Senator Cassidy's DC phone number: (I just happen to have it nearby), for anyone who is a constituent--or knows anyone who lives in NOLA or elsewhere in the state. 212 224-5824 .
A year or so ago, a "neo-Confederate" friend INSISTED I read RFK JUNIOR's "well-footnoted" book, "The Real Dr. Fauci," an "exposé" about the COVID epidemic, vaccine conspiracies, etc. I told him I would NOT waste my time or money doing that. He then MAILED me the book!
It sat on a table for a couple of months, then one day I picked it up and chose two "footnotes" at random and looked up online the info cited. NEITHER cite stood for the statements claimed in the book!
So, as far as I am concerned, "Junior" is a fool and a liar! So I guess that qualifies him for a Trump appointment.
I live in Alabama where many people believe Trump was sent by God to save us from descent into immoral behavior. This makes it very hard for them to see how Trump is destroying our country with his inappropriate nominations, canceling all treaties, including the Paris, climate agreement and capital WHO cancel foreign aid, all grants and appropriations firing the FBI before his nominee cash. Patel is even gotten there and now using 25% terrace on our neighbors and trading partners to manipulate them into something. When are we going to wake up as a nation that even if we don’t like to have abortion available to women, even if we think gay people and trans, people shouldn’t be able to change the language to have more than two sexes life in the United States is pretty good for all kinds of people unless we take the kinds of policies that Trump is now initiating. It’s time to consider that we’ve got to speak up if we don’t want to lose everything that we value in this country already think Trump got to be impeached but to get there they’re going to have to be a lot of voices to senators and Congress people that they’ve got to act to protect us , Sumter Carmichael
Great article and I hope that you are right that RFK Jr won't be confirmed. The fact that so many Republicans are willing to vote for someone who is not only unqualified but whose views are antithetical to the mission of the agencies he would be in charge of is unbelievable. Or it would be if the party wasn't just a cult of personality.
There is an odor of amoral pestilence that permeates Washington DC and wafts over the entire country. RFK Jr., Trump, and MAGA are pulled to the federal city much as cockroaches are attracted to a rotting corpse. It is no wonder that the entire world sees the U.S. as a dangerous bully.
The only morally upstanding, patriotic, and effective actors left among Washington's lawmakers are the courageous members Warren, Schiff, Klobuchar, Whitehouse, Murphy, Sanders, Gallego, Duckworth, Bennet, Ossoff, Warnock, Swalwell, Raskin, Ocasio-Cortez, Vindman, Crockett, and other like-minded Democrats. These individuals are the embodiment of hope in America in 2025 and beyond.
Exactly Joseph. I was once a member of a major commodity exchange. No shortage of sharp dealers there. But there was an unwritten rule: if you reneged on a trade, no one would ever trade with you again. Too bad that Washington's sharp dealers don't have something like that.
I note that many of us nobodies are decent people who are outraged by every one of these abysmal nominees, who couldn't hold a candle to any of we the ordinary people in terms of character. We do have to be resolute now and fight this nightmare.
RFK Jr. is a mixed personality disorder with schizotypal and antisocial features - he tortures animals, people, and anything else that's available. Thump. Thump. Thump. Another one bites the dust.
Thank you, Jon, for your steadfast commitment to reporting the truth of what is happening in these astonishingly disillusioning times. It got so painful in the immediate aftermath of the Nov ‘24 election that I had to completely sever myself from all news. (Cowardly? Guilty as charged.) But you and other committed, conscientious and fundamentally heroic individuals like you are helping me get my spine back. Thank you for doing the work, for calling bullshit whenever and wherever it’s warranted, for continuously sounding the alarm that none of this is normal or acceptable. Thank you for keeping watch, not giving up and bringing hope in so doing.
Senator Cassidy's DC phone number: (I just happen to have it nearby), for anyone who is a constituent--or knows anyone who lives in NOLA or elsewhere in the state. 212 224-5824 .
GREAT piece, Jonathan, and GODDESS HELP US!
Let’s hope.
