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@dgraedon.bsky.social
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About 5% of WUNC’s budget, or roughly $800,000 annually, comes from the federal government.

If you value the programming, journalism and community service we provide, please consider speaking up for us, so that we can keep serving the public.

www.wunc.org/2025-04-15/c...
How federal funding supports WUNC ... and what's at risk now
Federal funding makes up about 5% of WUNC's budget. That comes out to about $800,000 every year. This funding is vital to bring you the news you rely on every day.
www.wunc.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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DOGE is not a govt efficiency project. Firing 1 in 4 fed employees would cut govt spending by 1%. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation & strengthening a personalist presidency donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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There are more than 2,600 active grants at universities in the Triangle. Those universities are currently expecting more than $430 million in overhead payments and would stand to lose more than $200 million under Trump's change.

by @batkinson2501.bsky.social

www.wunc.org/education/20...
Trump's order to cut NIH research funding would cut millions from NC universities
North Carolina's top research universities could lose millions of dollars in support if a Trump administration revision to funding from the National Institutes of Health holds up.
www.wunc.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM