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BeyondGeography

(40,385 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:02 PM Wednesday

Chilling interview of David Kessler by Rachel tonight

Re. the HHS cuts. He was as civil as humanly possible, saying Trump probably doesn’t know he just fired someone who may have saved his life when he was sick with COVID. But he also said we will be paying for these decisions for decades from a public health standpoint if they are not rescinded.

Edited to add the video:

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Chilling interview of David Kessler by Rachel tonight (Original Post) BeyondGeography Wednesday OP
It was a really dark interview. Very scary. nt Ilsa Wednesday #1
If we bdamomma Wednesday #2
The deaths will be underreported gab13by13 Wednesday #3
they'll redefine poverty even lead poisoning as natural causes cynical_idealist 23 hrs ago #17
This is the apex of why I am considering leaving America. 58Sunliner Wednesday #4
Its scary Hornedfrog2000 Wednesday #7
It is scary. You might consider a foreign bank acct. They won't have access to it. 58Sunliner Wednesday #10
We will be paying... progressoid Wednesday #5
THIS SunSeeker Yesterday #14
Trump wouldn't care if he fired people who saved his life Skittles Wednesday #6
UNDOUBTEDLY thinks they should be thanking him. calimary Wednesday #9
Reminds me of an risque joke about Trump Shipwack Yesterday #12
heh Skittles Yesterday #13
Are you still active in the ass kicking business? Hope you haven't retired from that. Lasher Yesterday #15
I am Skittles 20 hrs ago #18
I'm right there with you. Lasher 19 hrs ago #19
an aquaintance who voted for Trump still hopes her student loans will be forgiven Skittles 19 hrs ago #20
And you're just the one to render it! Lasher 15 hrs ago #21
I/We will continue to get vaccinated. BidenRocks Wednesday #8
Trump was ridiculed/blamed/humiliated for his Covid response, NoMoreRepugs Wednesday #11
If Trump gets Covid again, he should have RFK Jr as his doctor. milestogo Yesterday #16

bdamomma

(67,851 posts)
2. If we
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:10 PM
Wednesday

do not stop this regime there will be many more Americans dying. We saw it during Covid, and he called it a hoax. He's a madman.

gab13by13

(27,424 posts)
3. The deaths will be underreported
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:14 PM
Wednesday

or listed as natural causes. When one can't afford prescription drugs or afford medical care, one simply dies from natural causes.

58Sunliner

(5,540 posts)
4. This is the apex of why I am considering leaving America.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:47 PM
Wednesday

No news, lack of policy, lack of care, and no interest in helping the public should a pandemic or new disease erupt here. We shouldn't have to live like that.

Hornedfrog2000

(60 posts)
7. Its scary
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:59 PM
Wednesday

Sooner or later we wont be able to leave with our own money. They will be checking out phones for allegiance, etc. Freezing peoples funds...

58Sunliner

(5,540 posts)
10. It is scary. You might consider a foreign bank acct. They won't have access to it.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:10 PM
Wednesday

I was going to post a piece from the WIRE. They recommend that you may want to have a travel phone to go through customs with so they won't see anything. You also have privacy folder in android phones and Apple phones. You might also take an extra battery and put in a dead battery before you go through customs, or turn your phone off. It avoids them asking to go through your phone. Apparently if you don't agree to have your phone searched, they can make it an issue. Found it-https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

Skittles

(163,076 posts)
6. Trump wouldn't care if he fired people who saved his life
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:56 PM
Wednesday

probably thinks they should be thanking HIM

calimary

(85,683 posts)
9. UNDOUBTEDLY thinks they should be thanking him.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:05 PM
Wednesday

NO “probably” about it.

Aging low-life human thinks he’s God. And unfortunately, too many people (WAAAAAAAY too many people) feel compelled to agree.

Shipwack

(2,562 posts)
12. Reminds me of an risque joke about Trump
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 12:13 AM
Yesterday

I heard this back in his "Apprentice" days.

Trump and a woman enter an elevator. The woman says, "Mr. Trump, if I press the button, the elevator will stop and I can give you a fantastic blow job."

He considers this for a moment and then asks,"Sounds interesting, but what do I get out of it?"

Lasher

(28,741 posts)
15. Are you still active in the ass kicking business? Hope you haven't retired from that.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:02 AM
Yesterday

Skittles

(163,076 posts)
18. I am
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 01:44 PM
20 hrs ago

it's just becoming exhausting with all these assclowns running my country into the ground

Skittles

(163,076 posts)
20. an aquaintance who voted for Trump still hopes her student loans will be forgiven
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 03:32 PM
19 hrs ago

that right there requires a major ass-kicking

Lasher

(28,741 posts)
21. And you're just the one to render it!
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:23 PM
15 hrs ago

Not the loan forgiveness, but the ass-whooping.

BidenRocks

(1,264 posts)
8. I/We will continue to get vaccinated.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:00 PM
Wednesday

We will be informed by other than msm sources since they will be compromised.
Personal responsibility will help.
I don't trust This government.

NoMoreRepugs

(11,139 posts)
11. Trump was ridiculed/blamed/humiliated for his Covid response,
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:32 PM
Wednesday

payback is coming for the entire planet.

milestogo

(20,119 posts)
16. If Trump gets Covid again, he should have RFK Jr as his doctor.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:38 AM
Yesterday

The country needs to hear from these doctors about what these cuts have done. Its not as flashy as the tariffs, but in many ways its much, much worse.

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