The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.

Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country.

I’m a doctor.So is my mother. When she got cancer, I realized how little that mattered.

Republicans have stated budget cuts need to be made with an ever-growing debt. But where was this attitude when tax cuts for the wealthy were on the table in 2017? They don’t have to look at patients in the eye and break the devastating news that they have cancer. They don’t have to treat cancers that block intestines or drown a patient’s lungs in fluid.

  • Rhaedas
    107•2 months ago

    Or Bush/Cheney got rid of experts on Al-Qaeda and bin Laden upon taking over the office because of whatever reasons.

    • @EldritchEnglish
      61•2 months ago

      Because the Bush family had always been close to the house of saud. Of which Bin Laden was a member. On September 11th before anything was even clear. They had gone through and evacuated every member of the House of saud from the US. The majority of the attackers being from Saudi Arabia and also funded by Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden was also trained and armed by his father and Ronald Reagan. Their history goes way back.

      • Rhaedas
        21•2 months ago

        Ah, yes, back when “enemy of my enemy is my friend” was used.

        • @WarlordSdocy
          14•2 months ago

          What do you mean the group we funded to fight off the imperialistic superpower that we were in a Cold War against is now against us and our interference in the region? /s

        • @halcyoncmdrEnglish
          10•2 months ago

          This is not a past tense thing with US foreign policy by any measure.

        • @[email protected]English
          4•2 months ago

          A true leopard’s ate my face moment.

          “I didn’t think my enemy would attack us when we supported them in attacking our enemies!”