[jmg_]

Care to comment on how CDC resources for primary care providers have been removed related to contraceptive eligibility?

https://www.cdc.gov/contraception/hcp/provider-tools/index.h...

https://web.archive.org/web/20241219075518/https://www.cdc.g...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.cdc.ondieh...

https://web.archive.org/web/20241231085620/https://play.goog...

[rocqua]

China supresses information because they fear the anger of the oppressed.

This censorship is much more petty. "My child hates me, and it can't be my fault. Let's call some modern progress ideology, and stomp all over it".

This isn't about repression, it's a show of force. Both for intimidation, and to gather admiration. Because it is cool if you can be above the law. It takes strength to be above the law, so we should respect it. Scary thing is, it seems to be working.

[spuz]

Honestly this is in some ways worse to me. The US government already know their people will not rebel. Somehow, despite the higher consequences this time around, far fewer people have been willing to protest. In 2017, millions demonstrated across the country, this year it was only a few thousand:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/18/womens-march...

[JumpCrisscross]

> This censorship is much more petty

It’s in the same vein. The government is removing information so it can act impunitively against certain people. The people getting harmed by these policies are, in the end, poor and marginal. If you’re already lucky enough to be rich in America, you’re probably getting much richer in the next four years.

ALL THAT SAID, if I were advising Trump (I’m not) and asked to be Machiavellian, I’d say his single priority right now is the budget. Create as much confusion in the public space as possible so your surrogates in the House have the room they need to manoeuvre. (Also keep an eye out for CBO’s gutting. It’s a real check on Trump inasmuch as it lives outside the executive and determines what can be passed on party lines with reconciliation.)