Marin Wenger
@marinwenger.bsky.social
Born and raised in the Bronx. Educated by the Big Ten (#goblue #weare). Associate professor researching inequality, hate crime, and community contexts at @FSUCriminology
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Today's 6–3 decision by the Supreme Court effectively allows the Trump administration to start implementing his ban on transgender troops—not just barring their enlistment, but purging those already serving.
An appeals court already put the other nationwide injunction against the policy on hold.
An appeals court already put the other nationwide injunction against the policy on hold.
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today's 6–3 decision by the Supreme Court effectively allows the Trump administration to start implementing his ban on transgender troops—not just barring their enlistment, but purging those already serving.
An appeals court already put the other nationwide injunction against the policy on hold.
An appeals court already put the other nationwide injunction against the policy on hold.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court halts a district court injunction that had blocked Trump's ban on transgender military service. SCOTUS is clearing the way for Trump to enforce his purge of transgender troops. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
May 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court halts a district court injunction that had blocked Trump's ban on transgender military service. SCOTUS is clearing the way for Trump to enforce his purge of transgender troops. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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This has never been about efficiency.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
“Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.”
That is 3 times the entire NIH budget
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
That is 3 times the entire NIH budget
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This has never been about efficiency.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
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When the U.S. withdrew from WHO, prominent voices in public health reached for the wrong talking point - "Okay, you're right, WHO is flawed / inefficient, so, reform it." My undergrads now repeat this back to me, with no understanding of why they believe that. This can't happen to NIH/NSF. Instead:
This has never been about efficiency.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
The NIH is a remarkably efficient organization.
No, this has all been about destroying our investment in science and academia.
“Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.”
That is 3 times the entire NIH budget
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
That is 3 times the entire NIH budget
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When the U.S. withdrew from WHO, prominent voices in public health reached for the wrong talking point - "Okay, you're right, WHO is flawed / inefficient, so, reform it." My undergrads now repeat this back to me, with no understanding of why they believe that. This can't happen to NIH/NSF. Instead:
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They are arresting judges now, ramping up a campaign of intimidation against the judicial branch. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
April 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
They are arresting judges now, ramping up a campaign of intimidation against the judicial branch. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
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There are fewer than 10 clinics where people who need these abortions can get them—and no it's not only people with tragic diagnoses. Restrictions on care, sexual assault, late recognition of pregnancy can all lead to someone traveling to another state for a third trimester abortion.
NEW: Dr. Warren Hern has closed the Boulder Abortion Clinic after 50 years. It was one of the relatively few options for third-trimester abortions, and has been a longtime target of anti-abortion demonstrators and violent threats
Dr. Warren Hern closes Boulder Abortion Clinic after 50 years
The clinic is one of the relatively few to perform third-trimester abortions. Colorado is one of nine states without a limit on how far into pregnancy doctors can perform an abortion.
www.denverpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There are fewer than 10 clinics where people who need these abortions can get them—and no it's not only people with tragic diagnoses. Restrictions on care, sexual assault, late recognition of pregnancy can all lead to someone traveling to another state for a third trimester abortion.
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Even if this is true, the damage done to US universities is potentially irreparable. International students know that their degree/career could be upended in an instant, either because of political speech or a traffic ticket. They could even be sent to the camps!
BREAKING: In a sudden about-face, a DOJ attorney saiys ICE will be RESTORING the status of thousands of foreign students whose SEVIS records were terminated w/o notice earlier this month.
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
Hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visas said they were informed their SEVIS records were suddenly terminated by DHS.
www.wusa9.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Even if this is true, the damage done to US universities is potentially irreparable. International students know that their degree/career could be upended in an instant, either because of political speech or a traffic ticket. They could even be sent to the camps!
