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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Feb. 13, less than two months ago, and the barrage of name-calling and rebukes challenging his controversial nomination has followed the indefatigable attorney at every subsequent step. During his run for US president, this scion of America’s iconic political dynasty wisely … Read more
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, established by Executive Order, convened its first meeting last month. Among the topics discussed was the “threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), antipsychotics, mood stabilisers, and stimulants.” Shortly thereafter, a group of legislators issued a strongly worded letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, … Read more
HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has asked the Food and Drug Administration to rethink a past practice that allowed food companies to tell the FDA if they thought some chemical was safe for humans. Under this regime, everything is assumed safe until evidence of harm exists. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy … Read more
Closing the revolving regulatory door on Big Pharma “family” user fees. Americans have become more distrustful of federal agencies in recent years, including “vaccine hesitancy” because of alleged misinformation about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has criticized HHS and other federal agencies for “regulatory capture” by corporate interests that … Read more
USDA Seems Supportive. Last week, I wrote about experimental “vaccines” that the United States government has been working with pharmaceutical companies to develop — different ones for poultry and people. I asked if Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins, both new to their … Read more
Controversy over efforts to reduce fraud in the federal government roils daily headlines: the latest kerfuffle concerns lay-offs of “Epidemic Intelligence Service officers,” or “disease detectives,” as the EIS calls them on its website. The firings followed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s HHS Secretary confirmation by mere hours, leading some Americans to howl foul while the … Read more
It has been commonplace for so long that most Americans cannot remember a time before the United States government was out running public relations campaigns urging Americans to take this or that vaccine or other pharmaceutical industry product. Now, an early action by new US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggests … Read more
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’s comical display over babies’ “onesies” during Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing for HHS Secretary was an attempted assault on the right to free speech. The speech policing of the Biden administration is not yet in the rearview mirror: it was on full display when Sanders demanded Kennedy curtail the … Read more
To the victors goes the spoils, usually the message in politics or life. However, in Donald Trump’s world, there are second chances for people who have a message or mission that will serve the American people. Think about how he treated “Little Marco Rubio ” in 2016. Whoever would have seen these two as a … Read more
By a vote of 52-48, the US Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kenedy Jr. as the ew Director of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. Cocaine Mitch was the lone Republican holdout. “…Vice President Mike Pence’s organization, Advancing American Freedom, had been urging senators to vote against confirming Kennedy Jr. over his past … Read more