Following intense negotiations, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department advanced to the full Senate after clearing the Senate Finance Committee. Senator Bill Cassidy, initially a vocal critic of Kennedy’s anti-vaccine stance and other controversial statements, reversed his position after securing commitments from the administration. This shift resulted in a party-line vote in the committee. Kennedy’s confirmation now faces a full Senate vote.
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Caroline Kennedy penned a scathing letter to senators, detailing shocking accusations against her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary. The letter alleges Kennedy’s history of cruelty to animals, enabling family members’ drug addiction, and profiting from his anti-vaccine stance while personally vaccinating his children. Kennedy’s exploitation of his family’s legacy and his “addiction to attention and power” are also heavily criticized. This letter raises serious concerns about Kennedy’s fitness for the position, given his controversial views and questionable past actions.
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Matt Gaetz, a former Republican Congressman, has been nominated by former President Trump to lead the Department of Justice. This nomination comes despite allegations that Gaetz attended a party in 2017 where a 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually trafficked by Gaetz’s friend, Joel Greenberg. Greenberg has admitted to having sex with the victim and has stated that Gaetz paid him to bring women to parties, some of whom were underage. These allegations have been corroborated by court documents and testimony from Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend. Despite these serious allegations, Gaetz has been a staunch Trump supporter, and Senator Markwayne Mullin, who previously expressed concern about Gaetz’s behavior, now fully trusts Trump’s decision to nominate him.
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy’s appointment has sparked controversy due to his long-standing promotion of false claims about vaccine safety. Kennedy, who has pledged to tackle the “chronic disease epidemic,” plans to “free” the agency from “corporate capture” and restore “gold standard scientific research” at HHS, emphasizing transparency and individual health decisions. His nomination, which will face scrutiny in the Senate, underscores the potential for major changes to public health policy under a second Trump administration, with implications for the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid.
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