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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. steps into his role as the expected nominee to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Iowa farmers — and by extension, the nation — face a pivotal moment. Known for his vocal opposition to pesticides, particularly glyphosate, Kennedy’s new position could profoundly influence agricultural policies that underpin […]
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Top Senate Democrat said nominees show Trump will ‘weaponize the Justice Department to seek vengeance’ The outgoing Democratic chair of the Senate judiciary committee Dick Durbin warned that Donald Trump’s appointees to top Justice Department posts are a sign that he will direct prosecutors and law enforcement to retaliate against his political opponents. Durbin singled […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links News World President-elect also nominated Doug Collins to veterans affairs and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for Department of the Interior Author of the article: The Associated Press Jill Colvin And Amanda Seitz Published Nov 15, 2024 • Last updated 0 minutes ago • 6 minute read You can save this article by […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would nominate former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It’s the fulfillment of an implied promise that Trump made at a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York in late October, where he said he […]
Last week, the day before the election, I described Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who in return for abandoning his quixotic and bizarre campaign for the Presidency as an independent to bend the knee and swear everlasting fealty to former President Donald Trump had been promised control over the entire federal health policy apparatus, as an […]
Prelude: A shift in the political center of gravity of antivax and quackery It’s the day before the 2024 election, and, contemplating what to write today, I realized that there was really only one topic that I could address. I’ve said many times that this blog strives to be nonpartisan but not apolitical. After all, […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Former president Donald Trump said Sunday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to remove fluoride from the U.S. water […]
Kennedy’s past makes him an unlikely candidate for agriculture secretary, according to Daniel Glickman, who served in the role during Bill Clinton’s presidency. “It’s hard for me to imagine, given Trump’s traditional base in the heartlands, that he would pick somebody who was an advocate for breaking up large farms and breaking consolidated agriculture,” says […]
As hard as it is to believe, I’ve been writing about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for nearly two decades. It all began in 2005 when RFK Jr. first “outed” himself as an antivaxxer by writing a conspiracy-laden “exposé” of the CDC falsely claiming that it was covering up evidence that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal had […]