The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

Trump proposes massive NIH budget cut and reorganization Will Republican-led Congress support a 44% decrease for world’s largest medical research funder?

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Snapshot: "Home-Growns Are Next" Donald Trump is not just hungry to kidnap migrants without due process. He said out loud today he's ready to deport American citizens. We've been warned.

“The home-growns are next,” Trump said. “You’re going to need to build about five more places.”

"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."

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Craftwork as Soulwork The work you do works you. So, how can we transform our experience at work so that work shapes us for the better?

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NIH senior scientists faced with losing positions get 1-year extension Trump policy denying renewals to Title 42 staff could still threaten in-house research program

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Pitt, Carnegie Mellon researchers push back against research funding cuts Hundreds of people turned out for a Stand Up for Science rally Friday in Oakland, part of a larger pushback against government research funding cuts, with...

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Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control' Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.

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Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats

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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science

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US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts Nature talks to prospective students left in limbo as some institutes withdraw offers and put applications on hold.

This coupled with the enrollment cliff is going to be very difficult to hold on through.

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Inside the Collapse at the NIH Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

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NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order A freeze on "new and continuation awards" will "remain in place" pending DEI review, states a new internal memo.

Despite court order, NIH grants remain frozen. Newly awarded grants, grants with fundable scores, & funds for a new budget cycle of a current project are all *FROZEN*🥶 and not being released. US research is being choked to death & is on life support right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans.

DOGE is canceling government contracts that help veterans. Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors, and provide burial services to veterans.

Attention KS friends- Roger Marshall is holding a town hall.

VA fires 1,400 more staffers in second round of workforce reductions About 2,500 VA workers have been forced out of their jobs in the last few weeks.

1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:

"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."

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Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.

Trump's careless cuts are inhibiting research and development. Stop pushing away young scientists! We all will suffer for this in the long run.

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Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. • Kansas Reflector Hearing that 1,200 Natural Resource Conservation Service employees have been eliminated nationwide is heartbreaking.

Opinion by Katie Hancock: Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/02/25/c...

This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪.
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)

Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.

Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/

Example here of NIH scientists being unready to deal with Trump and Musk.

Aspects of the grants memo were blatantly illegal and the legal justification in it was stupid.
They were given an hour? Someone at NIH should have noted the illegality and found a way to delay —then leaked it like crazy. 🧪

Breathing and vision may be linked Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation...

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The screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were playing this video this morning

The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

An open letter to career federal prosecutors Yesterday, I joined more than 900 former federal prosecutors in signing an open letter meant to express support, as best we can, to the remaining career staff who continue to be under ferocious assaul...

“We salute and admire the courage many of you have already exhibited and that will guide all of you as you continue to serve the interests of justice. You’ve responded to ethical challenges of a type no public servant should ever be forced to confront..."

YouTube video by NCURA1959 The Chicken Sandwich and F&A: How to Explain F&A

An explaination of F &A/indirect cost recovery. Hurting Research hurts everyone. These attacks by the current administration are going to have massive long lasting affects on Research, development and industry. Please educate yourselves. youtu.be/wOVIiajSxZk?...

This obscure law is one reason Trump's agenda keeps losing in court Lawsuits challenging Trump policies raise big constitutional questions, but they also rely on a law that requires the government to follow the correct procedures when changing course.

Protect this law at all costs !

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Partner with Research Administrators. Was a growing field before this nightmare.

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California Celebrates Black History Month.

During Black History Month, California celebrates the rich history, culture & contributions of Black Americans.

Let this month — and every month following — inspire our unified voices as we continue together on the path toward equality, liberty, and opportunity for all.

Lawsuit filed over attempts by Elon Musk’s DOGE to take over U.S. benefit payment system • Kansas Reflector Two large unions and an alliance that together represent millions of government and retired workers are suing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for allowing a “massive and unprecedented” intrusion into...

Lawsuit filed over attempts by Elon Musk’s DOGE to take over U.S. benefit payment system | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg