SCOOP from @by-cjewett.bsky.social & me:
Markwayne Mullin urged the Department of Health and Human Service to remove warnings from the FDA website about the health risks of the gas station drug kratom.
Mullin owns equity in a leading kratom company called Botanic Tonics that could have benefited.
During his time as a senator, Trump DHS chief Markwayne Mullin tried to downplay FDA concerns about the severe health risks linked to kratom.
He never mentioned his financial investment in a kratom company that stood to benefit from the changes he recommended — until his Cabinet nomination.
In a disclosure, Markwayne Mullen "listed an investment worth as much as $1 million in...a kratom company that could benefit from the changes he has sought."
Wild call to vote this guy *out of committee* and then confirm him to the cabinet, @heinrich.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit. Kratom has been linked to liver toxicity, seizures and thousands of deaths
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking science]
The upshot here is that drug dealers paid off RFK Jr. and the head of Homeland Security to make sure the govt didn’t start regulating or restricting the opioid-like drugs they sell in convenience stores.
Also the head of DHS is invested in one of these companies.
Gift link:
I can’t keep track of the endless examples of the grift, corruption, & awful conflicts of interest in the MAHA/MAGA administration
Markwayne Mullin & RFK Jr are hand in hand with the kratom industry (Mullin “owns equity in a company that could benefit”)
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🎁 link
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
SCOOP: Kratom has been tied to 5K+ deaths from '20-'24.
But a felon-turned-kratom executive still managed to court allies ( @seckennedy.govpeeps.us ) and cultivate an investor (Markwayne Mullin) in the Trump cabinet.
W/ @kenvogel.bsky.social
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What's Trump's cut?
“It’s looking like we have a coin-operated drug policy that basically responds to whoever will give money. And it threatens public health and safety because it’s going around the scientific process in favor of donors and influencers.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
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THIS IS A SUPER DANGEROUS DRUG THAT MUST BE TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES. I KNOW MANY DOCTORS WHO HAVE COMMENTED HOW ADDICTIVE IT IS AND PRESENTS DANGERS OF ALL SORTS TO THEIR PATIENTS. IT IS SUPER PREVELENT HERE IN IDAHO.
Devastating NYT piece illustrating how much of the Trump-RFK approach to public health is really just greed recklessly endangering fellow citizens. Featuring two cabinet members effectively on the take, Kennedy and Mullin.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
“With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
This regime could not care less what dangerous substances you put in your body, as long as they make some cash & gain power from you poisoning yourself.
This was a very long article, much of it about lobbying, but below I'll give you the gist w/o those bits:
long🧵
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
“It’s looking like we have a coin-operated drug policy that basically responds to whoever will give money,“ said a drug policy scholar who served under both parties. “And it threatens public health and safety because it’s going around the scientific process in favor of donors and influencers.” GIFT
🎁🔗: How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet >>> "With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
This corruption is insane and @heinrich.senate.gov & @johnfetterman.com, who voted for Mullin, must be defeated in their next primaries.
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Coin Operated President and Cabinet:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
“It’s looking like we have a coin-operated drug policy that basically responds to whoever will give money.”
Republican corruption in the highest places strikes yet again… www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
Talk about teamwork!
DHS Dunce Markwayne Mullin and Brain-Worm Conspiracy Monger JFK Jr. work in favor of an addictive drug sold at gas stations - big with the UFC cage fight crowd.
The grift angle is that Marwayne owns stock.
Make American Unhealthy Again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
Markwayne Mullin urged @HHSGov to remove warnings from the @US_FDA website about the health risks of the gas station drug kratom, aka gas station heroin
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet
With support from Markwayne Mullin and RFK Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
For years, federal health officials have warned about the risks associated with a supplement derived from the leaves of kratom trees. Kratom has been linked to liver toxicity, seizures and thousands of deaths.
Markwayne Mullin pushed to downplay those concerns.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet
With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
“It’s looking like we have a coin-operated #drugpolicy that basically responds to whoever will give money … And it threatens #publichealth and safety because it’s going around the scientific process in favor of donors and influencers.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
DHS Secretary and Kratom Pusher Markwayne Mullin Should Resign
Markwayne has been a very naughty boy (boldface mine): For years, federal health officials have warned about the risks…
https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/06/16/dhs-secretary-and-kratom-pusher-markwayne-mullin-should-resign/
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u... 👉Excellent journalistic work on the swamp of corruption from MAGA and MAHA 😡
you can't keep up
With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
#Gift Homeland Security head Markwayne Mullin promotes #kratom as many states try to ban or have banned it. Robert Kennedy Jr. supports the addictive plant.
