Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Dontrike]

"It does not reflect our priorities," the CDC says, amongst other propaganda, while Trump cuts $600 million in funding for HIV and STD prevention in blue states.

The Trump administration this week began cuts to $600 million in funding used to track and prevent HIV and STDs in four Democrat-led states.

The Centers of Disease Control plans to suspend grants to local public health agencies, hospitals, NGOs and universities in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.

Cuts began the week of February 9 and are expected to continue over the next several weeks.

Historically, the groups used the money to study the spread of HIV and STDs, track outbreaks or offer pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Some funding cuts would also apply to groups that supported children's gender transition or provided social programs for LGBTQ+ adults.

A spokesperson from the Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services said the agency would cut funds "because they do not reflect agency priorities."

In September of 2025, the CDC revised some of its policies, saying efforts to pursue health equity were “ideologically-laden” and had "undermined core American values.”

Attorneys general in the four states set to lose funding have sued to block the cuts, saying the changes are retaliation over state resistance to the administration's immigration priorities. In the suit, they argue the cuts are unconstitutional because they impose conditions on funding after the fact.

California's Attorney General Rob Bonta said the cuts would “irreparably harm” public health efforts.

“President Trump is resorting to a familiar playbook. He is using federal funding to compel states and jurisdictions to follow his agenda," Bonta said. "Those efforts have all previously failed, and we expect that to happen once again.”

The lawsuit is before a federal judge in Illinois

That's right, health equity doesn't "reflect core American values." That's really stupid.

[gondrin]

"It does not reflect our priorities," the CDC says, amongst other propaganda, while Trump cuts $600 million in funding for HIV and STD prevention in blue states.



That's right, health equity doesn't "reflect core American values." That's really stupid.

I wish it was just that but it is basically "Democrat state funding? Cut it". That literally is all it is. Trump has come out and said that very thing that he wants to cut funding to states that voted against him. Doesn't matter what the funding is. Just to cut it.

[PhaelixWW]

I wish it was just that but it is basically "Democrat state funding? Cut it". That literally is all it is. Trump has come out and said that very thing that he wants to cut funding to states that voted against him. Doesn't matter what the funding is. Just to cut it.

I eagerly await those states moving to cut funding to the federal government in response.

[Mayhem]

I wish it was just that but it is basically "Democrat state funding? Cut it". That literally is all it is. Trump has come out and said that very thing that he wants to cut funding to states that voted against him. Doesn't matter what the funding is. Just to cut it.

Do Republicans know that Republicans are living in these blue states?

[Edge-]

"It does not reflect our priorities," the CDC says, amongst other propaganda, while Trump cuts $600 million in funding for HIV and STD prevention in blue states.



That's right, health equity doesn't "reflect core American values." That's really stupid.

man, if democrats ever get back in power republican states should learn to do without a penny of federal funding lmao

holy fuck republicans are beyond cruel

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Do Republicans know that Republicans are living in these blue states?

they don't care lmao, california republicans are no different than california democrats to them

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https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...seat-recovery/

RFK Jr. says he ‘used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats’ on Theo Von podcast

i'll note that he doesn't appear to say that he no longer does this

so there's a non-0% chance that the current hhs secretary is doing lines of toilet seats in the white house

[Shpriest]

i'll note that he doesn't appear to say that he no longer does this

so there's a non-0% chance that the current hhs secretary is doing lines of toilet seats in the white house

used to...right...

[Fugus]

man, if democrats ever get back in power republican states should learn to do without a penny of federal funding lmao

holy fuck republicans are beyond cruel

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they don't care lmao, california republicans are no different than california democrats to them

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https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...seat-recovery/



i'll note that he doesn't appear to say that he no longer does this

so there's a non-0% chance that the current hhs secretary is doing lines of toilet seats in the white house

It’s like he’s the Asmond Gold who made it…

[Edge-]

used to...right...

it's the mitch headberg joke that never gets old

he used to do cocaine off toilet seats

he still does

but he used to

[Rasulis]

It's because he gutted the EPA and lied about every single reason. I could quote the lies, but you already know them: windmills cause cancer, Obama made up greenhouse gasses, you can't tell me what to do, etc.

