RFK Jr. is gutting the CDC, Elon Musk has a breeding fetish, Speaker Mike Johnson does not want new mothers to vote in Congress, and Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco are here to break it down. They also dive into how Trump’s tariffs are impacting the luxury goods economy and whether anyone wants to buy a Louis Vuitton bag made in Texas. They wrap up in the Sanity Corner with some petty commentary about Cheryl Hines and JD Vance.
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CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks (CBS News 4/10)
HHS taps anti-vaccine activist to look at debunked links between autism and vaccines, sources say (NBC NEWS 3/26)
'A pretty stark moment for us,' Milwaukee health officials denied federal assistance in ongoing lead crisis (ABC Wisn 4/14)