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Today in Politics, Bulletin 437. 8/10/26 Ron Filipkowski Aug 10 ∙ … Trump issued an executive order today seeking to mandate one of the conspiracies that he has held for decades which began shortly after Barron was born - that childhood vaccines cause autism. … Axios: “Trump issued an executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccinations, splitting the childhood MMR vaccine into 3 shots and delivering vaccines at separate medical visits.” … The executive order states that “the combined MMR vaccine should be administered in 3 separate single-disease shots once such products are domestically available and that, to the maximum extent feasible, all childhood immunizations should be administered at separate medical visits.” … “ RFK Jr ’ s handpicked vaccine advisers last fall called for splitting up the MMR shot and overhauling a central component of childhood immunizations. But the WH urged Kennedy to back off of such contentious policymaking earlier this year. And yet, Trump has recent...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 435. 8/7/26 Ron Filipkowski Aug 7 ∙ … After Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced last night that she was voting against the nomination of Trump’s criminal defense lawyer Todd Blanche to be AG, it all came down to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who said he was going to make his announcement at 10:40 AM. … Some people held out hope that Cassidy would vote against Blanche since Trump relentlessly attacked and ousted Cassidy in the Republican primary, ending his political career. But Cassidy has decided to leave the senate the same way he spent most of his time there - as a spineless coward. … Cassidy: "Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Blanche. It is between Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under Trump, and who indeed may not be as good as Blanche." … So he’s voting to confirm Blanche because he thinks Trump might pick someone even worse ...