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BumRushDaShow

(165,171 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:08 PM Wednesday

American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.

Source: Washington Post

December 17, 2025 at 2:17 p.m. EST


The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The abrupt loss of funds this week surprised the professional pediatrician association, which has been one of the harshest critics of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to federal vaccine policy.

“The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families in communities across the United States,” Mark Del Monte, AAP’s chief executive and executive vice president, said in a statement to The Post. The organization is exploring options to push back, he said, including a legal challenge.

Administration officials cited a range of reasons for cutting off the funding to AAP, including the group’s use of “identity-based language,” including references to racial disparities and “pregnant people,” and insufficient focus in at least one grant program on nutrition and chronic disease prevention, which they said runs afoul of HHS’s priorities.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/17/aap-hhs-funding-rfk/



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American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Wednesday OP
Ridiculous bucolic_frolic Wednesday #1
They want to hurt the most vulnerable The Blue Flower Wednesday #2
Vile and horrific. Starving poor children...about as low as it goes... CTyankee Wednesday #3
CONGRESS, not RFK the crazy and the naked emperor, hold the purse strings. Attilatheblond Wednesday #4
Sure, let's give the grant money to the Tik Tokers promoting people eat horse treats. sinkingfeeling Wednesday #5
I wince when I see anything from that platform.nt jfz9580m Wednesday #32
They want people dead. This is just an excuse. applegrove Wednesday #6
But why? dickthegrouch Wednesday #8
They want those who are poor not to make it to medicare and social security age. applegrove Wednesday #9
I suppose it is Putin's dream to bring down the United States PatSeg Wednesday #16
There's no "supposing" about it... GiqueCee Wednesday #21
If this was a movie or a PatSeg Wednesday #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Wednesday #18
They are psychopaths. It's difficult to understand because they are so... littlemissmartypants Wednesday #28
This is beyond the pale. Wormboy doesn't even have a medical assistant's certificate much less an MD. Vinca Wednesday #7
former ? Nigrum Cattus Wednesday #27
He's been reported to pop nicotine pouches in his mouth on camera. ... littlemissmartypants Wednesday #29
every congressional gopr should be asked, for the record, if they think this is appropriate. nt wiggs Wednesday #10
Fuck this vile piece of shit and the jackass that nominated him wolfie001 Wednesday #11
Why are people still "surprised"? Miguelito Loveless Wednesday #12
Exactly lostincalifornia Wednesday #13
I knew RFK Jr. was batshit crazy. What I didn't know was that Kennedy apparently enjoys causing suffering. He really Fil1957 Wednesday #14
Just another psychopath. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #30
We are stuck in reverse and stuck in stupid n/t hibbing Wednesday #15
Can We Say Fascist Fucks in the Damaged Cha Wednesday #17
For a president (and political party) Rebl2 Wednesday #19
Why limit themselves to killing children abroad when they can do it domestically, too? Efilroft Sul Wednesday #20
Well, they are cool with screwing kids, so this is just another extension of that. hadEnuf Wednesday #22
Hey, Hey, RFK. How many kids you kill today? perdita9 Wednesday #24
I admire your recycling abilities. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #31
This latest news is making me physically sick. Zackzzzz Wednesday #25
I never want to hear the words Republican and pro life in the same sentence again. flashman13 Wednesday #26
This whole administration is cruel Figarosmom Wednesday #33
-- jfz9580m Wednesday #34
So Brainworm has a thin skin also Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday #35
When the history books are written, DFW Thursday #36

Attilatheblond

(8,145 posts)
4. CONGRESS, not RFK the crazy and the naked emperor, hold the purse strings.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:21 PM
Wednesday

Start arresting the fools who defy the laws of the land. CONGRESS spends our money, not the maladministration.

dickthegrouch

(4,257 posts)
8. But why?
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:34 PM
Wednesday

I cannot fathom why so much damage is being done to society at large by these monsters.
I don't see how they can actually benefit from all the deaths they'll cause.
The only consequence I see is a caste of serfs who provide for the overlords, and a caste of technicians who maintain the technology. But the technology will be useless without people to BUY it, and no-one will able to afford to BUY anything.
All those Sci-Fi movies of catastrophic societal collapse, or trying to build a civilization after a spaceship crash, have shown us what will happen.

applegrove

(129,946 posts)
9. They want those who are poor not to make it to medicare and social security age.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:45 PM
Wednesday

They don't want equal information across the board on good healthcare. They want to monetize that and keep it from poor people. They want the middle class poor. The middle class are their enemies as they could beat the MAGA tide back. Of course it does not make sense. You and I are not sadistic. Plus, with AI, they don't need people to make their products. What better way to reduce the population than make good info on health not a public or civil society good.

