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RFK Jr. Says He’s Ending the War on Protein. It Doesn’t Exist.
There is no war on protein. But pretending there is goes hand-in-hand with the Trump administration’s appeal to traditional masculinity.
In a somewhat baffling directive, US Health Secretary RFK Jr. claims he’s “ending the war on protein.”
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