The Politics Thread

[janea4old]

That article quotes the website of the CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention),
specifically the CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health, for definitions of sex and gender.
However, sadly, Trump is in process of dismantling the CDC, and I think a lot of that website will disappear or be drastically changed.

Edited January 23 by janea4old

[Liberty City]

Will? She already has. 

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[janea4old]

During Trump's prior term as president, he dismantled the website of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) --  and the info was saved *only* because conscientious people saved the data when they saw what was happening.  The ecological data was restored to the EPA website when Biden became president.

In the past two days, Trump has already issued a freeze on communications from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and the NIH (National Institutes of Health), so I'm sure the CDC website is next.

Edited January 23 by janea4old

[Maxim]

This man is targeting us as a group so hardcore... We are like Enemy Number 1 on Week 1. And... I'm not going to let him win and destroy my mental health, because that's what he wants. We'll still be here when he is long forgotten. And thanks to people like Bishop Budde, our voices are not going to be silenced (at least we'll make it harder for him to do it). 

 

Absolute dictatorship! And some people CHOSE that. 

[janea4old]

Also with RFK Jr. as the new head of the Dept. of Health ... He's a known anti-vaxxer.
So between RFK Jr and Trump, we simply won't get reliable information from the CDC and NIH anymore.
They apparently don't care if everyone dies in the next pandemic, because there will be no agencies to communicate anything reliable.

Also Trump is ordering the USA to no longer fund the WHO (World Health Organization).
WHO is international and not run by the USA but it received money from the USA.

WHO would be one of the only agencies left to properly inform Americans of health crises, but it will be drastically defunded.  Well I guess Americans can turn to agencies in other countries for information

[Maxim]

 GLAAD condemns Trump administration for wiping LGBTQ and HIV-focused content

 https://www.aol.com/glaad-condemns-trump-administration-wiping-171453428.html?guccounter=1

The LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD expressed its dismay that nearly all LGBTQ and HIV-focused content and resources have been removed from the White House website following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

The organization also noted the removal of LGBTQ-specific pages from the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of State, and other government agencies.

“President Trump claims to be a strong proponent of freedom of speech, yet he is clearly committed to censorship of any information containing or related to LGBTQ Americans and issues that we face,” said GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis. “This action proves the Trump administration’s goal of making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ Americans to find federal resources or otherwise see ourselves reflected under his presidency. Sadly for him, our community is more visible than ever; and this pathetic attempt to diminish and remove us will again prove unsuccessful.”

 

[I Am A Swede]

It's frightening to think how much damage he will do in the coming four years.  

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[janea4old]

 

https://app.bsky.cz/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3lgg7wzu26p2r

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https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring/ 
Trump has ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.
“The impact of [Trump’s] collective executive orders appears devastating,” one senior NIH employee says.

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/health/hhs-cdc-fda-trump-pause-communication/index.html 
Trump is now ordering health agencies to stop warning Americans about bird flu and to halt publication of scientific reports.
This comes as egg prices are expected to skyrocket in the coming days.

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Edited January 23 by janea4old

[Contessa Donatella]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/carrie-underwood-had-complaints-over-inauguration

I can see her getting backlash IF she compared herself to Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, but this is not a quote of her saying that. Instead it is some unknown "insider" saying she was unhappy about the circumstances of her performance & they bring up those two mega-stars. So, in a way, people remarking about this may not be clear that it is hearsay, which is unfair to Underwood. 

 

[janea4old]

1843, the fictional Ebenezer Scrooge in England
https://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/dickens/ChristmasCarol/9

The Republicans want to bring the USA backwards to such attitudes.

Except that the fictional ghosts were eventually, later in the story, able to open Scrooge's heart.
I don't think the Republicans are interested in opening their hearts.

Edited January 23 by janea4old

[Khan]

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Frankly, I don't, just because I never saw her appealing to anyone outside of MAGA anyway.  Carrie was more country than pop/rock, so I'm sure she'll be fine with that crowd.

I've pretty much decided to spend every cold/flu season from here on out "masking up" and maintaining social distances from everyone, as if we're still living under a pandemic.

Edited January 23 by Khan

[janea4old]

Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez of New York

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lggmpphm3p2a

 

[Maxim]

I was watching the news... and does this man even know what he is signing... does he even give a f'uck? I doubt it. What a complete and utter circus!

 

Edited January 23 by Maxim

[janea4old]

Congresswoman Summer Lee of Pennsylvania
 

https://www.instagram.com/repsummerlee/p/DFLrJLzNYxQ/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://x.com/RepSummerLee/status/1882533827802722355

 

Edited January 23 by janea4old

[janea4old]

All federal offices ordered to shutter their diversity offices.
Including NASA.

Remembering all the work of actress Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from the original Star Trek).
In real life, she worked with NASA to bring diverse astronauts into NASA.
(There's a movie about the work she did, called "Women in Motion".)
Sally Ride and Guion Bluford came in through this program.

That NASA diversity office, signed away with the stroke of the orange one's pen...
https://nasawatch.com/trumpspace/internal-nasa-memo-on-diversity-erasure/

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Federal employees ordered to dismantle their DEI offices.
If the DEI offices don't dismantle themselves, then the other employees in those agencies are supposed to report that it still exists, and you can get in trouble for not reporting.

WTF century is this? 


Government agencies ordered to not honor Black History Month, Women's History Month, etc.

Orders against racial discrimination in federal contracting -- in place since Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s -- rescinded by the orange one's pen.

Edited January 24 by janea4old