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Proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program would be devastating to new physicians www.statnews.com/2025/05/21/p... via @statnews.com
Proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program would be devastating to new physicians
Public Service Loan Forgiveness helps new doctors weighed down by debt choose lower-paid specialties and work in underserved areas. But Congress might make a devastating change.
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June 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program would be devastating to new physicians www.statnews.com/2025/05/21/p... via @statnews.com
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Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately | CNN
The cuts could cripple US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and expert analysis. It could also halt research on deadly weather, including seve...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
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Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
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April 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This should INFURIATE you
March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This should INFURIATE you
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
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March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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They're here legally. They have SSNs, a driver's license, jobs cleaning hotels. They gave immigration officials their address. On Monday, federal agents took them from their home in handcuffs as their children screamed @teoarmus.bsky.social @mariasacchetti.bsky.social Steve Thompson
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Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status
The arrest in D.C. of a Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status has sparked concerns that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents from their children.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
They're here legally. They have SSNs, a driver's license, jobs cleaning hotels. They gave immigration officials their address. On Monday, federal agents took them from their home in handcuffs as their children screamed @teoarmus.bsky.social @mariasacchetti.bsky.social Steve Thompson
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet Voice of America.
Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries
The president signed two new executive orders, one that repeals several Biden-era labor and environmental policies and another that severely cuts various independent agencies.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet Voice of America.
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Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts
March 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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I mean, let’s be clear about this.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has faced cuts.
USCIS is funded by immigration application fees. It specifically is not supposed to cost the taxpayer ANYTHING. & that money can’t be spent elsewhere.
This isn’t an efficiency calculation!
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has faced cuts.
USCIS is funded by immigration application fees. It specifically is not supposed to cost the taxpayer ANYTHING. & that money can’t be spent elsewhere.
This isn’t an efficiency calculation!
It’s so frustrating to look how little USAID spent compared to overall federal spending and this is what is being focused on.
BTW this is from a free weekly email that I get that I recommend to everyone.
Just cold hard facts, no editorializing.
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BTW this is from a free weekly email that I get that I recommend to everyone.
Just cold hard facts, no editorializing.
Sign-up here: bit.ly/4hyjEP2
February 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I mean, let’s be clear about this.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has faced cuts.
USCIS is funded by immigration application fees. It specifically is not supposed to cost the taxpayer ANYTHING. & that money can’t be spent elsewhere.
This isn’t an efficiency calculation!
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has faced cuts.
USCIS is funded by immigration application fees. It specifically is not supposed to cost the taxpayer ANYTHING. & that money can’t be spent elsewhere.
This isn’t an efficiency calculation!