by Du Toit — Reposted by: Todd Campbell
by Robert B. Reich — Reposted by: Todd Campbell
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
by Robert B. Reich — Reposted by: Todd Campbell
The Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
Contact your senators today and urge them to oppose these cuts.
by Manisha Sinha — Reposted by: Todd Campbell
Reposted by: Todd Campbell
Yet, these tools still exist:
1️⃣ More class-action lawsuits
2️⃣ More plaintiffs joining
3️⃣ Faster final judgements on the merits
4️⃣ Arguments about "complete relief"
🧵 Using science funding as example...
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by Manisha Sinha — Reposted by: Todd Campbell
aaas-iuse.org/tackling-rea...
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🚨 NEW NSF LAWSUIT TODAY!!!
🥳🥳🥳
Targets grant terminations & freezes in spending congressionally appropriated funds.
Press release: democracyforward.org/updates/coal...
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by: Todd Campbell, Howard Stevenson, Beth Tellman
We’re suing on behalf of educators, researchers, professors, and graduate students to stop the latest effort by the Trump administration to weaponize federal funding to push their anti-equity agenda. 🧵
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That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
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Reposted by: Todd Campbell, Matthias Doepke, Laleh Khalili
NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people**
🧵 on some highlights...
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Early-career scientists will be directly harmed. The request guts direct NSF support for 29,000 undergraduates and 29,000 graduate students.
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The overall budget level ($9B --> $4B) has not been this low since 1983, adjusted for inflation.
What's new today:
⚖️ Attempting to close programs mandated by law
🐘 Even hurting red, historically underfunded states
📚 75% slash to STEM ed
👩🔬 Harms to early-career
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Looks like a federal judge will further halt destruction and firings at NSF, HHS, HUD, EPA, Energy, etc. (previous halt was set to expire tomorrow)
Says the evidence strongly suggests "the recent actions of the executive branch usurp the constitutional powers of Congress"
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...