Archiv: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.


29.11.2024 - 20:44 [ Anadolu ]

Trump wants US troops out of Syria, says Robert F Kennedy Jr

(November 8, 2024)

Kennedy described Trump’s particular focus on the border between Syria and Türkiye.

„He said we have 500 men on the border of Syria and Türkiye, and a little encampment that was bombed. He said there‘s 750,000 troops in Türkiye. There‘s 250,000 militants in Syria. If they go up against each other, we‘re in the middle.“

According to Kennedy, Trump later asked his generals what would happen if a conflict broke out, to which they reportedly replied, „They‘re going to be cannon fodder.“

Trump’s response was decisive: „Get them out.“

15.11.2024 - 16:10 [ CNN ]

Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty of Senate Republicans.

Trump on Thursday announced the selection, confirming CNN’s earlier reporting, saying he was thrilled to share the pick.

27.08.2024 - 19:32 [ New York Times ]

Donald Trump plans to name Robert Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard as honorary co-chairs of his transition team.

Donald J. Trump plans to name his former rival, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard, a one-time Democrat, as honorary co-chairs of a presidential transition team that will help him select the policies and personnel of any second Trump administration, according to a campaign senior adviser.

Mr. Kennedy, who ended his independent campaign for president and endorsed Mr. Trump on Friday, described his transition role briefly in an interview that aired Monday.

27.08.2024 - 19:17 [ Fox News ]

Trump adds RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard to his transition team as he recruits supporters ‚across partisan lines‘

„As President Trumps’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan lines, we are proud that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard have been added to the Trump/Vance Transition team,“ Trump campaign senior advisor Brian Hughes told Fox News Digital.

26.08.2024 - 20:07 [ CNN ]

Hear RFK Jr.‘s sister‘s response to her brother endorsing Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sister and human rights activist Kerry Kennedy joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and shares her reaction to her brother announcing that he is suspending his campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump.

26.03.2024 - 19:41 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Ballot Access HQ

Your dedication and hard work will put RFK Jr. in the White House as the first independent president since George Washington. The national revitalization that he leads from office will tremendously improve millions of lives at home and around the world. You’ll forever own a piece of that change in your heart and carry it with pride. And you’ll make great friends along the way.

26.03.2024 - 19:36 [ Politico.com ]

55 Things You Need to Know About Nicole Shanahan

Raised on welfare in a single-parent household in Oakland, California, the daughter of a Chinese immigrant, Shanahan went from a successful career as a patent lawyer and entrepreneur to marrying into uber-wealth after meeting Google co-founder Sergey Brin at a yoga festival. The two divorced in 2022, amid reports that she had had an affair with Brin’s friend and fellow tech titan, Elon Musk. (Shanahan and Musk deny the allegations.)

Like so many others who have amassed a fortune from the tech sector, Shanahan has become a philanthropic force but also a political player.

26.03.2024 - 19:30 [ ABC7News.com ]

LIVE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to announce VP pick for independent presidential campaign

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce Bay Area attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate Tuesday, The New York Times reported, citing two people close to the campaign.

The move will accelerate Kennedy‘s attempt to gain ballot access in as many states as possible.

10.02.2024 - 12:00 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Ballot Access HQ

Your dedication and hard work will put RFK Jr. in the White House as the first independent president since George Washington. The national revitalization that he leads from office will tremendously improve millions of lives at home and around the world. You’ll forever own a piece of that change in your heart and carry it with pride. And you’ll make great friends along the way.

10.02.2024 - 11:46 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Do you want to challenge the duopoly and shatter the glass ceiling for Independent candidates in this country? This video explains the process of how we‘re going to get on the ballot in all 50 states. It also teaches you how to become an expert petitioner. Let‘s make history.

09.02.2024 - 00:05 [ Washington Post ]

Democrats sound alarm, take action against Biden’s third-party threats

A recent five-way national poll by Quinnipiac University that named Biden, former president Donald Trump, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scholar Cornel West and activist Jill Stein showed the combined third-party candidates drawing nearly 1 in 5 voters.

05.02.2024 - 19:15 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Ballot Access HQ

Your dedication and hard work will put RFK Jr. in the White House as the first independent president since George Washington. The national revitalization that he leads from office will tremendously improve millions of lives at home and around the world. You’ll forever own a piece of that change in your heart and carry it with pride. And you’ll make great friends along the way.

05.02.2024 - 19:00 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

I tell @DrMercola that when I‘m President, I will get the Federal Reserve under control and make sure we restore sovereignty in the American people over our money supply. #Kennedy24

(03.02.2024)

05.02.2024 - 13:12 [ PoliticalWire.com ]

Trump Says RFK Jr. Is Most Radical Left Person Running

(31.01.2024)

Donald Trump called Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the “most radical left person running for office” in a late-night Truth Social post.

05.02.2024 - 12:00 [ theHill.com ]

Democratic and Republican elites fear RFK Jr.’s growing path to victory

As noted on the Archives website: “The House of Representatives elects the President from the three (3) Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes …”

Now, we come back to that magic number: 34.

If Kennedy were to get 34 percent of the vote, there would be a great deal of pressure on the House of Representatives to “do the right thing.”

“Impossible” yet again?

I give you Donald J. Trump being elected our 45th president in 2016 as evidence as to why such a scenario is entirely possible.

05.02.2024 - 11:45 [ Politico.com ]

Forget No Labels. Biden’s Third-Party Peril is on the Left.

Biden’s deep-seated fear: that Netanyahu is eager to drag the U.S. into a wider war in the Middle East, a conflict that would ensure American weapons keep flowing to the region, troops soon follow and, in the maelstrom, international pressure on him to agree to a Gaza cease-fire and his domestic political difficulties both dissipate.

