Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

Aren’t they abolishing that one?

So this "Department" will have no funding, so no oversight.

It will operate outside the reach of congress.

One assumes giving there is no funding this work will be done remotely, with no security clearance.

They should just email the line by line budget of the likes of the CIA to Moscow and Tehran now, save them the hassle of downloading it from Kim Dotcom.

The current US Health secretary Xavier Becerra is a lawyer and politician with no health experience.

He barely scraped through, the main sticking point was his apparent disregard for religion.

RFK's main sticking point should be his disregard for science, but he will sail through.

America 2024.

How quaint. You still believe Trump isn't in fact the pocket of vested interests and the rhetoric he professes isnt just to hoodwink the feeble minded. Bless

if he flushes out some of the RINOs’ what does he/ what can he do with them? I assume that he cannot sack them - they are there for the full term. Their position is strengthened if they intend not going up again. The main problem , IMO, for them is that they may come under pressure by those who voted the in and continually ‘ hassle’, etc, etc, them - maybe even threaten their lives

the only difference I see between Trump and Putin re consolidating control of government is that Putin uses ALL MEANS to get rid of any opposition from trumped up charges leading to long term jail sentences, to objectors being driven to falling out the proverbial window, to ‘unexplained ‘ deaths , to poisonings, to plane crashes, to being gunned down, etc, etc, etc, etc. WHILE TRUMP intends just SACKING them or/and bring charges against them and let the courts deal with them. At least put them under pressure/ Hassle them, etc, etc,etc.

Can you give examples to support why you think RFK is a 'solid' guy and why you have confidence that he will get stuff done?

Because I feel posts like this are not being made in good faith but only are intended to antagonize, so as it's a discussion Board, do you want to discuss your statement with supporting evidence?

I spotted this in videos about the Macabai Hooligans last week who F'ed around in Amsterdam, and then found out.

You could be right. You could also have a situation where free vaccine programs for children are increasingly pushed away from the State and more and more towards private insurance. We end up seeing important shots becoming a premium "perk" for those who care enough about it / have enough money to cover the costs. These companies would be quite ok with that.

My hope is that RFK is too feckless to enact anything, but my fear is that an Anti-vax run US Health System might lead to a situation where US Citizens may not be able to enter the EU (for example) without an extensive vacination card attached to their arrival documentation. Similarly, travel to the US might require futher measures to protect travellers from the storm of once extinct diseases that would likely go to town on a unvaccinated population.

It would create a constant logisitical headache on trans-Atlantic travel as well as the needless suffering & death of many people in the US. All for the sake of placating a person how holds the childish position of not wanting to get an injection becuase of a baseless conspiracy theory.

"The main problem , IMO, for them is that they may come under pressure by those who voted the in and continually ‘ hassle’, etc, etc, them - maybe even threaten their lives"

That sort of thing.And keeping the shìt stirred so he remains the centre of attention.

There should be a special place for him in Dante's hell (a little hermetically sealed cubicle where he can see out but nobody can see in.

Kennedy, like everyone on Trump's list will end up just doing what they are told to do. That's why they are getting the job.

It's easier to control the incompetent.

The real power in RFK Jr's role is going to be his oversight role:

The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 11 agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

I'd imagine having control over the FDA will be the one that he'll be especially excited about.

At the same time it'll be difficult for him to have any lasting changes. After all, do people really think that the Republican members of Congress - many of whom are bought and paid for by those large agri-food and pharma corporations, are going to pass any laws that would hurt those companies? They won't.

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A big part of why Trump is picking these people is loyalty.

He is picking people he knows that he can trust unlike his first term.

The likes of John Bolton and co wont be getting a look in this time.

For anyone that has scoffed at the project 2025 playbook, the first week since his reelection looks like he’s following it pretty closely. Pliable idiots being given important roles, seems like the first step of bringing all federal departments to heel under one man.

I’m sure they’ll continue to scoff as these departments are gutted with any remaining only having their roles as long as the president allows it.