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riversedge

(79,574 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:00 PM Yesterday

'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Dead At 68 ..Trump helped him get a newly approved drug--for advanced prostate cancer

I wish all could get this drug if and when they need it--but like so many things--only the rich and powerful usually get the drugs they need.

Cancer is so horrible--and now Trump has cut Federal funds that looked for treatments/cures.


'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Dead At 68
"I gave it everything I had," the cartoonist and hardline conservative said in a final statement. "That's the legacy I want: Be use


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scott-adams-dilbert-dies-dead_n_69666716e4b0d5c7db78139a?wh4





In November, Adams, a hardline supporter of President Donald Trump, publicly asked the president to force his health care provider to administer a newly approved drug for the disease.

...........“I am declining fast,” he wrote on social media. “I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday. That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer.”


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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded, writing, “Scott. How do I reach you? The President wants to help.”


Soon after, Adams said he’d been scheduled for an appointment the next day.

Trump paid tribute to the late author Tuesday, describing him as “a fantastic guy, who liked and respected me when it wasn’t fashionable to do so.”


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'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Dead At 68 ..Trump helped him get a newly approved drug--for advanced prostate cancer (Original Post) riversedge Yesterday OP
Got news for you, Trump, you're still not fashionable Walleye Yesterday #1
Trump still found a way to make it about himself genxlib Yesterday #2

genxlib

(6,092 posts)
2. Trump still found a way to make it about himself
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:11 PM
Yesterday

I would say "unbelievable" but it is entirely believable at this point.

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