{"id":3375,"date":"2025-01-29T02:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2025-01-29T02:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:09:02","slug":"robert-f-kennedy-jr-versus-big-pharma-big-food-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=3375","title":{"rendered":"Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  versus Big Pharma &#038; Big Food Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is America&#8217;s showdown of Profit vs Public Interest!  This is an opportunity of our life time. There will not be another nominee like Robert F. Kennedy who knows so much and who has not sold out to Status Quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RFK,Jr. has been nominated as the <strong>Secretary of Health and Human Service<\/strong>s (HHS). The Senate Finance Committee confirmation begins at Wednesday 10 AM on January 29, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-12.47.23-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3376\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-12.47.23-AM.png 645w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-12.47.23-AM-470x436.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-12.47.23-AM-624x579.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Health and Human Service<\/strong>s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/agencies\/hhs-agencies-and-offices\/index.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/agencies\/hhs-agencies-and-offices\/index.html\">HHS <\/a>) has 13 operating divisions, including 10 agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service and three human services agencies.\u00a0These divisions administer a wide variety of health and human services and conduct life-saving research for the nation, protecting and serving all Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/what-does-the-health-and-human-services-secretary-do\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/what-does-the-health-and-human-services-secretary-do\">duties<\/a> involved are not just &#8220;vaccines&#8221;. But it&#8217;s obvious and logical that RFK would be targeted by his distractors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opportunities open to Robert F. Kennedy as the Secretary of <strong>Health and Human Service<\/strong>s (HHS) would be substantial and earth-shattering to the Status Quo. Kennedy has always said that his decades of activism have shown him who the good and bad guys are in these entrenched institutions below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monitor the FDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manage Medicaid and Medicare Policies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oversee the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Institutes of Health, or NIH with a budget of about $47 BILLION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supervise the Native American Health Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public health emergencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every man and his dog are out to protect their bones. We&#8217;re talking about trillions of dollars involved in the US government. Then we&#8217;re talking about more trillions of profiteering by Big Pharma and Big Food Complexes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up and down the food chain, those on the take are piling it on RFK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take some in his Kennedy clan, like Caroline Kennedy. They were all very proud of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mahanow.org\/about\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mahanow.org\/about\"> him<\/a> until their comfort zone and personal interests are rocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Caroline Kennedy also recalled how her cousin, whom she said is \u201caddicted to attention and power,\u201d used his charisma to drag those around him \u201cdown the path of drug abuse\u201d \u2014 and a troubling youthful fascination with violence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHis basement, his garage, his dorm room were the centers of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caroline Kennedy has enjoyed the Kennedy political privileges and Status Quo favors for a very long time. I can understand why she wants to protect their comfort zone. RFK had a  childhood with 2 assassinations in his young life. I&#8217;m willing to overlook his tumultuous childhood because his last 40 years of public service are remarkable and inspiring. He knows who the good guys are and who the bad guys are through his decades of advocating for public interest. This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mahanow.org\/about\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mahanow.org\/about\">environmental activist<\/a> who fought for so many ordinary people. He was one of the major pushback against Monsanto and WON. He sued the FDA. He helped remove mercury out of vaccines. He helped cleaned Hudson Bay, helped start the Rivers Keepers and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about the Nobel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/09\/health\/kennedy-hhs-nobel-laureates.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/09\/health\/kennedy-hhs-nobel-laureates.html\">Laureates<\/a> who have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2024\/12\/11\/nobel-laureates-oppose-kennedy-hhs\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2024\/12\/11\/nobel-laureates-oppose-kennedy-hhs\/\">letters<\/a> opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? They are claiming that they are the experts, not RFK who has spent decades in the court system pushing back:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m inclined to think that the anti-science aspects of the policy, the campaigning that was done, is more to attract a certain type of voter than it is an actual expression of scientific, of carefully thought-out policies,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Still, Maskin acknowledged that a statement from experts like Nobel laureates could backfire in the current political environment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cGiven the time that we\u2019re living in, I always wonder whether a letter like this is productive or perhaps counterproductive,\u201d Maskin said.\u201cWe live in a time where there\u2019s deep suspicion of experts and anything that experts say, and so it\u2019s conceivable that a letter like this might have exactly the opposite effect.\u201d&#8221;\u201cI guess I still have some hope that knowledge and expertise and wisdom count for something in our society, but I can\u2019t say that with 100 percent assurance,\u201d he added.&#8221;\u201cI guess I still have some hope that knowledge and expertise and wisdom count for something in our society, but I can\u2019t say that with 100 percent assurance,\u201d he added.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, it&#8217;s hard for the public to trust the &#8220;experts&#8221; such as those above when they do not reveal information their <a href=\"https:\/\/hapi.georgetown.edu\/news\/peer-reviewers-made-1-billion-in-3-years-dr-fugh-berman-featured-in-medpage-today-on-medical-journal-financial-conflicts\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hapi.georgetown.edu\/news\/peer-reviewers-made-1-billion-in-3-years-dr-fugh-berman-featured-in-medpage-today-on-medical-journal-financial-conflicts\/\">conflict of interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.14.22-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3377\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.14.22-AM.png 906w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.14.22-AM-470x368.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.14.22-AM-768x601.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.14.22-AM-624x488.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>More than half of peer reviewers for four top medical journals received payments from drug and medical device manufacturers, totaling $1.06 billion, from 2020 to 2022, according to an analysis of the Open Payments database.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice that none of the Big Pharma CEOs or the Corporate Food Complex are not doing any of the protests. They&#8217;ve left this war to their cronies and grassroots beneficiaries to take up the fight to pound Robert F. Kennedy nail down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope that the Public Interest win this time. This is an opportunity of our life time. There will not be another like Robert F. Kennedy who knows so much and who has not sold out to America&#8217;s Status Quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonus Reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.03-AM-1024x592.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.03-AM-1024x592.png 1024w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.03-AM-470x272.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.03-AM-768x444.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.03-AM-624x361.png 624w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.03-AM.png 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.34-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.34-AM.png 975w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.34-AM-470x435.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.34-AM-768x710.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.44.34-AM-624x577.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1011\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.46.58-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3380\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.368064952638701;width:677px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.46.58-AM.png 1011w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.46.58-AM-470x344.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.46.58-AM-768x561.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-29-at-1.46.58-AM-624x456.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is America&#8217;s showdown of Profit vs Public Interest! This is an opportunity of our life time. There will not be another nominee like Robert F. Kennedy who knows so much and who has not sold out to Status Quo. RFK,Jr. has been nominated as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). 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