“It’s looking like we have a coin-operated drug policy that basically responds to whoever will give money”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
Snake oil salesmen of yore don't hold a candle to the Trump acolytes selling kratom as a cure all. An elixir that will cure everything from headaches to opioid addiction.
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Kratom is as addictive as any opiate and the withdrawal is reported to be miserable. I don't really know what the answer is but I think it's important to not lose sight of the fact that this is hurting people.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u... “Sold in gas stations across America, kratom has been linked to liver toxicity, seizures and thousands of deaths.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, pushed to downplay those concerns.” 🤬🤬🤨
It is not at all an exaggeration to say that folks in the administration are directly profiting off addictive drugs that are killing Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s (corrupt, nutbar)Cabinet - With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
The craziest thing here is the reference to a “Gas Station Drug” as if that’s just a thing?
“Sold in gas stations across America, kratom has been linked to liver toxicity, seizures and thousands of deaths.”
well, I think this *specific* post is in response to the Secretary of the Homeland Security pushing to remove warning labels from the off-brand heroin his company sells
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
Great "follow the money" piece. Markwayne Mullin and RFK have been profiting from the "natural" kratom industry. And how that industry has managed to almost shut down the 7-OH business. Meanwhile, no trials, no science. No radical transparency.
#addiction #opioids #pain #politics #healthlaw
Make America Sick Again
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“Jerry W. Ross — ..an energy executive in Mr. Mullin’s home state [who pled] guilty to a financial crime — is a leading player in the influence campaign ..devised to benefit kratom at the expense of its rivals in the marketplace.”
Drug pushers AND crony capitalism
Before you peel off yesterday's UFC T-shirt and throw it in the machine, head down to the mini mart for a big gulp and a bottle of gas station heroin. Markwayne Mullin wants you to! 😵 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
“Mr. Mullin, until recently a Republican senator from Oklahoma, played a key role in a sprawling influence campaign spearheaded by the kratom industry…”
Not coincidentally — and predictably — Mullin is an investor in a kratom company called Botanic Tonics.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
A chilling description of how shady lobbyists control the US government. A lesson for Australia.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet: The Kratom industry is getting help from Secretary Mullin and Secretary Kennedy to get helpful policies in, explain @kenvogel.bsky.social and @by-cjewett.bsky.social in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
"It’s looking like we have a coin-operated drug policy that basically responds to whoever will give money, it threatens public health and safety because it’s going around the scientific process in favor of donors and influencers.”
☠️Republican policies are deadly
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
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Kenneth P. Vogel, Christina Jewett
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet
With support from Markwayne Mullin & RFK Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mullin owns equity in a co that could benefit
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This is interesting
With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
Markwayne Mullin had the FDA delete warnings about the dangers of kratom, an addictive and sometimes lethal drug found in gas stations.
Mullin holds an up to $1 million stake in a major kratom company.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
“With support from Markwayne Mullin & RFK Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
An interesting read in light of the bill that passed Michigan’s Senate on a party-line (R) vote, but hasn’t yet received a vote in the D-controlled state House. It would ban both kratom and 7-OH products in the state: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
"The company’s founder, Jerry W. Ross — who had been an energy executive in Mr. Mullin’s home state before pleading guilty to a financial crime — is a leading player in the influence campaign..."
OH
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Shocking that a criminal trump cultist named Mullin is involved in a crime, although just being mentioned along with the incredibly stupid RFK Jr should be reason for incarceration. The criminality of the entire #GOP is just incredible. And obscene.
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Prior to the despot's two reigns, the current one in particular, unethical and illegal behavior was usually done clandestinely. That's no longer the case. We have an "in your face" regime. The stench & the rot are blatant.
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With support from Markwayne Mullin and #RFK the #kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.
A possible explanation of why powerful figures close to Donald Trump, including Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, pushed to downplay concerns about kratom, which has been linked to liver toxicity, seizures and thousands of deaths.
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
"With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit."
😡😡
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
Corruption.
Collusion.
Top priority: Personal profiteering.
Competence and commitment to fulfilling responsibilities to the American public: zero.
Trump's Clown Car Cabinet rolls on.🤡
