Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155

For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research is now at risk, and Antaki said he has no idea why the government cut off funding.

Pro-life party, folks. Endless money for military parades and shoving planes into the sea. No money to help sick babies.

Imagine, imagine, if America First meant putting money into research and services that would make us smarter, stronger, and healthier. Instead they want to kick us all right into the dirt.

They aren't pro-life. They are pro-birth. They don't care what happens to the human once it's born. But by god, they want those tiny humans birthed!

Will any of them adopt the thousands of kids in need of homes? Hell-to-the-NO. Will they scream real-big-loud about how LGBTQ people shouldn't be allowed to adopt? Heck yes! With megaphones! But again, will they adopt? Not a chance.

I spent from 12-18 in group homes. I aged out of the system back when they wouldn't allow gay people to adopt. They were unfit parents according to the bible thumpers. People from the local church used to come at Christmas time and take us to Toys-r-Us to make our lists for Santa. They'd tell anyone within earshot that we were the needy orphans to get the praise for their good deeds. They always made a big show of it and joked with the older kids about what good sports we were being to play along for the younger ones. They'd praise all of us, too, about how well-mannered we were and how anyone would be lucky to have us as their kid. Over and over "I'm sure this is the year you'll meet your forever home!" but that was never with them. Ever. And then the same church would disregard 99% of what was on our Santa lists and give us a bunch of dollar store crap toys and Walmart clothes. And then after Christmas, the home manager would gather us up and tell us how Big Important Church People, you know, the ones who'd taken us window shopping, were the ones who had worked with Santa to make our holiday special, so the proper thing to do was to write them thank you letters. Dear Mr. & Mrs. Smith. This is Amy. Remember me? I'm 12 and the one with a chipped tooth who was an absolute delight during the 3 hours we spent together at Toys-r-Us. You loved playing with my "most beautiful, thick blonde hair I've ever seen!" as we walked around the store. Anyway, thanks a bunch for telling Santa to get me the Walmart clearance clothes 2 sizes too big. I mean, I'm done with puberty, but who knows, maybe I'll grow into them. And thank you for the Teen Bible. It's got a nice heft to it and should give a nice whack once inserted inside of a pillowcase and swung about. Until next year, Amy.

Are you surprised? This is the same Donald Trump who cut off health insurance for his nephew’s baby with a severe medical condition and said “let him die” when his nephew contested his grandfather’s will which gave him far less than the other grandkids.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/video/fred-trump-financial-help-medical-expenses-bts-digvid
Even when it comes to a sick baby in his family, Donald Trump is all business. The megabuilder and his siblings Robert and Maryanne terminated their nephew’s family medical coverage a week after he challenged the will of their father, Fred Trump. “This was so shocking, so disappointing and so vindictive,” said niece Lisa Trump, whose son, William, was born 18 months ago at Mount Sinai Medical Center with a rare neurological disorder that produces violent seizures, brain damage and medical bills topping $300,000.
According to Evans’s account, the baby, William Trump—whose father, Fred Trump III, is Freddy’s son—had been diagnosed with “infantile spasms, a rare disorder that can lead to cerebral palsy or autism and a lifetime of care.” (The Times article notes that William did develop cerebral palsy.) This chronic illness required round-the-clock nursing care and frequent visits to medical specialists and emergency rooms. Twice in the first eight months of his life, William stopped breathing. At that stage, fortunately for the baby and his family, he was being covered under a medical plan paid for by a Trump family company.

The situation changed in March, 2000, after Fred III and his wife, Lisa, filed suit in Queen’s Surrogate Court, claiming that Fred, Sr., who died in June, 1999, had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and that his will had been “procured by fraud and undue influence” on the part of Donald, his brother Robert, a New York businessman, and his sister Maryanne, a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey. The will had divided most of their father’s estate, which was worth somewhere between a hundred million and three hundred million dollars, between the families of his surviving children, leaving considerably less to Freddy’s descendants than to other siblings’ children.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this is seriously messed up.

But sadly consistent in lack of morality for an administration that is generally chaotic

Priorities. The Trump administration is sick.

