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BeyondGeography

(40,381 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:02 PM 19 hrs ago

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 But he also said we will be paying for these decisions for decades from a public health standpoint if they are not rescinded.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

bdamomma

(67,844 posts)
2. If we
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:10 PM
19 hrs ago

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

(27,392 posts)
3. The deaths will be underreported
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:14 PM
19 hrs ago

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

58Sunliner

(5,538 posts)
4. This is the apex of why I am considering leaving America.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:47 PM
19 hrs ago

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
19 hrs ago

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

(5,538 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
18 hrs ago

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

(163,053 posts)
6. Trump wouldn't care if he fired people who saved his life
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:56 PM
19 hrs ago

probably thinks they should be thanking HIM

calimary

(85,674 posts)
9. UNDOUBTEDLY thinks they should be thanking him.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:05 PM
18 hrs ago

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

(2,561 posts)
12. Reminds me of an risque joke about Trump
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 12:13 AM
17 hrs ago

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

(28,740 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
10 hrs ago

Skittles

(163,053 posts)
18. I am
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 01:44 PM
4 hrs ago

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

Skittles

(163,053 posts)
20. an aquaintance who voted for Trump still hopes her student loans will be forgiven
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 03:32 PM
2 hrs ago

that right there requires a major ass-kicking

BidenRocks

(1,260 posts)
8. I/We will continue to get vaccinated.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:00 PM
19 hrs ago

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

(11,137 posts)
11. Trump was ridiculed/blamed/humiliated for his Covid response,
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:32 PM
18 hrs ago

payback is coming for the entire planet.

milestogo

(20,114 posts)
16. If Trump gets Covid again, he should have RFK Jr as his doctor.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:38 AM
8 hrs ago

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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