Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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• Wikipedia
• Conservapedia likes him and supports his COVID denialism, of course.
• RationalWiki
• SourceWatch

News

• 2025/02/13 16:33 UTC [L..T] RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections «Kennedy faced opposition from the left for his decades of espousing conspiracy theories on vaccines and from the right for his past support of abortion rights. For several weeks, it was uncertain whether he had enough senators backing him to get through. Yesterday, Democratic senators made speeches on the floor past midnight in protest. But on Thursday morning, he had the votes to be confirmed. The vote was 52 to 48. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican majority leader and a polio survivor, was the sole Republican joining Democrats to vote against Kennedy.»
• 2025/01/14 [L..T] At RFK Jr.-Led Environmental Group, Insiders Questioned How He Spent $67 Million «Tamminen had come across a situation that had raised questions among staff at WKA and people within the group's orbit about the organization and Kennedy's handling of tens of millions of dollars. His letter was prompted by a legal complaint that claimed WKA had "funneled millions of dollars to the Bahamas" to assist Louis Bacon, a hedge-fund billionaire, in his purported effort to "destroy and damage" Peter Nygård, a Canadian fashion mogul, who owned an estate next to Bacon's on the island nation.»
• 2023/07/20 18:40 UTC [L..T] RFK Jr. appears before Congress as his comments spreading misinformation draw scrutiny «All eyes are on the Republican primary this election cycle, but one Democratic underdog has been getting attention for his controversial comments spreading misinformation on a range of subjects. Lisa Desjardins reports on how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. captured the attention of some voters and Geoff Bennett discusses Kennedy's vaccine stances with Dr. Paul Offitt.»
• 2023/07/19 06:32 UTC [L..T] RFK Jr. Vows to Back Dollar With Bitcoin, Exempt BTC From Taxes «The Democratic presidential hopeful also reiterated a May stance defending the right to self-custody bitcoin, run blockchain nodes at home and promising industry-neutral energy regulation.»
• 2023/06/23 [L..T] RFK Jr. calls for DIPLOMACY with Russia instead of “forever war” in speech «Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK Jr.) called for diplomacy and de-escalation with Russia instead of a "forever war" in a speech mirroring that of his uncle's, former President John F. Kennedy (JFK).»
• 2023/06/22 [L..T] Just Another RFK Jr. Lie. I Know, Because It’s About Me. «I’ve come to believe I have a responsibility to write about Kennedy because of my own shameful role in sending his toxic vaccine views into public discourse: I was the Salon editor, in partnership with Rolling Stone, who 18 years ago published his mendacious, error-ridden piece on how thimerosal in childhood vaccines supposedly led to a rise in autism, and how public health officials covered it up. From the day “Deadly Immunity” went up on Salon.com, we were besieged by scientists and advocates showing how Kennedy had misunderstood, incorrectly cited, and perhaps even falsified data. Some of his sources turned out to be known crackpots.»
• 2021/07/02 09:00 UTC [L..T] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attacks me and Daily Kos. This is my (way too much fun) response «You may have seen my stories about Robert Kennedy Jr.'s lawsuit against Daily Kos. The first one is here, and the follow-up is here. His organization now fires back here. I had a good laugh reading that drivel, and now I'll share my reaction with you.»
• 2006/06/07 [L..T] RFK Jr: Taking the Stolen Election Seriously «Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has written a brilliant new article about the biggest political story in the history of the United States: An American politician illegitimately took the office of president by outright theft and fraud. Although such high crimes and misdemeanors have been rumored in previous elections, none in the history of the republic have been so thoroughly documented. George W. Bush is not the legitimate president of the United States.»
• 2006/03/02 [L..T] Mercury and autism: RFK Jr. drops another stinky one on the blogosphere «it's more of the same old assertions without evidence. (See the links at the end of this article for multiple discussions about why this assertion is unsupported and almost certainly incorrect.) The article then gets to the meat of RFK Jr.'s conspiracy-mongering, proceeding to an accusation that the CDC quietly turned down an offer by SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals in 1999 to begin production of thimerosal-free vaccines immediately...»