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How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · 23d

#Trump #rewriting #history.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23d

The Trump administration has reportedly ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, including the historic photograph “The Scourged Back”

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The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, according to four people familiar with the matter, including a historic photograph of a formerly enslaved man showing scars on his back.
The individuals, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media, said the removals were in line with President Donald Trump’s March executive order directing the Interior Department to eliminate information that reflects a “corrosive ideology” that disparages historic Americans. National Park Service officials are broadly interpreting that directive to apply to information on racism, sexism, slavery, gay rights or persecution of Indigenous people.
Following Trump’s order, Interior Department officials issued policies ordering agency employees to report any information, including signage and gift shop items, that might be out of compliance. Trump officials also launched an effort asking park visitors to report offending material, but they mostly received criticisms of the administration and praise for the parks.
The latest orders include removing information at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia, two people familiar with the matter said, where the abolitionist John Brown led a raid seeking to arm slaves for a revolt. Staff have also been told that information at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, where George Washington kept slaves, does not comply with the policy, according to a third individual.

The Scourged Back” shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863.

At Harpers Ferry, staff flagged more than 30 signs, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Post, that highlight information potentially in violation of Trump’s policy. They include signs referring to racial discrimination and the hostility of white people to people who were formerly enslaved.
Instead of responding to each panel, Park Service officials marked the entire submission as “out of compliance,” with staff now expected to cover up parts of signs or remove them, the person said.
Separately, Park Service officials have ordered the removal of a photograph illustrating violence against slaves, known as “The Scourged Back,” at one national park. The photograph, taken in 1863, shows scars on the back of a man probably named Peter Gordon from wounds inflicted by his masters before he escaped slavery.
The photo was circulated widely at the time, and Northern audiences were shocked at what the photo showed, said Anne Cross, a scholar of 19th century photography at Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · 24d

#Trump against #research on #cancer.

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 24d

Reading today’s big NYT Magazine story made me physically sick

It details how Trump & the men he put in charge of federal research—men like Jay Bhattacharya & RFK Jr—are dismantling cancer research

Not just the US vaccine system—they’re crushing cancer R&D

🎁Link

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BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · 26d

The #BBC is #biased in #favour of #Reform.

Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 26d

Objective data show BBC & ITV bias.
Reform featured in 49 bulletins between January-July 2025
whereas Lib Dems(with 72 MPs) were in 18% of bulletins, with 35.
Reform referenced in nearly 1 in 5 ITV News At Ten bulletins, but 6% for Lib Dems www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds

"Estamos más cerca de una guerra más amplia y Rusia sería obviamente la instigadora. El peligro es a largo plazo"

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Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · 27d

#Dangerous times for the #EU. El #peligro #Putin www.articulo14.es/internaciona...

Tras la incursión rusa en Polonia, la experta Catherine Gegout avanza a Artículo14 que "la UE tiene que hacer mucho más en términos de estrategia de defensa"

"Netanyahu intensifica su ofensiva en Gaza porque cuenta con el apoyo explícito de Estados Unidos para hacerlo"

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Sep 3

#Harvard and #US #law win.

AAUP @aaup.org · Sep 3

BOOM💥💥💥

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Sep 3

AAUP-HARVARD, AAUP, & UAW WON THE HARVARD CASE!!!!

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Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Sep 3

The #loss of #EU credibility worldwide- #Germany risks being considered #accomplice to #genocide conducted by #Israel in #Gaza www.articulo14.es/internaciona...

La experta Catherine Gegout advierte que, debido a la respuesta a la guerra de Gaza, Bruselas "está perdiendo su credibilidad como actor moral tanto a nivel mundial como dentro de la propia UE"

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 27

#Trump is destroying our #planet: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

Video: Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 24

#Trump, like #Brexit, is #killing #science, #research, and #people in the long term.

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · Aug 24

They hoped to make tomorrow’s medicines. Then came Trump.

They hoped to make tomorrow’s medicines. Then came Trump.

"Trump ha pasado de querer un alto el fuego a adoptar la postura de Putin. Parece su vasallo"

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 23

#Netanyahu needs to be handed to the #InternationalCriminalCourt. Rule 53 of customary international #humanitarian #law #IHL: 'The use of #starvation of the #civilian population as a method of #warfare is #prohibited'.

World Food Programme @wfp.org · Aug 22

More than half a million people in #Gaza are trapped in famine, according to a new IPC analysis.

Famine is confirmed when three critical thresholds – extreme food deprivation, acute malnutrition and starvation-related deaths – have been breached.