PatSeg

(51,968 posts)
16. I suppose it is Putin's dream to bring down the United States
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:45 PM
Wednesday

and he's doing it from within. Destroying our institutions is a great start.

GiqueCee

(3,309 posts)
21. There's no "supposing" about it...
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 05:10 PM
Wednesday

... the proof – not evidence – of Trump's treason is mountainous and irrefutable, but the Republican majority would never address it be cause they're in on it. Like Putin, they hate democracy. Putin has hated the US all his life, and it's probably the reason he joined the KGB. Trump has been in Putin's pocket for decades.

PatSeg

(51,968 posts)
23. If this was a movie or a
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 05:17 PM
Wednesday

Tom Clancy novel, we'd know in the first few chapters (maybe the first few pages) that Trump was a traitor and a Russian collaborator. But in real life, people see what they want to see even when all the facts are out in the open.

Considering how much we know that is factual, I shudder to think of what we DON'T know.

Response to dickthegrouch (Reply #8)

littlemissmartypants

(31,440 posts)
28. They are psychopaths. It's difficult to understand because they are so...
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:25 PM
Wednesday

Deranged with such sick minds that it's not easy for a normal person to begin to understand.

The first moment that I finally understood this, it was the most frightening revelation of my adult life.

They don't need reasons. It's just who they are.


Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

Vinca

(53,220 posts)
7. This is beyond the pale. Wormboy doesn't even have a medical assistant's certificate much less an MD.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:26 PM
Wednesday

His knowledge of drugs comes from being a former addict. Totally unqualified and we're stuck with him.

littlemissmartypants

(31,440 posts)
29. He's been reported to pop nicotine pouches in his mouth on camera. ...
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:35 PM
Wednesday

He's always going to be abusing something. Either people or substances. It makes little difference

https://m.

wiggs

(8,654 posts)
10. every congressional gopr should be asked, for the record, if they think this is appropriate. nt
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:50 PM
Wednesday

Fil1957

(501 posts)
14. I knew RFK Jr. was batshit crazy. What I didn't know was that Kennedy apparently enjoys causing suffering. He really
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:24 PM
Wednesday

does belong with Maga. His dad and uncle must be rolling over in their graves.

littlemissmartypants

(31,440 posts)
30. Just another psychopath.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:36 PM
Wednesday
Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

Rebl2

(17,334 posts)
19. For a president (and political party)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 05:03 PM
Wednesday

that wants to see more children born they are sure doing everything in their power to kill children off.

flashman13

(1,963 posts)
26. I never want to hear the words Republican and pro life in the same sentence again.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:14 PM
Wednesday

It's a death cult. George Carlin used to say that pro lifers love their fetus, but the second they are born, they are fucked. Do you need further proof?

jfz9580m

(16,508 posts)
34. --
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 07:38 PM
Wednesday

This is the type of shit that makes me want to stay offline for the next three years. Anyway, I have to go complete this paper..I’ll be back when this nightmare of an admin is done terrorizing everyone.

I hope all my former colleagues are doing okay. I hate the influence of the tech industry on science, but I always sympathized with people in the publicly funded parts of the NIH, away from those creepy billionaires and tech cos.

DFW

(59,688 posts)
36. When the history books are written,
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:00 AM
Thursday

And they will be written using accurate chronicles of these contemporary times, and probably by British, German or French observers of what is happening here and now, it will show a very dark time in the history of the USA. I only hope that, like contemporary Germans writing about the horrors of the Third Reich, we have a generation of Americans who can write about the horrors of the Trump years with equal accuracy and objectivity, and not be punished, fired or exiled for their veracity.

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