Category Archives: Fucking Morons

The Efficacy of Vaccines Is Settled Science

Posted on January 7, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

I don’t have much to add to the horrible decision by the Trump/Vought Administration and Plaguelord Kennedy to stop the CDC from recommending seven childhood vaccines, except to add one thing that I don’t think is said enough: there are … Continue reading →

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WAR? What Is It Good For?

Posted on December 23, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Maybe absolutely nothing? Last week, Matthew Yglesias wrote a ridiculous piece arguing that liberals (liberals is his term) should embrace the oil and gas industries to win votes. In response, Democratic Representative Sean Casten (IL-06), on Bluesky, performed a rapid … Continue reading →

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Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy Retaliates By Canceling Grant Awarded to Critics

Posted on December 18, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

This is yet another reason why you don’t let crazy ass anti-vaxxers run HHS (boldface mine): The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for research … Continue reading →

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Glonzo Has Broken Republican Containment

Posted on November 21, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

On the left, construed broadly, we’re worried about things like the constitutional order. Meanwhile, on the right, well, there’s this (boldface mine): Take the recent flare-up on the right over the online activity of Thomas Crooks, who attempted to kill … Continue reading →

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What HHS Secretary’s “Kiddie Killer” Kennedy’s ‘Gold Standard’ Science Actually Looks Like

Posted on November 20, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Yesterday, the CDC, under the guidance of HHS Secretary “Kiddie Killer” Kennedy, updated its “Autism and Vaccines” page: Like science denialists of all stripes, you’ll notice that they flipped the ‘null hypothesis.’ Rather than assuming vaccines do not cause autism, … Continue reading →

Posted in CDC, Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Vaccination | 2 Comments

Autopen For Me, but Not For Thee

Posted on November 17, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the ridiculous complaints Republicans have ginned up is that Biden’s pardons and commutations aren’t legitimate because they were signed with an autopen–the implication is that Biden had no idea he signed these, and thus they are not valid. … Continue reading →

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If Republicans Are Just Adding Crap to a Continuing Resolution, Then Let’s Talk About the Epstein Files

Posted on November 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

In what is a very perplexing political maneuver*, Republicans are doing their damnedest to make it difficult for Democrats to cave in the shutdown fight. The latest insult to intelligence is an attempt to add an abortion ban to any … Continue reading →

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How Congress Plans to Undermine D.C.’s Home Rule: A Story in Thirteen Bills

Posted on September 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, House Republicans, which is to say, fascists, unveiled a set of fourteen proposed bills to further deny the residents of the mainland colony democracy. One of the bills, H.R. 2693, the District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation … Continue reading →

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Is This Gold Standard Science? Because It Seems Kinda Sucky, Akshually

Posted on September 9, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

HHS Secretary and Carrion Lord Kennedy is doing more anti-vaccine shenanigans (boldface mine): The CDC immunization committee has yet to release coronavirus vaccine recommendations, but is scheduled to vote on them later in September. The newly reformulated panel already has … Continue reading →

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Get a COVID Vaccine Now

Posted on September 5, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I don’t have much to add to this excellent piece by Sabrina Ambler about how to get a COVID vaccine in HHS Secretary Kennedy’s America (the piece isn’t behind a paywall and shouldn’t require email registration etc.). One important date … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, COVID-19, Fucking Morons, The War on Science, Vaccination | 1 Comment