Read more: ow.ly/h3wb50WK7B2

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 20

#Trump needs to act together with the #EU and #Ukraine if he does not want to be perceived by #Putin as his #vassal. @articulo14.bsky.social l www.articulo14.es/internaciona...

Para la experta Catherine Gegout, "un acuerdo de paz en los términos de Rusia enviaría la señal de que está bien invadir y anexionar territorios de otro Estado"

Plastics treaty talks collapse without a deal after "chaotic" negotiations

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Reposted by Catherine Gegout

Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · Aug 18

**This** is America.

Image of the Statue of Liberty, with the poem by Emma Lazarus (photo credit Daryl Bykum) - "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

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Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 18

#Stop harming #labourrights and #unions! this is important for #sustainabledevelopment. #SDG8

ITUC @ituc.bsky.social · Aug 18

🌏 Asia y Pacífico

🚫 En el 91% de los países se vulnera el derecho de huelga.
📢 En casi la mitad, se produjeron agresiones contra trabajadores.
⚠️ Los sindicatos se enfrentan a la represión de unos regímenes autoritarios.

👉 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
#AsiaPacífico #RightsIndex25

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 16

The importance of #unions for #democracy, #accountability, #humanrights, #development

ITUC @ituc.bsky.social · Aug 16

🌍 Africa

🧱 Systematic union busting.
💥 93% of countries violated strike, bargaining, and union rights.
👮 Police crackdowns, arrests, and violence continue across the region.

👉 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
#Africa #RightsIndex25

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 15

#Shame on #Gulf states, #Russia and the #US for refusing to regulate #plastic production – www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/15/p...

UN talks ran into overtime, ending with a standoff over whether a treaty should include curbs on plastic production and the way forward unclear

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Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 11

#Netanyahu must be handed to the #InternationalCriminalCourt. The #EU must #sanction #Israel. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Outrage as Israeli troops kill Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City – live updates

Committee to Protect Journalists says those responsible for death of Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues must be held to account

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Aug 1

#Ethiopia must join the #InternationalCriminalCourt. Another investigation on #atrocity #crimes, and #rape as a #weaponofwar by the Organization for #Justice and #Accountability in the Horn of Africa (OJAH) and Physicians for #HumanRights (PHR) : www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions

Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Israeli Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, #B'TSELEM says that #Israel is committing #genocide. #Germany, you are #complicit. Stop selling #arms. @bundestag.de @bmwe-bund.bsky.social www.btselem.org/publications...

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Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Jul 30

#Deutschland, #Merz, stop #arming #Israel. #Germany is #complicit in #crimes against #humanity. @bundestag.de @faznet.bsky.social @bmwe-bund.bsky.social @bmz.de www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Thirty-one high-profile Israelis accuse Tel Aviv of ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letter

In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Jul 29

The #EU must #sanction #Israel. #Germany must stop #arms #exports to #Israel. #Shame on the #EU. #Shame on #Germany. #Netanyahu must be transferred to the #ICC. @faznet.bsky.social @rferl.org.web.brid.gy @euronews.com

International Rescue Committee @rescue.org · Jul 22

"What we're seeing in Gaza today is a distribution that goes against every principle, every good practice of modern humanitarian aid. It's unsafe and dehumanising... It's insufficient and inadequate."

IRC Senior Vice President for Crisis Response Ciaran Donnelly on @cnn-news.bsky.social

Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Jul 2

An eye-opening analysis of the #crisis of, and attacks on #HigherEducation worldwide, from the #US to #Turkey via #Zimbabwe and #Argentina. by @howardstevenson.bsky.social , Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou.

Howard Stevenson @howardstevenson.bsky.social · Jun 30

Delighted to launch our report for @eduinternational.bsky.social - ‘In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises’. The HE sector faces a global crisis - www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3008.... This is not a time for complacency or indifference.

The research examines recent trends in the higher education sector and how they align with the current provisions of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Pe...

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Catherine Gegout @catherinegegout.bsky.social · Jun 27

#NATO Secretary General, Mark #Rutte, should not praise #US bombing of #Iran. It is not the position of all #EU states, and it is against #international #law. www.articulo14.es/internaciona...

"La actitud de Mark Rutte es indignante: me recuerda a cómo los vasallos se inclinaban ante los reyes en la Edad Media"

"El estado del bienestar está en peligro. El principal problema que debe abordar la UE es la duplicación de su armamento", alerta la experta Catherine Gegout