Please amplify the clear & present danger of authoritarianism from this admin. As Ruth Ben-Ghiat says, we must fight back against this authoritarian creep, Trump exhibits classic strongman tactics he’s already using to consolidate power.

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of University of Michigan Law, president of the University of Michigan, & president of Columbia University:

#Authoritarianism #Trump #Constitution #Resist #USPol

https://www.chronicle.com/article/were-in-the-midst-of-an-authoritarian-takeover

"This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We're essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, & there’s no choice.SCIENCE CAN'T FUNCTION w/o the stability of NIH."
-R Sirianni

"Trump admin attacks on the NIH mean biomedical research will become less ambitious, less competitive & result in fewer breakthroughs."

#Science #NIH #DOGE #TrumpMusk #Resist #USPol https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-12/nih-cuts-set-us-scientists-and-research-back-a-generation?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MTc4NTc4MCwiZXhwIjoxNzQyMzkwNTgwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVDBJRlBEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBQkE5NzNFNjA3NkQ0NjMyODJFMDAyN0QyM0JDNTg5MyJ9.brKn4LBbCsicJnhwemckaogVZPVyVceV_s-rz8Ls_l4&leadSource=uverify%20wall

call your senators and tell them to fight for the IMLS!

if you need any more information about why this is important to literally every community throughout the entire country, let me know, or talk to your local library staff

Give a bully what he demands & he'll demand more.

Report: "White House tells Columbia to sack academic staff over Israel criticism"

Trump is threatening to pull government funding from Columbia & demanding it sack the leadership of the Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies Department & place it under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years”.

https://aje.io/kb975q?update=3579730

#Trump #Columbia #Autocracy #USPol #Censorship #Racism #Resist .

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Meet Gracie Himes, age 20.

Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.

On Mar 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit WV U -rescinded her PhD program offer.

The U of MA revoked admission offers to biomed grad students. New hiring freezes are stalling U's nationwide.

Trump's admin CXL~$400M in fed grants/contracts to Columbia U over antisemitism allegations.

The American dream is gone under the #TrumpMusk regime.
#DOGE #Musk #Coup #Resist #USPol https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/colleges-trump-dei-funding-changes-4b60c0bb

I want to share a lovely thing that happened this evening. I went out for a walk and as I neared a park, a kuia stopped her car, got out and called out to me.
She came up to me and thanked me for my submission on the TPB. She had seen it online, and people from her iwi had asked if she knew me. She said she did, and when she saw me walking, she followed me to the park just to express appreciation. It was the sweetest thing, made my day.
#tpb #resist #ToituTeTiriti

Link:
https://inclusiveaotearoa.nz/opposing-the-treaty-principles-bill/

Another travesty!

"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress in a letter Thursday that the USPS aims to eliminate 10,000 jobs using a voluntary early retirement program over the next 30 days to reduce costs at the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service."

Millions of Americans depend on the USPS for access to critical information, benefits & life-saving medical care..., esp. in rural areas.

#GOPDeathCult #USPS #DOGE #Musk #Purge #Coup #Resist #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-cut-10000-workers-elon-musks-doge/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=772811070

A ten year old girl recovering from brain cancer was deported to Mexico and prevented from attending her necessary follow up appointment

She was a U.S. citizen, but it didn’t matter.

The cruelty is the point.

I hope this sweet kiddo can access the care she needs to make a full recovery, and shame on those ICE agents who thought this was “ok”

This is why we speak out. Unspeakable horrors are happening all around us and if we stay silent, it will change us.

Don’t stay silent. Resist.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-citizen-child-recovering-brain-cancer-deported-mexico-undocumented-rcna196049

It was never about Transgender Rights or LGBTQIA Rights or Women’s Rights or Veterans Rights or Minority Rights
It has ALWAYS been about distracting US with culture wars while they loot the US Treasury, steal it all for themselves & rob US blind!
#Resist
#DoNotComply

ICE came for Khalil Mahmoud in retaliation for his political speech. We must speak out—or we’re next.

Tell your members of Congress that the government must immediately release Mahmoud Khalil, return him to his family, and stop violating the constitutional right to protest. https://indivisiblesf.org/call-scripts/2025/3/11/demand-immediate-release-political-prisoner

If you would like to help Mahmoud’s family, including his pregnant wife, with legal defense, you can donate on their Chuffed page. https://chuffed.org/project/justice-for-mahmoud-khalil
#USPol #Resist #FreeSpeech #ICE