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May 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Well, this is definitely not a good sign.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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This is indeed very sad and terrible for students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty members.

www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
www.science.org
May 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Hey Marjorie Taylor Greene, this is a crime 👇
April 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Life expectancy in southern states changed little for Americans born from 1900 to 2000, study finds
Life expectancy in southern states changed little for Americans born from 1900 to 2000, study finds
A new study from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found major disparities in life expectancy between individual U.S. states.
cbsn.ws
April 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world.

To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️
April 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Members of Congress have cited the rising uncertainty & deteriorating economic conditions as a reason to accelerate passage of a tax & budget bill making its way thru Congress. The emerging bill flunks the rules of good economic policy during a downturn: www.cbpp.org/blog/emergin...
Emerging Tax and Budget Bill Flunks Basic Rules for Fighting Recessions | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which will put the tax rate on imported goods at its highest level since at least the 1930s, and their chaotic rollout have sparked volatility in the stock and...
www.cbpp.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Arlie Hochschild has spent years talking with voters who are supposed to benefit the most from Donald Trump’s tariffs.

On this week's episode of More To The Story, the sociologist sits down with @alletson.bsky.social to discuss why she thinks his policies won’t ultimately benefit them:
How Trump Exploits Working-Class Pain - Reveal
Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on how Trump uses economic decline to win over voters and push rural America further to the right.
revealnews.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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NEWS: Mack Trucks has announced layoffs at Lehigh Valley, PA plant, due to Trump's tariffs.
April 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts reut.rs/42C4h1Z
April 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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FORD HALTS SHIPMENTS OF CARS MADE IN MICHIGAN, KENTUCKY TO CHINA

Ford Motor has suspended shipments to China of its F-150 Raptor, Mustang, and Bronco models built in Michigan, along with Lincoln Navigators assembled in Kentucky, due to tariffs.

via WSJ:
Exclusive | Ford Halts Shipments of F-150s and Other Models to China
Retaliatory tariffs have raised Chinese duties on vehicle imports from the U.S. to 150%.
www.wsj.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Here's a map of all the planned protests April 19-27! 842! @50501movement.bsky.social local groups are hosting 450+ protests.
thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/a-map-of-p...
A Map of Protests April 19-27
An (mostly) complete list of (almost) every protest this week.
thepeopledissent.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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🏥HHS ELIMINATIONS💀
We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget.

Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share.

The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx

@alt-hhs.altgov.info
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April 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.
'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites
The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Research and experts are clear: “It is just common sense that in order to have the best science, we need the broadest, most inclusive environment for scientists.”
The dire consequences of science without DEI
"We are very much at risk of losing an entire generation of researchers."
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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JUST IN: The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it.
Thousands of federal workers would be easier to fire under Trump rule change
The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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New Trump administration target? Medical journals. The administration wants to know how it handles “competing viewpoints.”

Some medical professionals see the missive as an attempt to stifle academic freedom.
Trump’s DOJ claims academic journals hold "partisan" stance in scientific debates
The medical journal CHEST received a letter seeking information about how it handles "controversial viewpoints."
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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No, Mr. Trump. We won't allow you to pay for tax breaks to billionaires by eliminating Head Start which provides early education to over 800,000 children and LIHEAP that keeps seniors and families warm in the winter.

Your budget proposal is morally obscene. It must be defeated.
April 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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🚨 ⚖️ In a stunning blow to Trump, Judge Boasberg finds the Trump admin in criminal contempt for defying a deportation order—warning he may bypass the DOJ to appoint a special prosecutor. A major showdown over Trump’s lawlessness is now underway.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygM...
Trump FOUND in CRIMINAL CONTEMPT by Federal Judge
YouTube video by Legal AF
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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All staff were put on leave at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Congress created the entity in 1987 and, among other things, it helped drive down veterans homelessness.
Trump administration has gutted an agency that coordinates homelessness policy
All staff were put on leave at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Congress created the entity in 1987 and, among other things, it helped drive down veterans homelessness.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The Trump administration is moving to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the U.S. who recently graduated from Columbia University and had helped lead high-profile campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza. Here’s what to know. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
March 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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This is all to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans
March 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM