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Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration’s attacks on research, public health, and the environment A guest post by Dr Anne Toomey, author of the book "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy".

🧵Delighted to share a new guest post by Dr Anne Toomey on **8 things scientists can do right now to stand up for science in the US**

Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

"Future generations will marvel that it wasn’t China’s actions that eroded US standing. Instead, it was a US president and the billionaire he unleashed to shoot first and aim later, eliminating an institution that is a cost-effective example of what once distinguished the US from our adversaries."

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

UPDATE: My colleagues and I were locked out of the Dept. of Education and denied a meeting with Acting Secretary Carter.

Judge to pause Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands Two labor groups had sued the Trump administration after it said that thousands of USAID employees would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday.

BREAKING: Judge Carl Nichols - a Trump appointee - announced he will pause Trump’s effort to gut USAID. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.

Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.

SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

Republicans want you to hit your kids instead of giving them health care

Opinion | Stop Feeling Stunned and Wounded, Liberals. It’s Time to Fight Back. Americans alarmed by President Trump’s agenda must reunite and recalibrate.

“Now that Trump has quickly shown his hand, any I-told-you-so impulse in the face of human suffering — even suffering self-invited by miscalculation — is counterproductive. It’s also a distraction from the crucial task of coalescing around a defensive strategy.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...

F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Sponsorships (Gift Article) Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said the inquiry could help Congress decide whether to continue funding local stations.

From Project 2025: "NPR and PBS stations are in reality no longer noncommercial, as they run ads in everything but name for their sponsors. They are also noneducational." (Page 248)

And of course, the Republicans are going after them...

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

Was the control tower staff and supervisors under abnormally high levels of stress when the accident occurred?

Using the tragic plane collision over the Potomac that cost 67 human souls as an occasion to slam DEI hiring was obscene. There’s zero evidence at this point that an underqualified air traffic controller or pilot had any role in this crash.

Kash Patel confirmation hearing: Dick Durbin asks Patel if he’s familiar with Stew Peters—a right-wing fringe conspiracy theorist. Patel: <long pause> Not off the top of my head. Durbin: You’ve made eight appearances on his podcast.

Checking in on Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing:

Extorting With Disaster: Why Stop At California? Nice hurricanes you got there, be a shame if you had to expand Medicaid to get help.

"Call their policies crazy and leftist, but California leaders do in fact understand that climate change is supercharging drought, heat, and wildfires, and they are trying to mitigate the threat."

-- @jilldlawrence.bsky.social

www.thebulwark.com/p/extorting-...

Trump, Musk and MAGA douse California wildfires with conspiracies, hate and lies | Opinion While wildfires rage across Los Angeles, Donald Trump and weirdo presidential wingman Elon Musk are doing all they can to make things worse.

Is anybody else sick and tired of Trump blaming his DEI kids (Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka) every time there's some kind of disaster?

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump baselessly blames DEI and Democrats for Washington DC plane crash President scapegoats diversity and inclusion initiatives while addressing air traffic disaster that left 67 dead

Remember something: When Trump claims that DEI policies require hiring unqualified people into key positions, (1) He clearl doesn't understand what DEI policies actually say, and (2) DEI is simply his codeword for saying the racist and sexist stuff out loud.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump’s dramatic plan to cut the federal workforce Brookings Senior Fellow Elaine Kamarck analyzes the impact of Trump's attempted buyout of the federal workforce.

"..about 60% of that went to employees in the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security—agencies exempted from Trump’s plan. ... If 10% of eligible workers took Trump’s offer, the government would save only $10.8 billion annually."

www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

LGBTQ youth are calling crisis hotlines in record numbers

Fears have escalated with the Trump³⁴'s anti-LGBTQ actions and the release of his J6 goons onto our streets

Image below has hotline numbers that can help

We have to stick together. We must remain visible. We can not obey in advance

I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.

Big air hi-five across the internet to anyone else who knew they were dead serious about project 2025. No one writes that many pages without meaning it.

Check out these peaceful protesters on the day of love!

Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back Costco has claimed victory in pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any business risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion ...

Costco shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal as other U.S. companies retreat from their diversity policies

Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

Trump's war on science and scientists continues...

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Opinion | The real reason Trump wants to end birthright citizenship President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship is all about race.

First they came for the gays and trans,
But I did't worry because I wasn't one of them.

Next they came for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,
But I didn't work because it didn't really concern me.

Then they came for the children of immigrants...

We've seen this story before.

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