Not that the president would ever say such things in public.

16.01.2024 - 22:00 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Ballot Access HQ

Welcome to the Team Kennedy Ballot Access HQ. Below, you‘ll find the information and tools you need to ensure RFK Jr is on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

16.01.2024 - 21:20 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Independent candidate for President of the United States / Twitter ]

Like his father and Martin Luther King Jr., RFK Jr. believes that violence abroad is linked to violence on our streets and in our schools. Only when America ceases its endless wars will we restore peace at home.

16.01.2024 - 20:36 [ Gallup.com ]

Biden and Trump Evenly Matched in U.S. Favorable Ratings

(January 9, 2024)

The same poll measured Americans’ overall impressions of Trump’s chief rivals for the Republican presidential nomination — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley — as well as independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy easily tops the list with a 52% favorable rating, while Haley and DeSantis are each viewed favorably by about a third.

16.01.2024 - 20:21 [ turnto10.com ]

Poll shows RFK Jr. with highest favorability in 2024 race

Who is the most favorable candidate running for president this year?

According to the latest Gallup poll, it’s not either of the current party frontrunners, President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.

16.01.2024 - 20:16 [ Politico.com ]

Spoiler alert? Poll has RFK Jr. grabbing 22 percent against Biden and Trump

(11.01.2024)

A recent poll shows him with 22 percent support in a hypothetical three-way race against President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Biden, by contrast, would take 39 percent of the vote, and Trump would come away with 36 percent, according to the Quinnipiac University’s survey

06.01.2024 - 06:07 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Ballot Access HQ

Welcome to the Team Kennedy Ballot Access HQ. Below, you‘ll find the information and tools you need to ensure RFK Jr is on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

06.01.2024 - 05:43 [ Stefanie Spear, Press secretary for @RobertKennedyJr presidential campaign / Twitterr ]

It‘s official! @RobertKennedyJr is on the Utah ballot! We’re ready for whatever comes our way. We have the field teams, volunteers, legal teams, paid circulators, supporters, and strategy ready to get the job done. One down, 50 to go.

(03.01.2024)

06.01.2024 - 05:36 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Let’s be clear. In a democracy, intelligence agencies are not supposed to interfere or “be active” in elections. They are supposed to be the servants of the people. They are not in charge. The people are in charge, and whoever they elect is the boss. #Kennedy24

20.12.2023 - 14:59 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Independent candidate for President of the United States / Twitter ]

I’m not a Trump supporter (if I were, I wouldn’t be running against him!) But I want to beat him in a fair election, not because he was kicked off the ballot. Let the voters choose, not the courts!

20.12.2023 - 14:42 [ Newsweek ]

Donald Trump Gets Some of the Best News of His Year

Young voters who have shifted away from Biden are not necessarily voting for Trump, who is also staunchly pro-Israel and opposes student loan relief. A November New York Times/Siena College poll found that 34 percent of young voters plan to back Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an independent. That poll surveyed 3,662 registered voters across six battleground states from October 22 to November 3.

09.12.2023 - 13:05 [ Kennedy24.com/donate ]

Let‘s Reclaim Our Country

My opponents have Wall Street, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Ag, and the defense contractors, but I‘ve got something that‘s more powerful than all these vested interests. I have you.

09.12.2023 - 12:55 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Independent candidate for President of the United States / Twitter ]

The latest polls show me ahead of Biden and Trump among voters under age 45. But I need your help getting on the ballot in all 50 states. Let’s break the two-party system and bring real change to America. Go to kennedy24.com/donate and donate today!

09.12.2023 - 12:50 [ Vanity Fair ]

A Batshit Number of Young Swing State Voters Think RFK Jr. Should Be President

As you’ve probably heard by now, a very scary poll released on Sunday shows Joe Biden losing the 2024 election to the four-time indicted insurrection enthusiast Donald Trump in five out of six major battleground states. That’s obviously a wildly disturbing prospect; it would be like asking someone if they’d like to catch a movie after work or have a rusty crowbar shoved up their ass, and then seeing them choosing the latter. But possibly even more surprising? How popular anti-vaxxer candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is among voters.

28.11.2023 - 14:59 [ CommonDreams.org ]

Team Biden Goes From Denial to Panic

(Nov 27, 2023)

Our RootsAction.org team had no reason to avoid antagonizing the White House. Immediately after the 2022 election, we launched the Don’t Run Joe campaign. Last winter, it included TV ads in New Hampshire and other early primary states as well as in DC. We also placed full-page ads in print editions of The Hill newspaper, widely read on Capitol Hill; one depicted congressional Democrats as having their heads in the sand. A steady flow of news releases went out, citing data on Biden’s electoral vulnerabilities. A mobile Don’t Run Joe billboard circled the Capitol and White House when Congress reconvened in January.

But elected Democrats, loyal boosters and allied organizations stuck with the party line.

28.11.2023 - 14:55 [ Politico.com ]

The polls keep getting worse for Biden

(25.11.2023)

Biden’s recent slide — and his political predicament some 11 months before Election Day — represent a confluence of slippage with reliable Democratic constituencies like young voters, the outbreak of war in the Middle East and the rise of independent and third-party candidates who could siphon votes from both Biden and Trump.

03.11.2023 - 23:10 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Protect RFK Jr. – Protect Democracy: Urge President Biden to Provide RFK Jr. Secret Service

For democracy to function, the public must know that elections, and not violence, will decide who takes public office. That is why the United States has granted Secret Service protection to all major Presidential candidates.

