Trump taps Casey Means, wellness influencer close to RFK Jr., for US surgeon general after pulling initial pick

Chris Hayes Says Health News in the Trump Era 'Feels Like a Dark Joke' After New Surgeon General Pick

Chris Hayes reacted to the news that Donald Trump has selected “wellness” influencer Casey Means, a close ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his new Surgeon General, with unsurprising bleakness. “It feels like every single day without fail, there’s some new headline about the nation’s health infrastructure that feels like a dark joke. From the largest measles outbreak since eradication, to nearly $2 billion in research grants being canceled. And …

Yikes: Trump "doesn't know" his own surgeon general pick — but crackpot RFK Jr. says she's "fantastic"

Donald Trump says he tapped MAHA influencer Casey Means for U.S. Surgeon General because conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. think's she's "fantastic." Never mind that the president admits he doesn't really know his nominee. And never mind that Means, a 37-year-old supplement peddler, never finished her residency, nor that her medical license is inactive, according to the Daily Beast. — Read the rest The post Yikes: Trump "doesn't know" hi…

'This Is Arguably Witchcraft': Trump Pulls Surgeon General Pick After Right-Wing Influencer Laura Loomer Complains, But New Candidate Casey Means Faces Even More MAGA Backlash

Far-right MAGA influencer Laura Loomer has amassed a pretty impressive collection of heads on her platter, having taken credit for the dismissal of the head of the National Security Agency and, just this week, the president’s nominee for surgeon general. Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination to be the nation’s top doc was withdrawn Wednesday on the eve of her Senate confirmation hearing. The reason? She was too pro-vaccine, explained Loomer. Laura…

Inside the Health Views of Casey Means, Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee

Not long before the 2024 election, Dr. Casey Means wrote a letter to her Good Energy newsletter subscribers with a health-related wishlist for the next Administration. In it were priorities that echo those of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services: investigating toxins in the food supply, incentivizing healthy food purchases with food stamps, replacing factory farming with regenerative farming. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”t…

MAHA split widens after Trump taps RFK Jr. ally Casey Means for surgeon general

President Donald Trump’s move to nominate Dr. Casey Means as surgeon general is dividing the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, fomenting turmoil in the community that helped propel him to a second term.  On Wednesday, the president withdrew Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as his pick for surgeon general. The withdrawal came after she was criticized by conservative activist Laura Loomer over concerns regarding her credentials. Means was tapped to fill…

Why Trump’s surgeon general pick could survive a Loomer onslaught

The NewsAfter successfully lobbying President Donald Trump to push out national security aides, right-wing agitator Laura Loomer may have picked a fight she can’t win: against Casey Means, the president’s newest pick for US surgeon general.Loomer sparked a social media firestorm on the right on Thursday by attacking Means, the sister of Calley Means — a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Those online jabs ca…