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Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a></p>
azteclady<p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> </p><p>If your Democratic Senator has already confirmed that they'll vote no on cloture and no on the CR, ask them to also refuse unanimous consent: they can force the voting to Monday, which is time we have to educate those around us.</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a></p>
azteclady<p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> Keep calling your Democratic Senators, to vote no on cloture and no on continuing resolution--make the Republican shut down the government on their bad bill that screws everyone.</p><p>Also: make no mistake, this is Schumer:</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a></p>
azteclady<p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> call your Senators, push for them to vote no on cloture and no on the continuing resolution, and don't let bullshit statements of "solidarity with federal employees" sway you: federal employees would rather a shutdown than Schummer handing out the keys of the puse fo Elon Musk.</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/VoteNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteNo</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.splinter.com/if-you-dont-fight-you-cant-win-federal-employees-want-chuck-schumer-and-the-democrats-to-grow-a-spine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">splinter.com/if-you-dont-fight</span><span class="invisible">-you-cant-win-federal-employees-want-chuck-schumer-and-the-democrats-to-grow-a-spine</span></a></p>
azteclady<p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> </p><p>If you are in:<br>Georgia<br>Hawaii<br>Illinois<br>Michigan<br>Minnesotta<br>Nevada<br>New Hampshire<br>Rhode Island<br>Maine</p><p>Or *anywhere* with a Democratic Senator: CALL THEM to demand they vote no on cloture and no on passage of the Republican Continuing Resolution. Make *the Republicans* shut down the government rather than give Musk the legal power to continue fucking the country over.</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a></p>
azteclady<p>I cannot find another version of the CNN clip I can link to, but if you want to understand why it's imperative that Democratic Senators unite AGAINST this continuing resolution (fuck Schumer), listen to AOC:</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lkcdggnras2a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.soc</span><span class="invisible">ial/post/3lkcdggnras2a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a></p>
azteclady<p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> If you have a Democratic Senator, CALL THEM. Thank them for voting no on the Continuing Resolution, or urge them to vote no.</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/faq-how-to-call-124314894" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/faq-how-to-c</span><span class="invisible">all-124314894</span></a></p>
David August<p>Is the Government Shutting Down? What is a Continuing Resolution? What is Cloture? </p><p>Adam Schiff answers these questions in this video: </p><p><a href="https://schiffnotes.substack.com/p/is-the-government-shutting-down?utm_source=davidaugust.com&amp;utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schiffnotes.substack.com/p/is-</span><span class="invisible">the-government-shutting-down?utm_source=davidaugust.com&amp;utm_medium=social</span></a> </p><p>Encourage your Senators to vote no on Cloture and the CR. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cloture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p>
azteclady<p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> </p><p>These Senators are on the fence about voting NO on the CR:</p><p>Elissa Slotkin (MI)<br>Gary Peters (MI)<br>Jacky Rosen (NV)<br>Jeanne Shaheen (NH)<br>Maggie Hassan (NH)<br>Jon Ossoff (GA)<br>John Hickenlooper (CO)<br>Michael Bennett (CO)<br>Mark Kelly (AZ)<br>Peter Welch (VT)<br>Mark Warner (VA)<br>Tim Kaine (VA)</p><p>ETA: THEY NEED TO VOTE THIS SHIT DOWN.</p><p>Call (202) 224-3121</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a></p>
azteclady<p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> </p><p>Call your senators, especially Democrats, and tell them to vote NO on cloture and on the Republican spending bills; the proposed budget would DEVASTATE millions--including you, eventually, as that shit ripples through the economy.</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a></p>
CBC Edmonton<p>Alberta budget bill cancels planned benefits for adopted children, changes legal aid funding<br>The Alberta government is backing away from a program that would have provided dental, optical and other health benefits for adopted children.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/adoption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adoption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-budget-bill-cancels-planned-benefits-for-adopted-children-changes-legal-aid-funding-1.7480006?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/al</span><span class="invisible">berta-budget-bill-cancels-planned-benefits-for-adopted-children-changes-legal-aid-funding-1.7480006?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“House Republicans just unveiled their 99-pg budget, &amp; the numbers don’t lie, it’s packed with cuts that hurt everyday Americans.</p><p>$15B cut from veterans’ HC<br>$8B slashed from Medicaid hospitals<br>$1.5B less for mothers &amp; kids’ nutrition<br>No new BP hiring<br>No increase for cybersecurity</p><p>Rural America, working families, vets—they’re all getting hit. Ask Congress: Which of these cuts are they proud of?”<br>-R Saddler</p><p>Please call your GOP Senators &amp; Reps.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a><br><a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20250310/CRFull_xml.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/2</span><span class="invisible">0250310/CRFull_xml.pdf</span></a></p>
