Matthew Thomas, PhD

08/28/2025

Not requiring surveillance of listeria is insane behavior when there's frequently listeria outbreaks.

But then again, RFK Jr. has shown indifference to public health.

Beginning to understand why other countries don't want our food.

Federal health officials have scaled back FoodNet, a program that tracked food poisoning infections in the U.S.

08/16/2025

If jobs data, climate data, crime data, etc. is all fake but you're the source that will make it real, that's authoritarian.

It's dear leader vibes because it's all they have.

08/13/2025

The fact there's people who will cheer on deporting a US citizen kid with cancer because "the mom shouldn't have had kids here" is disgusting.

But yet the Trump Administration sees fit to give Ghislaine Maxwell (a registered s*x offender) work release at a minimum security prison which is against Bureau of Prison protocol and common sense.

Ask your friends who had a ton of energy nearly a year ago where they stand now, because they're awful quiet.

Before his deportation, the 4-year-old was receiving “life-saving” treatment in Louisiana, the lawsuit says.

08/11/2025

Nothing says "freedom" like having FBI agents do beat cop duties on the streets of DC under the flimsiest pretext ever.

With Trump likely announcing National Guard troops to also patrol, it really shows a) he had full control of the military on January 6th contrary to MAGA belief and b) he'll do anything to distract from his lackluster record and Epstein problem.

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

08/04/2025

International students pay more in tuition than domestic students.

It's a stupid provision to force colleges to lower international enrollment when they provide so much to local economies. The number of jobs potentially lost from this decrease at regional universities will far surpass those fantasy coal jobs.

Then again, they don't really care about the economy as we've seen.

Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

08/03/2025

If I had a nickel for every Fox News alcoholic appointed by the Trump Administration, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice.

The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of Jeanine Pirro​, confirming the cable news personality to a top prosecutor post in Washington, D.C.

08/01/2025

That's not good.

Trump used those previous numbers to attack Fed Chairman and say the interest rates need to drop.

Come to find out, the math was entirely wrong. Yes, it happened in the Biden Administration but not to this magnitude.

But the head of the BLS shouldn't be fired. That just makes the future data less credible.

There's clearly something underlying the data where it needs to be updated like this.

The U.S. added 258,000 fewer jobs in May and June than the Labor Department first reported, according to federal data released Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issued stunning revisions…

08/01/2025

As Trump is flailing over Epstein and weighing a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, it seems odd he would bring registered s*x offender Lawrence Taylor to the White House.

07/28/2025

Most government workers go there to do a job and get a paycheck, not to be preached at. Religion is okay for people to have. The line is supposed to be when it infringes on other people; telling someone they're wrong for their faith is one of those blatant infringements.

Imagine a supervisor telling a subordinate asking them to pray and saying they need to rethink their religious beliefs. That's so bad I can't comprehend this being allowed in this day and age.

It's a given at this point the expansion of proselytizing under this administration isn't for Muslims, Hindus, or any other religion. In fact, it would be used against them in some I bet. By specific types of protestants, chiefly Evangelicals.

But guess this is the time for the Church of Satan and Pastafarians to get lit up now!

Supervisors can solicit employees to attend their church, OPM says in new guidance.

07/27/2025

Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) is now at the *checks notes* "cancer screenings are too woke" stage.

Between beef tallow, sugar in Coke, and now trying to reduce screenings, MAHA is only about eugenics not actual health.

RFK Jr. is actively trying to w**d out people he deems undesirable.

But this is all an attempt to eliminate mitigation and prevention measures in healthcare, which saves money and time.

Kennedy is reportedly planning to remove all members of an expert task force that decides which preventive health measures insurance must cover.

07/25/2025

Illegal detentions are just going to go up.

A US citizen was detained without being able to contact a lawyer or anything for hours, telling him he had no rights (he does).

They wanted access to student information.

The authoritarian downslide is going to reach a fever pitch.

"They said that I do not have rights, that my constitutional rights don't matter at a port of entry and that I should stop talking about rights," Chavarria said.

07/16/2025

Everyone: yo what about them Epstein files?

Trump: best I can do is sugar in Coke

Does this dolt not know this already exists? Everyone just calls it Mexican Coke and it's delicious in a glass bottle.

Also, what happened to the free market with Republicans? With the tariffs on sugar by Trump, this would make Coca Cola more expensive (they haven't said anything in the affirmative yet). Not to mention what happens to all that corn farmers are growing?

President Trump says Coca-Cola has agreed with his push to use cane sugar in its U.S. cola.