frozen snapshot — 2026-08-20 · see today →

What's on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s mind?

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the new FDA nominee 24% Russia's warrant for his son 18% · newthe heartland clinic tour 15% · newthe childhood vaccine order 13% everything else 30%

Trump hands the FDA to Heidi Overton, and Cassidy swings on day one

Trump named White House domestic policy aide Dr. Heidi Overton to run the FDA; Sen. Bill Cassidy ripped her role in the childhood vaccine order within a day.

What Heidi Overton's vaccine views mean for RFK Jr.'s health agenda

Newsweek · 2026-08-19

our translation

he didn't get to make the pick, but he gets to keep her — an fda chief who helped draft his vaccine order is the closest thing to a loyalty guarantee this building offers

Cassidy attacked the pick immediatelyvery sure · 3 sources

Moscow puts Conor Kennedy on its international most-wanted list

new — Wanted listing picked up worldwidevery sure · 3 sources

In Dubuque, he tours a clinic staring down a $1.4 million cut

new — Two Iowa stops, protesters outsidevery sure · 3 sources

A judge freezes his 18-shots-to-11 childhood vaccine rewrite

Judge issued temporary blockpretty sure · 2 sources

thursday, august 20

Take another measles question in Iowa without saying the V-word(reported)

Call Cassidy before he sinks a second nominee(reported)

Read the injunction, then explain why it changes nothing(reported)

Demo one more pull-up for a gym full of campers(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

RAW: IA: SEC KENNEDY JR IN DUBUQUE 'MEASLES HELP'

news.google.com · 2026-08-20

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