GET ME REWRITE: Techdirt slams GOP Louisiana Sen. U.S Bill Cassidy M.D. for being the spineless, cowering Slinky he is

Dr. Bill is chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). He voted to confirm RFKjr as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He values his personal political survival over public health.

Headline:  Techdirt, 1/5/2026

Timothy Geigner reports: 

Rinse, lather, repeat. That is supposed to be the self-serving message on the back of a shampoo bottle, but it can easily be applied to Senator Bill Cassidy’s response to all the bullshit RFK Jr. continues to pull when it comes to vaccines. 

The last time we saw this was back in October of last year. In the wake of an absolutely insane press conference in which Kennedy and Trump decided to point the finger at Tylenol, of all things, as a major cause of autism spectrum disorder, Cassidy bravely took to social media and the radio to criticize the HHS Secretary for essentially not having a single fucking idea about which he was speaking… and then he did absolutely fuck all about it. And now, days after Kennedy’s CDC altered the agency’s childhood vaccine schedule recommendations, he’s once more out in public spilling all kinds of words in response.

A year later, Cassidy has still not taken responsibility for his actions.

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January 2026

Dear spineless Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D., You could have stopped this nonsense a year ago.  Shame on you!  Best, Retiring Guy.  (1/6)

Spineless Louisiana GOP US Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. under siege from members of his own party.  (1/3)

November-December 2025

Yet again not a peep from spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.  (12/6)

But not a peep from spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.  (12/5)

And not a peep out of spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D.  (12/2)

And now spineless Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. cant bring himself to say Kennedys name!  (11/24)

You might have noticed spineless Mickey Mouse Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. is silent on RFKjr lately.  That’s because he’s too busy groveling at altar of Trump for endorsement in re-election race.  (11/24)
Spineless Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. dares not speak the name of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  (11/23)

Please send your thank-you notes for this website revision c/o spineless Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D.  (11/21)

Meet Dr. DuHarm, aka spineless Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. and RFKjr enabler.  (11/21)

August--October 2025

Spineless Mickey Mouse Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. abases himself to curry favor and grovel for an endorsement from Donald Trump.  (10/31)

Steve  Scalise tells Bill Cassidy to fuck off.  (10/18)

Spineless Mickey Mouse Louisiana GOP senator prostrates himself at the altar of Trump again.  (10/14)

Spineless Mickey Mouse Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. defends his Trump bona fides.  (8/12)

Plan on spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. groveling at altar of Trump every day until November 3, 2026.  (8/9)

Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. places political survival over public service.  (8/3)

June-July 2025

Spineless Louisiana GOP US Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is too busy campaigning to be concerned about this catastrophe.  (7/17) 

Spineless, shameless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is not serving his constituents. (7/10)

It appears that spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is willing to trash public health vaccine system just to get re-elected.  (6/21)

Finding himself in a tight squeeze, spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. chooses loyalty to Trump over commitment to medicine.  (6/12)

But wait, there's more!!

March 2025

Chapter 1.  (3/10)   Censored

Chapter 2.  (3/10)

Chapter 3.  (3/10)

Chapter 4.  (3/11)

Chapter 5.  (3/12)

Chapter 6.  (3/12)

Chapter 7.  (3/13)

Chapter 8.  (3/14)

Chapter 9.  (3/14)

Chapter 10.  (3/14)

Chapter 11.  (3/14)
Chapter 12.  (3/14)

Chapter 13.  (3/15)

Chapter 14.  (3/18)

Chapter 15.  (3/19)

Chapter 16.  (3/19)

Chapter 17.  (3/21)

Chapter 18.  (3/22)

Chapter 19.  (3/26)

Chapter 20.  (3/28)

Chapter 21.  (3/29)

Chapter 22.  (3/30)

April 2025

Chapter 23.  (4/1/)

Chapter 24.  (4/2)

Is Bill Cassidy finally growing a spine or is this just another smokescreen.  (4/6)

Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy does the chicken dance while Robert Kennedy Jr. upends bird flu testing efforts.  (4/6)

What happens when Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy unleashes an anti-vaxxer on our health care system.  (4/7)

Measles and whooping cough outbreaks:  If only Bill Cassidy had found his spine 57 days ago.  (4/11)

Robert Kennedy Jr. continues to toy with and humiliate Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D.  (4/26)

May 2025

Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. visits Fantasyland.  (5/16)

Still getting snookered by RFKjr.  (5/16)

Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. got snookered by Robert F. Kennedy and all he can do it smile about it.  (5/28)

Spineless behavior of Bill Cassidy M.D. unleashes more damage to United States health care system.  (5/29)

June 2025

You can thank spineless Louisiana GOP Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. for the makeover @HHS. (6/2)

Spineless Louisiana GOP Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. abets Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the war on science @HHS.  (6/7)

Once again we have spineless Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. to thank for this travesty.  (6/10)

It's clear that spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. hasn't learned his lesson from January.  (6/11)

CNN analyst assumes that Louisiana GOP U.S  Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. had principles to abandon.  (6/11)

Finding himself in a tight squeeze, spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. chooses loyalty to Trump over commitment to medicine.  (6/12)

Leading candidate for Sap of the Year?  Spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is a good bet.  (6/14)

State's largest newspaper takes spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. to task for his vaccine dithering.  (6/16)

Now in its 5th month!!  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. playing spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy M. D. for a fool.  (6/17)

You can place the blame on "the massive disruption of the public health vaccine system" at the cold feet of spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D.  (6/19)

Spineless Louisiana U.S. GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. earns an unflattering profile in The Nation. (6/20)

It appears that spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is willing to trash public health vaccine system just to get re-elected.  (6/21)

134 days after voting to confirm Robert Kennedy Jr as secretary @HHS, Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. takes a baby step to reclaim his spine.  (6/27) 

RFK Jr. Is systematically undermining vaccine science and endangering health while spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. dithers.  (6/27)

Local news media continue to hammer away at Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. for his spinelessness.  (6/27)

July 2025

Whaddya think of this hare-brained scheme, spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D.?  (7/5)

In a sign of desperation, pathetic and spineless Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. starts campaigning on big ugly bill.  (7/10)