The Cruelty is the Point

Hardly surprising given how vile the current administration is about everything else, but still a bit of a break from the All-COVID-19/BLM Protests, All The Time news of late. Via Dan Diamond of Politico:

The Trump administration on Friday formally rolled back an Obama-era policy that protected LGBTQ patients from discrimination and required robust language translation services, unnerving health experts who worry vulnerable populations will face further risks during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The move — long sought by some of President Donald Trump's supporters in the conservative Christian community — is the latest effort by Trump to mobilize his religious base amid criticism over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak and the recent protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody.

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