'People will die sooner than they should': DOGE cuts to 'black lung' research threatens miners - 100 Days of Trump

[Rhiannon12866]

Federal workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) who were focused on preventing and responding to work-related illnesses, including "black lung" disease in coal miners, have been forced out of their jobs.

In an MSNBC town hall — “100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers" — Jacob Soboroff reports from Morgantown, West Virginia where he spoke to an epidemiologist whose team conducted research to find ways to make mining safer. They also drove a mobile exam unit to the work sites in Appalachia to test the miners for disease. - Aired on 05/01/2025.


To read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/federal-workers-focused-black-lung-screenings-reinstated-still-face-ju-rcna203747

[Karasu]

1. As is the inevitable result of everything this fucking "administration" has been doing since Day One.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The rich do not want money going to the people for education, medical care, safety net.

The rich believe all money and resources belong to them.
Because they are so special.

They only people allowed to live with be worker bees to make them richer.
And servants to wait on them hand and foot.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. And that includes TFG whose job is to make life better for the American people.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Trump sees his job as making life better for himself and the billionaires who bribe him.

The American people are just suckers, losers, and worthless eaters.

[hildegaard28]

5. They're not billionaires

So he doesn't care. He told his own supporters at one of his rallies that he doesn't care if they live or die. And they laughed at that rather than getting angry. Such fools.