Trump is calling for a record $1.5T defense budget.

Roughly half of this spending will go to private contractors, many of whom routinely price-gouge the government.

Reminder that Don Jr. and Eric Trump are big investors in drone companies looking to obtain defense contracts.

See the problem?

Welp. My spicy microtrope post has turned...interesting.
Le. Sigh.

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Readers: when you sign up to read an ARC for an author. The author provides you with the book. What do you feel is your obligation, if any, to said author?

Authors: When a reader signs up to read your ARC, what are your expectations for them?

Curious to see if there is a difference in expectations.

RFK Jr. appointed unqualified hacks to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and they immediately set about destroying the U.S. vaccine program for him.

A federal judge correctly declared them illegitimate, and they were no longer allowed to meet.

But RFK Jr. isn’t done destroying the vaccine program yet, so he’s just changing the charter so the hacks can come back.