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All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency. Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know! We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining,
Musk posted to X of how DOGE will operate
President Trump has asked Bobby [Kennedy] to help ‘drain the swamp’ by giving him an influential leadership role on his transition team,
a post on the website saysState law required me to order a recount,
Schmidt told reporters, pointing to the fact that the margin in the race is currently under 0.5%
Mr. Gaetz’s likely nomination as Attorney General is a perverse development in a truly dark series of events. We would support the House Ethics Committee immediately releasing their report, ... She was a high school student and there were witnesses,
the attorney, John Clune, wrote in a post on X. ... he added
I don't think you have to be too smart to say we have a chronic disease crisis going on in this country that starts in childhood with terrible diets,
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf recently told STAT
We have a very short memory of what it is like to hold a child who has been paralyzed with polio, or to comfort a mom who lost their kid from measles,
CDC Director Mandy Cohen said on Wednesday at a conference in Washington DC
My uncle John F. Kennedy was right in 1960 when he wrote, 'The physical vigor of our citizens is one of America's most precious resources.'
Kennedy recently wrote in an op-edI'm not going to take away anybody's vaccines,
he told NBC after Trump's electionInstead of fixing our food system and addressing the obesity crisis at its root, the author focuses on a drug that may palliate the symptom – and gladden the wallets of distant Big Pharma execs."
Kennedy criticized in September a New York Times opinion article about the weight loss drug Ozempic, saying
FDA's war on public health is about to end,
he wrote on X in late October,If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags,
he wroteHe wants to do some things, and we’re going to let him get to it,
he saidHe's going to help make America healthy again,
Trump said during his victory speech after winning the election last week
The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country."
He continued
I don’t have any preconceived notions about it. I think we just ought to be open to doing our job,
John Cornyn, who narrowly lost the battle for majority leader on Wednesday, told Politico
I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health,
Trump said in his annoucment ThursdayIn some categories, their entire departments, like the nutrition department in the FDA, they have to go. They’re not doing their job. They’re not protecting our kids. Why do we have Froot Loops in this country that have 18 or 19 ingredients, and you go to Canada, and it’s got two or three?"
He continuedMr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!"
Trump addedThe Democratic Party is the party of war. It's the party of the CIA. You had Kamala Harris giving a speech at the Democratic convention that was written by neocons. It was belligerent, pugnacious. It talked about domination of the world by the United States through our weapons of war. It's the party today that wants to divide Americans. It's a party that is dismantling women's sports by letting men play women's sports,
he saidWe just don’t know what’s going to happen now,
Califf said