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70sEraVet's JournalNewly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Source: The Guardian
"Over two days of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F Kennedy Jr repeated the same answer.
He said the closely scrutinized trip he took to Samoa in 2019, which came ahead of a devastating measles outbreak, had “nothing to do with vaccines”.
Documents obtained by the Guardian and the Associated Press undermine that testimony. Emails sent by staff at the US embassy and the United Nations provide, for the first time, an inside look at how Kennedy’s trip came about and include contemporaneous accounts suggesting his concerns about vaccine safety motivated the visit.
The documents have prompted concerns from at least one US senator that the lawyer and activist now leading America’s health policy lied to Congress over the visit. Samoan officials later said Kennedy’s trip bolstered the credibility of anti-vaccine activists ahead of the measles outbreak that sickened thousands and killed 83 people, mostly children under age five."
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/rfk-jr-samoa-trip
When can we start removing officials who lied during their confirmation hearings? If we did that, we could remove most of trump's cabinet and the worst half of the Supreme Court Justices!
And, yeah, Kennedy is STILL killing kids!
I was finally able to drive down my road today, after winter storm
Felt good to get out of the house.
Does trump want Greenland because he is confused about its size?
"He probably thinks Greenland is bigger than it is," says de Carvalho.
That misconception likely applies to many of us. Because if you look at a typical world map, Greenland and Africa appear nearly the same size. This does not match reality.
https://i.postimg.cc/43vy3LKp/2599932.webp
https://i.postimg.cc/DfpZmbZ2/2600587.webp
"Here you can see how large Greenland (in pink) actually is compared with Africa."
https://www.sciencenorway.no/greenland-society-usa/why-does-trump-actually-want-greenland/2600549
Question: Would a farmer have difficulty applying for a loan if their......
only real income for the previous year was a government bailout?
After all, getting a one-time bailout indicates NOTHING about what their income will be in future years.
Certainly some DUer has some knowledge of this scenario.
The Almost-Nobel Peace Prize
A close up of the FIFA Peace Prize medal that was awarded to Trump, has some right-wing Conservatives questioning the message that giving out such awards conveys.
“Trophies used to be awarded only to winners. If mediocracy becomes celebrated, the recipients of such awards will become fooled into believing that they have accomplished wonderful things, that they deserve admiration. Such awards only serve to diminish those of us who truly sweated and sacrificed, who EARNED our Nobel Peace Prizes," according to former Congressman George Santos.
Ever since seeing trump's 'compromise' suggestion for the shutdown,
that the government simply give the ACA funds directly to consumers, it has nagged me that trump inadvertently revealed something important.
Let me know if this is accurate.
I just watched Michelle Obama on Colbert's Late Show
I have participated in two No Kings protests. But, if we ever decide to elect a QUEEN, Michelle has MY vote!!
Any bill that is passed to pay federal employees during the government shutdown...
must protect those employees from being laid off by Trump. Trump would be more than happy to lay off furloughed workers, so that they wouldn't get paid.
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen's bill would have done that.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-day-23-senate-federal-workers/
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