Among the topics Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took on were Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest unscientific comments and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem‘s odd attempt to blame Democrats for the government shutdown. “Healthsecretary RFK Jr., seen heretrying to cure cancer with hismind, said this …
Read More »'It's Always Somehow Our Fault': Moms of Autistic Kids Push Back on Trump's Tylenol Claims
When Mona, a mother in her thirties who lives in New Jersey, was pregnant, she had a fever which she treated with Tylenol. Six years later, her daughter was diagnosed with autism. According to President Trump, these two events just might be directly related. In a White House press conference …
Read More »Trump and RFK Jr.'s Autism Fixation Is Becoming a Public-Health Risk
President Donald Trump feels he is qualified to tell American women that if they take Tylenol during pregnancy they might give their children autism. The declaration came during a joint press event on Monday. Trump — flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Administrator for …
Read More »RFK Jr. Claims mRNA Vaccines Kill People in Heated Senate Hearing
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed today that mRNA vaccines kill people during a tense Senate hearing. The most common Covid-19 jabs, such as those produced by Pfizer and Moderna, are mRNA vaccines. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) asked Kennedy, Donald Trump’s top health regulator, about his …
Read More »Ron DeSantis Risks Letting Polio, Measles Spread in Florida Schools
Donald Trump’s least convincing impersonator, Ron DeSantis, is bringing the president’s attacks on science and the health and safety of children to the Sunshine State. DeSantis’ handpicked state surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, announced Wednesday the state will move to eliminate all vaccine requirements for children to attend public schools. …
Read More »Chris Pratt Defends Extended Family Member RFK Jr.: 'I Think He's Great'
Chris Pratt spoke highly of Robert Kennedy Jr. during an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast. The actor reflected on numerous topics during the lengthy interview, including his his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, and her famous family, including Kennedy Jr., who is the cousin of her mother Maria Shriver. Pratt …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Calls RFK Jr. 'Roid-Addled Nepo-Carnie' After Cutting Vaccine Funding
Stephen Colbert is not impressed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cut $500 million in funding for vaccines. On the latest episode of The Late Show, Colbert took aim at the Health and Human Services secretary over the decision, which former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said “is going to cost …
Read More »Trump's EPA Chief Tried to Debunk Chemtrails, but Nobody Actually Read the Report
Lee Zeldin, the Trump-appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Thursday attempted to walk a fine line between placating conspiracy theorists and dispelling misinformation. Unfortunately, he seems to have left many people confused as to the agency’s actual policies and actions. “Americans have questions about geoengineering and contrails,” Zeldin …
Read More »RFK Jr. Says He's Fine With Giving Americans 'More Cavities'
In the 1950s, conspiracy theorists opposed to the introduction of fluoride to public water supplies claimed that the mineral was actually a communist chemical weapon created by the Soviets to make American children stupid. Seven decades later, a large body of evidence exists supporting the introduction of low levels of …
Read More »'Completely Unqualified': Pa. Governor Torches RFK Jr. at Pharma Conference
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) urged drug industry executives and advocates this week to personally reject anti-science politicians. Speaking before the BIO International Convention in Boston on Tuesday, the rising Democratic star took aim at President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him “completely …
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