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Ken
Paxton’s bullshit
lawsuit against
the
makers
of
Tylenol,
built
on
Trump
and
RFK
Jr.’s
bullshit
press
conference
in
which
they
pretended
that
science
says
acetaminophen
causes
autism,
is
off
to
a
predictably
bad
start.
I
had
a
bit
of
a
laugh
shortly
after
this
turd
was
filed,
mainly
because
Kennedy
himself
came
out
after
the
lawsuit
was
filed
to
walk
back
the
claims
made
in
the
press
conference
and
acknowledged
that
all
that
science
he
and
Trump
cited
“is
not
sufficient
to
say
it
definitely
causes
autism.”
And,
while
Trump
repeatedly
instructed
women
to
not
take
Tylenol
while
pregnant,
a
stance
medical
professionals
overwhelmingly
disagree
with,
Kennedy
instead
said
women
should
consult
with
their
doctors
on
its
use.
Well,
it’s
early
on
in
this
nonsense,
but Paxton
has
already
lost
on
two
requests he
made
as
part
of
it.
A
Texas
Judge
has
rejected a
request from
Texas
Attorney
General
Ken
Paxton
to
issue
a
temporary
order
barring
Tylenol’s
maker,
Kenvue,
from
claiming
amid
litigation
that
the
pain
and
fever
medication
is
safe
for
pregnant
women
and
children,
according
to
court
documents.
In
records
filed
Friday,
District
Judge
LeAnn
Rafferty,
in
Panola
County,
also
rejected
Paxton’s
unusual
request
to
block
Kenvue
from
distributing
$400
million
in
dividends
to
shareholders
later
this
month.
Now,
it’s
important
to
acknowledge
that
Paxton
is
simply
doing
performative
MAGA
bullshit
with
this
lawsuit.
He’s
running
for
the
Senate
seat
currently
held
by
John
Cornyn,
who
is
also
seeking
reelection.
Wesley
Hunt
joins
them
to
compete
in
the
Republican
primary
for
the
seat.
All
of
these
men
are
simply
attempting
to
out-MAGA
one
another.
The
TRO
request
to
keep
Kenvue,
current
makers
of
the
Tylenol
brand,
from
stating
that
its
product
is
safe
for
use
by
pregnant
women
and
children,
was
always
absurd.
But
it
was
made
all
the
more
so
when
Kennedy
walked
back
his
press
conference
claims.
Judge
Rafferty
noted
that
she:
…denied
the
marketing
claim,
which
even
the
Trump
administration
is
not
standing
by.
The
day
after
Paxton
filed
his
lawsuit, Kennedy
said that
“the
causative
association…
between
Tylenol
given
in
pregnancy
and
the
perinatal
periods
is
not
sufficient
to
say
it
definitely
causes
autism.”
Like
I
said
in
my
previous
post
on
this:
very
funny.
As
for
the
dividend
disbursement,
for
which
Paxton
relies
on
a
Texas
law
preventing
companies
giving
out
such
funds
if
they
are
about
to
become
financially
insolvent,
the
court
simply
didn’t
have
jurisdiction
to
issue
any
such
order.
According
to
Reuters,
one
of
Kenvue’s
lawyers,
Kim
Bueno,
explained
that
the
problem
with
the
state
of
Texas
making
this
request
is
that
Kenvue
is
based
in
New
Jersey
and
incorporated
in
Delaware.
“There
was
no
jurisdiction
to
challenge
that,”
she
said.
All
this
flailing
about
would
be
merely
unbecoming,
except
that
Paxton
is
a
damned
state
AG.
He
should,
and
likely
does,
know
better
than
all
of
this.
As
I
said
before,
this
is
performative
nonsense
designed
to
do
nothing
more
than
gain
primary
votes
in
a
Senate
race.
But
in
today’s
political
climate,
you
can
see
just
how
much
chaos
can
be
generated
by
an
ignoramus
like
RFK
Jr.
Ken
Paxton’s
Tylenol
Lawsuit
Is
Off
To
A
Terrible
Start
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