Last Wednesday, for the second time this election season, an intruder entered Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s home in Los Angeles. He had written hundreds of emails to the campaign, which were included in its application for Secret Service protection, one of which made mention of a „bullet in [Mr. Kennedy‘s] brain.“ A month earlier, a man had showed up to one of Mr. Kennedy‘s campaign events carrying loaded weapons and posing as a U.S. Marshal.

In both cases, the individuals were apprehended by Mr. Kennedy‘s private security detail and turned over to the police. But the incidents demonstrate the necessity for Secret Service protection for Mr. Kennedy. Withholding protection puts him and members of the public who attend campaign events at risk. Furthermore, it would be incredibly destabilizing for our nation if another Kennedy came to harm in the course of Presidential politics.

03.11.2023 - 23:08 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

You can‘t have a functioning democracy when candidates aren‘t safe. Whether or not you support my campaign, please sign this petition urging the White House to grant me Secret Service protection. #Kennedy24

SIGN HERE security.kennedy24.com

03.11.2023 - 18:27 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Get ready for a transformation in American politics beyond anything in living memory. The most recent President who wasn’t a Republican or Democrat was Millard Fillmore! And the most recent independent President was… George Washington.

03.11.2023 - 18:00 [ Quinnipiac Poll ]

2024 Presidential Race Stays Static In The Face Of Major Events, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; RFK Jr. Receives 22% As Independent Candidate In 3-Way Race

(November 01, 2023)

When the hypothetical 2024 general election matchup broadens to include environmental lawyer and anti- vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who is running as an independent candidate, Biden receives 39 percent support, Trump receives 36 percent support, and Kennedy receives 22 percent support. (…)

When progressive activist Cornel West who is running as an independent candidate is added to make a four-person hypothetical 2024 general election matchup, voters give Biden 36 percent support, Trump 35 percent support, Kennedy 19 percent support, and West 6 percent support.

01.11.2023 - 19:30 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

I’m now independent of two-party politics but still dependent on one thing: the American people. Help me get on the ballot in all 50 states! DONATE TODAY

01.11.2023 - 19:29 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Let‘s Reclaim Our Country – Your generous donations will help win this election.

My opponents have Wall Street, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Ag, and the defense contractors, but I‘ve got something that‘s more powerful than all these vested interests. I have you.

01.11.2023 - 19:18 [ USA Today ]

A 2024 frenzy? How RFK Jr. could chip away at Donald Trump and Joe Biden‘s strategies

(23.10.2023)

In a four-way matchup among named candidates for president, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump were tied at 37%, with Kennedy receiving 13% and independent Cornel West at 4%, with 8% undecided and 2% refusing a response.

With Kennedy out of the picture, Trump would jump ahead: Trump 41%, Biden 39%, West 7%, and undecided 10%, using “second choice” preferences.

01.11.2023 - 19:14 [ Reuters ]

RFK Jr could draw one in seven US voters in 2024 presidential election, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

(October 5, 2023)

In a hypothetical three-way matchup, Kennedy drew 14% support, Biden‘s share fell to 31% and Trump‘s to 33%. About 9% said they wouldn‘t vote and 13% said they did not know who they would vote for.

01.11.2023 - 19:00 [ Reuters ]

Arab American support for Biden, Democrats plummets over Israel, poll shows

(31.10.2023)

A quarter of Arab Americans said they were unsure whom they would support in 2024; 13.7% said they would back Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and 3.8% are backing Cornel West. (…)

The poll showed that 45% of Arab Americans were concerned about their personal safety due to the recent violence in Israel and Palestine.

04.10.2023 - 12:00 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Hi , Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is inviting you to join him for a historic event on Oct. 9 in Philadelphia. This is one you won‘t want to miss.

Sign up to be the first to get event details:

04.10.2023 - 11:52 [ Political Polls / Twitter ]

2024 National GE: Trump 38% Biden 38% Kennedy 19%

.@zogbystrategies/@AmValues2024 (Pro Kennedy), 1,008 LV, 9/23-24

04.10.2023 - 11:38 [ Political Polls / Twitter ]

2024 National GE:

Trump 46%
Biden 43%
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Biden 42%
DeSantis 41%

Trump 40%
Biden 36%
Kennedy 14%

.@EchelonInsights, 1,011 LV, 9/25-28

04.10.2023 - 11:20 [ New York Times ]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Hints Strongly at Third-Party Presidential Bid

(Sept. 29, 2023)

Mr. Kennedy, in a video released by his campaign, teased a “major announcement” in Philadelphia on Oct. 9, promising to speak about “a sea change in American politics” and dropping clues that he would be continuing his presidential campaign outside the Democratic Party.

“How are we going to win against the established Washington interests?” Mr. Kennedy says in the video. “It’s not through playing the game by the corrupt rules that the corrupt powers and the vested interests have rigged to keep us all in their thrall. Instead, we’re going to have to rewrite the assumptions and change the habits of American politics.”

04.07.2023 - 19:43 [ Kennedy24.com ]

I support RFK, Jr.

You are the grassroots! Let‘s reclaim American democracy, join Team Kennedy!

29.06.2023 - 21:37 [ Rasmussen Reports ]

RFK Jr.: 35% of Democrats Think He Might Win

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 49% of Likely U.S. Voters have a favorable impression of RFK Jr., including 14% with a Very Favorable opinion. Thirty-eight percent (38%) view Kennedy unfavorably, including 18% with a Very Unfavorable impression, while another 14% are not sure.

29.06.2023 - 21:36 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Remember when it was shocking when the government lied to you? There was once such a time.

