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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. (www.propublica.org)

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Slashed Autism Funding: RFK Jr. promised to identify the causes of autism but has eliminated parts of his agency actively investigating them and has cut millions in funding for autism research.

Silent on Rollbacks: Once an ardent environmentalist who took on big polluters, RFK Jr. has been silent on Trump’s dismantling of efforts to combat climate change and pollution.

Conflicting Priorities: RFK Jr. helps lead an administration that is reversing regulations on pollution and chemicals, including some linked to autism.

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[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

RFK is an under-educated, born-rich and privelaged dickhead who thinks he is smarter than he is. He's that guy who walks into a job he has no real understanding of, but he thinks he knows better than everyone else -- even though they're the people who have done the real work and study on the matter. He's finding out he doesn't know half as much as he thought he did. If he was actually a decent human being, this would be an extremely stressful situation for him and he'd likely resign. With that being said, he is not a decent human being.