This is all about Eugenics. They only want people with "good genes" to procreate.

Fred Trump III wrote in his book about his cousin, Eric Trump, calling him to inform him that a Trump family fund that had been established to cover the cost of the extensive medical care required by Fred’s disabled, medically fragile son, William, was running out of money. Eric, as the administrator of the fund, informed Fred that Donald was contributing to the fund, but the other siblings of Fred Trump, Jr had stopped. Eric suggested Donald might be able to help Fred III get the others to contribute their fair share. Fred called his Uncle Donald, the president, and explained that William’s medical expenses were ongoing, and that with rising healthcare costs, the family fund was needed more than ever. According to Fred, this was Donald’s response:

“I don’t know,” he finally said, letting out a sigh. “He doesn’t recognize you. Maybe you should just let him die and move down to Florida.”

Per Fred, William did recognize him and Donald’s comment was very hurtful. It was not the first time that Donald had expressed to Fred that people with substantial medical needs should probably just die.



Is it any wonder that Trump is slashing medical research?

I fund DoD research for a living, and I'm struggling to understand why the DoD needs to be funding this. I'm curious what the connection is to the DoD mission. We can all support helping babies with holes in their hearts, but that's not the DoD mission. There are other people who's mission this supports. This is pretty sizable research grant for 6.1 or 6.2 funding. Is the NIH funding he is also receiving cut off? Furthermore, this researcher has spent 30 years on this device. What makes us think he will finally get there with this grant? Lots of questions.

If only Trump had a brain, a heart, and some courage.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155

For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research is now at risk, and Antaki said he has no idea why the government cut off funding.

Pro-life party, folks. Endless money for military parades and shoving planes into the sea. No money to help sick babies.

Imagine, imagine, if America First meant putting money into research and services that would make us smarter, stronger, and healthier.
Instead they want to kick us all right into the dirt.

They aren't pro-life, they are just pro-pregnancy. They obviously don't give a shit if the kid dies after being born.

"Pro-pregnancy is not pro-life" should be on a bumper sticker.

These people are so gross. They want big families with mom at home in an apron chained to the stove, but if one of her kids is ill or disabled, they can all go to hell.

This!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155

For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research is now at risk, and Antaki said he has no idea why the government cut off funding.

Pro-life party, folks. Endless money for military parades and shoving planes into the sea. No money to help sick babies.

Imagine, imagine, if America First meant putting money into research and services that would make us smarter, stronger, and healthier.
Instead they want to kick us all right into the dirt.

They aren't pro-life, they are just pro-pregnancy. They obviously don't give a shit if the kid dies after being born.

"Pro-pregnancy is not pro-life" should be on a bumper sticker.

These people are so gross. They want big families with mom at home in an apron chained to the stove, but if one of her kids is ill or disabled, they can all go to hell.

Wow, this is seriously messed up.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155

For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research is now at risk, and Antaki said he has no idea why the government cut off funding.

Pro-life party, folks. Endless money for military parades and shoving planes into the sea. No money to help sick babies.

Imagine, imagine, if America First meant putting money into research and services that would make us smarter, stronger, and healthier. Instead they want to kick us all right into the dirt.

They aren't pro-life, they are just pro-pregnancy. They obviously don't give a shit if the kid dies after being born.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155

For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research is now at risk, and Antaki said he has no idea why the government cut off funding.

Pro-life party, folks. Endless money for military parades and shoving planes into the sea. No money to help sick babies.

Imagine, imagine, if America First meant putting money into research and services that would make us smarter, stronger, and healthier. Instead they want to kick us all right into the dirt.

No they are not pro-life they are pro birth to control women-after the woman gives birth they don't care.

Make Heart Defects Great Again!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155

For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research is now at risk, and Antaki said he has no idea why the government cut off funding.

Pro-life party, folks. Endless money for military parades and shoving planes into the sea. No money to help sick babies.

Imagine, imagine, if America First meant putting money into research and services that would make us smarter, stronger, and healthier. Instead they want to kick us all right into the dirt.