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

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23% of the AAP’s revenue comes from grants and pledges [1], and their $100mm in investments could cover the shortfall for up to three years if all $28.5mm of that is HHS. A crisis, for sure. But not an urgent one. The AAP can fight.

To that end:

1) Does the AAP have a case that RFK Jr. acted unconstitutionally?

2) Were these “grants…previously awarded” in a binding nature? Or does the government sign grants with a get-out-of-jail-free clause?

3) Is Senator John Barasso, a pediatrician, a dues-paying member of the AAP?

[1] https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP%20Financial%20Statemen...

My recollection (apologies, I'm not able to turn up a citation on this) is that the AAP has not really shied away from gripping ideological third rails with both hands; they've taken very liberal-leaning positions on abortion rights, gun violence, trans healthcare, etc. (Of course, depending on how you look at things, such policy positions might appear either partisan or nonpartisan.) I would be surprised if Sen. Barasso were a member.

> I would be surprised if Sen. Barasso were a member

Hmm, I think you’re correct.

How many people will this administration kill?

How many MORE people will this administration kill?

I think they're trying to beat their first term high score they earned during the pandemic.

They've been given a blank check by their voters to take the numbers up to the millions at this point.

https://archive.is/ntMtT

Interested in having a greater understanding of the matter. Can anyone point to the HHS order/action/documentation for this?

Also, if someone can share a process for reliably getting these. One of the mentioned grants is here https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/340378

But that page does not seem to have been updated yet.

He also drove his ex-wife into depression, who later committed suicide.

The brain worm thing, as much as people think it's a funny stupid little story, was a lie he told to avoid paying any alimony when he divorced her.

Nah my guess is that it was probably real, obtained from eating undercooked game

Yeah IIRC it was diagnosed from a brain scan, which would make it easily fact-checked during discovery in a contentious divorce.

Why is this flagged?

The era of petty government.

Big and petty.

Hell of an opportunity to choose to not think of the children all of a sudden.

What a country, looks like yet another lawsuit for cancelling already allocated funds.

Where is Dang? Or the other staff? The comments here are embarassing to read as a long time member of HN. The next generation is bringing regression to the mean a little too hard here.

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