I remember my father telling me sadly, “Politicians lie.” That was in the 1960s, when people expected honesty. By now, we’ve been lied to so many times we automatically discount all political speech and try to decode it for the “message.” Get ready to start expecting the truth again from government agencies when I am President. #Kennedy24

26.06.2023 - 09:36 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Supporters are sending us screenshots of @YouTube telling users trying to rebroadcast my speech, “Peace and Diplomacy,” that it violates their policy on “medical misinformation.” You can still watch the speech here:

26.06.2023 - 09:32 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.‘s Peace and Diplomacy Speech

(June 21, 2023)

Marking the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy‘s 1963 „Peace Speech“ at American University, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces a fundamentally new direction for American foreign policy. With his election in 2024, our country’s decades-long journey into military imperialism will be over. We will instead become again the exemplar of peace, freedom, and democracy that once inspired the world.

Watch RFK, Jr.‘s June 20 speech that he delivered at Saint Anselm College in the Dana Center-Koonz Theatre in Goffstown, New Hampshire:

25.06.2023 - 18:23 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. / Twitter ]

Expect Rolling Stone to lead the corporate media’s frantic crusade to vilify me to stop my White House bid. Rolling Stone was once the premier standard-bearer of the counterculture. Now it’s a channel for Establishment propaganda.

#TrollingStone #RollingSmear

25.06.2023 - 17:55 [ ChildrensHealthDefense.org ]

Part 2: The Belly of The Daily Beast and Its Perceptible Ties to the CIA

Part 2 of a two-part series takes a deep dive into the history of the CIA’s central role in orchestrating news and editorial coverage in America’s most influential liberal national media outlets — and its continued hold today.

25.06.2023 - 16:41 [ ChildrensHealthDefense.org ]

Part 1: CIA’s Extraordinary Role Influencing Liberal Media Outlets Daily Kos, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone

Part 1 of a two-part series takes a deep dive into the history of the CIA’s central role in orchestrating news and editorial coverage in America’s most influential liberal national media outlets — and its continued hold today.

21.06.2023 - 13:55 [ Republicans for Kennedy / Twitter ]

Unlike Sanders, Kennedy has real appeal to both sides of the aisle. It’s why he polls favorable at 49%, higher than both Trump and Biden. And 30% unfavorable some 22-23 points lower than Biden and Trump.

21.06.2023 - 13:50 [ New York Times ]

Why Robert Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden

“Mr. Kennedy is the one person who has the qualities that can bring about the unity that most Americans are hungering for,” Mr. Kucinich said. “He speaks a language of conciliation and compassion.”

Besides fund-raising efforts, the Biden campaign has not had much of a public presence since its formal rollout in April. Top officials have spent time in recent days in Wilmington, Del., shopping for office space for a campaign headquarters that is expected to open in July, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The campaign, which has just a few employees on its payroll, is expected to add more staff members once its offices open.

20.06.2023 - 18:55 [ Team Kennedy / Youtube ]

Join us for a historic speech by RFK, Jr.

Join RFK, Jr. for a
Major Address
Peace and Diplomacy
Tuesday, June 20, 7 pm
St Anselm College
100 Manchester NH 03102

20.06.2023 - 18:45 [ Kennedy24.com ]

RFK Jr. to Deliver Major Foreign Policy Speech in New Hampshire

Marking the anniversary of President John F Kennedy‘s peace speech at American University, Mr. Kennedy will announce a fundamentally new direction for American foreign policy. With his election in 2024, our country’s decades-long journey into military imperialism will be over. We will instead become again the exemplar of peace, freedom, and democracy that once inspired the world.

(…)

When
June 20
7:00 PM EST

Where
Saint Anslem College
Dana Center-Koonz Theatre
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102

18.06.2023 - 15:55 [ Chamath Palihapitiya / Nitter ]

@DavidSacks and I held a fundraiser for @RobertKennedyJr yesterday. The turnout was amazing – pulling in Democrats, Republicans and Independents. I would encourage anyone that has even a small shred of skepticism about the Establishment or mainstream media to find an opportunity to hear RFK speak and come to your own conclusion.

The Establishment and MSM will paint him with all kinds of labels so you don’t give him a chance, but here is what I saw last night:

I saw a really authentic and sensitive person who tells you the truth no matter how awkward it is to hear. He shared some very awkward truths last night: about the climate, about our borders, about our military. At a minimum it will make you second guess what you’ve been told.

I saw a man steeped in American history with a deep sense of what it was, what it’s become and what it can be.

I saw someone who developed his sense of right and wrong by growing up at the feet of two of America’s political and cultural titans: JFK and RFK.

If you have a chance to see him and hear it for yourself, I would really encourage you to do so.

18.06.2023 - 15:45 [ New York Post ]

Mainstream news outlets want to end Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s primary challenge

Kennedy’s positions on many other issues also cut against the media grain. His most controversial stance is on the war in Ukraine, where he strongly opposes American involvement (though his son volunteered to serve alongside Ukrainians). Back home, he believes transgender athletes should not participate in female sports; and, at time when the media itself seems to be hiring directly out of Langley, he’s harshly critical of America’s intelligence community, and particularly the CIA, which he believes is responsible for the assassination of his uncle, John F. Kennedy.

16.06.2023 - 17:26 [ Forbes ]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tops Biden And Trump In New Favorability Poll

2024 Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—an environmental lawyer with anti-vaccine views and a strong family dynasty at his back—has higher favorability numbers than either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll by The Economist and YouGov, even as Biden maintains a lead in the 2024 primary.

15.06.2023 - 12:56 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Civil Liberties: Restore our Rights

Our administration will make it a top priority to protect and restore the fundamental civil liberties, enshrined in the Bill of Rights, that hold the essence of what America can be. These liberties have endured constant assault for over twenty years, starting with the Bush/Cheney War on Terror, and accelerating in the era of Covid lockdowns.

