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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Cancers just one or those bad ROI things

Like you’ve got enough money surely you’d have solved cancer by now?

Sometimes you need to “I dunno” totally slash the funding to stimulate the industry a bit you know?

Up the experiments, swirl more chemicals in your chemistry set and get us results!

/s

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago

You know what might have been a clue? The past!

  • March 2017: Proposed $5.8 billion (18%) cut to NIH funding, targeting cancer research indirectly.
  • February 2018: Proposed eliminating the John S. McCain Childhood Cancer Foundation.
  • June 2019: Revoked the Clean Power Plan, weakening air pollution controls linked to lung cancer prevention.
  • 2018: Delayed asbestos bans under the Toxic Substances Control Act, linked to cancer risks.
  • 2017-2019: Repeated attempts to repeal the ACA, threatening free cancer screenings like mammograms.
  • February 2020: Proposed $3 billion cut to NIH in the 2021 budget, while increasing defense spending.
  • July 2019: Reversed proposed bans on flavored e-cigarettes, undermining tobacco-use prevention.

If people are surprised, it's because they aren't paying attention, or they just think Trump is BASED until the ramifications show up at their doorstep.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

elon is the kind of dipshit who probably holds the belief that the commoners' cancer can be compensated with a higher birth rate. People are just a resource to him.

Nauseating to see this tiny man claim to want to go to mars when he can't even crawl out of his own ass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

He doesn't think of those people at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm just OOTL but why bring up muskrat?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Cancer funding was on this bill he shut down: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/johnson-forward-stopgap-funding-bill-despite-elon-musk/story?id=116903027 I thought this was the whole point of mentioning cancer funding at this stage.

But ok, in the interest of transparency this looks like a balanced analysis https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/12/20/trump-elon-musk-childrens-cancer/ for ootl people

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

He is the new president of the USA. I'm only half joking.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's time for a lot of Americans to start to learn some German: "Ich hab es nicht gewust". Because this is just the tip of the massive pile of shit which is about to come down on everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ich bin nicht Amerikan Aber Turkisch, mir leid

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

I knew he was going to hurt poor people, trans people, immigrants, US citizens born of immigrant parents, US citizens of color, women, children, and even people in need of healthcare and research. that was all fine. it was fun, actually, i made fun of them online, and tried to rub it on their face after the election as much as possible.

... but I didn't think he would also hurt this very specific portion of them which also affects me.

fuck cancer, and fuck this guy. this guy is cancer.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Why would you expect that he wouldn't? He defrauded a KIDS cancer organization. He doesn't give a fuck about anyone that isn't him

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

ASI going online during Trump's administration...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

"Oh, buddy...you think that's bad, just wait till next year!

...I mean... If you're still around then."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Bitter me and Trump: fuck this guy’s health

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The bad shit hasn't even started yet.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I genuinely believe that the best case scenario for America is that it all goes to shit SO FAST that even his most ardent supporters have to say "No, this is fucked. He needs to go."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I heard that Vance is twice as bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Vance doesnt have the cult of personality behind him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He doesn't need them. He's already VP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah but in 4 years unless Trump tries to go full Putin thats going to matter.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

At least 30% of the population has drunk the Kool-Aid and is so deep in, nothing, not anything, will turn them from their God King.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only because they believe they will be unaffected or benefit. If they are negatively impacted, they will flip so fast

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Republican propaganda outlets will tell them that there is no problem and they'll believe it. If not that, they'll tell them the problem is a fault of the "others", and they'll get even more on board the maga hate train. They're a lost cause.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

30% of voters

Don't forget there's a whole separate worse category of people: those who refuse to vote or learn about "politics"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I can understand apathy way more than I can the racism and hatred of the fascist Republican voters.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It will be difficult to "out villain" this administration in most people's imagination.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2025 - 2029: And then it got worse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Which fits because the US will turn into a Russia-style oligarchy. Trump even mirrors Yeltzin in many ways.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good time to remind everyone that both parties support banning the Cuban cancer vaccines and Chinese diabetes cures from import to the US.

We need to remove the capitalists from power to get access to modern medicine for the general public.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This is pretty recent science, though. The article is from October. At the earliest, i wouldn't expect a product available to the public for another 5-7 years.

What makes you suggest Big Pharma is actively suppressing this?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably involves powdered tiger gonads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You’re a racist piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Republicans think Trump holds conservative values because he regurgitated their speaking points. Like most politicians on any side but to an extreme level, Trump holds no values except those that he thinks will lead to more money or power for him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Shameless opportunist who is in it for his own vanity constructed out of his fragile bloated ego.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The most amazing one to me is that they've deluded themselves into thinking he has Christian values

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I mean, look at Christian history and he definitely does.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He does though. No matter how much of a POS you are just say the magic words: "forgive me o lord jesus" and you are forgiven. We live in a clown world where 50% of the world is dragging the rest forward in time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think that's just the Catholics. Don't the others go in for "if you believe in Jesus you're good" approach?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot of Christian sects are feel good nonsense, yeah.

Like sure the text says you should give your stuff to the poor and (substantially!) help them, but that sounds hard so we're just going to pray and go back to football and Xbox.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Some even pray for football

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