fnordian_slip 2 days ago

A comment by redserk in another thread might be enlightening to you, as someone else made the same uninformed remark:

"Incorrect.

https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00830.pdf

Scroll down to "I. Introduction".

> In the Federal Register of February 17, 2023 (88 FR 10245), we announced that we filed a color additive petition (CAP 3C0323) jointly submitted by

RFK was not the HHS nominee in February 2023.

But it appears this process has been going even earlier than that: November 15, 2022 [0]

[0]: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/17/2023-03..."

I remain sceptical about the influence RFK has in this administration anyway, in comparison with corporate interests. Why would this time be any better than the previous Trump administration?

EasyMark 3 days ago

Might as well get some credit for the one or two good ideas he has before the antivaccine rhetoric begins and measles/mumps/whooping cough kills a few tens of thousands of people and the GQP goes "oops" and fires him and puts the old policies back in place.