There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Powerful words from Rick Steves today in Edmonds, WA: A community coming together to stand for decency, dignity, and democracy. No matter your party, these are values worth defending. Let’s keep showing up.
#50501movement #NoKings #buildtheresistance #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff
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To hear my take on the state of our democracy, check out my half-hour talk from Saturday here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ewaK.... (Thank you for the video, Natalie Rahn-Lane — and thanks for the photo, Kurt Kutay!)

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

The freight guys have really started freaking out over the past 48-72 hours:

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.