#rfk jr can’t speak

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

These hearings going on now and RFK is trembling, shaking, stuttering, and flailing as he is being ripped to shreds. Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders are on fire exposing this fraud. He has an arrangement where he gets a cut of any successful lawsuit against medical companies and under questioning from Warren he refused to say he would stop profiting in this unscrupulous manner.

There’s something wrong with this guy that’s not being shared. The way he’s physically and audibly flailing is indicative of a serious medical condition. This man is grossly unqualified, deranged, and mentally ill. Decades of lifelong drug addiction have taken its toll. He makes Ozzy Osborne look like a model of good health.

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[magpiemagica]

Disability in the US: Masterpost

DISABLED AMERICANS CAN’T EVER CATCH A F*CKING BREAK?!

Sorry for yelling; just very scared and upset at the state of my nation right now. And the fact that the only people I see standing up for the disabled community right now is teachers, doctors, and adults of disabled children!

(Note: In this post, I will be going over a bunch of stuff concerning the disabled community. I am an adult with ASD (and some other stuff) who although being Lv1, needs support. These issues will obviously affect more than just Americans with developmental disabilities (autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, etc.) and I will try to be as inclusive as I can to ALL disabilities in this post. This is just the personal experience I am bringing in.)

RFK JR. (he is a whole pile of worms, no pun intended)

17 states are in a lawsuit to eliminate section 504 of of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, this would allow public schools to discriminate education against disabled students. This includes removable of disability accommodations. 504 applies to other government assisted services as well such as hospitals and doctor's offices. This possible removable is a big civil rights issue.

Below are Section 504 itself and the lawsuit.

Speaking of disability and education, the dismantlement of the Department of Education. Just like stated in GOP plan Project 2025, Donald Trump plans to eliminate the Department of Education. This is a horrible idea for so many reasons but especially for disabled students and their parents. The DOE funds special education or "SPED" programs in schools. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, (in 2022-23) 7.5 million students in America receive special education or related services.

Obviously, the pulling back and demonization of DEI will be a big negative for the disabled community, one that already struggles with finding employment, belonging, and support. But most people are already aware of it.

Problem Presidential Actions/Executive Orders. There are many; some linked below. These are specifically ones that impact disabled Americans; lots of ones not mentioned are just as if not more concerning for other reasons.

KEEPING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE AND ENDING COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOLS: will endanger communal health, especially that of the immunocompromised

AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 2025: Magpie, wanting to raise awareness for heart disease is obviously a good thing! Why put this in here? "And we will fulfill our pledge to investigate what has caused the decades-long increase in health problems and childhood diseases — including obesity, autoimmune disorders, infertility, and autism." Yes and, my main concern is their inclusion of "autism". Ignoring the fact that they referred to it as a heath problem or childhood disease, I am autistic adult who has lived on this earth for around 20 years now. For me, this screams Autism Speaks. Autism is a genetic disorder and there have been many studies about its potential causes. This administration has rejected and censored the medical world; this will only result in misinformation being spread.

WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: This one should be self explanatory.

There is more.

There's more concerns I have but I'm tired :/. So tired. Just wanted to raise awareness. I'll post something fun next.

UPDATE: MARCH 11, 2024

Soo...it gets worse, like it always seems to do nowadays.

CDC is planning on doing a nation wide study, studying "the link" between autism and vaccines. The link that seems from the debunked and medically controversial 1998 Wakefield study. Anyone who has a valid medical degree, did basic research on the topic, or is educated on autism can tell you that you cannot "get" autism from vaccines. It is important to note that developmental, neurological, and mental delays due to things like lead poisoning, injuries to the brain, and medical issues like diseases or strokes. However, this is not the case for autism. Autism is a condition you are born with, similar to other developmental disabilities. It seems to be only really questioned because unlike other disorders like down syndrome and fragile X syndrome, autism does not display any physical deformities or traits. You cannot tell if a baby is autistic at birth, only later on as it goes through stages of development. Autism is a genetic disorder with some suspected environmental risks.

So, why is the CDC spending this amount of energy on a theory from a disgraced man who got his medical license revoked and has been fact checked by the medical community multiple times? Short answer, money. I talked on this weeks ago in the American Heart Month section. This is plan to transfer money away from important services and spend it on something meaningless. I don't want to call it embezzlement but that is what it is currently looking like to me :/.

I would be incredibly upset if this happened anytime but now?? The worst time. Antivaxx has been gaining more and more popularity over the years and I have seen a sharp increase of medical misinformation since the confirmation of RJK Jr. The United States government themselves pursuing this theory only validates medical denialism. And with the very real threat of a nationwide Measles outbreak; people need to be vaccinated against MMR more than ever. No more kids need to die because their parents didn't give them the proper vaccines. We are at 2 deaths rn, the first confirmed to be an unvaccinated school child :(.

Oh and also big Medicaid cuts.

Ugh. Signing out for now <3

UPDATE: MARCH 21, 2024

So, it’s happened. The Department of Education I mean. Not surprised, I’m one of the few who sat down and read Project 2025. But God.. it doesn’t feel real. I’m scared, especially for disabled kids, especially in poorer areas. These families. I don’t know what else to say. I don’t know what to do. God bless the teachers of America.