The award was the usual patronizing of the senile retard, but it was pointless other than that. Scrambling to quick build a new coal-fired plant, while tariffs are on steel, only to have the EPA snap back into place in 2028 will end up costing extra money for nothing. And nothing Trump does locally will make other countries buy coal.

Clean coal! There is only one coal power plant equipped with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) in the US. Which was built during Obama administration? Or was it Bush. Nobody has attempted to build another since then because the cost is astronomical. Retrofitting existing plants is also very expensive and will reduce power output.

The saying "the stone age ended not because we ran out of rock" is very appropriate in the case of coal.

[Breccia]

The saying "the stone age ended not because we ran out of rock" is very appropriate in the case of coal.

I love this line

Yes, as a scientist, I am impressed by the tech that goes into making a coal-fired plant that captures all the smog, soot, smoke, toxic fumes, etc. involved. As an example of engineering for a very specific problem, it's interesting. "Interesting" is not "practical". Natural gas continues to be both more efficient money-wise, and also less destructive, than coal. There's a reason the world changed. Some people are just too senile and too retarded to change with it.

[Kaleredar]

I love this line

Yes, as a scientist, I am impressed by the tech that goes into making a coal-fired plant that captures all the smog, soot, smoke, toxic fumes, etc. involved. As an example of engineering for a very specific problem, it's interesting. "Interesting" is not "practical". Natural gas continues to be both more efficient money-wise, and also less destructive, than coal. There's a reason the world changed. Some people are just too senile and too retarded to change with it.

Natural gas is aiming too low.

To paraphrase a YouTube-famous nuclear physicist, “A nuclear power plant can account for every atom of waste it produces. No fossil fuel can claim that.”

[TACOshake]

So weird that the Army Counterintelligence Command would make a cartoon about a young Tulsi, in their PSA against honeytraps.

[Kaleredar]

So weird that the Army Counterintelligence Command would make a cartoon about a young Tulsi, in their PSA against honeytraps.

Also, mad dig at members of the army.

“She’s out of your league, bro. Clearly she must be trying to exploit your dumb ass for military secrets. Only reciprocate to uggos like you.”

[Edge-]

Also, mad dig at members of the army.

“She’s out of your league, bro. Clearly she must be trying to exploit your dumb ass for military secrets. Only reciprocate to uggos like you.”

is it really tho?

i mean you have dudes sharing classified info on discord with teens to look cool

having known multiple people who had various levels of security clearances over the years, this is absolutely necessary (and will be ignored anyways)

[Davemetalhead]

is it really tho?

i mean you have dudes sharing classified info on discord with teens to look cool

having known multiple people who had various levels of security clearances over the years, this is absolutely necessary (and will be ignored anyways)

Yep - being horny can make people do stoopid things - something that intelligence agencies have taken advantage of for years.

[Edge-]

Yep - being horny can make people do stoopid things - something that intelligence agencies have taken advantage of for years.

Shi Pei Pu has entered the chat.

[TACOshake]

Also, mad dig at members of the army.

“She’s out of your league, bro. Clearly she must be trying to exploit your dumb ass for military secrets. Only reciprocate to uggos like you.”

Curse of being forced to wear those BCG in basic, and never upgrading them.

[Gabriel]

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...seat-recovery/



i'll note that he doesn't appear to say that he no longer does this

so there's a non-0% chance that the current hhs secretary is doing lines of toilet seats in the white house

Since I saw his leaked DMs, he has struck me as a man who likes sniffing toilet seats with or without cocaine on them.

[Kaleredar]

is it really tho?

i mean you have dudes sharing classified info on discord with teens to look cool

having known multiple people who had various levels of security clearances over the years, this is absolutely necessary (and will be ignored anyways)

I mean that less in a “don’t be a moron that leaks government secrets” way and more in a “listen, we all know you’re a repugnant swine of a person, so don’t even think that lady might like you” kind of way.

[TACOshake]

1000 year diaper grandpa is wishcasting again.