Sunday Strip: An Apple a Day Keeps the Deep State Away! Choices matter, so choose wisely. Why should one Senator with conflicts of interest have all the power? By Robert W Malone MD, MS (08/31/25)

Dr. Malone’s Sunday Strip had many gems, but this was the prizewinner for us!

Secretary Kennedy is forced to play a rigged game - what the Senate has permitted is allowing one Senator with significant conflicts of interests control HHS.

This is not right, not proper, not fair.

This is a rigged system that undermines genuine reform.

Yes, the Senate has the right to advise and consent to the president's selection of cabinet members. However, Senate rules should not allow a single Senator to impose unreasonable demands on a cabinet member to secure confirmation; this undermines the authority of the President of the United States.

The Constitution outlines the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. These actions by Senator Cassidy are in breach of those powers due to Cassidy’s conflict of interest regarding the pharmaceutical industry.

Cassidy's pharma ties, including campaign donations and lobbying dollars, as well as the BIO organization document linking Cassidy to their efforts to remove Sec. Kennedy raises legitimate questions about Cassidy’s influence in health policy, especially amid tensions with Kennedy's HHS reforms.

It seems like there is an ethics violation here, and if not, it should be. — Robert Malone, MD, MS