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Toad: How do you feel about the hundreds of thousands of children who'll die due to your dismantling of U.S. A.I.D? Orange Meanie: I don't care about them. Toad: How about the kids you're kicking off Medicaid and SNAP? Orange Meanie: Don't care. Toad: How about the kids who died in the flooding in Kerrville, Texas? Orange Meanie: Oh, It's a horrible thing that took place, absolutely horrible. Orange Meanie: I'm not really interested in children when they're pre-dead.

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The news from Kerrville, Texas is truly horrific. I can't even imagine. I may seem like a heartless misanthrope but this kind of thing, I mean, it's just beyond words. No one should suffer like that.

Of course, one of the main functions of government, I think most of us agree, is pooling our resources so that, collectively, we can prevent such horrible things from occurring, and, in the event we can't, we can help ameliorate the aftereffects. And it's precisely that project that the Trump regime has been taking apart hammer and tongs. Is there evidence that budget cuts led directly to the tragedy of Kerrville and Camp Mystic? I don't think there is; their systems are not the best they could be, but they did send out warnings. Could they have done better? Probably. Is this failure a result of the recent Trump regime and DOGE? I'm guessing it's too soon for that; this failure is more likely a result of general Republican douchebaggery going back decades.

But! DOGE's destruction of U.S. A.I.D. is killing children now and is projected to result in the deaths of many, many, many more. And don't discount all the American children (and adults) who will die due to Medicaid cuts. More people will die and the system will generally be more expensive, but tax breaks for billionaires! Plus the cuts to SNAP are going to kill a few thousand more.

And don't get me started on all the kids RFK Jr. is going to kill.

I think almost all of us agree that the goal is zero childhood deaths. Almost all of us. You know who doesn't agree.