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    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.

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      Also, take the opportunity to also attack freedom of the press, dehumanize trans people, and delegitimize scientific research and healthcare.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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.

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      What will they publish when they wind out that the government transcribes speeches and so on?

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      … 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.

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        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.

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      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.

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      Yeah, they want to make genes trans now. The woke are out of control!

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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?

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    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.

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    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:

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/yes-biden-spent-millions-on-transgender-animal-experiments/

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        Thats if we have NOAA much longer. Knowing how its going so far it will be cancelled for “maKiNg RAiNboWs aNd SuPPoRtiNg cOmMuNisT sAntA ClaUS”

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        And Next, weather

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        National Weather Service
        1870 - 2025

        W E A T H E R R E P O R T

        Currently:
        Look outside and see for yourself.

        Forecast:
        Guess. That’s all we can do right now, too.

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    It belongs in a museum!

    Wait, I mean, after the war it will!

    It will be important to never (re)forget (again) so that we won’t (re(re(re(re(re)))))repeat the same mistake (again).

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    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

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      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.

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        Yeah, it’s a fear response, that’s why they want the strong man who will fix things and punish ‘the elites’ and ‘the immigrants’ and ‘the Jews’.

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            Modern antisemites are heavily zionistic. They see Israel as the answer to the Jewish question, and use the backing of Israel to deflect any accusations of antisemitism.

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            Hitler’s initial plan was to send them to Madagascar. They’re happy for Israel to exist, and both Zionists and Neo Nazis are fine with making Jews outside of Israel feel very unsafe.

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      Reality is a team sport, to some people.

      Their stated ideals are ad-hoc justifications. All that has ever mattered is ingroup loyalty.

      And they think that’s all you’re doing, because they think that’s all there is.

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      Maybe instead of fact checking, we should keep dropping little truth nuggets that sound like lies but are actually true.

      Like it’s a sexy secret

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    Oh the white house can use the word transgender if they use it to bash democrats. But not to describe a transgender person.