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FDA scientists told ‘woman’ and ‘disabled’ are on Trump’s banned word list (www.independent.co.uk)

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Summary

FDA scientists have been instructed to avoid using words like "woman," "disabled," and "elderly" in external communications, per a leaked list circulating within the agency.

The directive, reportedly linked to Trump’s executive order against "gender ideology," has caused confusion and concern.

The White House denies most words are banned but confirms restrictions on terms related to gender and diversity.

Scientists fear these limits will hinder medical research and public health efforts.

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[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

As a country we were given the choice between letting one house burn vs letting the entire city burn, and instead of making a helpful choice a group of people decided to protest fire, and yet more decided to just sit at home while the world burned around them.

They knew what the choices were. Trump flat out said he didn’t care about the constitution, didn’t care about human life, and didn’t care about democracy.

[-] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe even better, when they were given a choice between a house or the whole village on fire, some people were like "yeah a flood will stop all this so I'm gunna just bank on one coming" even though there hasn't been any significant rain in a long whole.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

In fairness, they did get at least a little flooding when that one dam was ordered to purge a not insignificant amount of water.

[-] lemmingthelemmers@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago

Lol hey guys I'm stuck in the past and still mad the the democrats put up the worst candidate in history and lost even though I voted for her. I'm going to cling to the idea that if people who didn't believe in her voted for her we would be in a better place even though she was humiliated on a national stage. Because I voted for her. That's why she would be better.

Where is she now, this champion of the people?

Exactly.