Freedom of speech is the capstone of all other rights and freedoms. Once a government has the power to silence its opponents, no other right is safe. We will therefore dismantle the censorship-industrial complex, in which Big Tech censors, deplatforms, shadowbans, and algorithmically suppresses any person or opinion the government asks them to. We will respect the right to privacy and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, by ending mass surveillance of American citizens and the abuse of civil asset forfeiture. We will make sure that the Covid-era suspension of the right to assembly, trial by jury, and freedom of worship will never happen again. The same for the right to property. During Covid, 3.4 million business were forced to close. Many of them, including 60% of Black-owned businesses, will never reopen.

A Kennedy administration will respect American citizens and stop treating them like suspects and schoolchildren. We will stop manipulating the public with propaganda and targeted leaks. We will never weaponize the law against political opponents, nor hold our own officials above the law. We will return the intelligence agencies to their proper role as protectors not violators of liberty.

15.06.2023 - 12:22 [ YouGov.com ]

2C. Favorability of Public Figures — Robert F. Kennedy

Very favorable

Total: 13%
Male: 13%
Female: 12%
White: 10%
Black: 24%
Hispanic: 16%

(…)

Somewhat favorable

Total: 36%
Male: 38%
Female: 35%
White: 37%
Black: 38%
Hispanic: 32%

15.06.2023 - 12:17 [ theHill.com ]

RFK Jr. ranks higher in favorability than other major 2024 candidates: poll

The poll from The Economist and YouGov released Wednesday showed Kennedy was viewed favorably by 49 percent of respondents, giving him the highest net favorability rating of 19 points. He was viewed unfavorably by 30 percent.

President Biden and former President Trump each had the second-highest percentage of respondents viewing them favorably, with 44 percent saying so. But Biden had a minus-9 net favorability rating, while Trump had a minus-10 net favorability rating.

14.06.2023 - 11:34 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Thanks @esaagar + @krystalball for having me back on your show! #Kennedy24

14.06.2023 - 11:24 [ Kennedy24.com ]

RFK, Jr. Returns To Breaking Points

Breaking Points‘ Krystal and Saagar interview RFK, Jr. on his 2024 presidential run.

14.06.2023 - 11:04 [ System Update / Nitter ]

ON WHISTLEBLOWERS: Would @RobertKennedyJr pardon @Snowden and Assange? „I would put a statue of Snowden in Washington… how are you making this guy a criminal? He‘s an American hero… Assange, I‘m gonna pardon on day one. It‘s insane. He‘s effectively a newspaper publisher.“

Full interview:

12.06.2023 - 10:38 [ Kennedy24.com ]

I support RFK, Jr.

You are the grassroots! Let‘s show the mainstream the power of a popular uprising to reclaim American democracy.

12.06.2023 - 10:22 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Join me in unraveling the corrupt corporate control of our government. For too long, politicians have sold out American interests to the highest bidder. I am running against moneyed interests and need your help. Please make a contribution today at kennedy24.com/donate + share this video with your friends and family. Let’s take back our country!

06.06.2023 - 10:45 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Running on Truth

“We’re going to do a mass experiment, a new kind of mass experiment of what happens when you tell the people the truth.”

„My mission over the next 18 months of this campaign, and throughout my Presidency, will be to end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism on our country…to poison our children and our people with chemicals and pharmaceutical drugs, to strip mine our assets, to hollow out the middle class, and keep us in a constant state of war.”

05.06.2023 - 20:42 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Set a reminder for my upcoming Space with @ElonMusk and moderator @DavidSacks !

05.06.2023 - 20:35 [ CNN ]

With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. interview, Musk again uses Twitter to promote candidates aligned with his views

On Monday, Musk is set to share an audio chatroom with Robert Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and Democratic candidate for president.

The decision to host Kennedy again highlights, for the second time in as many weeks, Musk’s unique potential to shape public opinion through a combination of his own personal celebrity and his private control of a social media megaphone.

02.06.2023 - 22:10 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Everyone needs to watch this devastating dissection by one of Canada’s leading journalists of how global media icons were transformed into slavish government propagandists during Covid crisis. This testimony should be mandatory in every journalism school.

(31.05.2023)

The process of government-media propaganda coordination is not limited to Canada, nor to Covid issues. #Kennedy24

02.06.2023 - 21:42 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Interesting… when we use our TeamKennedy email address to set up @instagram accounts we get an automatic 180-day ban. Can anyone guess why that’s happening?

Twitter allows my campaign and me to have a voice. Thank you @elonmusk.

(at)instagram still hasn’t reinstated my account, which was banned years ago with more than 900k followers.

To silence a major political candidate is profoundly undemocratic. Social media is the modern equivalent of the town square. How can democracy function if only some candidates have access to it?

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Replying to @RobertKennedyJr @instagram
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01.06.2023 - 00:41 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Parades: Join Team Kennedy in 4th of July parades all across the nation!

Batch Geo map of all Parades in America that the Kennedy Team has indexed.

31.05.2023 - 23:00 [ CBS 8 San Diego / Youtube ]

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. brings campaign to San Diego

Hundreds of supporters came out on Memorial Day to see Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak.

Kennedy touched on everything from the COVID lockdown, to Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine, to his concerns that America‘s middle class is in danger of collapse.

Taking the stage at Humphrey‘s on Shelter Island in San Diego, RKF Jr. paid tribute to all fallen service members by quoting his uncle, John F. Kennedy.

31.05.2023 - 22:49 [ Wall Street Journal ]

Biden Has a Kennedy Problem

Voters seem to have a higher opinion of the challenger than of the president.

30.05.2023 - 10:56 [ CNN ]

CNN Poll: Biden has a lead over Democratic primary challengers, but faces headwinds overall

(May 25, 2023)

Within his own party, 60% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters say they back Biden for the top of next year’s Democratic ticket, 20% favor activist and lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and 8% back author Marianne Williamson.