[nerdgirlnarrates]

I feel a lot of dread and despair when I consider what my job will look like with RFK Jr as HHS secretary. What will happen with slashes in funding to medicaid, the NIH, NSF. What will happen with certain types of research banned and a gag on the CDC. I fear that medicine as an institution will dissolve—we’ll lose all our centralized knowledge and institutions, we’ll lose our scientific foundation, and we’ll be back to the days of people doing whatever the hell they want and getting to call it medicine. I fear we’ll lose our ability to regulate our own profession (as we began to during covid—see the Tennessee medical board being barred from disciplining doctors who spread misinformation). I fear the most depraved, greedy, and dishonest among us will be rewarded while those most committed to evidence-based medicine and health equity will be punished or driven out. I fear we’ll let it happen—I can’t for the life of me understand why the AMA and other physician organizations didn’t speak out against this, arguably the biggest threat to medicine this century. There’s some hope: several organizations called for the CDC data to be restored, ACOG put many of the guidelines on their own website. But I’ve still been incredibly disappointed with the impotence of what should be a very powerful lobby. Mostly, I’m trying to figure out what the hell I’m going to do. All of this feels so far beyond me. I know I can’t change the world alone, but I just want to make a dent, and I’m not sure where to start.

[mariacallous]

TEL AVIV — Ilana Decker, who moved from Israel to New York three years ago, says she doesn’t agree often with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Arguing, as he does, that the government should not make health mandates, she said, makes her “sound like an anti-vaxxer, which I’m not.”

But there is one issue, she said, where she and Kennedy do line up: The man whom Donald Trump has picked as the next secretary of health and human services has publicly floated ending the decades-long policy of encouraging cities to inject fluoride into the American water supply.

Decker supports the change — and she’s speaking from personal experience: Her former home, Israel, stopped fluoridating its water a decade ago.

“I hate to align with RFK Jr. in any way, shape, or form, but I really do agree that it should not be in the water,” she said. Citing concerns about the risk to children, she even switched her 4-year-old to fluoride-free toothpaste, though she didn’t rule out its use fully.

“I have a deep distrust in the government taking away individual health choices ‘for our own good,’” Decker said. “I can use toothpaste with fluoride, but I can’t decide to not drink the water coming out of my faucet.”

The nomination of Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist and harsh critic of government health agencies, has cast a spotlight on debates over the role the government should play in public health — and over the degree to which mounting distrust in science should guide policy-making.

Fluoridation offers a case study in those debates. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fluoridation in water has been shown to reduce cavities in children and adults by about 25% over a lifetime, with the organization dubbing it “one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century.”

Critics of fluoridation point to studies showing that very high levels of the mineral — beyond what is normally present in fluoridated water — are associated with developmental problems in children; they also cite an array of conspiracy theories, including that the government is seeking to control citizens through fluoride use.

Kennedy has called fluoride “an industrial waste” and “dangerous neurotoxin” and said that he would seek to end fluoridation on “day one” after taking office. (Water is managed locally, so the federal government can only advise and incentivize changes.) As with vaccines, he has said the use of fluoride should be up to individuals, not the government.

“I think fluoride is on its way out,” he said on NBC News shortly after Trump’s election last month. “I think the faster that it goes out, the better.”

Those same debates lay at the root of the decision in 2013 by Israel’s health minister to end water fluoridation. Now, Israel’s policy change could act as a case study for how defluoridation could affect Americans. And the discourse is ongoing, with Israeli public health experts and some parents agitating for fluoride to be reinserted in the water — citing worsening dental outcomes for children — at the very moment when the United States may move in the opposite direction.

“The success of water fluoridation serves as a beacon for public health in general, and by extension, opposition to it should serve as a warning,” said Shlomo Zusman, who served as Israel’s chief dental officer for over two decades and was a vocal critic of the 2014 policy change.

He said modern water purification methods mean that fluoridation is far from the only way the modern water supply is altered. In addition, he noted that because 75% of Israel’s potable water is desalinated, it has no natural fluoride levels at all.

“The idea that water without added fluoride is ‘natural,’ as if it comes straight from a spring, is mistaken – there’s no such thing, it’s all manipulated,” he said. Referring to a story in the Bible, he added, “The days of Rachel pumping water from the well are long gone.”

Israel began mandating fluoridation in nearly all municipalities decades ago, following the first local American fluoridation efforts. An Israeli Health Ministry webpage calls fluoridation “the most efficient, safest, simplest, cheapest, and most equal measure, by a significant margin, among all methods for preventing dental diseases in the general public.”

But in 2013, the health minister, Yael German, pledged to stop requiring fluoridation the following year, citing unnamed doctors who she said had personally told her that fluoridation presents risks to pregnant women, people with thyroid problems and the elderly. Like Kennedy and his followers, she also cited the importance of individual choice.

“All things considered, and balancing all the interests, I feel that continued massive fluoridation of 100% of the water was an incorrect act,” German wrote to an association of pediatricians that was one of several groups to publicly oppose her plan. “And many even believe it infringes on fundamental rights and freedom of choice.”

The government that succeeded German’s term in office pledged to reintroduce fluoride — prompting legal action from German — but it has not been mandated again in Israel.

Since discontinuing fluoride in tap water, Israeli dentists have observed a significant rise in children’s cavities and have urged its reinstatement, even as some parents remain firmly against the idea.

A study published in September found a significant increase in dental restorations and crowns among Israeli children ages 3 to 5, attributing the rise to fluoride’s absence. The researchers, from the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, concluded that the results provided “further proof of the need to restore community water fluoridation in Israel.”

Another study, published in January 2022, analyzed six years of data from dental clinics affiliated with a national Israeli healthcare network, showing that children ages 3 to 12 required nearly double the number of restorative treatments compared to before fluoridation ended. Researchers emphasized that even Israel’s expansion of free dental care for all children failed to offset the worsening dental health.

With fluoridation the subject of widespread misinformation as well as ongoing research, Israel is not the only place to adjust its approach over time. Juneau, Alaska, saw pediatric dental health worsen after eliminating fluoride in 2007, according to a study that examined the cost and frequency of dental treatment for poor children. So did the Canadian city of Calgary, which recorded higher rates of cavity-related treatments under general anesthesia among children after it stopped adding fluoride to its water in 2011. Calgary has now decided to resume fluoridation. But dozens of municipalities across the United States have moved away from fluoride use in recent years, including some whose voters made the choice on Election Day last month.

