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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(133,705 posts) Sun Feb 1, 2026, 02:42 PM 13 hrs ago

RFK Jr. is now a wellness guru for Republicans in Washington

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has turned GOP policy orthodoxy on its head with his attacks on food and pharma.

He’s also turning Republicans into advocates of eating more vegetables, drinking raw milk and eschewing pharmaceuticals. Even in Washington, where Kennedy takes near-daily abuse from Democrats and public health experts for his moves to discourage vaccination, Republicans increasingly see him not just as a new ally in the MAGA political tent, but as a guru to guide their lives toward a healthier future.

From Congress to the Heritage Foundation, Washington’s Republicans are embracing Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement to address chronic disease. The extent of it shows that the alliance President Donald Trump formed with Kennedy to win the 2024 election is having consequences that go way beyond the political.

“We’re more conscious of the food choices we offer at public events,” said Jennifer Galardi, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind the Project 2025 agenda for Trump’s second term.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-now-wellness-guru-120000232.html

I think Republicans should drink all the raw milk they can. Think Trump shits himself now?

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RFK Jr. is now a wellness guru for Republicans in Washington (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago OP

Probably gonna be much rejoicing in the ranks of morticians and florists Attilatheblond 13 hrs ago #1

RFK Jr. is a "wellness guru" now? That's like making Jim Jones a spokesman for Kool-Aid. sop 13 hrs ago #2

I invite all Republicans to refuse vaccines. n/t CousinIT 13 hrs ago #3

It sounds like the trash is starting to take itself out synni 13 hrs ago #4

They're going to need a bigger barrel of leeches. nt Buns_of_Fire 12 hrs ago #5

Finally some good news. DFW 12 hrs ago #6

Franz Kafka died of the tuberculosis he caught from drinking raw milk. tblue37 12 hrs ago #7

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From the American Medical Association Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #10

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This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #12

By all means, you should more drink raw milk surfered 6 hrs ago #13

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At least that troll's stay here was very short. Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #16

maybe they'll be term limited by bad advice cynical_idealist 8 hrs ago #8

... KENNEDY JR. RAMBLED THROUGH a long list of topics when he spoke at the White House struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #15

Attilatheblond

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1. Probably gonna be much rejoicing in the ranks of morticians and florists

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 02:46 PM

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sop

(17,840 posts)

2. RFK Jr. is a "wellness guru" now? That's like making Jim Jones a spokesman for Kool-Aid.

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 02:55 PM

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CousinIT

(12,350 posts)

3. I invite all Republicans to refuse vaccines. n/t

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:15 PM

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synni

(696 posts)

4. It sounds like the trash is starting to take itself out

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:22 PM

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Buns_of_Fire

(19,047 posts)

5. They're going to need a bigger barrel of leeches. nt

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:25 PM

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DFW

(59,823 posts)

6. Finally some good news.

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:44 PM

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That should demolish their ranks seriously. The news is like some post I’d expect with a huge “sarcasm” banner, or else an alert for suggesting excessive cruelty.

tblue37

(68,333 posts)

7. Franz Kafka died of the tuberculosis he caught from drinking raw milk.

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:48 PM

12 hrs ago

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Wiz Imp

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10. From the American Medical Association

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:36 PM

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https://www.ama-assn.org/public-health/prevention-wellness/raw-milk-questions-patients-may-have-and-how-answer#:~:text=Between%201998%20and%202018%2C%20raw,Join%20the%20AMA

Is raw, unpasteurized milk safe to drink?
No, it is not. The CDC and FDA warn against the consumption of raw milk. It is also the AMA’s position that all milk sold for human consumption should be pasteurized.

Raw milk can be a source of foodborne illness, says the CDC. And while good practices on farms can help reduce milk contamination, it does not guarantee it is safe from germs. Drinking or eating products made from raw milk can expose people to germs such as Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Listeria, Brucella and Salmonella.

Between 1998 and 2018, raw milk was linked to more than 2,500 hospitalizations and three deaths, according to the CDC and FDA. But “since the early 1900s, pasteurization has greatly reduced milk-borne illnesses.”

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surfered

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13. By all means, you should more drink raw milk

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Wiz Imp

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16. At least that troll's stay here was very short.

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:55 PM

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cynical_idealist

(521 posts)

8. maybe they'll be term limited by bad advice

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:36 PM

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struggle4progress

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15. ... KENNEDY JR. RAMBLED THROUGH a long list of topics when he spoke at the White House

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:54 PM

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during Thursday’s cabinet meeting.

He talked about dietary guidelines and rural health care. Prescription drugs and medical research. He even mentioned hospital price transparency, which is one of the more obscure parts of his portfolio as secretary of health and human services.

But there was one subject Kennedy skipped, in an omission as disturbing as it was conspicuous. He didn’t say a word about the measles outbreak in South Carolina, which is the nation’s biggest in decades ...

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/measles-comeback-south-carolina-resurgence-2026

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