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Newsletter Nov 15, 2024 Quick Six Trump taps controversial RFK Jr. to lead Health Department Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will nominate President-elect Donald Trump to lead the

Newsletter Nov 15, 2024

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Trump taps controversial RFK Jr. to lead Health Department
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will nominate President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Trump has offered the job of Secretary of the HHS to Kennedy on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday. Trump last month told supporters he would let Kennedy, a noted vaccine skeptic who has called for the removal of fluoride from the US water supply, "go wild on health" and food policy under his administration. Since Trump's election last week, it has been thought that Kennedy would be offered a job in the administration.
MEDICAL OFFICIALS ARE GOING WILD OVER RFK JR. PICK

Senior Fed officials back Powell's independence from Trump
Two senior Federal Reserve officials praised the central bank's independence on Thursday, amid concerns that President-elect Donald Trump may seek to influence Fed policy. The defense was led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who told a conference in Dallas, that rate decisions "cannot be reversed by any other part of the government, except, of course, Congress." Congress created the Fed more than a century ago, and later gave it a dual mandate to tackle inflation and unemployment free from political interference.
POWELL'S POSITION ON MAINTAINING FED INDEPENDENCE

US annual budget deficit skyrocketed to $287% in October
The U.S. budget deficit exponentially increased and reached around $257 billion in October, primarily due to one-off factors. According to a report by the Treasury Department, the figure was a sharp rise of 287% from October 2023's $67 billion deficit, when the deficit was cut in half due to the calendar adjustments made in benefit payments. Treasury officials said that the $47 billion deficit for October 2024 would only be 22% higher than last year.
THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN TRUMP AND POWELL

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Trump's intel chief pick Gabbard draws fire

A former Donald Trump official who has become a fierce critic has publicly urged the FBI to investigate Tulsi Gabbard, claiming her views pose "a serious threat to our national security." President-elect Trump nominated the former Representative Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence. Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman, has voiced critiques of previous US foreign interventions. John Bolton, former national security advisor under Trump, recently called for an FBI investigation into her alleged promotion of "Russian propaganda".

GABBARD'S WORDS HAVE RAISED FEARS OF HER NOMINATION

The Onion buys Infowars in backruptcy bid

Far-right streaming host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones announced that The Onion and Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting families bought Infowars during a "competitive" bankruptcy auction. Like The Onion sans the humor, Infowars publishes misinformation, including a conspiracy theory claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut was a false-flag operation. In 2018, families filed a lawsuit against Jones for defamation and emotional distress and were awarded nearly $1.5 billion, leading to Jones filing bankruptcy.

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Tesla's sixth recall of troubled Cybertruck

Tesla issued a voluntary recall of its 2,431 Cybertrucks to replace faulty "defective drive inverters" that may cause a loss of drive power to the wheels. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued public notices to effect awareness on the recall. The recall is the sixth since Tesla started the sales of Cybertruck a year ago at a price of approximately $80,000 in the U.S. The odd-looking model has become a laughing stock on social media for its appearance and reliability.

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