Most of Europe, meanwhile, has either dropped fluoridation or never introduced it in drinking water. Many of those countries offer fluoridated salt and milk, mitigating the potential costs of not including the mineral in water.

Not everyone in Israel is convinced that reintroducing fluoride is a good idea. In one Israeli mothers’ group on Facebook, several women posited that the country’s cavity epidemic has less to do with the absence of fluoride in water and more to do with poor hygiene habits and children’s consumption of sweets and sugary snacks.

“Kids subsisting on white bread and chocolate spread isn’t helping,” wrote one, naming a popular Israeli snack.

Another, who identified herself as a teacher with 25 years of experience, agreed that there has been a significant decline in nutrition.

“I can say with 100% certainty that children’s diets have deteriorated immensely and it just so happens to coincide with the removal of fluoride,” she said.

Several cited a recent study from the National Institutes of Health’s National Toxicology Program that suggests that high levels of fluoride exposure may be linked to lower IQ in children. The report does not question the dental health benefits of fluoride.

The program reviewed more than 500 studies over nearly a decade and concluded with “moderate confidence” that fluoride exposure at concentrations above 1.5 parts per million is associated with reduced cognitive development in children. But the study, which drew criticism from the American Academy of Pediatrics, also noted that that number was far above the recommended fluoride level in U.S. drinking water of 0.7 parts per million.

Another study from May of this year found that prenatal exposure to fluoride was linked to behavioral problems, with children of mothers in areas with higher fluoride concentrations showing symptoms of autism, anxiety and other disorders by age 3, though the authors stopped short of establishing causation.

Zusman dismissed many of the concerns about health risks as a fad.

“There was a time when they claimed fluoridation caused hip fractures, then cancer, and later stunted growth in boys” caused by osteosarcoma, he said. “Now the fashion is ADHD and IQ, so they blame fluoridation on that.”

He said that just like parents who oppose fluoridation, the issue is personal to him, too.

“Believe me, if there were serious, professional studies showing harm, I’d be the first to say, stop fluoridating the water,” he said. “I have eight grandchildren to think of.”

[darkmaga-returns]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially been confirmed and sworn in as the 26th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). But the ladies of The View are in full panic mode, warning of dire health consequences in the coming years.

Referencing “health expert” Bill Gates, Sara Haines warned, “There’s a 10% chance in the next four years we could do 2020 all over again.” She said she got this figure after speaking with Gates off-air during a commercial break when he appeared on The View.

“Bill Gates was here, and he warned us we’ll have another pandemic. And I remember asking him during commercial, what happened to the once-in-a-lifetime pandemic? Because I thought we could check that box off. And he was like, no, because there’s a lot of things happening in regard to environmentally, people being more in touch in certain areas of the world with animals, which is where these viruses come from.

“And then he went on to say, and there’s a high chance of bioterrorism. So he’s like, there’s a 10% chance in the next four years we could do 2020 all over again. So I think that’s the part that’s getting me is, you know, the pandemic leading into RFK Jr., leading into all the numbers we’re seeing. That’s where I’m kind of concerned right now,” Haines said.

[strryhaze]

Girl…..

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889465497197871424?s=46&t=IEgx3t5v3pGgH9GXuatA7Q

Maybe Jack had a point about gatekeeping his grandfather 💀 bc tf is this?

my eye genuinely just started fucking twitching. jfk and jfk jr i am so sorry.

it’s truly frustrating that their memories are constantly twisted and diminished to this. can’t imagine how it must feel for the family, most especially caroline. on one hand, they must feel the urge to speak out (as caroline had wanted to do for so long with rfk jr.) but on the other hand, it would also add fuel to their fire, which would only encourage them more.

such an impossible situation and it shouldn’t even be happening.

[jangillman]

Posted by Wisconsin Right Now on FB...

I'm not sure who is going to win this, but I’d rather be #Trump right now than #HarrisWalz because he’s peaking at the right time, and the issues people rank highest (economy, border) favor him. He’s surging and it feels like she’s cratering.

But the Democrats have made so many mistakes this election season. James Carville can rant and rave all he wants, but that’s just a fact. The key mistakes include:

-Not reaching out to #Elon Musk, and instead unfairly villainizing a guy with $240B and making it clear that this election will be existential for him personally;

-Charging Trump criminally with a series of novel legal theories that pushed the envelope of the law. If you’re going to go after the king, you better not miss or he gets stronger and, in this case, they turned him into a martyr and the well-worn Hollywood archetype of the underdog fighting the system and elites. People don’t like it when people don’t play fair and criminally charging your political opponent over 94 (or whatever) half-baked accusations (at best) was not playing fair;

-Not admitting Biden’s severe cognitive issues earlier so there could be a competitive primary on the Democratic side rather than foisting an untested and clearly unserious VP on voters. They would have been better off choosing a nominee who could run against the Biden-Harris administration’s worst policies and promise a new course (probably a governor). Harris has had the unenviably impossible task of promising a new future when she’s part of the current administration. Minimally when the Hur report came out, they should have bailed on Biden. She can’t plausibly separate herself from Biden enough no matter how hard she tries.

-Choosing Walz as VP because Josh Shapiro wasn’t acceptable to the pro Gaza wing.

-Not ensuring Trump had adequate and effective secret service protection. The near misses of the 2 assassins (especially the first one) turned him into the aforementioned archetype all the more. And it was just wrong.

