The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[Angrboda]

Can Blanche Actually Give Trump Immunity from IRS Audits?

Worth a read.

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Early last year, when America’s measles outbreaks were still being counted in three-digit numbers, we talked about how RFK Jr. and his misinformation campaign were making things worse. A lot of focus has been on Kennedy’s anti-vaxxer views, and for good reason. If people would just get the MMR vaccine, and had done so in the last couple of decades while Kennedy has been on his anti-vaxxer crusade, none of this would have happened. We eliminated this disease more than two decades ago. It’s back because of vaccine skepticism and Kennedy, now Secretary of HHS, is perhaps more responsible for that skepticism than any other human being on the planet.

But his misinformation campaign didn’t focus solely on attempts at discrediting a good, effective vaccine against measles. He also spouted bullshit when it came to treatments for the disease. One such example was him touting, in March of last year, a combination of Vitamin A and cod liver oil as treatments for measles. It’s not the first time Kennedy advocated for this, either. He’s been at it since the beginning of the outbreak, and even before. In the wake of his public advocacy for those treatments, others picked up the story and ran with it, notably podcast-bruh Joe Rogan.

The result? According to one study, a massive uptick in Vitamin A poisoning.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/04/stud...last-year/

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https://www.newsweek.com/why-us-not-dril...r-12030144

According to this graphic, consumers in red states have paid an extra $200-300 over the course of the war, or $65-100 a month.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Trump Tries To Stop Coal’s Death Spiral

The U.S. is stepping up its investment in coal as President Trump doubles down on his commitment to bolster the fossil fuel industry. 

During an event on Thursday, Mr. Trump announced that his administration would commit $700 million in funding for coal plants and a new export terminal.

Environmental groups criticized Mr. Trump's coal plan ahead of its official release, noting it could drive up pollution, raise electricity costs for Americans and prop up a declining industry. Coal provided 15% of energy production in 2024, down from 45% in 2010. Natural gas provides about 43% of U.S. electricity, with the rest rounded out by nuclear energy and renewables.

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[Fake Messiah]

Trump is sending ships in June to remove over 900 deep-sea instruments from the Atlantic and Pacific, dismantling a $368 million monitoring network built over a decade that was meant to last 25 years. It will be dismantled in just 15 months.

The station in the Irminger Sea has been key to understanding changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a global conveyor belt of water that some scientists are concerned may be weakening as a result of climate warming. A collapse of the current could have severe and far-reaching weather effects.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/clima...ative.html

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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a musician who canceled his Kennedy Center performance after Trump added his name to the center. The Kennedy Center alleged breach of contract in spite of the fact that he never signed the contract.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

A recent CNN poll has Trump's net approval rating in Iowa at -19. That's kind of impressive - he's managed to pull off the feat of being underwater in a cornfield.

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