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hookaleft

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2. also this:
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:28 AM
Yesterday

Sec. RFK, Jr. tries to convince Iowa candidate to drop out of race

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) — Iowa Libertarian Party Chair Stephanie Berlin shared with Gray Media Iowa’s State Capitol Bureau audio of a phone call that she said took place between candidate Rick Stewart (L - Iowa 2nd District, Cedar Rapids) and U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Service Robert F. Kennedy, Junior, on June 11th.

In the audio, Kennedy tries to convice Stewart to drop out of the race for Congress.

Gray Media Iowa reached out to HHS for comment about the phone call Thursday evening but did not immediately receive a response.

https://www.ktiv.com/2026/06/26/listen-sec-rfk-jr-tries-convince-iowa-candidate-drop-out-race/


All of this scandal is why Trump has appointed Chris Klomp

Trump nominates Chris Klomp as HHS second-in-command

President Donald Trump on Thursday named Medicare director and former health care executive Chris Klomp to be deputy secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

The deputy secretary oversees operations and regulatory policy. The move would make Klomp second in command behind HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom he has been closely advising for several months.

“HHS is a massive and complex organization, but Chris knows exactly how to run it,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. He added that he, Kennedy and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz “made this decision together!”

Klomp would need to be confirmed by the Senate as deputy secretary,

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RFK also lied to congress hookaleft Yesterday #1
also this: hookaleft Yesterday #2
And the results of RFKjr's efforts in Samoa are dead kids. 70sEraVet Yesterday #3
Sen Sanders--' called on Kennedy to resign." riversedge Yesterday #4
RFK Jr. should be in jail.. chouchou Yesterday #5
I have come to the conclusion that JFK Jr was installed to kill people by the likes of Peter Thiel. Botany Yesterday #6
RFK, Jr. has been working for Russia since 2005. yardwork Yesterday #8
He is a complete piece of shit. Botany Yesterday #9
I can believe all that. yardwork Yesterday #10
And RFK Jr. parrots anti vaccine* propaganda from Russia's Storm 15-16 (used to be the I.R.A.) Botany Yesterday #13
His connections to Putin are in plain sight. yardwork Yesterday #14
"and smelled like shit" relogic Yesterday #12
Based on what his own family has said about him, YodaMom2 Yesterday #15
I have always relogic 23 hrs ago #18
This sakabatou 23 hrs ago #19
Funny thing..... Bayard Yesterday #7
Damn Right, Senator Sanders ! dave99 Yesterday #11
Will this go anywhere? Or is it just official confirmation of things we've always known to be true? QueerDuck Yesterday #16
I think like Gabbard BumRushDaShow Yesterday #17
Fingers crossed! QueerDuck 23 hrs ago #21
I would expect political appointees to argue with the departments including the CDC 31j20b3 23 hrs ago #20
We have the government the conspiracy theorists have been warning us about the last 25 years. Initech 23 hrs ago #22
The MAGA will love him even MORE. Morons. Callie1979 19 hrs ago #23
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