-Not reaching out to black and Hispanic male voters until the last minute, at which point it seems pandering and desperate. Having no plan to reach out to men, period, until the last minute and instead emphasizing the gender gap (ie turning Kamala into Hillary 2.0, pantsuit and all, talking about “reimagining masculinity,” the girls’ sports issue etc);

-Not giving even the slightest nod to parental rights. They’re underestimating the power of that issue.

-Not reaching out to RFK Jr and bringing him back into the fold (all they had to do was care about children’s health) and instead trying to destroy him through undemocratic lawfare and insults;

-Putting Harris on the media circuit after the debate. She’s clearly not up to it. As pathetic as it is, they would have been better off keeping her in bubble wrap.

All that being said, it’s amazing they’re still in it. And really the biggest challenge for them - all of the above aside - is the core fact that people believe they were better off four years ago. That’s “event memory” so to speak. No matter what you tell people in ads about their own lives, they know what they pay for groceries.

I miss anything? #trump #breaking #ElectionDay #Wisconsin

[healthpluser]

What to Know About the Condition That Affects RFK Jr.'s Voice

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks with a raspy quiver in his voice. That’s because he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition that causes the muscles affecting the vocal cords to spasm. Kennedy has previously spoken about the way the condition affects his life. He “can’t stand” his voice, he told the…

[ailtrahq]

Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed his clear stance on figures such as Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.What Happened: Kennedy Jr. in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine published on Wednesday vowed to pardon them on his first day in office if elected as president. Additionally, he expressed interest in reviewing the case of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, to determine the fairness of his conviction and sentence.Former Central Intelligence Agency contractor Edward Snowden, a self-proclaimed whistleblower, as well as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, have been pursued by the U.S. government for years over accusations they leaked confidential and sensitive information.Kennedy Jr. stated, “Yeah, I will pardon Julian Assange on day one, and probably Snowden as well. And I will look at other cases… I’m gonna look at Ross Ulbricht's case, to see if he was justly convicted, or if he was being made an example of in order to discourage, you know, Bitcoin or the industry.”Ulbricht is serving a double life sentence for his role in creating the Silk Road marketplace on the dark web that allowed users to purchase almost anything, including illegal substances, with Bitcoin. The Silk Road website was created in 2011 and was eventually shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2013.Kennedy Jr.’s interest in Bitcoin stems from witnessing the trucker strike and the government’s response to peaceful demonstrations. He explained, “I understood that we need a currency that is a freedom currency… independent and that can’t be controlled by the government.”When asked about concerns regarding government influence or restrictions on Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, RFK Jr. expressed his worry about government attacks on the cryptocurrency. "I’m very concerned about all the government attacks on Bitcoin. You know, what I would like to do is to at least provide some issuance of treasury bills, that it’s backed by hard currency.He proposed issuing treasury bills backed by hard assets, including Bitcoin, platinum, gold, and silver, to provide greater stability and independence from government control.Will The SEC Finally Approve Long-Awaited Bitcoin Spot ETF? secure early bird discounted tickets now!A Stay At The Floating Palace From James Bond's ‘OctopussyWhy It Matters: However, he made it clear that he opposes central bank digital currencies, fearing they would become instruments of power and control, giving the government complete authority over people’s lives. He specifically mentioned events in China, where digital currencies were tied to social credit systems and obedience to government mandates.Kennedy Jr. continued, “I’m gonna make sure that Bitcoin is protected, that people can get their own wallets… and the current White House war on Bitcoin will be over. And I’ll look ultimately at treating it as a currency rather than a commodity, particularly for smaller Bitcoin owners.”Although Jr. provided a general direction for his approach, he acknowledged the need to consult with experts and industry specialists, such as Stanley Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones, to develop the best strategies that uphold individual freedoms and promote the reindustrialization of America, benefiting working Americans.He has publicly declared his support for Bitcoin. "I bought two Bitcoin for each of my seven children," Kennedy disclosed during an interview in July. He made this investment shortly after speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in May. Price Action: At the time of writing, BTC was trading at $27,362.22, down 0.86% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro. Here’s How Much You Should Invest In Shiba Inu Today For A $1M Payday If SHIB Hits 1 Cent?

[emmabeverage]

DNC Fraud Lawsuit Lawyers SPEAK OUT! Why Marianne & RFK Jr. Can't WIN (I...

This country lost it’s government long before they murdered JFK, they just quit trying so hard to hide that fact from the public after they openly killed off all the leaders of that time. We have a murderous fascist mafia pretending to be a government. They will control you and scam you out of your money as long as you will let them. By the way that is real fascist as in Hitler fascist.

[jasontoddsmommyissues]

To add to this I want to clarify: this narrative that not voting for Kamala is the trade off for helping Palestinians is a big fat lie. Let’s get a few things straight here: Someone will win this election. Most third party candidates have trouble even getting certified to be on the ballot in every state let alone winning an election. Also, your choices are like Jill Stein who is a Russian asset and RFK Jr who literally had part of his brain eaten by a worm, so it’s not like they’re the kind of people you want in charge anyway. So, realistically, the only two outcomes are Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Historically speaking, the democrats do better with higher voter turnouts. That’s how Trump got into power in the first place. It’s not that a majority of people wanted Trump to win, it’s that too many of people on the opposing side weren’t willing to support Hilary. So if you as a non-Trump supporter don’t vote or vote third party, you are essentially granting Trump a vote. Because for every one of you oh so passionate leftists who can’t stomach voting for Kamala, there’s an insane Trump supporter who is gunning to get to the polls and vote for Glorious Leader Trump.

