With the help of Steven Forrest Hotze — a virulently anti-gay, racist physician in Texas — and Judge Reed Charles O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the go-to bench for conservative plaintiffs seeking favorable rulings for conservative causes, the United States Preventive Services Preventive Task Force is about to be “ACIP”-ed by RFK Jr.

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the opinion for Kennedy v. Braidwood Management which gave Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the right to remove USPSTF members at will and rescind the panel’s recommendations by fiat. And he is doing just that.

Less than two weeks after the SCOTUS ruling, RFK Jr. abruptly canceled a USPSTF meeting set to occur that week. It’s clear that the right still has the task force in its crosshairs, as The American Conservative published a piece the very same day called “Time for Kennedy to Kill the USPSTF.” What is likely to happen now is that the USPSTF will be “ACIP”-ed. In other words, as he did with the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), Kennedy is likely to make a clean sweep of current members and replace them with his cronies, unqualified and conflicted.

Cronies and charlatans like RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means, who rails against the “corrupt” US healthcare system while hawking dietary supplements, herbal remedies, and other wellness products on the side.

Has there ever been an administration so centered on corruption and grift?

Ah well, who needs mammograms, colorectal and cervical cancer screening, folic acid supplementation for pregnant women, diabetes screening, and drugs to prevent HIV infection anyway, amirite?

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