Comment on GOP's 'Repeal Health Care' Plan Faces High Hurdles - The Washington Independent

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday cheered anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the nation’s top public health agency, highlighting the controversial nominee’s stances on “big pharma” and “corporate ag.” Polis, a Democrat, faced quick pushback on social media after he said he was “excited” by President-elect Donald Trump’s selection, and he posted again an hour later to clarify his thoughts. Trump, a Republican, nominated Kennedy to lead the U.

By JILL COLVIN and AMANDA SEITZ NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health,” Trump said Thursday in a post on his Truth Social site announcing the appointment.

For many, housing was high on the docket of issues throughout the presidential election. During Vice President Kamala Harris and now President-elect Donald Trump’s debate in September, the first policy to come up was housing affordability. “Housing, for the first time ever has really, you know, been at the top of a presidential campaign.

Anyone who thinks the recent election signals the demise of this socialist ideology is naïve. It’s become a generational plague, and we must be vigilant.

Is it any surprise that mentally ill people are drawn to the party that affirms their delusions and paranoia?

From the first time I saw Tom Homan interviewed on Fox News, I was so impressed by his determination to protect America’s sovereignty and citizenry.