So, again, practically speaking, either Kamala or Trump will win, and if you choose not to vote, you are actively increasing the odds that Trump wins. So that leaves you with two options: live under Kamala or live under Trump. Now, you say you’re not willing to support Kamala Harris because of her policies on Palestine, and in your minds it’s worth sacrificing the rights of us marginalized Americans in order to free Palestine. But here’s the thing: Trump? He’s going to be even worse about Palestine. He is friends with fucking Netanyahu. He has talked about helping Israel “finish the job”. And I know in your minds we have to get to the absolute breaking point to foment this magical “revolution” that will fix everything. But here’s the thing: while things are worsening here, they’re also going to be getting worse for Palestine, and probably at a much faster rate. By the time we have this revolution, depose Trump and get a new government set up, it will likely be too late for the people of Palestine. On top of that, Trump has consistently shown to be extremely Islamophobic, and it showed in his rhetoric and policy. So, by letting Trump win, not only are the people in Palestine going to be suffering, the Palestinians who live here will also suffer (on top of that, good luck getting Trump to let in Palestinian refugees). If you are sacrificing the rights of us Americans for the “revolution”, you are also sacrificing the rights of Palestinians both at home and abroad. If you think the trade off is worth it, fine, but don’t pretend you’re doing it for Palestine. If you truly cared, you’d want to make sure Trump isn’t given access to the US military again.

This whole Kamala Harris debacle has shown me how many leftist talking points are coming from privileged people whose only connection to politics is the (usually surface level) theory they’ve looked up.

[opedguy]

Sirhan Sirhan Granted Parole

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), Aug. 27, 2021.--Granting parole to the 77-year-old assassin of former U.S. Atty. Gen. and Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, a two-person panel recommended releasing Sirhan after hearing testimony from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Douglas Kennedy two of RFK’s living sons.  Both Robert and Doug backed releasing Sirhan for different reasons. Robert said he wasn’t certain the Sirhan Sirhan actually pulled the trigger that killed his father June 6, 1968 at the now defunct Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.  Sirhan Sirhan faced 16 parole hearings over his 53 years in prison, all of which failed to win him parole.  Sirhan’s release is not a done deal after the two-member panel urged his release be reviewed over the next 90 days by the full parole board.  If the parole board agrees with the two-person panel, it will then go to Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom—or someone wko replaces him--for final his approval.   Reasons given in the past 16 parole hearings reflected 

Sirhan Sirhan’s lack of remorse for killing the Democrat Party’s presumptive nominee in 1968.  Political assassinations care special circumstances for parolees as they present their cases for parole.  “I’m overwhelmed just by being able to view Mr. Sirhan’s face to face,” said Doug Kennedy.  “I think I’ve lived my life both in fear of him and his name in on way or another.  And  I am grateful today to see him as a human being worth of compassion and love,” Doug  said,  lending his approval to the assassin’s release.  Doug thinks Sirhan has remorse for killing his father but the 53-year inmate says he doesn’t remember killing Robert F. Kennedy.  Like 16 past parole boards’ found, it’s difficult for Sirahn to have remorse when he doesn’t recall killing RFK.  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he doesn’t know if Sirhan actually killed his father.   

          Sirhan told the two-person panel that he would never do anything criminal again.  “ I would never put myself in jeopardy again,” Sirhan said.  “You have my pledge.  I will l will always look to safety and peace and non-violence,” saying all the rights things, except for the fact that he doesn’t admit to killing RFK. Sirhan’s statements, while appearing conciliatory, reflect questions bout his mental status.  Reports at the time of his trial revealed that he was schizophrenic, someone living in a delusional world, capable of committing new acts of violence.  “I would never put myself in jeopardy again,” Sirhan said, referring to what?  He says he doesn’t remember killing RFK, so how can he possibly say he wouldn’t put himself in “jeopardy again.”  Parole Board Commissioner Robert Barton said he would consider all feedback before making any final recommendation to the governor.   

          Los Angeles County District Atty. George Gascon said he would not have a deputy district attorney speak to the parole board, believing it’s not his place to re-litigate the original case.  Gascon believes the parole board has more current information on which to make an informed decision on parole.  Sirhan, a Christian Palestinian, once told prosecutors, that he was angry about Bobby’s support of Israel.  While he doesn’t remember killing JFK at the Ambassador Hotel, he tells the parole panel, he wouldn’t put himself in “jeopardy again.”  What was Sirhan in jeopardy again if he has no recollection of the assassination?  Siran was asked by Barton at the parole hearing about the Mideast conflict.  Sirhan started sobbing and took time to compose himself.  “Take a few deep breaths,” Barton said.  Sirhan told Barton he doesn’t think about the conflict.  “The misery of those people are experiencing.  It’s painful,” said Sirhan.  

           So if he doesn’t pay attention to the Mideast conflict, why is he so emotional when it comes to the plight of refugees?  So again, there’s a disconnect between breaking down with emotion and saying he doesn’t pay attention to the Mideast conflict.  So if Sirhan doesn’t recall he killed RFK and doesn’t pay attention to the Mideast conflict, why did he break down in tears?  More evidence emerges that he suffers from either mental illness still, like what came out at his trial or some kind of dementia.  “We can’t change the past, but we was not sentenced to life without the possibility of parole,” said Sirhan’s attorney Angela Berry.  No, Sirhan was given the death penality because of the horrific special circumstance of political assassination.  Berry’s arguments were especially illogical, telling the two-member parole panel, that he deserves parole because he wasn’t given life in prison without the possibility of parole. 

            Whether or not capital punishment was outlawed in California in 1972, that’s no justification for parole in today’s hearing.  Parole board needs Sirhan evaluated for mental status because he makes zero sense.  Sirhan has told past parole hearings he remembers nothing about killing RFK but recalls going to a shooting range, visiting the hotel looking for a party and getting drunk on a Tom Collins.  He recalled drinking coffee in the Hotel pantry and talking with a woman with whom he was attracted.  Next he remembers being choked or held down.  He told his 2016 parole hearing he felt remorse for any crime victim but couldn’t take responsibility for the shooting.  When you ad up all Sirhan’s crazy statements, he doesn’t seem like someone you’d want released from prison.  Without a mental status evaluation, the parole board doesn’t know if he’s mentally ill or suffering from dementia.

