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Lara
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This is a coup! U.S. Institute for Peace called the DC police on the Musk team members in an effort to stop them from trespassing because the institute has control of its own building and the land it sits on. But instead, the DC police allowed them to enter and kicked out the institute’s officials.
March 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Doge breaks into US Institute of Peace building after White House guts board
Doge breaks into US Institute of Peace building after White House guts board
Remaining members of board – Pete Hegeth, Marco Rubio and Peter Garvin – fire president of independent non-profit The Trump administration fired most of the board of the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and sent its new leader into the Washington DC…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
March 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the civil service, because it might constrain their ability to consolidate power, makes us all less safe. Our new briefing aims to bring the stakes into focus amid turmoil, confusion, and grief. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-stakes-become-painf…
The stakes become painfully real
The invisible guardrails of civil service keep us all safe
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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'In the US, it's not just science that's under threat, but also the role it plays in democracy'
'In the US, it's not just science that's under threat, but also the role it plays in democracy'
As Donald Trump is inaugurated, former Health Minister Agnès Buzyn and political scientist Mélanie Heard call for political action to defend the fundamental role of science in public life, in an op-ed for 'Le Monde.'
www.lemonde.fr
January 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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In case you missed it: 2024 was the world's warmest year since @noaa.gov records began in 1850.

Global surface temperature was 2.32°F (1.29°C) above the 20th-century average. The 10 warmest years since 1850 have all occurred in the past decade.
January 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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During Trump’s first term, we documented over 200 attacks on science. Now, we’re bracing for the new administration to be even worse. Read our blog to learn how we’re defending science.

➡️ act.ucsusa.org/4g3PdPw
January 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an extraordinary move that ends a decades-long push by Indigenous activists, international religious leaders and human rights organizations.
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden
The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI...
www.mprnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM