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UNBIASED Politics

November 18, 2024: Trump Nominates RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary. Kennedy's Potential Role, Policies, and Background. PLUS Answering Your Questions About Dismantling the Education Dept., and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

Education

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to UNBIASED. In today's episode: Trump Nominates RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary Position (0:39) Family of Malcom X Files $100M Lawsuit Against NYPD and US Government (7:38) Answering Your Most Frequently Asked Questions About Potential Dismantling of Education Dept. (11:08) Quick Hitters: Biden Gives Ukraine 'OK' to Use Long-Range Missiles in Russia, Jack Smith Pauses Appeal of Trump's Classified Documents Case, Spirit Airlines Files for Bankruptcy, AAA Releases Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Predictions (21:11) Listen/Watch this episode AD-FREE on Patreon. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.

0:06.9

Welcome back to Unbiased. Today is Monday, November 18th, and this is your daily news rundown.

0:12.2

In today's episode, we'll touch on Trump's nomination of RFK Jr. We'll then talk about the

0:17.0

education department and what dismantling that could look like. That's actually where the

0:20.9

bulk of this episode will be. And then we'll finish per usual with some quick hitters.

0:25.8

As always, if you love what you hear today, you are always welcomed and encouraged to leave my

0:31.4

show a review on your preferred listening platform. It really helps me. So thank you very much

0:36.0

in advance. And now without further ado,

0:38.2

let's get into today's stories. Since we last spoke, Trump announced a few more executive

0:44.1

office selections and cabinet nominations. So let's talk about one specifically, which has been

0:49.1

highly, highly requested by all of you. And that is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who Trump nominated for the position

0:55.3

of HHS Secretary, the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. This is a

1:02.2

cabinet position that requires Senate confirmation, so let's talk about the role of the HHS

1:07.0

secretary, and then we'll get into Kennedy personally. As we discussed last week, the heads of

1:13.2

each department oversee the agencies and offices within that department. So if confirmed,

1:18.1

Kennedy would oversee the CDC, the FDA, NIH, National Institutes of Health, Office of the

1:24.3

Surgeon General, which is essentially the country's doctor, the Indian Health

1:28.5

Service, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and many others.

1:34.0

Kennedy would also manage Medicaid and Medicare policies, carry out new health-related legislation

1:40.4

and executive orders, advise Trump on what health-related legislation should be signed.

1:45.8

He'll also have a role in the quality of food here in America through his oversight of the FDA.

1:52.0

He'll have a similar role in drugs that are brought to market and taken off the market.

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