 About the Author

 John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news.  He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.  

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled raw data that lays bare the shocking truth behind Big Pharma’s vaccine empire.

Speaking on a recent podcast, Kennedy laid it bare: the industry pockets a hefty $60 billion annually pushing vaccines—yet that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The real jackpot? A staggering $500 billion hauled in yearly from drugs treating vaccine injuries they’ve caused, all while hiding behind a shield of legal immunity.

“This is a really great business plan for these companies,” said Kennedy Jr. “You make people sick and then you sell them the lifetime cure.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also urged individuals to explore the Children’s Health Defense website, where he highlights that 1,400 peer-reviewed studies, sourced from the NIH’s PubMed database, establish a connection between vaccines and a variety of prevalent and profitable health conditions.

RELATED: RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to COVID mRNA Vaccine Pill Project

“With measles, they weren’t making any money. If you get measles or chicken pox, the cure is chicken soup and Vitamin A, and you can’t patent either of those. These are illnesses that go away in a week.”

“But if you can give someone that vaccine and make them diabetic for life, then you’ve got a permanent customer.”

Is it time for the Health Secretary to finally intervene and dismantle this exploitative scheme?

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Have you seen the movie Jackie? What did you think of it?

This is about to get REAL nerdy up in here anon.  I had such a painfully obvious boner for Kennedy!history and legends for like... my last year of high school and most of freshman year of college that my mom gifted me with a first edition copy of Profiles in Courage by (but not rlly, he was too busy politicking to write a whole book) JFK for my birthday.  And like, that wasn’t even the only Kennedy-related birthday present I got that year.

I have seen it!  I think it could have been better as a story about Jackie and a Kennedy-oriented history fan (I hate myself for identifying with that) but as a movie it is a Work, imo.  And I mean that in a good way, there were bits of the movie where I was like yeah I’m watching something really intentionally artistic here and it’s pulling it off.

The thing is that while the movie is OVERALL accurate (I’ll expand on my criticisms of accuracy later lol) the history isn’t the point, aside from when it relates directly to our perception of Jackie vs. the Real Jackie, and though obviously I don’t know the woman and I wouldn’t say this movie covers her entire personality (it spans over just a few days, it can’t) it nails certain aspects of her that we don’t discuss often, imo.

Jackie is as iconic as Marilyn Monroe, exactly because she was the antithesis, or so it seemed, of Marilyn.  Marilyn was sex; Jackie was love (romantic love, maternal love, patriotic love).  Marilyn was dirty, but in a touchable way that made you want to touch her; Jackie was clean, but in a way that made you want to put her behind a pedestal and maybe never even get to know her because that might ruin the image you have in your head.  You don’t want her to be human.  You don’t want to fuck her.  You want to love her.

The thing is that just as with Marilyn, the image was really, mostly, a lie. Jackie actually had a lot in common with Marilyn--she probably wasn’t faithful to Jack, though he started it, I’m sure.  She struggled with loving a man who could never really open himself fully to her (Marilyn chased these types like craaaazy).  Hell, they both even had fertility issues (Jackie had multiple miscarriages and actually lost a two-day-old son less than a year before Jack died).  She was saddled with legacy, and like Marilyn she really couldn’t be herself.  Even their interviews, ESPECIALLY if you listen to them (as a MASSIVE DORK I really recommend listening to those, like, 18 hours of interviews with Jackie done after Jack died, which this movie definitely pulls from).  She was never as raw, imo, as she even is to the interviewer in the movie. More vulnerable than usual, maybe, but never Raw.  Like, the movie has her saw really honest shit and it’s probably what she was thinking but then she’s like--strike that from the record.  Imo, the real Jackie slipped up and struck things from the record, but she never slipped up and was as honest with a reporter as she is in the movie.

Listen, I’ve got issues with Natalie Portman, but she NAILS those aspects of Jackie Kennedy that the movie is interested in, and I don’t like her as a person but she was robbed of a second oscar tbh.  She wiped the floor with Emma Stone.  There is more nuance to a single scene of her in this movie (the one where she’s sort of drunkenly dancing about the white house, as one example) than Emma conveys in all of La La Land, case closed.

The Jackie in this movie is an inner part of Jackie that I am certain existed.  She’s constructing a legacy for Jack as soon as he dies, because he never got a chance to make that legacy for herself.  She understand the myth of this family, of her, and she’s making sure that the myth lives on because that’s all they’ll have.  He’ll never get to his second term, which some historians opine would have been much more groundbreaking than the first, as is often the case (first term presidents don’t want to offend because they’re thinking about reelection; second term presidents can lay it all out on the table).  She’s been indoctrinated into this myth of this family (and the movie never covers this, but she was apparently Joseph Kennedy Senior’s favorite daughter-in-law, and maybe he was just being a creep and thought she was hot but I think he recognized in her a similar ability to go along and play for the cameras that his wife possessed, except better--she elevated the family, the Bouvier blood was much bluer than that of the Kennedys at that time) but she’s also making it what she wants it to be, because this is her greatest act as First Lady.  As much as Jack and Joe Sr. and Bobby and Ted adored Jackie, she didn’t get along with the women of the family because I think tbh there was some intimidation going on within both sides and she never fit in, but damn, in this moment, she gets to MAKE the family.  

