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  • Fall Starts Off with a Bang

    09/08/2025 6:24:46 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 7 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 7 Sep, 2025 | Clarice Feldman
    If you, by chance, believed that congressional committees were helmed by elected officials who did their homework and were trying to do more than get face time on the evening news, you certainly learned this week what a farce these hearings can be. Here’s Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, members of which are richly financed by the pharmaceutical companies that have made mountains of money on vaccines: [video at link] If you didn’t realize before this that the CDC needs a thorough housekeeping after it mandated -- with no scientific basis -- six-foot distances and...
  • JUST IN: Former Rep. Joe Kennedy Blasts RFK Jr. Following Contentious Senate Hearing – “A Threat to the Health and Wellbeing of Every American… He Must Resign”

    09/06/2025 4:16:52 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 50 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | September 6, 2025 | Jordan Conradson
    In an unhinged statement, former Congressman Joe Kennedy III attacked his cousin and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, claiming he has chosen to “dismiss science, mislead the public, sideline experts and sow confusion.” “Robert Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American,” the statement read. Joe Kennedy further called for RFK’s resignation from the agency. The comments come one day after RFK’s explosive Senate Finance Committee hearing, where he held his own against the relentless Democrats on the committee. Full statement below: [Robert Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and...
  • The Grifters' Lament

    09/06/2025 5:33:40 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 23 replies
    Kunstler.com ^ | 5 Sep, 2025 | James Howard Kunstler
    "We are the sickest country in the world. That's why we have to fire people at the CDC ... They did not do their job! This was their job to keep us healthy!" —Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. What a gruesome spectacle it was to see HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. take on a conclave of vicious grifters on the Senate Finance Committee straining to warp reality in defense of their mighty patron, the nation-wrecking pharmaceutical companies. Do you understand how deep, convoluted, and grave the political sickness is? Over the years, the public health agencies and “big pharma” had...
  • “We Were Lied to About Everything”: RFK Jr. vs. the COVID Cartel

    09/06/2025 7:08:34 AM PDT · by Starman417 · 39 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 09-05-25 | DrJohn
    There is a lot on chest thumping and harrumphing going on right now about what RFK Jr is doing at HHS. He testified before a Senate committee yesterday and handily whacked the opposition, bringing up some truly valid points. We've been lied to repeatedly: First, RFK Jr. broke down the TRUTH about Pharma’s Covid-19 coverup: “We were lied to about everything.” Democrats accused him of “politicizing” HHS—but he exposed that EVERYTHING about Pharma’s Covid narrative was a lie. “The whole process was politicized.” “We were lied to about natural immunity.” “We were told again and again the vaccines would prevent...
  • VIDEO: Senator Lujan Devastates RFK by Denying Him a Starfish Pin

    09/05/2025 8:09:40 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 25 replies
    Rumble ^ | September 5, 2025 | DUmmie FUnnies
    VIDEOHow many of us are desperate to be worthy of earning a Starfish pin? As we all know it is the highest honor, above that of even the Presidential Medal of Freedom, that can be bestowed upon a civilian. So when Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D)umb New Mexico refused to give his Starfish pin to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during the recent Senate Hearing it completely devastated him as you can see by the look of total grief on RFK's face in reaction to the sad news.
  • RFK Jr.: This is what led to CDC director’s firing

    09/04/2025 5:31:05 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 17 replies
    Politico ^ | 09/04/2025, 1:56pm ET | Sophie Gardner
    He told the Senate Finance Committee that Susan Monarez told him she was not ‘trustworthy.’Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he fired Susan Monarez from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because she told him she was not “trustworthy.”Kennedy’s comments came in response to questions from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) during a Thursday hearing before the Senate Finance Committee about the agency’s plans. Warren had asked the secretary why he decided earlier this month to abruptly fire Monarez, then the CDC’s director, who was confirmed by the Senate in late July.“I told her she had to resign because...
  • RFK decided to bring his flamethrower to Capitol Hill today

    09/04/2025 9:10:49 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 87 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | September 04, 2025 | Harambe Harambe
    Presented without comment: CJ Pearson @thecjpearson · Follow 🔥 Secretary Kennedy just DESTROYED Ron Wyden: Wyden: "I hope you tell the American people how many preventable child deaths are an acceptable sacrifice." RFK: "You've sat in that chair for 25 years while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76% and you said nothing" "We are the SICKEST country in the world. That's why we have to FIRE people at CDC. They did not do their job! This was THEIR job to keep us healthy!" "This morning I got a the latest numbers from CDC that 76.4% of...
  • Sen. John Kennedy attacks RFK Jr.

