In recent years many progressive political thinkers have focused on the views of so-called millennials. They are more pro-gay rights, more racially inclusive and generally have more progressive political views on a host of issues. It’s part of what gives people – rightly – such confidence on LGBT rights issues. It’s generational. There’s no going back. That’s great. Unfortunately, a lot of these youngs seem to be complete a complete disaster on vaccination.
Christie supported anti-vaccination activists during his 2009 run for governor.
TPM Reader FB flags this very interesting mini-documentary at The New York Times about the growth of vaccine skepticism. Very well put together piece of journalism. But what goes unstated is on several occasions when they’re highlighting sloppy fear-mongering reporting, the reporter is none other than Sharyl Attkisson.
Here’s a good quick explainer on why the SCOTUS case that may derail Obamacare is pure bunk. And the suers know it.
One of those few viral-wow slideshows that’s really just wow. An old shack in the desert wrapped in mirrors.
A new poll shows Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud slipping back into a small lead over Labor, after a series of polls had shown Labor consolidating a small lead. Most assume that fighting to the north has refocused voters on security issues, Netanyahu’s perceived strength. That confirms the trend and findings from this poll from three days ago.
Bummer.
The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let’s protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 3, 2015
Flagged by TPM Reader NP.
As the Netanyahu speech controversy has unfolded I’ve wondered about and a number of readers have asked me whether there are any obvious historical parallels to Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador. The truth is that there are so many unique or at least very uncommon factors overlapping together that it’s very hard to think of any other comparable case in recent history or perhaps ever. The Israel relationship is high stakes. It’s already increasingly partisanized. The Ambassador was an American citizen himself until not too long ago. And he has long standing political ties to the party that is the president’s opposition. There’s quite a lot going on. But there’s one case from history that at least offers some interesting parallels. The differences are illuminating as well. The year is 1793. And the man is “Citizen Genet”, Edmond-Charles Genet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the United States of America.
In other words, Ambassador.
The toxicity of Internet trolls, haters, hate-mailers and more is one of the biggest parts of writing on the web, especially if you become known enough to develop a hate following. I know this from deep personal experience. You have to develop a whole personal psychology about it to make yourself immune to that toxicity. Chloe Angyal asks how we know when to block it out and when to listen.