30.05.2023 - 10:12 [ Chief Nerd / Nitter ]

NOW – Robert F Kennedy Jr Gets Standing Ovation at His Memorial Day Speech in San Diego

„They still treat me as a fringe candidate and they say ‘he doesn‘t have a chance’ and they don‘t even put me in the polls a lot of times. And I‘m way ahead of DeSantis. My numbers are much better than his but he‘s treated as a legitimate candidate. That‘s ok. They don‘t have to treat me different…all we have to do is win the election.“

30.05.2023 - 10:10 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

In honoring our fallen we must also keep alive the reason that they fought and died for. John F. Kennedy: “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” We must never let our freedoms as Americans die. We cannot truly remember and honor those who fought and died for us and our way of life without remembering and honoring what they died for, lest it be in vain. I believe as Americans we have a duty to ensure that these freedoms remain for generations to come, to support and defend the U.S. Constitution and American founding principles.

29.05.2023 - 23:31 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Heal the Divide! RFK Jr. Live in San Diego

America occupies a unique role in the world as a symbolic beacon for freedom, liberty and democracy. Our service men and women dedicate their lives to upholding these freedoms. It is time for a government that leads the country holding the vision of freedom and liberty in the highest stead.

America is crying for us to heal the divide, for leadership which heals the rifts internally and our relationship with the world.

On Monday 29th, as we honor the commitment and integrity of fallen servicemen and women, we join to create a re-United States which to its core upholds the freedom and liberty of all its people.

Join Robert F. Kennedy, one of the most inspiring and passionate leaders of our time, in calls to action, to community, to vision and to campaign for the healing of America.

We warmly welcome you.

29.05.2023 - 23:29 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

My cousin George Skakel, a gifted naturalist who shared my love for the outdoors, died 54 years ago in the Tet Offensive three weeks before his scheduled discharge. War is a nightmare.

28.05.2023 - 00:10 [ theHill.com ]

Why I believe RFK Jr. will be the 2024 Democratic nominee

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recently used a statement in a lawsuit over the Title 42 public health order to give a scathing overview of how civil liberties were trampled during the COVID era.

The U.S., he wrote, may “have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country….Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale. Governors and local leaders imposed lockdown orders forcing people to remain in their homes. They shuttered businesses and schools, public and private. They closed churches even as they allowed casinos and other favored businesses to carry on. They threatened violators not just with civil penalties but with criminal sanctions too.”

Many on the left now condemning Kennedy as an “anti-vaxxer” might have no problem with these draconian actions. But guess what? Tens of millions of Americans did and still do.

25.05.2023 - 21:23 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Few have said it as well as Bob Dylan: „Come you masters of war…

(24.05.2023)

…You that build all the guns. You that build the death planes. You that build the big bombs. You that hide behind walls. You that hide behind desks. I just want you to know I can see through your masks…Let me ask you one question. Is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness, do you think that it could? I think you will find, when your death takes its toll, all the money you made will never buy back your soul.“ Happy 82nd birthday, Bob!

25.05.2023 - 21:09 [ Hickory Daily Record ]

Kennedy campaign reminds me of ’68 race

Though my family were avid followers of politics, they were never Kennedy supporters. In spite of that, I found “Bobby’s” anti-war position both brave and admirable.

In the wee hours of June 5, I watched live coverage of the California primary — the last big ticket to the Democratic nomination. My mother and I stayed up for RFK to give his speech, then turned off the TV and went to bed.

That next morning, my mother would wake me with the awful news: Sen. Kennedy had been shot at the hotel in Los Angeles where we’d seen him on TV just hours earlier.

25.05.2023 - 20:51 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s surging support unmasks Democrats’ disquiet at Joe Biden

Polls suggest that around half of Democrats want someone besides the 80-year-old Mr Biden as their 2024 nominee, with most citing concerns over the president’s age.

Mr Kennedy’s entrance into the race could further highlight those electoral vulnerabilities.

There is historical precedent – no sitting president has won re-election in the last 50 years after facing an intra-party challenger who hit double digits.

20.05.2023 - 02:46 [ Counterpunch ]

Should the Left Give RFK, Jr. a Chance?

When I heard his campaign declaration speech, I was touched even more than my enthusiasm at comparable moments in Ralph Nader’s 2000 candidacy or the early days of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 campaign. Kennedy is picking up the baton from these earlier iterations of protest against extreme corporate power allied with state tyranny. To these he is adding a unique poetic calibration of his own, which comes from his unmatched personal experience as the nephew and son of a slain president and a possible future president respectively.

20.05.2023 - 00:01 [ NationalReview.com ]

The Real Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Among his many provocations: Kennedy claims that pandemic lockdowns were calamitous for working people and for children; that citizens should choose for themselves whether to receive vaccines; that corporate influences on government are pervasive and corrupting; and that censorship contrived by the state is intolerable. Worse even than these outrages, during the pandemic this man called into question the conduct and veracity of Anthony Fauci. And this offense — challenging Doctor Fauci! — is still regarded as the most shameful assault on science since the persecution of Galileo.

10.05.2023 - 08:45 [ UnHerd / Youtube ]

Robert F Kennedy Jr: „We need a peaceful revolution“

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10.05.2023 - 08:40 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Nitter ]

As a Senator, Joe Biden voted for the Assassination Records Act of 1992, requiring that all documents related to the killing of JFK be released by 2017. But President Biden is still keeping thousands of pages heavily redacted, including 44 pages related to a shadowy CIA agent and a covert program that had contact with Lee Harvey Oswald just months before my uncle was killed.

