RFK to HHS
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If the pizza is not fresh, I’ll go roller treats. Lately they’ve had really awesome mini quesadillas as well.I always had you pegged as more of a roller dog guy.
But their pizza is first rate.
We are overdue for lunchThe boy is staying at the house for a couple of days. Just got back from lunch.
Companies pressure people to contribute to politicians all the time. I experienced it when I worked there. And they keep track of it, too. If you want to keep your job and/or move up, you know the right politician to contribute to.
I may make it up to a couple games this month. If you're around, maybe we can make plans.
Young needs to not raise the ire of his reluctant MAGA voters or Sergey Brin's x-wife. (Billionaire, pissed off former Democrat whale donor.
The Anti-Young faction is early vetting candidates for a very likely Primary race.
The money's certainly available .
You seem to be awfully absent around here lately. You find a new side piece or something?
Trying to cut down on my screen time. Besides, most of the crazies that were on here have left in shame after Nov 5, so there's not much need to counter the insanity.
Like BB King said, the thrill is gone.
I wish you guys would quit riding Lindsey's nuts. He has supported Trump as much as anyone.
Dr. Cassidy is a yes. Todd Young too on Tulsi. All will be confirmed. MAHA!!!
RFK2 is a bad person, a bad husband, a bad father, a bad presidential candidate, a bad cabinet nominee...and will be a bad HHS Secretary.
The New York Post (yes, the NEW YORK POST, the reliably MAGA publication) says RFK Jr. is unfit to be HHS Secretary.
RFK’s hearings remove all doubt: He’s not fit to lead a key federal health agency
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two-day Senate confirmation hearing should remove all doubt: He’s absolutely unfit to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
nypost.com
let's review
No medical training whatsoever
No large organization managerial experience whatsoever
Track record of expressing truly unhinged views in public, such as calling for ending funding for ALL research on antibacterials, antivirals, etc, NOT just vaccines; plus denying truth such as this
Habitual liar in denying expressing such views, repeatedly, and even under oath
11th hour change of heart, embracing vaccines
Left wing political stances on many issues, such as abortion
vs.
Trump wants him!
No medical training whatsoever
No large organization managerial experience whatsoever
Track record of expressing truly unhinged views in public, such as calling for ending funding for ALL research on antibacterials, antivirals, etc, NOT just vaccines; plus denying truth such as this
Habitual liar in denying expressing such views, repeatedly, and even under oath
11th hour change of heart, embracing vaccines
Left wing political stances on many issues, such as abortion
vs.
Trump wants him!
I'd love to hear a Republican explain why a life-long far left (moonbat) whacky radically pro-choice Democrat and conspiracy theorist who has zero qualifications for the job (other than being a US citizen) should be confirmed as HHS Secretary for a Republican administration.
It’s very simple. As Gupta on cnn opined he’s the only one out there calling to disrupt the status quo. Food production. Drugs. Fda. Relationship between agencies and corps. He’s desperately needed. Perhaps more than any other appointment. But unfortunately he himself is bad. It’s a shame someone else isn’t carrying the charge instead of him
The New York Post (yes, the NEW YORK POST, the reliably MAGA publication) says RFK Jr. is unfit to be HHS Secretary.
RFK’s hearings remove all doubt: He’s not fit to lead a key federal health agency
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two-day Senate confirmation hearing should remove all doubt: He’s absolutely unfit to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
They're right, of course.
But it's probably a fait accompli at this point. It looks pretty likely that RFK, Patel, and Gabbard are going to pass.
FWIW, based on what I've seen, if I was a Senator, I'd be voting against RFK and Patel, and for Tulsi Gabbard. I'm skeptical about her relevant experience. But I think she handled herself well in the hearings and this whole "she belongs to Putin" stuff is really off-putting to me.
Near 0% of medical research funding goes to big pharma.
(edit) There are a few small business grants to biotech startups, called "SBIR" and "STTR" grants, usually spun out of academic labs founded on an idea or in an area that big pharma won't touch. Such as Alzheimer's. All of big pharma except perhaps Lilly abandoned AD research after multiple expensive clinical trial failures driven by the idea of reducing amyloid plaques. Works great in rodents but not in people.
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I don’t think that’s hard to figure out. Finding someone outside who wants to change it appears to be the lasting problem
I cannot believe that this guy is going to be confirmed. Stunned, given his views on things held sacred by most Republicans.
Other than cope, salve and bluster, what exactly is the upshot of this? What does it mean...in practical terms?
Should we expect Pfizer, AbbVie and J&J to be literally burned to the ground? I assume not. So, what does the figurative "burn to the groun" look like? And why should we receive it as a good thing?
It's not your father's Republican Party. It's not even your older brother's Republican Party.
The GOP doesn't really have a coherent ideology right now. And that stands to reason: Donald Trump is not an ideologue. There are still lots and lots of conservatives who identify as Republicans. But the party leadership makeup isn't well reflective of that. And it's not just RFK.
I almost hate to use this word. But I think it's more accurate to describe the GOP as (soft) "revolutionary"...its primary motivating idea being to knock down "the system" as it exists.
He shouldn’t be confirmed but the reasoning would be what he called “radical transparency”
This is not “Profiles in Courage.” It’s “Profiles in Cowardice:”
Once the digging occurred into these grants and NGOs….these people will all be confirmed.
Why do you think Todd Young changed his decision on Tulsi?
Here’s a hint
And he skipped out on paying for his catering bills in Brown County when he got married to his first wife in Bloomington.
I wonder if Trump nominated him, thinking he probably wouldn't get approved, like Gaetz. Maybe Hegseth (whom I like as Sec of Def) and Tulsi. All big supporters who he wanted rewarded, but maybe thinking they wouldn't make it?
Or maybe he thought RFJ Jr just wouldn't do much harm being over the HHS.
I don't want them burned to the ground. I just want them to stop subsidizing other country's with higher prices here.
After FDR, Republicans were in the minority of virtually every Congress and they used to take principled stands and get hammered by the Democrats and media for it. So, they basically went along to get along.
Then Reagan happened and he was also considered a non-traditional Republican. He was a union organizing Democrat before he saw the light.
Since, and because of Reagan, the Republican Party has evolved to a more non-ideological Party and is willing to be led by someone who can get things done, even if they don't always 100% agree them.
I love the idea we're getting people in there who are willing to shake things up and stop our not-so-slow slide toward Socialism (as if we're not almost there anyway). Leftists will laugh, but our Revolution was fought because of our frustration that we weren't being heard in England. Same thing today - the public sees things like the national debt and wonder why no one is concerned or doing anything about it.
The bogus lawfare against Trump turned public opinion around. Without that, I'm not sure we'd have seen another Trump Presidency.
Swamp creature. I don't really have an opinion about him, but his vascilating on Gabbard tells me he's got some skeletons in the closet.
