There seems to be a heirarchy of urgency re the illegal migrant deportations.
Taking out those causing significant public safety or homeland security threats.
You mean the climate change/global warming/global freezing hoax?
I think that you are a bit confused
And the Dems are defending them. The amount of ridicule Selena Gomez got from her fake crying video and deleted it within a couple of hours tells you the tide has turned and turned hard. You cant make this shit up. They are upset that Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon is kicking out Dem voters, not murders, not rapists not terrorists but Dem voters. Thats it. Its all about power and nothing else to these hypocrites. The Dems got their asses handed to them in the election and they are just too brain rotted in their low IQ ideology to learn from it. The Dems are lost for the next generation and the world will be a better place for it.
Its not a hoax mate, dont you know 99% of all scientists believe in climate change, after all, the worlds already ended 3 times.
Don't know what to think of climate change except we know it happens the earth must have gone through cycles of hot and cold through the centuries how do we know if now is not a repeat of a past cycle.
There's decades and decades of research which have identified the impact the burning of fossil fuels have on accelerating climate change. I would recommend reading up on it. Whether you want to believe it is all a grand conspiracy, or whether you believe the necessary change is worth the cost is really up to you...
LOL the bloke has been a Democrat for that whole time.
Hes too dumb to see the irony in his own post.
That may well be whether it is or isn't it doesn't mean that I would not want to eliminate all types of pollution there would be far fewer nasty diseases around today if the urgency was met a decade ago, no doubt the evidence is piling up now but how do you collect data from thousands of years ago.
Theres no doubt climate change is a thing and humans have had an impact on the planet, where the doubt lies is how much of an impact and to what outcome. The fearmongering $$$ that the world will end in a decade and the proven mental health issues that have arisen in children from said fearmongering and BS is where the concern should be placed.
You almost ticked all the talking points in your unhinged rant, you did leave out the bear in Central Park though. Do betterA 20+ year heroin addict with a worm in his brain whose first two wives committed suicide due to his serial cheating??
Another totally merit-based nomination.... but DEI is the real problem...
Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon supporters are the dumbest humans in recorded history!
‘Frankly, you frighten people’: RFK Jr grilled on vaccine, abortion U-turns
One of Donald Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon’s most controversial and vulnerable cabinet picks struggled to account for his shape-shifting views, vowing to serve at Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon’s pleasure.www.smh.com.au
‘Frankly, you frighten people’: RFK Jr grilled on vaccine, abortion U-turns
Washington: Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the turncoat scion of the legendary Democratic family chosen by Donald Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon to become health secretary, insisted he supported vaccines and said every abortion was a tragedy as he was grilled on his ever-changing views at an intense Senate confirmation hearing.
The 71-year-old faced a barrage of questions from Democrats about his promotion of conspiracy theories on vaccines, COVID and Lyme disease, his oscillation on abortion and his involvement in a lawsuit against the developer of an HPV vaccine, from which he profits.
But it was Kennedy’s former roommate and friend Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island whom some speculated might break with his colleagues to support Kennedy’s nomination, who delivered one of the harshest remarks to the prospective cabinet member.
“If you want to move from advocacy to public responsibility, Americans are going to need to hear a clear and trustworthy recantation of what you have said on vaccinations,” Whitehouse said. “You’re in that hole pretty deep. We’ve just had a measles case in Rhode Island, the first since 2013 – and frankly, you frighten people.”
Senators steered clear of asking about a letter submitted to the committee a day earlier by Kennedy’s cousin Caroline, the former US ambassador to Australia, which excoriated his ethics, character and fitness to serve.
Rather, they focused on Kennedy’s shape-shifting positions on major issues, accusing him of pretending to endorse vaccines and masking his support for abortion to gain a position in the new Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon administration.
He struggled to account for himself at times, dodging questions and deferring to Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon’s remarks, particularly on abortion. Early in the session, when Kennedy denied he was an anti-vaxxer, a woman in the gallery shouted, “you are … first, do no harm” before she was removed from the packed committee room by security.
The prospective health secretary defended past comments that COVID-19 was a bioweapon that targeted black and white people, saying he based that on a government-funded study, and acknowledged he “probably” called Lyme disease a bioweapon engineered by the military.
“I believe that vaccines play a critical role in healthcare,” Kennedy said, adding that all of his children were vaccinated.
He was forced to again distance himself from a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019 just months after he visited the island on a trip reportedly co-ordinated by a local anti-vaxxer. Kennedy said vaccination rates fell in Samoa well before his arrival and claimed the trip was not about vaccines.
“You cannot find a single Samoan who said, ‘I did not get a vaccine because of Bobby Kennedy’,” he said. “I support the measles vaccine, I support the polio vaccine. I will do nothing as [health] secretary that makes it difficult or discourages people from taking either of those vaccines.”
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders accused Kennedy of making a “major U-turn” on abortion. While running for president last year, Kennedy said he was “for choice and medical freedom”, and that women should be trusted to make the best decision for themselves.
His exact position remained unclear, however, as he defended abortion until full-term on at least one occasion, before saying he only supported it until the point of fetal viability.
“I have never seen a politician flip as quickly as you did,” Sanders told him. Kennedy would only repeat his line that he backed Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon’s view that every abortion was a tragedy but it was an issue for the states. Pressed on his fealty to Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon, Kennedy said: “I serve at the pleasure of the president, I’m going to implement his policies.”
Sanders also inquired about children’s onesies featuring anti-vaccine slogans sold by an organisation Kennedy founded, Children’s Health Defence. “Do you support these onesies?” Sanders asked. Kennedy said he was no longer involved in the organisation and had no oversight.
