It’s a deeper belief than just EVs. At the beginning of the Obama administration, when there was the “cash for clunkers” program to buy back inefficient old vehicles, these people made a show of going out and buying massive Hummers and other horribly inefficient cars they’d drive around town in. When new efficiency rules went into place for halogen lightbulbs, they flocked to the stores to stock up on as many inefficient bulbs as possible.

They can be pushed to be good little consumers when needed, but it’s almost always to promote inefficiency and oppose environmentalism.

Not sure about other agencies but CDC and specifically NCHS typically had to anonymize their health data before public release. If you could use other data points from within the government to connect the dots, that might be valuable to someone.

I have a tinfoil hat conspiracy theory that the Love is Blind/Married at First Sight shows are part of this. You’ve got a not so subtle focus on religion and marriage, a blind eye towards sexual assault, and Vanessa Lachey pestering past participants if they’re popping out a progeny anytime soon.

Just in case you didn’t know, Cara Cunningham is not a dude.

Not exactly a citation but it was pretty weird when someone found one of the DOGE staffers’ participation in a hackathon around vote manipulation that got him real close with Musk as a result. Then he started wiping his connections once it was made public.

https://bsky.app/profile/denisedwheeler.bsky.social/post/3lhowh3ijgs2f

It really shouldn’t be news, but remember…there are most likely a lot of morons out there who would still be shocked to hear about it. The ones who don’t like to talk or read about politics, the uninformed voter. These are Americans we’re talking about.