Trump is right—two different Americas.

On the left is a man who cheated on all three of his wives, standing by his third wife, who was a nude and fashion model.

On the right is a man who is married to his first wife, who holds a medical degree from Columbia University, a master’s degree from the University of Oxford, and served as co-chief of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Health.

Two Americas—the one on the right is better.

With new #COVID19 data this weekend, the South is surging, along with some other spots. Among the 60 sewersheds reporting to WastewaterSCAN in the South, the average is 166 PMMoV, up from 37 six weeks ago (suggesting ~1 in 158 is infectious in the South.)

Other regions are nowhere near as high:
West: 48 PMMoV
Northeast: 60 PMMoV
Midwest: 83 PMMoV

In the Midwest, all but two sewersheds are below 74 PMMoV. The region's average is affected by Akron, OH and Lincoln, NB, both over 170 PMMoV. 1/2

STUDY: “Within the long COVID cohort, full COVID-19 vaccination was associated with a significantly greater small-vessel pulmonary blood volume and lobar airway volume compared with non-vaccinated individuals. “

The study needs further confirmation, but it suggests that #COVID19 has a potential protective effect on pulmonary structure and function.

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3271/14/3/413

“If you’re using a $4 million weapon that’s difficult to manufacture to destroy a $35,000 drone that can be easily built at scale, it’s only a matter of time before your defenses are degraded…

“The initial American strategy failed, the war with Iran is consuming the entire region, Iran and Ukraine are risking a face-off, there is evidence that both Russia and China are escalating their military commitments, American munitions stocks are dwindling and Trump is raging.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/iran-war-russia-ukraine-world-war-threat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.6jin.0Anu--WhBOBv&smid=url-share

ExxonMobil and Chevron reported massive second-quarter profits for 2026, totaling over $26 billion combined. ExxonMobil's profit doubled, and Chevron's profit nearly quadrupled from Q2 2025.

Trump's needless war has cost lives, cost taxpayers around $37.5 billion, and has cost consumers $56 billion at the gas pump. Thanks to Republicans, corporate profits are great again. (MAGA: Multiplying Assets for Greedy Americans.)

Vote in November. Every election, every race, every Democrat. #VoteBlue.

Care facilities: “We care for people.”
Me: “Then you'll require workers to get vaccinated?”
Facilities: “We don't care that much.”

STUDY of #COVID19 long-term care facilities: “A 10% relative increase in staff vaccination coverage was associated with 2.7 fewer resident infections per 100 beds... The median relative change in vaccination coverage (between (June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2024)) was -15% for residents and -53% for staff. “

https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(26)00615-2/abstract

I love when people on Mastodon attack me, call me a vulgar name, and then tell me I'm muted. Like, what do they think I'm thinking? "Oh no, this mentally unstable troll is muting me?! Gosh, how can I go on in life knowing that?"

I'm not muted. You're blocked, jerk!

Jesus is mentioned 1,310 times in the New International Version of the Bible.

Harry Potter is mentioned roughly 18,956 times across the Wizarding World 7-book series.

Donald Trump, his family, and his businesses are reportedly mentioned 38,000 times across more than 5,300 individual files in the Epstein files.

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A COVID-centric account posted that the flow of Long COVID studies has grown so much, they can't even keep up any longer. The truth is precisely the opposite.

I've closely tracked LC studies for four years now, and the flow has decreased. The NIH validates this—the LC section of the LitCovid site demonstrates a steady decrease in LC studies.

Studies are still being published, but it is not true we're seeing more studies than earlier in the pandemic.

Michigan Republican Jack Bergman was asked about Iran, and his response was, "I'm not going to blame Jimmy Carter, but..."

Donald Trump started an expensive, costly, disasterous war, and the Republicans are blaming... the president who was in office FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

The GOP in 2026: No accountability, no care, no brains, and no ethics.

Conservatives ignoring science and putting their health at risk is nothing new. A new study found that, in the 2010s, “conservative Americans experienced worsening health and higher mortality than liberals.” Among the causes is “declining trust in medical professionals among right-leaning individuals, including lower willingness to seek care, follow clinical advice or believe in medication effectiveness, even for issues unrelated to COVID-19.”

FAFO!

https://www.fastcompany.com/91561329/widening-health-gap-between-liberals-and-conservatives