Sakti :v6:<p>Very interesting interview about <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> </p><p>This is a sharing link so u shouldn't get a paywall</p><p>Here's the crux of it below, you could lay off the ENTIRE federal workforce and that would reduce the federal <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> by 4%</p><p>I don't agree with everything Riedl says, I don't think government should be smaller, but we should be shouting this from the rooftops 👇 </p><p>"MOST GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOES TO BENEFITS TO US, NOT TO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS."</p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opinion/musk-useless-spending-cuts-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.vtgQ.DkXx1gVLgt5G&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/musk-useless-spending-cuts-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.vtgQ.DkXx1gVLgt5G&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=g</span></a></p>
Trina Corey<p>Elon Musk is the Reason Social Security is "Running Out of Money"</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/stephaniekelton/p/elon-musk-is-the-reason-social-security?r=1nlk19&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/stephani</span><span class="invisible">ekelton/p/elon-musk-is-the-reason-social-security?r=1nlk19&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Musk &amp; his advisers... did not want to create a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/commission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commission</span></a>, as past <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> hawks had done. They wanted direct, insider access to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> systems. They realized they could use the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> office, whose staff had been focused on helping agencies fix <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> problems, to quickly penetrate the federal govt — and then decipher how to break it apart."<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/musk-federal-bureaucracy-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U4.t9r3.sBTAws_GSyV3&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/musk-federal-bureaucracy-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U4.t9r3.sBTAws_GSyV3&amp;smid=url-share</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says he will balance the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> &amp; pay down the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a>, it’s worth remembering that he promised during the 2016 campaign that he could eliminate the entire national debt accumulated over more than two centuries during 8 years in office. Instead, during his first term, he ADDED $8.4 trillion in new borrowing over 10 years.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cabinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cabinet</span></a> 🧵</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said “I think we’ll be very close to balancing budgets,” but that appears unlikely to say the least. None of the plans advanced so far offer a credible plan to balance the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>, which has a deficit of nearly $2T a year. Instead, Trump is pushing for large tax cuts for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthy</span></a> that will make it harder to balance the budget.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCabinetMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCabinetMeeting</span></a> 🧵 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
CBC Ottawa<p>Algonquin College to cut 41 programs, close Perth campus<br>Algonquin College's board of directors has voted to cancel 41 programs and close its campus in Perth, Ont.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/algonquin-college-cuts-ottawa-perth-courses-1.7466758?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/algo</span><span class="invisible">nquin-college-cuts-ottawa-perth-courses-1.7466758?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> proposal could shatter the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NationalScienceFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalScienceFoundation</span></a><br>"This kind of cut would kill American <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and boost <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>."<br>Two sources told Ars the science agency should expect to see steep cuts in Trump's forthcoming budget request. In recent years, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> has received annual budget of approximately $9B, vast majority of which is spent on research. Cuts could be as deep as 66%, with one person indicating top-line budget number for NSF could start at $3B. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/white-house-budget-proposal-could-shatter-the-national-science-foundation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/white-house-budget-proposal-could-shatter-the-national-science-foundation/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>“…details vary by context, but poli scientist Elizabeth David-Barrett lays out 3 general mechanisms of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a>. They now sound familiar:shaping the rules of the game thru <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influencing</span></a> admin decisions by capturing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>, appts, govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatory</span></a> decisions;&amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabling</span></a> checks on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dismantling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dismantling</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> structures like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a>, law enforcement &amp; prosecution, &amp; audit institutions like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IGs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IGs</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/opinion/elon-musk-donald-trump-government.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk4.7kNE.lNjRD0c-drn1&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/05/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/elon-musk-donald-trump-government.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk4.7kNE.lNjRD0c-drn1&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>