The movie also both embraces and shies away from Sentimental Jackie, which we so often see.  Jackie is usually either a bitch who didn’t really love her husband but is annoyed with his embarrassing infidelities and is in it for the glory, or a weepy messy who’s always on prescription drugs to dull the pain and going “Jaaaaaaack” whenever he comes home after fucking some lady.  This Jackie is ABSOLUTELY played as deeply in love with her husband, and in some ways more sure of his love for her than I think most fictionalized Jackies are, in a very period-appropriate way.  Sure, her husband has mistresses.  But he’s also a brilliant man  in her opinion, and he puts her on a pedestal and she’s the one he comes home to, she’s the First Lady, she’s the mother of his children, so...  The infidelities are painful, but not the end of the world.  There’s a line she says to a priest in possibly my favorite part of the movie where he sort of broaches another part of her pain they’ve only alluded to--the affairs.  And she fucking SNAPS, it’s one of the only times she really loses control, being like “I was the goddamn First Lady of the United States, don’t you dare pity me” and it’s GREAT.

Now.  If you’re looking for a biopic, this isn’t it.  It’s a study in grief (grief for a beloved husband, trauma over how he died which is very graphically portrayed, grief for everything that will never be) and a character study of Jackie.  The entire Kennedy story isn’t as delved into as it should have been.  And to be honest, the biggest gap here is Bobby Kennedy.  If you’re going to tell a story of Jackie Kennedy’s grief, you gotta feature more Bobby.  I mean lbr I’m fascinated with the relationship anyway, but they completely turned to each other immediately after Jack died.  Literally nobody else understood how they were feeling.  Jackie devoted her life to this man, giving up so much to make his dreams come true... and so did Bobby.  Shit, Bobby and Jackie could finish each other’s sentences, and both professionally and personally they were hugely codependent in the last years of Jack’s life.  And Bobby, like I said before, worshiped Jackie at one point in his life.  They were both into literature and poems (especially after Jack died, she got him into poetry to help him grieve) and they’d visit the graveside just them two.  Bobby’s first concern after Jack died was Jackie; he immediately took up a more paternal role with Caroline and JFK Jr.  But this wasn’t just because Jack died, they were genuinely best friends--when JFK was away on a yacht or something after Jackie’s first miscarriage, Bobby was in the hospital with her.  Whether they ever crossed that line is irrelevant; if you’re doing a good “Jackie grieves Jack” moment you have to have a good Bobby and vice versa.  This guy... has none of the literally insane grief Bobby had (people thought he was gonna lose it for real, including Jackie).  He isn’t as acquiescing to Jackie as he reportedly was irl after the shooting, and yes he did resist the massive funeral she wanted from what I’ve read, but this is played a bit less like Bobby Is Going Into Guilt-Driven Paranoia and Is Worried His Niece And Nephew Are Gonna Be Assassinated and more like... ooh, this man is trying to put Jackie down, but she’s gonna have a Feminist Moment and fight him on it.

It’s the one big weak point of the movie, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE ISN’T DOING THE ACCENT AAAAAGH THE ACCENT EMBODIES THE FAMILY LINGUISTS HAVE STUDIED IT AND IT’S SO INDIVIDUALIZED THAT NOBODY ELSE REALLY EVER HAD IT THAT’S HOW RICH AND “YOU CAN’T SIT WITH US” THEY WERE.  This is especially glaring because JFK doesn’t have an accent for his little speaking role either which could be fine bc he’s barely alive in the movie but theeeeeen Natalie is WRECKING the Jackie voice, she got it just right.  Like fuck, I know this is a Portman Project but you’d think someone would want to not phone it in and maybe get some best supporting actor noms because Bobby Kennedy is a meaty role.  Look at Barry Pepper, he was in a legit not great at all miniseries but he killed the role of Bobby and did the accent so well (and I admit Bobby’s is apparently harder to do bc his voice was also super distinct without the accent) and the awards just came rushing in.

Basically: this is a very, very good movie that should have won Natalie Portman an oscar, I think it got so much right about Jackie but it wasn’t quiiiiiite as fucking nerdy as I’d like.  Also, I say this as someone whose favorite Kennedy is very obviously RFK (he was shady AF like all of them but he had good ideas and was viciously effective when he wanted to be, tbh his assassination is one of the great “what could have beens” of American history imo).  But yeah, I think this is a really impressive, well-directed movie if not necessarily the movie I would have made about the family.   

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i have few questions 1.what your thought on ted Kennedy? do you think another Kennedy will be president ? 3. can a former president or former vice president run for mayor and win ? 4. can or will there ever be a vice or co mayor for a city ? 5. can former president run for president in different country ? or diffident position in Washington dc ?

1. As I’ve written before, while Ted Kennedy will never be remembered in the same way as JFK or RFK, I believe Ted Kennedy actually accomplished more tangible results for his Massachusetts constituents and the American people during his long Senate career than either of his brothers did in their respective careers. Of course, JFK and RFK were robbed of time by the assassins who killed them and cut their careers short, but Ted Kennedy’s work in the Senate affected more people in realistic ways on a day-to-day basis than his two brothers. I mean, Ted Kennedy’s Senate service lasted longer than the lives of JFK (46 years old) and RFK (42 years old), so I don’t think that there’s any doubt that he achieved more on behalf of the American people than his two iconic brothers.

2. It’s hard to say whether another Kennedy will be President. There aren’t many Kennedys in politics right now that seem like they have that potential, in my opinion. The Kennedy recently getting most of the attention politically has been RFK’s son, Chris Kennedy, who is running for Governor of Illinois in 2018. However, the only Kennedy in politics right now that intrigues me is Ted Kennedy, Jr., who is getting a pretty late start in electoral politics at the age of 55 and is just a Connecticut State Senator (and only since 2015), but I’ve been impressed any time I’ve seen him speak.

3. Is a former President or Vice President allowed to run for Mayor? They are allowed to run for anything they want as long as they meet that particular office’s eligibility requirements. The only eligibility restrictions that a former President or Vice President would face are the eligibility requirements for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. But serving as President or Vice President wouldn’t disqualify someone from any other political position.

