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American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr (www.theguardian.com)
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Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP

The US department of health and human services (HHS) has terminated several multi-million-dollar grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics following the association’s criticisms of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s policies.

The funding cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and early identification of autism, were first reported by the Washington Post and made without prior notice to the AAP.

In a statement to the Guardian, AAP CEO, Mark Del Monte, said: “AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the US Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated.

“This vital work spanned multiple child health priorities, including reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, mental health, adolescent health, supporting children with birth defects, early identification of autism, and prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, among other topics.”

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

The justice system doesn't move quickly, and unfortunately when it's the president breaking the law, there's only so much that can be done as long as they're in office.

But that doesn't mean there will be no consequences for what they're doing. Trump himself, may avoid some of those consequences by hiding behind presidential authority...but the people who are breaking the law on his orders, will not be so fortunate. Almost no one from his 1st administration got out without scars. The only difference this time around, is the scale of the crimes being committed. Make no mistake, it's definitely worse...and the consequences will be much steeper. It's basically legal suicide to work for this administration. The bell will toll for all of them.

As for Trump himself, he's still facing the same legal challenges that got put aside when he won the election. Those trials will start up again as soon as he's out of office. And new charges are definitely going to be added to the pile. The only way he doesn't wind up in prison, is if he dies before they convict him.

I just hope they don't drag their feet again, like they did after 2020. They can't afford to waste time. Every single loophole that he's using to push his agenda through, needs to be closed before the following election cycle, or some other fascist asshole is just going to try it all over again.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I think you make a lot of good points. Justice does move slowly and I am pretty impatient at this point.

    I think classism is one of the biggest issue we face and not holding the President accountable creates a blatant two tier justice system where politicians and are rarely held accountable and the President is never held accountable.

    We also see this with wealthy people and our society even has clever names like "fuck you" money where you no longer have to listen to anything or follow the rules if you have enough money.

    The thing is, we should be holding people in power to a higher level of accountability not lower or even worse not at all. Until our culture changes in this regard we will see people taking advantage of their privilege with impunity.

    Trump and company are actually playing by the rules of their class and just taking this privilege to its logical conclusion. If you can't be stopped, why stop.

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