Summary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary advanced in a party-line vote by the Senate Finance Committee.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), despite concerns over Kennedy’s anti-vaccine views, supported the nomination after securing commitments from the administration.

Kennedy faced scrutiny over Medicaid knowledge gaps and potential conflicts of interest.

The nomination now moves to the full Senate for consideration.

  • @FiremanEdsRevenge
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    754 days ago

    Cassidy is a doctor who was “concerned” over RFK’s anti vac views but still confirms him. Yeah, that was all political theater. Hope all who voted get polio.

    • @breakingcups
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      204 days ago

      They’ll be vaccinated. Their grandkids, maybe.

    • Atelopus-zeteki
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      94 days ago

      RSV, Marburg, H5N1, etc, there’s all sorts of things we used to think, “oh a witch has cursed me”. Now we know that a lot of these things were the fallout from infectious disease. That’s why science exists, so we can learn over time to do better with the resources we have.

  • @aseriesoftubes
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    324 days ago

    Time for the Democrats to filibuster. I hope they can get their heads out of their asses long enough.

  • Phoenixz
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    104 days ago

    Wow, I really will witness the USA becoming a third world country.

    • Dictator leadership (construction nearly completed)
    • Rampant poverty (about to become a whole lot worse)
    • The only information is misinformation (check)
    • Healthcare used to actually murder people (construction nearly completed)
    • Police forces don’t exist to protect and serve but to subjugate the people (check)
    • @P1k1e
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      74 days ago

      All in under 6 months. Fucking speed running record probably

      • @CitizenKong
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        4 days ago

        Under 53 days and they’d have beaten Hitler.

        • @P1k1e
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          13 days ago

          There’s still time