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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

Oh, great idea.... Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The only increases are in AI and a $39 million grant to establish an office that will manage a deep-sea drilling program

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Common Cause has kicked off its largest-ever mobilization in a non-election year, called “The People’s Promise.” It’s “a declaration from everyday Americans across the country that we will not be governed by greed, chaos, or a handful of unelected billionaires.” peoplespromise.us

May Day Strong: We are the Many · May Day Strong Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts ou...

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Small town Texas showing up to say #handsoff !!!

Heads Up News | Dan Froomkin | Substack Your source for information about the people and groups fighting back against Trump's agenda. Click to read Heads Up News, by Dan Froomkin, a Substack publication.

I'm loving Dan Froomkin's weekly newsletter about what is working and what can be done. You don't have to obsess but find a few trustworthy sources, okay. This past week should convince you to join us at the capitol next Saturday 😁
www.headsupnews.org ❤️

Hands Off! Mass Call for mobilizing against Trump's power grab · Hands Off Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on, claiming anything standing in their way is illegal, and daring the American people...

I'm so in for the Hands Off!
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...

The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?

Love a librarian friends!
"More than a hundred and ten thousand government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning,” .... But on this front, at least, the Administration is facing well-organized resistance..."
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Trahan Announces Effort to Reform Privacy Act of 1974, Protect Americans’ Data from Government Abuse

If you have useful information to contribute to the conversation about the biggest concerns with the federal government’s collection, maintenance, use, or dissemination of personal information, I urge you to consider checking out this call for information: trahan.house.gov/news/documen...

[TOMORROW] Stand for Justice at the Capitol - eepurl.com/jasx4U

There are ways to help save Social Security without making it extremely difficult for needy people to get the benefits they deserve.

They’re called, “raising the limit on earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax” and “applying a tax on investment income.”

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Yeek! Got a beautiful flag for the house! I've never had a flag before but I think visual symbols are important right now. Sometimes they work better than words.

If you're in Lockhart, there's an effort to get hundreds of flags all around town. Let me know and I can connect you with the source.

Hands Off Our Passports: Stop Attacking Transgender Americans The Trump administration is denying accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people – so I’m joining the ACLU to fight back. Urge the State Department to reject this dangerous attack on ou...

The State Department is accepting public comments through the end of this week for people to submit their concerns about the new passport policy that forces people to out themselves when they have to show ID. So the ACLU is encouraging you to flood their comment page. action.aclu.org/reg-action/h...

D.C.'s Black Lives Matter mural will be erased. Look back at the iconic street painting Over the past five years, Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance.

The decision to remove the enormous mural near the White House comes after a U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding.
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The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump (Gift Article) Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

On the list of words that the New York Times says are flagged by U.S. federal government agencies to avoid or limit their use are #disability #accessible #women #race #gender #discrimination #immigrants +++ Let’s make songs and poetry with all the words on the list www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Protect Medicaid Funding ⭑ 5 Calls Medicaid is a health insurance program serving 72 million low-income and disabled Americans that is jointly funded and administered by …

📢 ATTENTION EVERYONE 📢

Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.

☎️ Call your representatives now!

5calls.org/issue/protec...

I knew about the alt Nat. parks but hadn't heard of the others and really feel like it's imperative to have an alternative source for health info, especially!😳

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Yes 👍

I had no idea in 2022 that Space X burned 16 acres.😞why didn't I know about this? But I do know much worse has and is happening

Feds must answer email on what they did last week — or lose jobs, Musk says Musk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resign

This is a blatant attempt to destabilize the entire US government. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

I had to wonder why I never even heard about the fire in 2022. Maybe I did and I forgot. Thank you for sharing

What the 😭

No kings.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

Resist hashtag March on President's Day at the Austin Capitol at noon Feb. 17

If you're able to go please do. If you aren't in Austin there are marches all over the country for Presidents day

Creatives helping get the word out! More in the comments

Highly recommend reading this article. It made me sob. I didn't know I needed a good cry. I felt better and more level headed afterwards. I don't know if that is the reaction everyone will have but I think these words may be very helpful to a lot of people I know.

Opinion | Tenderness as an Act of Resistance (Gift Article) They are trying to overwhelm us and force us to look away. But we must not.

It’s only been three weeks, but already I am exhausted by my own fury. I emailed Kate DiCamillo and asked for help. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

Gracie Blue!