2. Pressure Senate Dems to do maximum obstruction and bring the Senate to a halt
3. Push Chuck Schumer out of leadership for his great failure last week
4. Get on local TV across the country
5. Use social media to talk about the Trump attacks on cancer cures.

There are more. This is a start.

We are NOT saying we’re giving up. There is still time to stop Trump and Musk. But great damage has already been done and the grants program is highly unstable and could collapse if more people leave.

What can we do? Some ideas:
1. Pressure university presidents to speak out

It’s sad to see faces eaten by leopards, certainly, but it’s also worth remembering that people who believe they are surrounded by “DEI and extreme wokeness” are pretty much by definition the proverbial people trying to push their colleagues out of the pipeline (knowingly and on purpose or not)

we know that exposure to adversity has a dose-dependent effect on health outcomes and that there are common biological consequences associated with this, including increased risk for psychiatric conditions link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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They are not making mental health a research priority out of care for people. They are making it a priority because it is USEFUL to their agenda. Because it gives “evidence” for people being inherently “less than”. This extends to when we talk about our OWN cognition and ability

As brain scientists, it is also imperative for us to be conscious of and work against our internal biases when it comes to cognition and what is “normal” or “proper” cognition. Our science can be easily weaponized, and it will be.

(*ND = neurodivergent, abbr. for space)

and Elon Musty, but that’s a given