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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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“The home-growns are next,” Trump said. “You’re going to need to build about five more places.”
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Snapshot: "Home-Growns Are Next"
Donald Trump is not just hungry to kidnap migrants without due process. He said out loud today he's ready to deport American citizens. We've been warned.
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“The home-growns are next,” Trump said. “You’re going to need to build about five more places.”
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
This coupled with the enrollment cliff is going to be very difficult to hold on through.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts
Nature talks to prospective students left in limbo as some institutes withdraw offers and put applications on hold.
www.nature.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This coupled with the enrollment cliff is going to be very difficult to hold on through.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Despite court order, NIH grants remain frozen. Newly awarded grants, grants with fundable scores, & funds for a new budget cycle of a current project are all *FROZEN*🥶 and not being released. US research is being choked to death & is on life support right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order
A freeze on "new and continuation awards" will "remain in place" pending DEI review, states a new internal memo.
www.motherjones.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Despite court order, NIH grants remain frozen. Newly awarded grants, grants with fundable scores, & funds for a new budget cycle of a current project are all *FROZEN*🥶 and not being released. US research is being choked to death & is on life support right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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DOGE is canceling government contracts that help veterans. Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors, and provide burial services to veterans.
DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show
Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
DOGE is canceling government contracts that help veterans. Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors, and provide burial services to veterans.
Attention KS friends- Roger Marshall is holding a town hall.
February 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Attention KS friends- Roger Marshall is holding a town hall.
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1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
VA fires 1,400 more staffers in second round of workforce reductions
About 2,500 VA workers have been forced out of their jobs in the last few weeks.
www.militarytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
Trump's careless cuts are inhibiting research and development. Stop pushing away young scientists! We all will suffer for this in the long run.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump's careless cuts are inhibiting research and development. Stop pushing away young scientists! We all will suffer for this in the long run.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Opinion by Katie Hancock: Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/02/25/c...
Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. • Kansas Reflector
Hearing that 1,200 Natural Resource Conservation Service employees have been eliminated nationwide is heartbreaking.
kansasreflector.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Opinion by Katie Hancock: Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/02/25/c...
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This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪.
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal.
Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.
All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.
All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪.
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
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Example here of NIH scientists being unready to deal with Trump and Musk.
Aspects of the grants memo were blatantly illegal and the legal justification in it was stupid.
They were given an hour? Someone at NIH should have noted the illegality and found a way to delay —then leaked it like crazy. 🧪
Aspects of the grants memo were blatantly illegal and the legal justification in it was stupid.
They were given an hour? Someone at NIH should have noted the illegality and found a way to delay —then leaked it like crazy. 🧪
As @jeremymberg.bsky.social correctly assessed at the time, the NIH memo that slashed overhead rates came from Trump/Musk, not anyone within the organization.
The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Example here of NIH scientists being unready to deal with Trump and Musk.
Aspects of the grants memo were blatantly illegal and the legal justification in it was stupid.
They were given an hour? Someone at NIH should have noted the illegality and found a way to delay —then leaked it like crazy. 🧪
Aspects of the grants memo were blatantly illegal and the legal justification in it was stupid.
They were given an hour? Someone at NIH should have noted the illegality and found a way to delay —then leaked it like crazy. 🧪
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The screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were playing this video this morning
February 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were playing this video this morning
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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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“We salute and admire the courage many of you have already exhibited and that will guide all of you as you continue to serve the interests of justice. You’ve responded to ethical challenges of a type no public servant should ever be forced to confront..."
An open letter to career federal prosecutors
Yesterday, I joined more than 900 former federal prosecutors in signing an open letter meant to express support, as best we can, to the remaining career staff who continue to be under ferocious assaul...
harrylitman.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“We salute and admire the courage many of you have already exhibited and that will guide all of you as you continue to serve the interests of justice. You’ve responded to ethical challenges of a type no public servant should ever be forced to confront..."
An explaination of F &A/indirect cost recovery. Hurting Research hurts everyone. These attacks by the current administration are going to have massive long lasting affects on Research, development and industry. Please educate yourselves. youtu.be/wOVIiajSxZk?...
The Chicken Sandwich and F&A: How to Explain F&A
YouTube video by NCURA1959
youtu.be
February 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
An explaination of F &A/indirect cost recovery. Hurting Research hurts everyone. These attacks by the current administration are going to have massive long lasting affects on Research, development and industry. Please educate yourselves. youtu.be/wOVIiajSxZk?...