Nobody should be surprised when Americans are distrustful of a government that refuses to reveal 60-year-old secrets. The American people are entitled to see every document, as the law requires.

02.05.2023 - 21:43 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

JP Morgan Chase now owns First Republic‘s sound assets. The FDIC owns its toxic assets. When big banks‘ gambles succeed, they profit. When they fail, we bail them out. Heads they win, tails you lose. #Kennedy24

Ultimately the problem stems from an over-financialized economy. Finance is supposed to serve production, not replace it. We need to reinvest in the productive base: infrastructure, labor, health, social, and natural capital. #Kennedy24

01.05.2023 - 20:05 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

Between Oct. 2021 and Sep. 2022, the U.S. spent $877 billion on the military, more than the next 10 countries combined. These huge military expenditures, along with the rising costs of a for-profit healthcare system, have driven the U.S. national debt to over $31 trillion, nearly $5 trillion more than US GDP. #Kennedy24

Imagine how we could rebuild our nation if we brought even half that amount home. Let‘s take care of those left behind. Let‘s fix our infrastructure. Let‘s clean up our environment. Let‘s make our nation strong and prosperous again! #Kennedy24

01.05.2023 - 19:51 [ USA Today ]

Democrat RFK Jr. details how he differs ‚profoundly‘ with Biden ahead of 2024 election

Kennedy is challenging Biden in the 2024 Democratic primary. While he has known Biden for many years, the challenger said they have differing stances on issues like corporate influence in government, censorship, civil liberties, poverty, corruption and war policy.

„I look forward to engaging him in debates and town hall meetings, in a primary election that is honest, civil, and transparent,“ Kennedy said in a statement. „I invite him into a new era of respectful dialog in these times of division.“

30.04.2023 - 21:53 [ Fox News ]

Bill Maher ‚surprised‘ by how well Robert F. Kennedy Jr. polls against Biden

„And I really wish it wasn‘t Robert Kennedy, but the DNC right now is lining up the troops and is going to prevent him from doing any damage,“ Moynihan said. „They‘re not going to have debates. There is going to be no primary debates. He is just going to be pushed aside. He is running as a Democrat. If he decides to then run as a third-party candidate, you have a situation.“

30.04.2023 - 21:50 [ CNN ]

How bad is it for Ron DeSantis? He’s polling at RFK Jr.’s level

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent the past few months running to the right ahead of his expected entry into the 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign. From signing into law a six-week abortion ban to fighting with Disney, the governor has focused on satisfying his party’s conservative base.

So far at least, those efforts have not paid off in Republican primary polling, with DeSantis falling further behind the current front-runner, former President Donald Trump.

30.04.2023 - 21:32 [ CNN ]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on challenging Biden for 2024 nomination

(29.04.2023)

President Biden‘s 2024 challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says, „He and I just differ really dramatically on issues…I think our country‘s heading in a bad direction, and that‘s why I‘m running.“

30.04.2023 - 21:30 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Responds to Biden Announcement

(25.04.2023)

LOS ANGELES, CA—APRIL 25, 2023—I have known and liked Joe Biden for many years, but we differ profoundly on fundamental issues such as corporate influence in government, censorship, civil liberties, poverty, corruption, and war policy, among others. I look forward to engaging him in debates and town hall meetings, in a primary election that is honest, civil, and transparent. I invite him into a new era of respectful dialog in these times of division.

23.04.2023 - 07:05 [ Fox News ]

America has ‘systematically’ wiped out the middle class: Robert F Kennedy Jr.

2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined ‘Cavuto Live’ to discuss his forthcoming campaign, detailing his major political points on challenging President Biden.

23.04.2023 - 07:04 [ @upholdreality / Nitter ]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: „When my uncle came into office, two months later he was fighting his intelligence apparatus and his military… in the middle of Bay of Pigs, he realized they were lying to him. He realized the function of the intelligence agencies had become to provide the military-industrial complex with a constant pipeline of war… … And so the neocons and CIA got to go into Iraq and do regime change. We spent $8 trillion and what did we get for it? Nothing… Iraq is now much worse off than it was when we went in there. We killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein ever did.“

(April 20, 2023)

23.04.2023 - 06:24 [ Robert F. Kennedy, Jr / Facebook ]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Announce His Candidacy for President

(20.04.2023)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States on Wednesday, April 19 at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts.

23.04.2023 - 06:22 [ C-SPAN ]

Robert Kennedy Jr. Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign

(April 19, 2023)

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of former attorney general and 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, announced his 2024 Democratic presidential campaign at a rally in Boston. Mr. Kennedy said he was running for president because he wanted to challenge the connection between government and corporate power, press for greater economic equality, and heal the nation’s political divides.

06.04.2023 - 07:14 [ TeamKennedy.com ]

Freedom First – Join Bobby‘s movement for a free and fair America for all

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent his life fighting for American democracy and the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. He has battled against corporate greed and government corruption to protect our children, our health, our livelihoods, our environment, and above all, our freedom.

With integrity, courage, and self-sacrifice, he has led Americans in an ennobling fight to restore our country as the exemplary nation, and to end the toxic polarization that divides us and enriches the elites.

His steely character and unique history fighting crooked bureaucracies make Bobby the only person who can bridge the divide and fix our country.

Let Bobby know you want to see his leadership in the White House.

06.04.2023 - 05:02 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Nitter ]

The collapse of U.S. influence over Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom’s new alliances with China and Iran are painful emblems of the abject failure of the Neocon strategy of maintaining U.S. global hegemony with aggressive projections of military power.

