on Republicans, which signatories to the document have deemed unconscionable.

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Over 100 Republicans, including former officials, threaten to split from G.O.P.

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So it has officially happened. GOP has fractured themselves. Now I'm waiting to see if any Republicans will leave in support of her as they claimed. Get your ? ready. It's going to be a long Summer.

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House Republicans oust Cheney from leadership for calling out Trump’s false election claims

House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) from her leadership post Wednesday because she continues to challenge former president Donald Trump over his false claims about election fraud and his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to several GOP members.

The voice vote to remove her as chair of the House Republican Conference underscored that the party will not tolerate disagreements with Trump, whose active support many argue is needed for the party to win the House majority in the 2022 midterm election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cheney-trump-mccarthy-vote/2021/05/11/1bb8fa56-b2a9-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html

 

 

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24 minutes ago, NurseBlaq said:

So it has officially happened. GOP has fractured themselves. Now I'm waiting to see if any Republicans will leave in support of her as they claimed. Get your ? ready. It's going to be a long Summer.

 

I'll believe it when I see it.  

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Dr suspended for not wearing a mask and encouraging others to do likewise!

I hope nurses understand the implication of this and realize all of the times you have acted subserviently to them and change your mind because they are just trained professionals just like you! 

Nothing spectacular about them. Just like us through education and experience, symptoms, assessment, dx, tx! They just have more education re medical issues. 

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William Pitt re America!

Read this Beerman and Chare and try to understand what this country was founded on and why the constitution is what holds this country together.

Then compare what you have read to the comport of current republicans and decide. 

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Saw this online today and thought I'd share. It's hilarious!

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Let me add MTG following AOC and acting a fool is tantamount to harassment and creating a hostile work environment. Anyone else, and any other job, would have been terminated. They're politicians, not wrestlers.  I'm tired of hearing about uncouth politicians, Dem/GOP/Indep, doesn't matter. They're playing petty games with real people's lives. Get it together or go home!

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3 hours ago, Curious1997 said:

William Pitt re America!

Read this Beerman and Chare and try to understand what this country was founded on and why the constitution is what holds this country together.

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Why have you directed this to me?  I don't need you to educate me on the founding of this country, the constitution, or, quite frankly, any other topic.  And, this isn't the first time that you have questioned my intelligence or ability to understand.  In the future, please don’t do this again.

3 hours ago, Curious1997 said:

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Then compare what you have read to the comport of current republicans and decide. 

And your point?  If you have one other than stirring the pot.  

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