Could RFK Jr. Really Become HHS Secretary? {Yes, he did}

Cassidy is “struggling” with RFK Jr.'s nomination. :smiley:

That pseudo-battle will conclude with whatever’s left of Cassidy’s conscience giving way to the urgent need to brown-nose Trump.

The supplement shoppe run by this doc’s practice offers homeopathic poison ivy, Aconitum and Nux Vomica (sounds bad, but at a 30C dilution there shouldn’t be any molecules of active substance left, meaning patients are paying $$ for water).

He should have a heart-to-heart with Senator Collins. That will put some rubber in his backbone.

Either rubber or overcooked fettuccine.

Susan Collins is concerned.

Not so concerned that she’s gonna do something crazy like not vote for him, but still.

Susan Collins is going to have to set her brow to AutoFurrow.

Yeah, RFK Jr will “re-examine” the decision right before he does away with the NIH and CDC. Her brow will be so, so furrowed!

Susan Collins, the honorable senator from the State of Concern.

She does seem skilled at brow-furrowing. With a bit of displeased eyes & oh-so-slightly pursed lips.

Let all of MAGA beware! She’s got it in for you.

Ol’ Mitch was the only GOP senator to vote against him; every Democrat voted no.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-02-13/the-senate-just-confirmed-rfk-jr-to-lead-hhs-heres-what-he-said-he-will-and-wont-do-at-the-agency

Well, Mitch actually had polio, so maybe he’s concerned about getting rid of that vaccine. Of course, he would have voted yes if his vote had mattered.

I take it “MAHA” does not include mental health?

It does, but in the form of “The beatings will continue until morale improves.”

RFK Jr. proposes sending people with mental disorders to “special farms” to be “reparented.” Is he, like, a closet Scientologist or something? Oh, and by the way, RFK, you go there first.

Part way through the story, it mentions RFK Jr. wanting to do the same thing to black kids. Really.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/rfk-s-plan-to-make-america-healthy-again-round-up-people-with-mental-health-conditions-in-camps/ar-AA1zlMXc?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=858709b0044a4e0196882354f7118f50&ei=159

Expert on vaccines resigns from FDA; apparently was given the choice of resignation or dismissal.

Bring back teen vaping?

King, who joined the agency in 2022, has been vigorously criticized by vaping lobbyists for ordering thousands of companies to remove their fruit and candy-flavored e-cigarettes from the market. During his time at FDA, teen vaping has fallen to a 10-year low.

Make america cough again.

Tobacco: the next great American cash crop. Right after marijuana.

Hey, it’s grown right here in the US of A! And it’s natural! What could possibly be bad about it?

Perhaps some horse dewormer, now OTC across the Arkansas border, would wipe out the TB?

/s

I’m starting to feel a bit like I suppose the citizens in Warsaw Pact countries felt during the height of the Cold War.

For accurate news about our own country, it’s best to tune into the media of foreign countries not under the thumb of our own criminal regime.