A Clean Shill of Health

“With concerns about conflicts of interest, his views on abortion, and generally strange behavior (such as dumping a dead bear in Central Park), there is much to debate. If Republican senators skirt around his falsehoods during today’s confirmation hearings, it will be evidence of their prevailing capitulation to Trump. And it also may be a function of Kennedy’s rhetorical sleights. As Benjamin Mazer recently wrote in The Atlantic, Kennedy is not simply a conspiracy theorist, but an excellent one. He’s capable of rattling off vaccine studies with the fluency of a virologist, which boosts his credibility, even though he’s freely misrepresenting reality.” (That last sentence looks pretty good on an application to work for the current administration). Will the Senate stop RFK Jr? The prognosis is not good. The Atlantic (Gift Article): This Is About More Than RFK Jr. (At least RFK Jr is a good health diagnostic tool. That he’s even being considered for this role shows how sick America is.)