A year or so ago, a "neo-Confederate" friend INSISTED I read RFK JUNIOR's "well-footnoted" book, "The Real Dr. Fauci," an "exposé" about the COVID epidemic, vaccine conspiracies, etc. I told him I would NOT waste my time or money doing that. He then MAILED me the book!
It sat on a table for a couple of months, then one day I picked it up and chose two "footnotes" at random and looked up online the info cited. NEITHER cite stood for the statements claimed in the book!
So, as far as I am concerned, "Junior" is a fool and a liar! So I guess that qualifies him for a Trump appointment.
I live in Alabama where many people believe Trump was sent by God to save us from descent into immoral behavior. This makes it very hard for them to see how Trump is destroying our country with his inappropriate nominations, canceling all treaties, including the Paris, climate agreement and capital WHO cancel foreign aid, all grants and appropriations firing the FBI before his nominee cash. Patel is even gotten there and now using 25% terrace on our neighbors and trading partners to manipulate them into something. When are we going to wake up as a nation that even if we don’t like to have abortion available to women, even if we think gay people and trans, people shouldn’t be able to change the language to have more than two sexes life in the United States is pretty good for all kinds of people unless we take the kinds of policies that Trump is now initiating. It’s time to consider that we’ve got to speak up if we don’t want to lose everything that we value in this country already think Trump got to be impeached but to get there they’re going to have to be a lot of voices to senators and Congress people that they’ve got to act to protect us , Sumter Carmichael
I want to touch the hem of his robe!
Congress is deep in phama money and they're not risking any changes because of Tin Foil Head Kennedy. He will be the sacrifice.
If Republicans had a spine RFK Jr wouldn't stand a chance.
Great article and I hope that you are right that RFK Jr won't be confirmed. The fact that so many Republicans are willing to vote for someone who is not only unqualified but whose views are antithetical to the mission of the agencies he would be in charge of is unbelievable. Or it would be if the party wasn't just a cult of personality.
Why in the world would Cassidy have to think about it over the weekend?
There is an odor of amoral pestilence that permeates Washington DC and wafts over the entire country. RFK Jr., Trump, and MAGA are pulled to the federal city much as cockroaches are attracted to a rotting corpse. It is no wonder that the entire world sees the U.S. as a dangerous bully.
The only morally upstanding, patriotic, and effective actors left among Washington's lawmakers are the courageous members Warren, Schiff, Klobuchar, Whitehouse, Murphy, Sanders, Gallego, Duckworth, Bennet, Ossoff, Warnock, Swalwell, Raskin, Ocasio-Cortez, Vindman, Crockett, and other like-minded Democrats. These individuals are the embodiment of hope in America in 2025 and beyond.
Exactly Joseph. I was once a member of a major commodity exchange. No shortage of sharp dealers there. But there was an unwritten rule: if you reneged on a trade, no one would ever trade with you again. Too bad that Washington's sharp dealers don't have something like that.
DEI hire.
He is a strange person. If not for his surname he would be like me, a nobody.
I note that many of us nobodies are decent people who are outraged by every one of these abysmal nominees, who couldn't hold a candle to any of we the ordinary people in terms of character. We do have to be resolute now and fight this nightmare.
Found a link re: RFK Jr and anti vax: https://apnews.com/article/robert-f-kennedy-vaccines-trump-rfkjr-7f8dcb25de76a5a70710d22bbc63f6fa
RFK Jr. is a mixed personality disorder with schizotypal and antisocial features - he tortures animals, people, and anything else that's available. Thump. Thump. Thump. Another one bites the dust.
Good piece! Captures Bobby in all his awfulness. He’d be a disaster. I think more Rep Senators might vote against him than you mention. Hope so
Thank you, Jon, for your steadfast commitment to reporting the truth of what is happening in these astonishingly disillusioning times. It got so painful in the immediate aftermath of the Nov ‘24 election that I had to completely sever myself from all news. (Cowardly? Guilty as charged.) But you and other committed, conscientious and fundamentally heroic individuals like you are helping me get my spine back. Thank you for doing the work, for calling bullshit whenever and wherever it’s warranted, for continuously sounding the alarm that none of this is normal or acceptable. Thank you for keeping watch, not giving up and bringing hope in so doing.
This is hopeful….