(04.04.2023)

China has displaced the American Empire by deftly projecting, instead, economic power. Over the past decade, our country has spent trillions bombing roads, ports, bridges, and airports. China spent the equivalent building the same across the developing world. The Ukraine war is the final collapse of the Neocon‘s short-lived “American Century.” The Neocon projects in Iraq and Ukraine have cost $8.1 trillion, hollowed out our middle class, made a laughingstock of U.S. military power and moral authority, pushed China and Russia into an invincible alliance, destroyed the dollar as the global currency, cost millions of lives and done nothing to advance democracy or win friendships or influence.

06.04.2023 - 04:17 [ Yana Way / Nitter ]

I dont think the pic came thru on last tweet. Bobby Kennedy Jr is gonna run for president. Found this pic of him with, Dad, Robert Kennedy. Things Are getting fun now.

06.04.2023 - 04:03 [ CNN ]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files paperwork to run for president as a Democrat

he 69-year-old is the son of former New York senator, US attorney general and assassinated 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy.

Kennedy Jr. is a longtime vaccine skeptic. He has promoted discredited claims linking vaccines and autism and founded the anti-vaccine organization Children’s Health Defense. He has also railed against the coronavirus vaccine and has criticized the federal government’s handling of the pandemic.

28.07.2022 - 18:24 [ Senator Ron Johnson / Nitter ]

Conflicting statements by @CDC officials about monitoring COVID-19 adverse events calls into question their integrity and transparency. This is just another example of why Americans have completely lost faith in federal health agencies.

28.07.2022 - 18:16 [ Washington Examiner ]

CDC grilled after revealing it didn‘t perform data analysis on COVID-19 vaccine doses

(July 26, 2022)

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is demanding answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the agency told a nonprofit group that it never conducted a mandated data mining analysis on reported adverse effects that followed the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses.

The CDC is tasked with performing a proportional reporting ratio, or PRR, data mining analysis on a weekly basis to determine whether the amount of reported „adverse events“ following the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses in the public Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, database is proportional to reported adverse events linked to the administration of other vaccines.

But the CDC said in a June 16 letter to Children‘s Health Defense, a nonprofit group led by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., that „no PRRs were conducted by the CDC.“ The CDC‘s letter, which was in response to an FOIA request submitted by the group, added that „data mining is outside of th[e] agency‘s purview“.

20.01.2022 - 08:21 [ Werner Rügemer / Nachdenkseiten ]

Impfwahn – wie die Bevölkerung noch kränker wird

1984 ernannte Reagan Dr. Anthony Fauci zum Direktor des NIAID. Seitdem ohne Unterbrechung bis heute nimmt Fauci diese Stellung ein. Mithilfe der Pharma-Konzerne, der Elite-Universitäten und später der privaten Stiftungen wie der Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) und mithilfe aller Regierungen – ob Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden – baute der oberste Staats- und Konzernvirologe der USA ein weltweites Netzwerk aus. Es wurde führend bei der Pandemie-Politik des Westens.

25.10.2021 - 08:30 [ Politico ]

‘An outrage against democracy’: JFK‘s nephews urge Biden to reveal assassination records

“It’s an outrage. It’s an outrage against American democracy. We’re not supposed to have secret governments within the government,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told POLITICO. “How the hell is it 58 years later, and what in the world could justify not releasing these documents?”

His cousin, former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy, said the records should be released not because of his family, but because American citizens have a right to know about “something that left such a scar in this nation’s soul that lost not only a president but a promise of a brighter future.”

30.09.2021 - 08:54 [ Tagesschau.de ]

YouTube sperrt Impfgegner

Die Plattform löschte zudem die Kanäle mehrerer bekannter Impfgegner.

Das betrifft unter anderem den prominenten Impfgegner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Der Neffe des 1963 ermordeten US-Präsidenten John F. Kennedy und Sohn des fünf Jahre später ermordeten Senators Robert F. Kennedy hatte unter anderem im vergangenen Jahr eine Rede bei einer „Querdenken“-Demonstration in Berlin gehalten.

29.08.2020 - 06:19 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

In #Berlin launching @ChildrensHD Europe. Tomorrow, I will speak to largest crowd in #German history. We are expecting 1 million+ people protesting Bill Gates’ bio security agenda, rise of authoritarian surveillance state + Pharma sponsored coup d’etat against liberal democracy.

(28.08.2020)

12.05.2020 - 20:34 [ Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. / Children’s Health Defense ]

Flu Misinformation and Coronavirus Fears: My Letter to Dr. Sanjay Gupta

9. CNN assertion: Sanjay, I’ve watched your video assuring the public that getting the flu shot cannot increase one’s chances of getting the flu.

Fact: While that assertion has some meager support from a very small number of studies, the overwhelming weight of published science suggests that getting an annual flu shot can actually increase your risk of both flu and flu-like illnesses.

Only about 7 percent to 15 percent of what are called “influenza-like illnesses” are actually caused by influenza viruses. Many studies suggest the flu vaccine increases vulnerability to both flu infections and the remaining 85% -93% of non-flu respiratory infections.

A 2011 study of healthy Australian children published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal found that seasonal flu shots increase the risk of flu by 73% and doubled the risk of non-flu respiratory infections.

Similarly, another 2012 randomized controlled trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that influenza-vaccinated children had no significantly lessened risk from influenza and also a higher risk of infection from non-influenza viruses.

Furthermore, the flu vaccine depletes capacity to fight off future flu infections. In April 2010, a study (by Skowronek, et al) published in the journal PLoS Medicine reported the “unexpected” finding from four epidemiologic studies in Canada that receipt of the influenza vaccine for the 2008 – 2009 season, while apparently effective in reducing the risk of illness due to the seasonal flu, was associated with an increased risk of illness due to the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) “swine flu” virus during the spring and summer of 2009. The scientists suggested that this finding could be due to the difference in the way the vaccine affects the immune system compared with natural infection.