According to the New York Times and the Progressive group Call To Activism are reporting that more than 75 Nobel Laureates are urging the Senate not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the Trump 2.0 Administration. RFK, Jr. is one of the most well-known and troublesome appointments that Donald Trump has made. The man has a full cargo hold full of baggage. Shouldn’t the President have his pick? Is RFK, Jr. the right person to ask questions and reform the Department?

Remember that the New York Times used to be respected world wide. When you see a headline like: “Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination”, you still have a mild curiosity. From the article:

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

The letter, obtained by The New York Times, marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice, according to Richard Roberts, winner of the 1993 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine, who helped draft the letter. The group tries to stay out of politics whenever possible, he said.

But the confirmation of Mr. Kennedy, a staunch critic of mainstream medicine who has been hostile to the scientists and agencies he would oversee, is a threat that the Nobel laureates could not ignore, Dr. Roberts said.

“These political attacks on science are very damaging,” he said. “You have to stand up and protect it.”

That whole “attacks on science” mantra doesn’t have the same cachet since Dr. Anthony Fauci told us that he was the science. Then we got this from X:

Wow, 75 Nobel laureates suddenly care about politics? Guess they’re fine with Fauci-style disasters but terrified of someone questioning the narrative. Nobel or not, Americans want leaders who serve us, not the global elite’s agenda. RFK Jr. must be onto something.

— MAG1775 (@Mar50cC5O) December 9, 2024

Wow, more than 75. That beats the 51 Intelligence Officials who said that Hunter Biden’s laptop was a Russian Disinformation Operation. And, guess what? We no longer believe the elite officials who try to give us the old razzle dazzle with their bona fides. We don’t buy your shite because we think most of you are bought and paid for.

Dr. Richard Besser definitely thinks Robert F. Kennedy is dangerous in this interview with Kristen Welker of NBC:

That interview makes me ask more questions than it ever answers. Other than the MRNA vaccines, I am super pro-vaccine. Before we had these amazing miracles, people died. I also never want a “scientist” to talk to me about settled science. The science can always be refined. The people who have undermined the American public’s confidence in the science are the scientists who have pumped sunshine up our skirts like Fauci and Deborah Birx. Speaking of pumping sunshine, back to that NY Times article:

The laureates questioned whether Mr. Kennedy, who they said has “a lack of credentials” in medicine, science or administration, was fit to lead the department responsible for protecting public health and funding biomedical research.

“Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s global leadership in the health sciences,” the letter warned.

One name for these guys: Xavier Becerra, the current HHS Secretary. His experience in medicine, science or administration was as the California Attorney General following Kamala Harris. These people all think we are a stupid as they are. More from the NY Times:

If confirmed, Mr. Kennedy’s opposition to well-established public health tools, like vaccines and the fluoridation of drinking water, would pose a risk to the country’s well-being, the letter said.

The laureates decried Mr. Kennedy’s promotion of conspiracy theories. Mr. Kennedy has falsely linked vaccines to autism, rejected established science showing that H.I.V. causes AIDS, and suggested, without evidence, that the coronavirus targeted and spared certain ethnic groups.

On the other hand, RFK Jr. is fruit loops with or without artificial coloring. Maybe it was the brain worm.

That will not help

What's the knowledge of 75 Nobel Prize winners against a man who has 14 years experience with drug addiction.#RFKjr has a brain worm as well.

Does anybody of the top scientists have a brain worm?

No! Only brains!@GOP #Trump@WHOhttps://t.co/DgEjuGRO8M pic.twitter.com/186biyBfI3

— Mark Rager (@Hervorrager) December 10, 2024

Every President deserves to have the Cabinet of his/her choosing. Trump included. Is RFK, Jr. a mistake? Maybe or maybe not. I personally love vaccines and fluoride. But I can see Kennedy’s point and why should anyone forbid questions about the science. That seems anti-science to me. It’s especially anti-science when scientists tell us that we cannot question the science. Thoughts?

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