Links for you. Science:
I’m not going to be able to tell you about the consequences of EVERY lost grant, but I’m going to try. Let’s start with the Antiviral Drug Discovery (AViDD) program for pathogens of pandemic concern! It just got unceremoniously shitcanned.
Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet. Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
NASA Deletes Comic Book About How Women Can Be Astronauts
Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science. NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.
Other:
Trump’s Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds
Republicans Just Made It Easier for Banks to Screw People Over
Alabama halted a library’s funding. Supporters raised the cash in days. When a state board voted to pause payments while it determined whether a handful of books were in age-approrpiate sections, the community came to the rescue.
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email. The episode, which hasn’t been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration.
The Device Throttling the World’s Electrified Future. A shortage of transformers is causing delays to power projects everywhere, holding trillion-dollar industries hostage—and that was before tariffs.
How Does This End?
CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.: “Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary,” federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week.
Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price
Trump resurrects George W. Bush’s rendition regime
Lawmakers fear DOGE cuts will drive away next generation of federal workers. Members of both parties warn that Trump and Musk’s efforts will severely hinder the government’s ability to recruit young people and technical experts.
How people power can beat MAGA money and meanness
From “Mar-a-Lago face” to uncanny AI art: MAGA loves ugly in submission to Trump
What Was the Plan Behind This Fake CDC Website? “Real CDC,” which falsely claimed a link between vaccines and autism, has been traced back to Children’s Health Defense.
A Type-In to Say Goodbye to a New England Institution
DOGE’s spending cuts pass the buck to America’s women. The U.S. already depends on the unpaid labor of women to shore up its safety net. That’s only going to get worse now.
Why They Shouldn’t Have Listened To Carville For Their Own Sakes
Why Your City’s Street Grid Matters More Than You Think
American Foreign Policy Is Being Run by the Dumbest Motherfuckers Alive
Trump and Musk Are Suffering From Soros Derangement Syndrome
With his elections executive order, Trump claims powers he does not have
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
Deconstructing the new American oligarchy. Musk and Trump are showing us what authoritarian rule looks like when everything’s computer.
Main Character Syndrome
Get to know Jackson Graham, WMATA’s first general manager
I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR YOUUUUUUUUU
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