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(51,783 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:34 PM Friday

RFK Jr., American Psycho




https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rfk-jr-resign-hhs/

https://archive.ph/CJ8z3



Who knows you better than the family you grew up with? You might not remember the letter Caroline Kennedy wrote to the US Senate in January about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—or “Bobby,” as she called him. But it was vitally important then, and it remains so now—because she was speaking not as a political actor but as RFK Jr.’s cousin, someone she grew up with and has known all her life. Here’s Caroline Kennedy’s stark conclusion:


Earlier in her letter, Kennedy said, “I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets, because he himself is a predator.” These words are shocking; all the more so because this is one family member rendering this judgment about another family member. Imagine what it would take to talk like this, so publicly, about someone you have known forever.


We can’t say we weren’t warned—and the truth of Caroline Kennedy’s words rings louder with each passing day. Last week at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we saw this predator in action. Over the past few months, RFK Jr. has brought the internationally renowned agency to its knees.

He has proposed cutting the agency’s budget by close to 50 percent, destroyed programs responsible for monitoring maternal health and lead poisoning of children in the US at CDC, disbanded the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics and the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice within the National Center for Environmental Health, which is meant to keep our water safe to drink and address environmental causes of childhood asthma. In an article in April, reporters at Wired documented the thousands of CDC employees who had been laid off, endangering these programs and others serving millions of Americans.

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RFK Jr., American Psycho (Original Post) Celerity Friday OP
I didn't see his wife Cheryl sitting nearby as an emotional support puppy this time Submariner Friday #1
In a different thread, I saw someone refer to him as Kennedy The Lesser. 3catwoman3 Friday #2
or as Marc Maron said KT2000 Friday #5
Runner up is in the Senate. NT Gore1FL Friday #6
It's by design Blue Full Moon Friday #3
King of the Road twodogsbarking Friday #4

Submariner

(13,096 posts)
1. I didn't see his wife Cheryl sitting nearby as an emotional support puppy this time
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:46 PM
Friday

I guess she must have been on location filming her latest short subject; "Why the F**k Did I Tank What Shiity Career I Had Left For This Cankle Lover?"

3catwoman3

(27,634 posts)
2. In a different thread, I saw someone refer to him as Kennedy The Lesser.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 03:18 PM
Friday

Quite apropos, and I plan to use it. He doesn't deserve to be associated with his father's name.

Blue Full Moon

(2,759 posts)
3. It's by design
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 03:32 PM
Friday

The billionaires want the population culled. Babies, children, elderly and homeless first. The medical advances are almost to the point of a lot longer lifespan. Reverse aging. Transplants for the wealthy. Using crypto currency of course so no record of transactions.

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