Elizabeth Warren, a senator from Massachusetts who contested the 2020 Democratic primary for president, grilled Kennedy about his financial stake in a lawsuit against Merck, the developer of HPV vaccine Gardasil, in which Kennedy has reportedly drawn referral fees of $US2.5 million ($4 million).
She asked him to guarantee he would not take compensation from any lawsuits against drug companies while secretary, and for four years after. “You’re making me sound like a shill,” Kennedy said. “You’re asking me to not sue drug companies, and I’m not going to agree to that.”
Warren clarified she was only asking him not to profit from suing drug companies. She ran through a list of ways in which, as secretary of the Department of Heath and Human services (HHS), he would have the power to influence the development or success of vaccines, and related lawsuits, from which he could make money.
“No one should be fooled here,” she said. “As secretary of HHS … Kennedy can kill off access to vaccines and make millions of dollars while he does it. Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in.”
The hearing before the Senate finance committee on Thursday (AEDT) was the first step towards Kennedy’s confirmation. If the committee progresses him, he faces a vote before the full Senate, in which he can lose a maximum of three Republicans if all Democrats and independents are opposed.
Because USA now is such a picture of perfect health...record levels high obesity, chronic disease, autism and ADHD, cancer. How dare RFK come in and do something different 🙄What's not to like??
‘Predator’: Caroline Kennedy warns senators of RFK Jr in searing letter
Ahead of her cousin’s confirmation to the Health Department, she alleges he led family members “down the path of drug addiction”.
‘Predator’: Caroline Kennedy warns senators of RFK Jr in searing letter
Washington: Caroline Kennedy has warned US senators about her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr, calling him a “predator” whose victims have ranged from family members to the parents of sick children.
Kennedy Jr is President Donald Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
In a copy of a letter obtained by The Washington Post and sent to lawmakers ahead of his confirmation hearings this week, the former ambassador to Australia alleges that her cousin, “addicted to attention and power”, has given hypocritical advice by discouraging parents from vaccinating their children while vaccinating his own children. She alleged that his “crusade against vaccination” has also served to enrich him.
“I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together,” wrote Kennedy. “It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator.”
A spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
She goes on to claim that through “the strength of his personality”, other family members followed Kennedy Jr “down the path of drug addiction”.
“His basement, his garage, his dorm room were the centres of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks. It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.”
She commended Kennedy Jr for “pulling himself out of illness and disease” but lamented the “siblings and cousins who Bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness, and death while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie, and cheat his way through life.”
Caroline Kennedy has been reticent to publicly comment on her cousin’s politics and told senators that she was speaking up now but reluctantly.
“I have never wanted to speak publicly about my family members and their challenges,” she wrote.
But at an event in November at the National Press Club in Canberra, she dismissed her cousin’s views on vaccines as “dangerous” and said they were not reflective of the views of “most Americans” and the rest of the Kennedy family.
“I would say that our family is united in terms of our support for the public health sector and infrastructure and has the greatest admiration for the medical profession in our country, and Bobby Kennedy has got a different set of views,” Caroline Kennedy said at the time.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr is among Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon’s most vulnerable cabinet nominees. Former vice president Mike Pence and his conservative advocacy group have raised concerns about his past support for abortion. Several Republican senators, including Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who chairs the Senate’s health committee, have said that he has wrongly questioned the safety of vaccines.
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, a polio survivor, does not appear to have granted a meeting with Kennedy Jr, raising questions about whether he will vote to confirm him, and other Republican senators have also not said where they stand on the nomination.
Kennedy Jr can only lose three Republican votes if all Democrats vote against him, and still be confirmed. He has two confirmation hearings, one on Wednesday and one on Thursday.
While Caroline Kennedy’s testimonial may not sway Republicans, it could shore up Democrats’ opposition to her cousin. Democrats have contested his nomination but many have said they will approach the confirmation with an open mind and are refusing to rule out voting for him, though they have cited deep concerns about his views on vaccines. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and some other senators have signalled they are open to supporting Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon’s nominees and have agreed with some of Kennedy Jr’s views on the healthcare industry.
He has spent more than a month meeting dozens of senators, seeking to sway them, although it is not clear whether those efforts secured additional votes or further antagonised his sceptics.
Patty Murray of Washington, a prominent Kennedy critic, told The Washington Post it was the most troubling meeting that she has had with a cabinet nominee in her entire career.
Some of Kennedy’s family members spoke out against his presidential campaign and endorsement of Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon, saying he did not represent their family’s Democratic values, but had been largely silent on his nomination to run the nation’s health department.
Advocacy groups, meanwhile, have heavily contested his nomination, warning that the longtime anti-vaccine activist is not fit to oversee agencies responsible for the nation’s vaccine supply, would restrict abortion access, and take other steps to weaken the nation’s public health infrastructure.
Protect Our Care, a Democrat-aligned advocacy group running a “Stop RFK” war room, has commissioned advertisements highlighting Kennedy Jr’s visit to Samoa and meetings with anti-vaccine activists before an outbreak of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease, hit the island nation. 314 Action, another liberal advocacy group, unveiled new ads on Monday that also focus on his rhetoric and Samoa’s outbreak.
Kennedy Jr has maintained that he is not anti-vaccine and has denied any connection with Samoa’s measles outbreak.
He is also facing pressure from some conservatives who say they do not trust the longtime liberal and scion of a famous Democratic family to pursue Republican priorities.
Advancing American Freedom, a conservative group backed by Pence, has commissioned its own ads featuring a video of then-candidate Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon deriding Kennedy Jr last year as “more liberal” than any Democratic candidate for president. Pence and his group have also urged conservative Republicans to scrutinise his stance on abortion in the upcoming hearings.
Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon allies have tried to rally support for Kennedy Jr’s nomination. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative advocacy organisation, has touted him as a would-be reformer who can take on special interests that have harmed Americans’ health.