    09/04/2025 2:25:00 PM PDT · by AndyJackson · 76 replies
    Forbes ^ | 9/4/20245 | Sen. John Kennedy
    See video. Sen. John Kennedy who states: "We need to restore confidence and so far I don't see where Secretary Kennedy has done that. All I see over there is at the moment is a multiple vehicle pileup.” See comments. Sen. Kennedy just took a swim in the swamp sewer. Why would he do this to himself? I had a lot of respect for his common sense and he just destroyed is Rep in my book. It will be a long long time before I stop listening askance to anything this swamp rat says. He clearly lacks common sense. It's...
  • US senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy

    09/04/2025 1:59:16 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 7 replies
    Reuters ^ | September 4, 20253:46 PM CDT | Ahmed Aboulenein
    Summary Republican Senator Cassidy contrasts Kennedy's anti-vaccine stance with Trump's 2020 COVID vaccine initiative Kennedy defends firing CDC Director Monarez, vaccine policy changes Democrats, medical groups call for health secretary's resignation WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans pushed U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Jr. on his recent vaccine policies and their stark contrast to President Donald Trump's successful first-term pandemic initiative to speed vaccine development during a combative three-hour Senate hearing on Thursday. Half a dozen heated exchanges focused on the details of his decision to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, who...
  • HHS Secretary Kennedy tells senators fired CDC director was lying about vaccine claims

    09/04/2025 2:05:22 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 3 replies
    Scripps News ^ | 6:46 AM, Sep 04, 2025 | Justin Boggs
    HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced senators Thursday as criticism mounts over the CDC director’s firing and COVID vaccine access cuts.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert K. Kennedy Jr appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday amid calls for his resignation and defended his stance on vaccines and his decisions to fire personnel in his department. Kennedy has faced criticism, both from within HHS as well as the medical community, for the firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and for reducing access to COVID-19 vaccines.He told lawmakers that he is “pro-medicine, not anti-vaccine.”...
  • RFK Jr Leaves Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren Redfaced When He Exposes Her Big Pharma Ties – Then RFK Jr Embarrasses Bernie Sanders When He Comes to Warren’s Defense (VIDEO)

    09/04/2025 1:42:23 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 39 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | September 4, 2025 | Cullen Linebargar
    After burying multiple Democratic Senators intent on trying to destroy his political career, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got his chance to dunk on arguably the most notorious Senators in America. As expected, he did not disappoint. As NBC News reported, Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee to answer questions. This comes one week after Kennedy pushed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, Susan Monarez, to resign. The White House fired her when she refused, and three top CDC officials then resigned in protest. The hearing got testy in a hurry after far-left, Big Pharma hack...
  • GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor, accuses RFK Jr. of ‘denying people vaccines’

    09/04/2025 9:42:45 AM PDT · by thegagline · 60 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 09/04/2025 | Josh Christenson
    Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) read emails to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Thursday hearing from several people who say they’ve been left in the lurch, denied vaccines after recent CDC decisions to change recommendations. “I would say, effectively, we’re denying people vaccines,” Cassidy said after reading the messages from conservative radio host Erick Erickson and a friend of the Louisiana Republican, who is a doctor.
  • Blumenthal, advocates push for tighter gun control laws after Minneapolis mass shooting

    09/03/2025 9:12:42 AM PDT · by matt04 · 60 replies
    After last week's mass shooting in Minnesota, which killed two children and injured more than a dozen others, Connecticut lawmakers are once again calling for tighter gun control laws. As of Sept. 1, there have been 292 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive. They define a mass shooting as four or more people being injured or killed, besides the shooter. On Tuesday, state Sen. Richard Blumenthal held a press conference calling for an assault weapons ban and safe gun storage laws. He was joined by advocacy groups Hartford Communities...
  • JUST IN: RINO Senator Joni Ernst Reportedly Will Not Seek Re-Election Despite Appeals from the Trump White House to Do So

    08/29/2025 10:43:39 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 50 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | August 29, 2025 | Cullen Linebargar
    The state of Iowa will have a chance to upgrade its congressional delegation next year, though the White House understandably wanted to play it safe. CBS reported, Senator Joni Ernst (RINO-IA) will not be seeking reelection to the Senate next year. An official announcement is scheduled for Thursday. Ernst has served in the Senate since 2015. A source told CBS that Ernst had told people close to her that she intends to serve only two terms and will enter the private sector. This news will come as a disappointment to the White House, as President Trump had urged Ernst to...
  • Sen. Chuck Schumer Pushes Gun Control Before Facts in Minneapolis Church Shooting Known

    08/27/2025 12:24:01 PM PDT · by Pete Dovgan · 32 replies
    Brietbart ^ | 08/27/2025 | AWR HAWKINS
    Breitbart News noted that police confirmed the shooting occurred around 8:30 a.m., when the gunman opened fire through the church windows while children were sitting in church during Mass. Two children were killed and seventeen other individuals were injured. Before any details were released on what weapons were used–or how said weapons were acquired–Sen. Schumer used an X post to push for gun control:
  • No. 2 Senate Republican Backs Rules Changes To Break Dems’ Confirmation Blockade

    08/27/2025 7:49:36 AM PDT · by Twotone · 12 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | August 26, 2025 | Adam Pack
    The campaign to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s nominees by changing Senate rules gained momentum Tuesday after Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso endorsed the move. Barrasso, the second-ranking Senate Republican, in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, called for reforming the upper chamber’s rules to break Senate Democrats’ unprecedented logjam holding up the confirmation process for nearly all the president’s nominees. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has taken a victory lap in August for using an array of procedural roadblocks to drag out the confirmation process for Trump’s picks as long as possible. “President Trump has...
  • 2025 Senate District 1 Special Election (Iowa)

    08/26/2025 5:29:13 AM PDT · by napscoordinator · 4 replies
    Supervisor of elections ^ | 26 August 2025 | Supervisor of election
    tate Senate District 1 Special Election includes Polling Locations for Precincts 1-22 only. All other precincts are in State Senate District 7 and are not eligible to vote in the 8-26-25 Special Election.
  • Trump ratchets up ‘blue slip’ battle with Grassley

    08/25/2025 5:27:32 PM PDT · by RandFan · 32 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/25/25 6:01 PM ET | by Al Weaver and Alex Gangitano
    Trump is growing increasingly upset that some of his choices for judicial posts remain stalled and on Monday vowed to take legal action against the longtime Senate custom, which allows senators to block district court judge and U.S. attorney nominees from their home states. And the president has increasingly trained his fire on Grassley, who is tasked with shepherding Trump’s judicial picks through the Senate and has steadfastly stood behind the practice. Trump’s latest salvo grated on GOP senators who were already frustrated with the president’s attacks on Grassley, the longest-serving senator of the current Congress who has been a...
  • Nate Morris got his start in politics with Mitch McConnell (chat discussion)

    08/20/2025 3:30:15 PM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 1 replies
    Vanity / Discussion
    Nate Morris is a textbook "McConnell protégé." And this is not an attack on him for that - if you were an aspiring Republican in Kentucky that's where you went...and the only place to go for awhile - McConnell got the reversal of the Dem stranglehold in motion. Being a Republican was to be lost in the wilderness. McConnell and Nate Morris have been on first name terms over two decades now. His ties to McConnell are why he became a political force in Kentucky and his connections and networking may have helped him in his private sector career as...
  • Sens. Graham, Blumenthal float bill that would designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over missing children

    08/16/2025 9:14:02 PM PDT · by McGruff · 58 replies
    NBC News ^ | Aug 17, 2025 | Kristen Welker and Alexandra Marquez
    Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., are floating the possibility of introducing a bill in the Senate that, if passed, could designate Russia and Belarus as state sponsors of terrorism over the kidnapping of Ukrainian children, a source familiar with the bill tells NBC News. The bill cites media reports and estimates from the Ukrainian government that show that Russia and Belarus have taken or displaced tens of thousands of Ukrainian children since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. "The Russian Federation has kidnapped, deported, or displaced Ukrainian children as young as a few months to 17-year-olds, according to...