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The Fake News losers at CNN immediately tried to fact check it, but President Trump was right (as usual).
Sounds very official and professional. Everyone at the white house is required to talk like Trump now?
Ladies, gentlemen, and my fellow freaks and geeks, i give you: the final form of the US Government.
It's somehow even worse than Idiocracy.
Because in idiocracy they acted out of incompetence but were generally not bad people, this is just straight up malicious intent.
transGENIC - meaning they were able to modify cells in mice to more resemble human to be able to develop new medications that were difficult to develop, but I guess anything that has word "trans" is woke. The transportation secretary should be on a lookout.
I'm kind of torn on this one. I've seen the "transgenic" explanation in several other places, and as I normally do, my initial reaction was "Ha ha, stupid Trump." (And also a deep underlying sadness that doesn't ever really go away)
But I clicked the link on this post. They listed the grants referenced in their $8 million total. One did mention transgenic mice, though others could use transgenic mice and not specifically mention it. But if you click through to the grant proposals (which I assume DOGE did not write), every entry does indeed involve research on the effects of gender-affirming medication, even the one that mentions transgenic mice. To be clear, the other claim from media reports is also true - that these are grants for cancer and HIV research. But specifically, for things like the interaction between HIV vaccines and gender affirming meds.
To make my position clear, I support these studies. I think it's important to study how asthma and cancer medications may affect the trans population differently than those not on gender-affirming meds. And you never know what additional discoveries will be made along the way. But I think that the response that MAGA got confused about transgender vs transgenic is disingenuous at best, if the information from this link is true (who knows if the 8 mill is the full contract or remaining values, etc).
I think diversity, equity, and inclusion are exactly what we need, and historically, a lot of harm has been caused by treating white male as default in medical studies. It is a truly terrible thing that they are canceling studies like these. But I think we need to recognize that when they say things like, Biden spent 8 million dollars trying to make mice transgender, what we're dealing with is bait. They want us fighting over whether or not we made mice transgender. The point here is that this is yet another example of this Federal government usurping the power of the purse without being checked. They will always try to use small lies to hide the Big Lie.
Gender affirming does not mean Trans.
Testosterone creams and pills would be gender affirming medications. It's probably important to know how those medications are going to react with other medications and conditions. 9 Mil for a study is a drop in the bucket.
Doge is chasing fragments of pennies, at a time where there are glaringly obvious actual loopholes and waste in the government.
Oh my god, I looked at the Rolling Stone article and this is the real explanation? I expect them to be stupid, but this is the basis for their talking point?
I am accurately using the word "literally," when I say I literally can't keep up with how stupid they are. I genuinely lowered my expectations as far as I could, and it wasn't low enough.
I am accurately using the word “literally,” when I say I literally can’t keep up with how stupid they are.
... transgenic mice to test whether male-level androgens ... are necessary and/or sufficient for androgen inhibition of in vivo LH pulse parameters
They used the transgenic mice to test if hrt works. And the others have nothing to do with transgenic mice, most are explicitly about hrt and one is testing if asthma differences in sex is actually caused by hormones.
Thanks for the hint. Also CNN added context to their article.
The morning after Trump’s speech, the White House provided a list of $8.3 million in federal grants to health studies that involve mice receiving treatments that can be used in gender-affirming health care. The White House list made clear what Trump, in the speech, did not: The studies were meant to figure out how these treatments might affect the health of humans who take them, not for the purpose of making mice transgender.
The fact that Whitehouse.gov has turned into another extension of Trump's Twitter is so fucking insulting to the entire country and everything it stands for. Go fuck yourself you whiny little pussy.
Can we take the time to acknowledge that the phrase “fake news losers at cnn” was used in an official executive white house release? This is on par with the release they put out a couple weeks ago that spelled “executive” as ecexutive” 🥴🤡 America is cooked.
Trump Decried Millions Spent ‘Making Mice Transgender.’ It Was Cancer and Asthma Research.
tl;dr: trump lies again, while also failing to comprehend the written word.. again.
The Fake News losers at CNN immediately tried to fact check it, but President Trump was right (as usual).
That's real. That's a real life quote from the real life, official white house website. "Wtaf" is an understatement here.