4. I’m not sure what you’re asking there.

5. Like I said, a former President can run for whatever they want as long as they are eligible in that jurisdiction for that particular position. Being President doesn’t automatically disqualify someone from other jobs. It’s highly unlikely that a former President of the United States would run for President in another country, but there’s nothing in the U.S. Constitution that would prohibit them from doing so. They’d have to meet the eligibility requirements of whatever country they might be seeking office in. Unfortunately, I don’t know the Presidential eligibility requirements for every other country in the world, so I can’t really give a definitive answer on that one. But I’ll say this again: a former two-term President would only be prohibited from running again for President or Vice President of the United States. It doesn’t prevent them from doing anything else.

5. I don’t know what that question is, either.  

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#22 - MAKE TODAY COUNT w/ Cooper Brunner & Kirsten McCallum

Today’s guests are Cooper Brunner & Kirsten McCallum, co-hosts of the Cooper Brunner Podcast. Cooper is a former college baseball player and fitness coach. Kirsten is a former college volleyball player and overcame two back surgeries to become a women’s physique competitor. We’re talking training, diet, and ways to MAKE TODAY COUNT with episode 22!

Episode Timestamps

Wise-Eats.com/Episode22 for the show notes and YouTube video (0:00)

Speech from Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 announcing the assassination of MLK, Jr. (0:00)

Intro! Talking health and fitness amidst economic and political turmoil (1:00)

Introducing Cooper Brunner & Kirsten McCallum (2:00)

Off to a great start when I mispronounce Kirsten’s name 😊 (2:45)

Talking COVID-19 life in Oregon and Michigan (3:30)

Working out at home during COVID-19 (5:20)

Check out the Cooper Brunner Podcast at com (7:00)

How Cooper and Kirsten started podcasting and became co-hosts (7:15)

Overcoming getting fat after being a division one athlete (9:45)

How Cooper differentiates himself from other coaches and relates to clients (10:30)

Kirsten’s fitness journey – Volleyball, weight lifting and physique competing (11:40)

When did you first become passionate about health and fitness? (13:00)

Lowest and highest moments of their athletic careers? (15:50)

How Kirsten overcame multiple back surgeries and being bedridden for 9 months (16:10)

How Cooper’s baseball career came to an end (18:00)

How Cooper uses his baseball experience to inspire others (19:00)

Kirsten’s weight lifting routine since having back surgery (20:40)

What attracted Kirsten to weight lifting (22:00)

Advice for women who are reluctant to get into weight lifting? (23:00)

Advice for someone who is interested in bodybuilding / physique competition? (24:40)

Biggest difference between training for physique and training for general health? (25:30)

Your training regimens on a typical day? (26:50)

Cooper’s philosophy of “High Intensity Body Building” HIBB (27:25)

Inspiration from Ryan Fischer and German volume training (27:25)

Why Kirsten prefers to lift weights in the evenings (28:30)

The body parts Kirsten likes to focus on in the gym (Spoiler alert: No chest day!) (28:50)

Lots of volume and heavy lifting! (29:40)

What are your current health and fitness goals (30:50)

Encouraging others to be active at com (31:05)

Transitioning from competition to normal, healthy life for Kirsten (31:50)

What does a typical diet day look like for you? (33:00)

Intermittent fasting, warrior diet, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Macros, My Fitness Pal (33:00)

Kirsten LOVES food: Her diet routine (35:45)

How she uses carbs to fuel her workouts (36:50)

Quick Bites! Rapid Fire Questions (38:00)

What was the biggest single factor holding you back from starting your healthy lifestyle? (38:15)

What is your favorite exercise routine or program? (38:45)

Favorite specific lift? (39:15)

One healthy food you can’t live without? (39:30)

What is your favorite muscle-building recipe? (39:40)

Favorite un-wise food choice? (39:50)

One thing you’ve been successful in because of your dedication to fitness? (40:00)

What is one item in your kitchen you can’t live without? (40:25)

What book are you reading now? (40:50)

Think and Grow Rice by Napoleon Hill and The Law of Attraction by Mike Losier (40:50)

What podcasts do you listen to? (42:00)

The Mindset Mentor, MFCEO, Gary Vee, Joe Rogan, Ed Mylett Max Out (42:00)

What is your favorite thing to listen to when working out? (43:20)

Neffex, 2Pac, Biggie Smalls, Green Day, AC/DC (43:20)

One song you refuse to take off your workout mix? (44:20)

Win by Tee Grizzley, Rumors by Neffex (44:20)

Something that you’re passionate about right now? (45:00)

Replace SR Endurance Products (45:00)

Kirsten getting refocused on training and her professional life (45:45)

Will we see a professional baseball game in 2020? (46:15)

One last piece of advice for listeners looking to improve their health/fitness? (46:30)

Be knowledgeable about nutrition. Training is easy, dieting is hard (46:30)

Find a plan, stick to the plan, surround yourself with positivity (47:00)

@cbrunner37 @kirsten_m1320  com MAKE TODAY COUNT (47:40)

Wise-Eats.com/Episode22 for show notes, pictures, transcript, and more! (49 :00)

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Replace SR Endurance Products

Ryan Fischer Performance Training

German Volume Training

Kirsten Book Recommendation: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Cooper Book Recommendation: Law of Attraction by Michael Losier

Kirsten Podcast Recommendation: The Mindset Mentor

Cooper Podcast Recommendation: The MFCEO Andy Frisella, GaryVee Audio Experience, Joe Rogan Experience, Ed Mylett Max Out

Kirsten Song Recommendation: Rumors by Neffex

Cooper Song Recommendation: Win by Tee Grizzley

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