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“There’s no words to describe my disappointment with our government at this point,” he says. The Trump administration’s approach to slashing biomedical research “is going to cost lives.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them
Move follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors
www.science.org
April 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“There’s no words to describe my disappointment with our government at this point,” he says. The Trump administration’s approach to slashing biomedical research “is going to cost lives.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Who would want to ally with a country that will shake you down later?
Who would want to work for a government that could fire you overnight for no reason?
The costs of Trump's actions will be felt for generations.
Who would want to work for a government that could fire you overnight for no reason?
The costs of Trump's actions will be felt for generations.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, rejected an offer by the Trump administration to relinquish half of the country’s mineral resources in exchange for U.S. support, according to people with knowledge of the talks. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
February 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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these are segregationists.
“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said.
Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.
Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.
Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order
Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for a parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass’ 207th birthday because it was being held during Black History Month.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
these are segregationists.
Is the Trump administration scrubbing “trans” and “queer” from government documents?
The national parks page for the Stonewall Monument has all these references to “LGB.”
A couple of “lgbtq” are still there, embedded in graphics.
The “pride guide@ is down—“being worked on.”
This is sickening.
The national parks page for the Stonewall Monument has all these references to “LGB.”
A couple of “lgbtq” are still there, embedded in graphics.
The “pride guide@ is down—“being worked on.”
This is sickening.
February 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Is the Trump administration scrubbing “trans” and “queer” from government documents?
The national parks page for the Stonewall Monument has all these references to “LGB.”
A couple of “lgbtq” are still there, embedded in graphics.
The “pride guide@ is down—“being worked on.”
This is sickening.
The national parks page for the Stonewall Monument has all these references to “LGB.”
A couple of “lgbtq” are still there, embedded in graphics.
The “pride guide@ is down—“being worked on.”
This is sickening.
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Beyond McCarthyism. It's a betrayal of core values of science to allow direct political interference in the research process.
NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility.
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
January 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Beyond McCarthyism. It's a betrayal of core values of science to allow direct political interference in the research process.
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Ask yourself, do you want to live in a country where people have to pay off the president so that he won't threaten you with legal and regulatory sanctions?
January 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ask yourself, do you want to live in a country where people have to pay off the president so that he won't threaten you with legal and regulatory sanctions?
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Segregated science is bad science
‘He described the anti-DEI initiatives as “an attack on the scientists who are most likely to do work to ensure pulse oximeters work better for everyone.”’
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Trump's anti-DEI initiatives could hamper pulse oximeter research, doctors worry
The future of funding to study racial disparities is unknown, as the federal government appears to oppose diversity, equity and inclusion programs .
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Segregated science is bad science
Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato
January 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The U.S. Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II, an official with the military branch confirmed to Reuters Saturday.
January 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The U.S. Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II, an official with the military branch confirmed to Reuters Saturday.
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We need reporters with subject matter expertise to report these stories in the first wave of coverage, not just to write "Trump does XXX" stories fitting the stated narrative on day one and only go back later to clarify in coverage no one sees
Important to realize scope of what's happening and how different it is from headlines:
-Not just getting rid of post-2020 DEI practices, setting up an attack on post-1965 civil rights law and practices
-Not just cracking down on illegal immigration, expelling legal immigrants and blocking refugees
-Not just getting rid of post-2020 DEI practices, setting up an attack on post-1965 civil rights law and practices
-Not just cracking down on illegal immigration, expelling legal immigrants and blocking refugees
January 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We need reporters with subject matter expertise to report these stories in the first wave of coverage, not just to write "Trump does XXX" stories fitting the stated narrative on day one and only go back later to clarify in coverage no one sees