Better than EPA: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—bear scavenger, Peter Luger Steak House appreciator, wannabe journalist impregnator, brainworm victim, once (and future?) Just Asking Questions guest (in its nascent form)—will soon be in charge of some 20 percent of the federal budget, because fuck it, why not?
President-elect Donald Trump announced yesterday that he was putting RFK Jr. in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees 13 different divisions and is in charge of a massive chunk of the federal budget. Included in HHS's purview is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (which provides vaccine guidance and tracks infectious disease outbreaks); the National Institutes of Health (which oversees research on cancer, Alzheimer's, infectious diseases, and HIV/AIDS, and supervises 27 different institutes and centers); the Food and Drug Administration (which is tasked with authorizing different drugs for use in the U.S. and conducts safety inspections for food and drugs and supplements and medical devices); and the operation of those little programs called Medicare and Medicaid.
