Trump 2.0: Destroy, loot, impoverish, censor, bully, lie, (Do Not Resuscitate #391)

The news for the week ending April 25, 2025, brings the shape of Trump 2.0 into better focus as a radical destruction of the regulatory apparatus along with rampant looting by courtiers, hangers-on,  favorites, and of course billionaires. RFK Jr's reign at HHS is an administrative mess with plenty of crackpot empowerment tossed in. Here are links to all the articles mentioned in this episode: 

Carl Campanile, “RFK Jr. declares autism in America an ‘epidemic’ that dwarfs deadly COVID-19 outbreak,” NY Post, Apr 20, 2025 https://bit.ly/4jrWNWy

Isabel van Brugen, “RFK Jr scrambles to defuse outrage over his autism claims,” Daily Beast, Apr 18 2025 https://bit.ly/4ivh7Fc

Alexander Tin, “RFK Jr.’s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans,” CBS News, Apr 22, 2025 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-autism-study-medical-records/

Alice Kuo & Emily Hotez, “We need a new kind of autism research—work that’ll actually help autistic people,” Houston Chronicle, Apr 17, 2025 https://bit.ly/42psJos

Stephanie Armour, “RFK Jr struggles to navigate frustrated supporters and a demanding boss,” KFF Health News, Apr 20, 2025 https://bit.ly/442oGzD

Nathaniel Weixel, “HHS officials did not know how many people have been fired,” The Hill, Apr 12, 2025 https://bit.ly/4jEEGMU

Alec MacGillis, “Trump’s war on measurement means losing data on drug use, maternal deaths, and more,” ProPublica, Apr 21, 2025 https://bit.ly/44BQdYP

Dan Diamond, Carolyn Y. Johnson & Hannah Natanson, “DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review,” Washington Post, Apr 17, 2025 https://bit.ly/3EkiMzy

Catherine Offord, “Trump administration targets academic journals with attorney letter, proposed funding cuts,” Science, Apr 18, 2025 https://bit.ly/3Gpouk7

Hannah Natanson, Rachel Roubein & Dan Diamond, “ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies,” Washington Post, Apr 16, 2025 https://bit.ly/4lJWfNd

Amy Maxmen, “Trump’s immigration tactics obstruct efforts to avert bird flu pandemic,” KFF Health News/ABC News, Apr 10, 2025 https://bit.ly/42tofgD

Carolyn Y. Johnson, “Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards,” Washington Post, Apr 16, 2025 https://bit.ly/3S4ofNU

Kristina Fiore & Greg Laub, “Top scientists warn of ‘climate of fear’ under Trump, urge the public to act,” MedPage Today, Apr 9, 2025 https://bit.ly/42teu23

Jon Garelick, “RFK Jr., America’s Lysenko,” Boston Globe, April 17, 2025 https://bit.ly/4lL57lC

Suzy Khimm, “A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it,” NBC News, Apr 17, 2025 https://bit.ly/4iwtUai

Jessie Hellmann, “Hawley’s change of heart reflects evolving politics of Medicaid,” Roll Call, Apr 15, 2025 https://bit.ly/42H5gOq

Jonathan Weil, “Hospital chains’ Medicaid profits are a juicy target for GOP budget hawks,” Wall Street Journal, Apr 20, 2025 https://bit.ly/4joicQg

The full archive is housed at www.nypan.org/single-payer-news 

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