Covidiots

CNN reports: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed on Monday it is investigating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allegedly decapitating a dead whale carcass and transporting it home two decades ago. On Saturday, Kennedy said at a campaign event in Arizona he received a letter from the National Marine Fisheries Services, an organization that falls underneath NOAA, informing him …

NBC News reports: Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday he is being investigated for collecting a whale specimen. “I received a letter from the National Marine Fisheries Institute saying that they were investigating me for collecting a whale specimen 20 years ago,” Kennedy said during a campaign event for Trump in Glendale, Arizona, noting that he …

“I think that Vice President Harris clearly won the debate in terms of her delivery, her polish, her organization, and her preparation. I think on substance, President Trump wins in terms of his governance, but he didn’t tell that story. In fact, the first question was an extraordinary lost opportunity because it was a question, which is, are Americans better …

From the New York State Health Department: The New York State Department of Health today voided pediatric immunization records for approximately 135 children, all school-aged or younger, whose purported vaccinations were found to have been falsified by former Suffolk County nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono who did business as Wild Child Pediatrics. An investigation by the Department of Health’s Bureau of …

Raleigh’s ABC affiliate reports: The North Carolina Supreme Court late on Monday upheld a lower-court ruling that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name must be taken off state ballots for the Nov. 5 presidential election. The intermediate-level Court of Appeals had issued an order last week granting Kennedy’s request to halt the mailing of ballots that included his name. The State …

The CBC reports: Two men have been sentenced to 6½ years in prison for their roles in the blockade of the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. Anthony Olienick showed no emotion while Chris Carbert appeared glum and folded his arms, as the sentence was read out in Court of King’s Bench on Monday. Neither are to serve their full …

Bloomberg Law reports: The Michigan Supreme Court said Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the state’s November ballot as a third-party presidential candidate. The court, in a 5-2 order, presented what is likely the last word in what has amounted to more than a week of litigation between Kennedy, who withdrew from the race last month and …

CNN reports: The first ballots in the nation are scheduled to start going out Friday in North Carolina, but that could be delayed after a judge ordered a temporary pause on ballot distribution. The ruling came in response to a request from former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove his name from the ballot. North Carolina’s Democratic-controlled …

“Our polling was showing that if I stayed in the race, Vice President Harris would win, and I did not want that outcome. I don’t think that Vice President Harris is a worthy president of this country. “I think we need to have a president who can give an interview, who can articulate a vision, who can put together an …

The Detroit Free Press reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on Michigan’s Nov. 5 ballot after a judge sided with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who said it’s too late under state election law to have Kennedy’s name removed from the presidential ballot. Kennedy, 70, dropped his independent bid for president on Aug. 23 and endorsed former President Donald …

“We could to clean out all the PFAS and toxins that are making us sick and we’re going to see those health results turn around in a matter of— I think we could do it in six months. We’re going to see a decline in autism.” – Robert Kennedy Jr.’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan. Fox host Jesse Watters replied, …

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: A day after the state Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to remove Green Party candidate Jill Stein from the ballot in Wisconsin, the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission confirmed she will appear on November ballots in the battleground state. The commission on Tuesday also kept independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the ballot, though he has …

Axios reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will still appear on the Michigan ballot despite suspending his campaign last week. Kennedy said last week that he would withdraw his name from the ballot in the key swing states to avoid hurting former President Trump’s chances in November. But in Michigan, one of the states that could decide the election, it’s …

The Washington Post reports: “We are going to stop this crime,” Kennedy pledged to user “Concerned Citizen.” The crime? “Chemtrails,” the conspiracy theory that the lines planes trace in the sky are not water vapor (which they are) but at least occasionally dangerous chemicals being released for some nebulously explained population-control effort. “Chemtrails” are an old-school conspiracy theory, growing up …

Axios reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Tucker Carlson during an interview that aired Monday that he was asked to join former President Trump’s presidential transition team, and he’s “looking forward to that.” Kennedy, who on Friday suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump, told Carlson that he would help “pick the people who will be running the government” during a …

Reuters reports: Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic, adding that he would push back if this were to happen again. In a letter dated Aug. 26, Zuckerberg told the judiciary committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that he regretted not …

The Daily Beast reports: Around 1994, Kennedy caught wind that a dead whale had washed up on a beach in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and rushed out to the scene with a chainsaw and 6-year-old Kick in tow. He cut the whale’s head off, secured it to the roof of his minivan with bungee cords, and made the five-hour drive back …

CBS News reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his third-party presidential bid last week and endorsed former President Donald Trump, has lost his Secret Service protection following the decision to leave the race, his campaign said. “Mr. Kennedy no longer has USSS,” Stefanie Spear, Kennedy’s press secretary, told CBS News. The Secret Service is required by law to protect …

“What ‘MAGA’ really means: The phrase has troubled liberals who think it is a call for a return to an America before civil rights, gay rights, and women’s rights. “But I have a more generous interpretation, one that is truer to my experience of Donald Trump as he is today. “Make America Great Again recalls a nation brimming with vitality, …

“They are basically ten swing states where my presence in the race would have helped Vice President Harris and would have harmed President Trump. “So I’m going to get off the ballot in those states and then we’re going to stay on the ballot in 30 states. “I’m encouraging people to vote for me in those states – they’re all …