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PLEASE refrain from putting Kennedy in the conspiracy camp. Give the guy a chance to perform. Healthcare is a corrupt disaster at the federal level. It needs a disrupter to call all assumptions and practices into question and reset the table. We are failing the public on every level.

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Can we please include the dismal state of mental health in America and address how it is the great contributor to many other cultural issues such as crime, homelessness, and suicide?

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“In the wake of Donald Trump’s extraordinary election victory…one thing is clear: This is not your grandparents’ Republican Party…..

Host Michael Moynihan and his panelists try to make sense of these changes on the latest episode of Honestly.”

Proving more unites than divides us common folks. DT has successfully tapped into that. I’m not alarmed by any of his picks, R or D, because he’s keeping promises about cross-party issues that won my vote.

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If Fluoride is mainly helpful to prevent cavities as proven why is it in the water supply?

Every toothpaste has gas fluoride for years???

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Regarding his comment about "Make America Great Again" Peter Thiel has a point. A simple and effective way to meet his objection would be to substitute "always" for "again". Both start with "a" but "always" sounds much more confident and optimistic. The acronym "MAGA" could be kept unchanged.

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Re: the folks in PA. That, right there, is a clear and present danger to democracy. History shows that people who overthrow democracy do it because they assume the other side will, so they do it first. This allows the folks who hate democracy to take over. A huge swath of this country by acting out on their TDS is creating what they claim to fear.

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Here is a tip - you don't need to tell smart business people like Elon and Vivek "where to look" for government efficiences. They already know where to start.

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Why don’t you feature the work of a real journalist, Sharyl Attkisson? She used to work for CBS, broke several stories negative to the Obama Administration (including Fast and Furious), got spied on by the government, had lots of investigative stories quashed so she went independent long before X and substack were factors. I’ve followed her work for years and STILL haven’t a clue about her political views! She’s been covering the hard scientific DATA on side effects of vaccines for decades, including, yes, autism.

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So Turkey, a member of NATO, is harboring Hamas leadership. Interesting.

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Turkiye should have been expelled from NATO the minute they started buying Russian defense systems, when NATO was formed precisely to protect member nations from Soviet aggression. I hope Trump reads them the riot act. The current administration is useless in such matters.

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It is a very touching graph showing life expectancy and health spending. It would be even better if it showed more details for US data. Switzerland and Japan's populations are quite homogeneous compared to the USA. Could we see the life expectancy for Americans with Japanese background? Same for Amish? It is of course a touchy subject but Free Press should be able to tackle it.

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One of the more useful things that TFP could do would be to compare what the new Admin does to what previous Admins have done.. what kind of qualifications, etc. These would be facts, not hard to dig up. Like each Admin fiddles with the SES (senior career folks) preferring some to others .. (at least in my world) silence when Ds do it; horror when R’s do it.

Here’s an example:

Nomination: RFK, Jr. background

Previous HHS nominees backgrounds

It’s not difficult to provide context but may require some digging.

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“Do other nations do what [RFK] thinks the U.S. should do?"

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And so THIS is our guildline for right and wrong? A large percentage of the world still poops outside, for God's sake.

Proper science rigger is to include debate over extremes and investigate their truths. The tail value of normal distribution is ALWAYS worth considering, especially when d3aling with such a fragile issue as health. I think RFK gets that, and is willing to step food in the tail for answers. But, apparently, if it's not already being done then there's no need to consider it.

It lead to great failures, but America became acheived greatness by being willing to consider the extreme, to attempt and question (then accomplish) what WASN'T being done in other countries.

P.S. The article SHOULD have been not about will RFK be successful but, rather, will the progressives, political and corporate elite let him succeed?

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RFK can't do anything. I contacted him several ways and no response about how I tried two years ago to SUE the CDC and WHY and then when lawyers would take the case I filed an FOIA which r the CDC refused to answer. I think now that I am the ONLY person who knows why the Democrats lost and it has to do with with bodies and phoniness. But the Wellness Btiches who control the Media don't like the truth.

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“But he also holds some views that appear to have no basis in science”

Ummm…RFKJR is literally the only one on this subject WHOSE VIEWS ARE BASED IN SCIENCE!!!….its so frustrating to watch the truly clueless denigrating someone who has actually done the work of using an open minded scientific methodology.

After so many years of having to listen to carnival barkers and charlatans prattle on about climate “science” and epidemiological “science” and political “science” THAT WASNT SCIENCE, PEOPLE!!! That was political agendas disguised as science.

I am glad someone is actually doing real science again…the kind that can be questioned and refuted.

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The Free Press STILL in denial about the Trump party. The GOP died. Trump's party is now the big tent party. Stop denigrating those that want both to MAGA and MAHA. THIS IS A REVOLUTION. The kind your (hippy) parents dreamt about when they were hating on republicans. Turns out the script is flipped. Time to wake up and get your flippin' ass on board the Trump Train. Lots of happy, friendly, AMERICANS there.

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