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Politics as Usual, Bad Science, Bad Billionaires and Yes, a Murder

It's been a week. While the Epstein Files continue to take scalps, this writer hunkers down showing all politics are swampy — even the local brand — including a secret murder in Columbia County, NY

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Joshua Powell
Feb 15, 2026
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What a week it’s been. They all seem this way lately, but this one has just been awful. Every week a new level of Hell. This administration makes Dante look lazy. Now, I read a lot, I feel I have to, but it’s becoming a lot to consume. I wish they had something like emotional Lipitor you could take while reading about our heart-stopping world.

Let’s get to it.

Information on healthcare and personal wellness has regressed seemingly back to the Middle Ages. Rates of measles have reached alarming levels, with almost all those infected being unvaccinated. This is clogging healthcare access, creating suffering, and ballooning costs — all because the guy sitting in the big chair at Health and Human Services knows nothing of healthcare but feels A-OK pushing his beliefs, which are not evidence-based, onto the American public. The Brothers Grimm had a better grasp of science and reality. Don't forget, RFK Jr. testified during his confirmation hearings that he would not change specific vaccinat…

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