"Transgenic sounds enough like transgender to me and now I'm pissed off for no reason. Hey boss!"- Stephen Miller, probably.
Transgender.... Animal Experiments? What the fuck are you even talking about?
Edit: These are just experiments showing if changes in hormones effect asthma and reactions to the HIV Vaccine, this is a clear case of "I'm counting on you to get mad and not read the article"
Trump got mad that people tried to fact check his claim that Biden spent millions on turning the mice trans. Then the Whitehouse officially released this at a rebuttal of the fact checks.
"Transgenic" is the actual word from those studies. As in, genetically altered. Because they were researching genetic causes and treatments for diseases.
But fuck it, transgender mice, whatever.
Researchers tested drug cross interactions. On mice. The most common subjects in lab tests.
Take a grain of truth. Twist it. It is the core idea behind every fascist propaganda machine.
Also, take the opportunity to also attack freedom of the press, dehumanize trans people, and delegitimize scientific research and healthcare.
THE FOOD INDUSTRY HAS SPENT BILLIONS ON TRANS FATS!!! THEY ARE WOKE!!!
Every day I'm just wondering if all this is even reality. I think this is The Bad Place 🤔
Muhahahahahahaha, aw man! I can't believe that you figured it out! You really suck ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed.
These are the same dipshits who think that "asylum seekers" are literally people from insane asylums.
I genuinely didn't realize that was the reason they said they were coming from insane asylums.
Like, I legitimately didn't even consider the possibility because it was just that stupid. I'm simultaneously kicking myself for not figuring it out, but also glad my brain isn't stupid enough to quickly make the same connection they did.
There's a list of experiments. They mostly sound pretty standard, looking at the effects of various (hormone, etc.) medications on things like breast cancer, reproduction, etc. Tons and tons of medical experiments covering all sorts of different things are carried out each year. And they're a big part of why the USA has long been a leader in drug and medical research.
Edit: The full press release:
"They also spent millions on transgender cars!"
"That says transmission repair"
"TRANS."
My favorite gender fluid is Castrol Transmax Import Multi-Vehicle Automatic Transmission Fluid
Can someone check my math? I’m estimating Trumps first term tax cuts saved the top 1% at least $100b durning his first term. Trump is complaining about less than $9m being spent here. $9m is 0.009% of $100b. Did I get that all right?
Can someone check my math? I’m estimating Trumps first term tax cuts saved the top 1% at least $100b durning his first term.
It is closer to $2.5. trillion.
In theory this will be available for the remainder of the history of the United States too
lol: 'biden spent less on medical research for transgender care during 4 years than trump spends on hookers in a year. news at 11.'
Conservatives like to be lied to.
Q kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Sandyhook kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Pizza kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Birther kooks (Obama was a Muslim) prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Bircher kooks (Ike was a Communist) prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Start the Steal kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Hermain Cain kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Horse medicine cures Covid kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Laetrile cures Cancer kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Pet eater kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.
Ukraine attacked Russia kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to
The underlying cause is they are more emotional driven than the baseline human, I think. We're all emotional, but I feel like some people really let the truthiness gutfeel of emotions rule the day and facts are just not that important to them.
Pick like any of those and you see they had a choice between feelings that make them feel smart or part of an in-group, or facts that made the world clash with their beliefs. And because they're kind of fools and cowards, they go with the feel-good most of the time.
Man, Trump is such a thin skinned bitch.
I find it hard to believe that even the most ardent Trump supporters don't cringe at seeing something like this posted on the official website of the whitehouse.
Even if someone (somehow) doesn't know that human drugs and treatments are tested on mice (or other animals) before being tested on humans, they must at least feel some kind of shame/embarassment/humiliation at seeing a headline so petty and childish right under the whitehouse logo.
They're not turning mice 'trans'; they're turning science into a circus for political clowns.
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“The Fake News losers at CNN to fact check it, but President Trump was right (as usual).”
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It is slowly becoming globally known how absolutely stupid the current administration is.
This reality is a strange blend of Idiocracy and 1984. It's really hard to imagine describing the way things are now to an adult in the 1980s. The GOP being so in love with the Russians is something else, given the depth of all the anti Russian propaganda during the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s it's crazy we ended up here.
