Lynda Farley (@freedomvan)

Hosanna Afghan Hounds Farley 10h · You should also follow the money on the whole antitobacco movement. Tobacco is a natural MEDICINAL HERB that can't be patented. Big pHARMa has spent hundreds of billions over about a half century on junk "science" propaganda, and big fat lies to get rid of one of their biggest competitors. They are laughing all the way to the bank. http://www.forces.org Copied... M.A. Rothman April 25 at 11:16 AM · 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐒 — In February 2026, the Massachusetts House voted 𝟏𝟐𝟖-𝟐𝟕 to repeal a 1982 ban on nuclear power plant construction. Governor Healey supported the repeal. The science was settled. The economics were settled. The climate math was settled. And the 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 lobbied the state Senate to kill it — because ideology always trumps evidence when you’re the “party of science.” This is the same Sierra Club that was 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 — recognizing nuclear energy’s power density and zero-emission benefits during the Cold War — before reversing its position in 1974 when environmentalism became more about politics than physics. In 1976, California Governor 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 teamed up with the Sierra Club to kill proposed nuclear plants. By July 1979, 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 rallied at Diablo Canyon for a “No Nukes” concert with Brown on stage — turning anti-nuclear hysteria into a cultural movement. France generates 𝟔𝟕% 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 — the highest share in the world. The United States: under 20%. After Three Mile Island in 1979 — an accident that 𝐤!𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 — 𝟓𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 between 1980 and 1984. Over 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 were ultimately scrapped. No new reactor was ordered in America from 1979 to 2012 — a 𝟑𝟑-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞. The NRC had averaged 𝟏𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 from 1967 to 1978. After TMI: 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨. An entire generation of clean energy, destroyed by fear — while France built a grid that makes American environmentalists’ carbon goals look like a joke. The Vogtle Plant in Georgia — America’s only new nuclear project in decades — was originally budgeted at $𝟏𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 with a 2016 completion date. It came in at over $𝟑𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, after regulatory delays driven by the same activist infrastructure that now lectures you about carbon emissions. Obama promised a “nuclear renaissance” and delivered 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 — a $535 million taxpayer-funded solar company that went bankrupt. The “party of science” picked winners. 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. — — — This is the party that 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 while the science said children were at minimal risk from COVID. AFT President Randi Weingarten 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐃𝐂 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐲’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 — and used it. FOIA emails revealed the AFT lobbied the CDC on reopening guidance in February 2021, 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 that appeared “𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥” in the final federal guidelines, and demanded schools remain closed based on community transmission levels — even after the CDC was prepared to recommend reopening regardless of local spread. The result: fourth-grade math scores dropped 𝟓 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬. Eighth-grade math dropped 𝟖 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 — the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐀𝐄𝐏 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. Reading scores for 13-year-olds hit their 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏 — the year the test was first administered. Black 13-year-olds saw the steepest drops. Recovery timeline according to researchers: fourth-graders won’t recover 2019 math levels until 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟔. Eighth-graders: 𝟐𝟎𝟓𝟎. 𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. An Israeli study from Maccabi Healthcare Services found that natural immunity provided 𝟏𝟑 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 against Delta than vaccination alone. The Biden administration denied it and required vaccination regardless of prior infection. Dr. Fauci testified before Congress that the six-foot social distancing rule “𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥” and was “𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢.” He admitted there was 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 comparing 6 feet to 3 feet to 10 feet. That arbitrary rule shut down businesses, restaurants, schools, and churches across the country. Outdoor mask mandates were enforced in cities across America despite 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 — a Chinese epidemiological study found 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝟕,𝟑𝟐𝟒 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬. But question any of it, and you were a “science denier.” — — — CONTINUED====>