Category Archives: Conservatives

But the COVID Contrarians Told Us They Were All About Intellectual Freedom

Posted on April 23, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Well, TEH FREEDOMZ didn’t last too long (boldface mine): A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in … Continue reading →

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Hegseth Is No George Washington: The Influenza Vaccination Edition

Posted on April 22, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Defense Secretary Hegseth, unaware that one of the key reforms George Washington enacted while commanding the Continental Army was to institute a smallpox inoculation program, let it rip with this policy brain fart (boldface mine): The military will no longer … Continue reading →

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When the Supreme Court Legislates

Posted on April 20, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

In case you missed it, last week the NY Times got its hands on internal Supreme Court documents related to the first use in 2016 of the shadow docket to announce court orders without explanation. This, for me, was the … Continue reading →

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The Staggering Ignorance of Trump Administration Officials: the Drug-Resistant TB Edition

Posted on April 14, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at The Handbasket, Marisa Kabas has a terrifying excerpt about Trump administration officials’ ignorance of basic biology from Nicholas Enrich’s new book, Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID (boldface mine): The … Continue reading →

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The Bitterness and the Insecurity

Posted on April 13, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Rightwing bloviator Megyn Kelly recently said she would not vote Democratic even if Trump used a nuclear weapon against Iran. Kelly’s attitude towards the Democratic Party is not surprising, but her reasoning, such as it is, is very ugly (boldface … Continue reading →

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The Trump Administration Creates a Drowning Witch Test for NIH Funding

Posted on April 6, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

The Trump Administration calls for $5 billion in cuts from NIH*. A key justification for that is COVID conspiracism: Additional egregious examples of wasteful and radical NIH IC spending that would be eliminated through reforms include: National Institute of Allergy … Continue reading →

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How a Narcissist Like Trump Makes Decisions

Posted on March 25, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

In days of yore, which is to say December 2016, I wrote about “Lessons I Learned Working For A Narcissist And What That Means For Il Trumpe“, in which I listed one of the key characteristics of a narcissistic boss: … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Multiple (Markwayne) Mullins

Posted on March 24, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, one senate Democrat* explained his vote to advance the nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin to head DHS (boldface mine): “This is going to surprise some people, but I consider Markwayne Mullin a friend. We have a very honest … Continue reading →

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The Worst People

Posted on March 17, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

No one should feel sorry for former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem because, if anyone deserves this, she does: A new report claims that former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s alleged boyfriend, Corey Lewandowski, dumped her after she was fired … Continue reading →

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DOGE Is (Was?) an Insider Threat

Posted on March 11, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Nobody could have predicted this (boldface mine): According to the disclosure, the former DOGE software engineer, who worked at the Social Security Administration last year before starting a job at a government contractor in October, allegedly told several co-workers that … Continue reading →

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