Crash Course: How easy is it to get ivermectin, really?

[View this email in your browser]( Your daily update from [Salon](. Written by [Brett Bachman](. Just how easy is it to get ivermectin? The anti-parasite drug has been all the rage in right-wing circles, where due to some questionable logic and a reflexive fear of authority, a shocking number of people have begun taking the version meant for livestock and soiling themselves in public to own the libs. It's all a little... unbelievable. [So Salon's Nicole Karlis set out to see for herself]( just how easy is it to get ivermectin? The short answer? Shockingly easy. A constellation of telehealth providers have popped up to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ivermectin, despite the fact that there's no good evidence it even works in the first place. It's basic supply and demand, I suppose, driven by an overzealous right-wing media ecosystem happy to trade the health of its audience for the advancement of a purely ideological project. For a fee, and a few short minutes filling out online paperwork, Karlis was able to book an appointment over the phone with a doctor. But the doctor never even called — instead, he had gone ahead and written the prescription anyways. Find out what happened next by [reading the full story here](. Mike Lindell sells the farm Mike Lindell is having a rough couple months. The pillow mogul-turned-election conspiracy theorist's hotly anticipated "cyber symposium" in South Dakota fell through, as did his prediction that former President Donald Trump would be reinstalled in August. Now, only the true believers are left — as well as a monstrous $1.3 billion lawsuit over his false claims about Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that Lindell has repeatedly targeted in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. It appears Lindell is gearing up for that fight by selling some prized possessions — namely, his private plane, [my colleagues Jon Skolnik and Zach Petrizzo report.]( FAA records show Lindell parted ways with his 1993 Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50 on July 26, for an undisclosed sum. Using an apartment address associated with the new owner, Salon traced the purchase to a potential big-money buyer: capital executive Frank Selldorff. Insiders confirmed to Skolnik and Petrizzo that the sale was indeed to bankroll Lindell's legal defense, which will likely be a protracted process. "He just started raising money for the lawsuit by Dominion," the insider said. "He needs money." 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[Because government did its job]( former Sierra Club CEO Carl Pope writes for Salon - Joe Biden's revenge: [Drone attacks are fueling the "madness of militarism"]( in Afghanistan - And, finally, learn how animators [brought a classic Italian pasta dish to life on screen]( in Disney and Pixar's "Luca" Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up]( to receive Crash Course. Roe v. Wade is dead, and the shadow court claims another P.R. victory "At the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, the Supreme Court suddenly overturned Roe v. Wade," [Salon's Amanda Marcotte writes.]( "The move was quiet and it very well may be temporary (they could still issue a short decision any minute now, or not) but make no mistake, a Roe overturn is exactly what it is. Headlines across the country aren't coming right out and saying so, because the Supreme Court used a dastardly legal manipulation to let states ban abortion without actually issuing a straightforward decision to end abortion protections." Perhaps worst of all was the way in which the Supreme Court went about making this earth-shattering decision, Marcotte argues. The court, under Chief Justice John Roberts, has taken to issuing "shadow docket" rulings — opinions that don't have to go through the standard process of hearings, deliberations and transparency which the public has come to expect. It's a canny move, Marcotte writes, which "has been devastatingly effective at lulling the press into not covering how far-right the Supreme Court is, and therefore tricking the public into believing the courts are more reasonable than they actually are." "The only hope is that this abortion ban is finally what attracts enough national attention to these abuses, and blows up an authoritarian strategy that only works in the shadows." 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Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., was apparently attempting to evacuate a woman and her four children — all American citizens — from the country, but ran into a roadblock when U.S. officials in Tajikistan refused to help him transport huge sums of cash across the border to pay for the mission. He reportedly bullied and "threatened" U.S. embassy employees there for not helping, according to a report in The Washington Post. The entire incident enraged Pentagon and State Department officials, who, to put it bluntly, have much bigger things to worry about right now. "To say this is extremely dangerous is a massive understatement," one State Department official said. (Photo via Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2021 Salon.com, LLC, All rights reserved. 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