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DOGE will absolutely (on lost tax revenues alone) cost more money than any claimed savings
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
DOGE will absolutely (on lost tax revenues alone) cost more money than any claimed savings
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how the mainstream media covered the racist trump attack on the smithsonian vs how we covered it @dailykos.com
read more here www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
read more here www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
March 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
how the mainstream media covered the racist trump attack on the smithsonian vs how we covered it @dailykos.com
read more here www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
read more here www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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The Justice Dept. has authorized law enforcement officers to GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES WITHOUT SEARCH WARRANTS if they suspect that someone is an "alien enemy"
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
April 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Justice Dept. has authorized law enforcement officers to GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES WITHOUT SEARCH WARRANTS if they suspect that someone is an "alien enemy"
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
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This is insane and everyone involved needs to be sued into oblivion and then go directly to jail
![“[DOGE staffers] went into the system and they killed off people,” Glasgow told The Daily Beast. “About 4 million people, they marked them as dead. But they’re not sure if those people were supposed to be marked as dead, so they’re sending us an email saying, ‘If these people come into the office with their identification, you can reinstate them.’”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4u42vwglz35baspkeivbgw3n/bafkreiarddha4uzsoyw63xwclj75pyan3mwrgmr2ilbzpaqhjwfwf7ad3u@jpeg)
April 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is insane and everyone involved needs to be sued into oblivion and then go directly to jail
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The study also finds that "measles may reestablish endemicity" and we're in for more than 800,000 cases over the next 25 years *even at current vaccination rates*
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline
Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The study also finds that "measles may reestablish endemicity" and we're in for more than 800,000 cases over the next 25 years *even at current vaccination rates*
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I want to continue to push back on the reigning “hey I’m just being reasonable” stance on AI.
I “understand” it being useful for coding & emails too. I also understand why beans make us fart.
The adult issue is, why are we doing this and is the cost worth it?
There’s only ONE reasonable answer
I “understand” it being useful for coding & emails too. I also understand why beans make us fart.
The adult issue is, why are we doing this and is the cost worth it?
There’s only ONE reasonable answer
April 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I want to continue to push back on the reigning “hey I’m just being reasonable” stance on AI.
I “understand” it being useful for coding & emails too. I also understand why beans make us fart.
The adult issue is, why are we doing this and is the cost worth it?
There’s only ONE reasonable answer
I “understand” it being useful for coding & emails too. I also understand why beans make us fart.
The adult issue is, why are we doing this and is the cost worth it?
There’s only ONE reasonable answer
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So my read of this is that they are hoping this will go to SCOTUS and SCOTUS will rule in their favor by gutting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is to say that science funding is their trojan horse for legalizing resegregation in all facets of American life 🧪
This feels existential for US science:
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
New NIH grant rules override the Civil Rights Act of 1964, barring recipients from DEI activities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is rolling out rules that block new grants for any researcher or institution ad | The National Institutes of Health is rolling out rules that block new grants f...
www.fiercebiotech.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So my read of this is that they are hoping this will go to SCOTUS and SCOTUS will rule in their favor by gutting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is to say that science funding is their trojan horse for legalizing resegregation in all facets of American life 🧪
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Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here
fuck everyone involved with this decision
fuck everyone involved with this decision
April 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here
fuck everyone involved with this decision
fuck everyone involved with this decision
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NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
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To be clear this empowers domestic violence, employee abuse, blackmailing, in addition to your standard run of the mill racism. It exacerbates the inequality & power differential in *every* relationship between immigrant and non-immigrant.
Laura Loomer is encouraging people to report “illegal aliens and foreigners” to ICE for deportation via an app:
March 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
To be clear this empowers domestic violence, employee abuse, blackmailing, in addition to your standard run of the mill racism. It exacerbates the inequality & power differential in *every* relationship between immigrant and non-immigrant.
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Why is Trump going after US science?
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
Trump is attacking NIH because politicizing funding can force universities to become conservative thinktanks
It's bad, folks. The real war is on free thought in the United States.
altnih4science.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Why is Trump going after US science?
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
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The truth is, in fact, the exact opposite. It is the foreign undergrad, paying full tuition in most cases, that is subsidizing the discounted tuition of the underprivileged American student, among so many other things.
"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope
Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
www.politico.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The truth is, in fact, the exact opposite. It is the foreign undergrad, paying full tuition in most cases, that is subsidizing the discounted tuition of the underprivileged American student, among so many other things.
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“An anti-constitutional act is one that rejects the basic premises of constitutionalism. It rejects the premise that sovereignty lies with the people, that ours is a government of limited and enumerated powers and that the officers of that government are bound by law”
if you just scan the headline — or if you’re just uncurious — you’ll think this is a “trump bad” piece but if you read it you’ll find that it is my attempt to explain what makes something “anti-constitutional” and why that is distinct from an “unconstitutional” act.
Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional (Gift Article)
Where all this goes is still up to us.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“An anti-constitutional act is one that rejects the basic premises of constitutionalism. It rejects the premise that sovereignty lies with the people, that ours is a government of limited and enumerated powers and that the officers of that government are bound by law”