Politicizing Health

2025-12-30 In a retaliatory move for Tina Peters’ incarceration, Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project that would bring clean drinking water to the Eastern Plains of Colorado.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Peters_(politician)

https://electionfraud.heritage.org/case/201683

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trumps-attempt-to-pardon-tina-peters-runs-into-constitutional-limits

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/the-tina-peters-saga-continued-in-2025/article_1dada8ae-c9ae-421c-81f5-1e16d545025e.html

2026 April

2026-04-10 Trump’s 2027 budget will further cut $923M from HIV/AIDS healthcare, $561M from maternal and child health, $576M from mental health including suicide prevention, and $872M from health workforce programs. This would be the single largest spending increase since WWII.

https://healthpolicy-watch.news/ttrump-2027-budget-extends-us-global-and-domestic-health-cuts/

2026 June

2026-06-10 After the Civil Rights Division was placed under Harmeet Dhillon, it stepped in to undo Biden-era settlements. One example of a settlement they undid involved Lowndes County, Alabama. There residents do not have access to municipal water and must contend with untreated sewage backing up into their homes. Homeowners there cannot afford the specialized septic systems required for the soil type, so they had been harassed with criminal charges, fines and jailtime. Biden enforced an interim resolution to stop the state from imposing fines and required the state to be an active participant in helping residents get septic systems. Trump’s DOJ eliminated that help, calling the resolution “Illegal DEI” because it was in a predominantly Black neighborhood.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/departments-justice-and-health-and-human-services-announce-interim-resolution-agreement

PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/alabama-sewage-trump-dei-voting-rights-act.html

TIMESTAMP 22:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUPuhlJ3IuE

2026 July

2026-07-15 The Geo Group blocked Adams County Health officials from entering Aurora ICE detention center to investigate and possibly treat a tuberculosis outbreak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2FiDjTn6rE&list=WL&index=3&t=76s

https://www.cpr.org/2026/07/17/colorado-ag-aurora-ice-detention-center-tuberculosis/

https://coloradosun.com/2026/07/15/geo-group-immigration-detention-tuberculosis/

2026 August

2026-08-07 A Trump-backed youth competition The Trump Games was started by the administration. Some called it a test of patriotic branding; some compared it to the “Hunger Games” while others pointed out its similarity to those held by Hitler during Nazi-era Germany.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/09/politics/patriot-games-trump-partisan-patriotic-branding

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7500092/2026/08/07/trump-patriot-games-schedule-events-lineup/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-patriot-games-athletes-spill-embarrassing-details/