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First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors. This ain’t about law and order. This is what authoritarianism looks like.

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Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and Trump didn't call in the National Guard.

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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today

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"So here's the plan -- we impose massive tariffs on the nations that sell us food." "Hmm." "But it's OK, because we just rely more on states like California that grow a lot of the same things." "Oh, I guess that ..." "And then we go to war with California."

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It’s not merely Trumpism. This has been the conservative project for decades going back to the 1970s. The entire right-wing messaging apparatus exists solely to divorce the population from reality. And the agenda? Putting entrenched wealth out of reach of our democracy. Elites don’t want to pay.

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An important #action today to #DefendResearch: submit your comment opposing the schedule F changes to replace knowledgeable civil servants with political appointees. Remember the MAHA report with fake references--this is just one example of why we need to stop this change!

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Incredibly disappointing news about #IMLS and #Libraries: www.ala.org/news/2025/06...

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Really innovative act of mutual aid. Another way to @defendresearch.bsky.social #DefendResearch

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The chief of the country’s premier anti-antisemitism organization is now praising a government official who just this week defended Holocaust denial as part of “viewpoint diversity.”

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Read Ubiquity's new blog post, written by CEO @brian-hole.bsky.social on our support for the #DefendResearch (@defendresearch.bsky.social) campaign, here: medium.com/ubiquitypres.... You can also sign the petition here: www.defendresearch.org

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Thank you Ubiquity( @ubiquityopen.bsky.social) and @brian-hole.bsky.social for speaking out against #censorship and being part of the community working to #DefendResearch! A strong, public, unified voice is essential in this moment!

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Check out this EXCEPTIONAL interview by Katy Tur with our Advisory Board member @michaelemann.bsky.social #Standupforscience #summerfightforscience

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Scientists race against time in Kentucky, collecting flood data amid funding cuts. The stakes? The future of southern Appalachia. Trump’s budget guts FEMA, NSF & NWS—crippling agencies meant to forecast floods & save lives. Scientists scramble as federal support vanishes. zurl.co/HdX01

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Join the fight against #censorship! Sign the Declaration, call elected officials, write letters to the editor--support for all that and more is here: defendresearch.org #resist

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Check out this awesome grassroots science communication campaign, the McClintock Letters led by Cornell students! www.forbes.com/sites/shalin...

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Thanks for the lovely article #NYAcademyOfSciences! We really appreciate it, and thanks to everyone so far who has signed up (tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters) for the #McClintockLetters. There is still time left to sign up and join us for a workshop this Friday! www.nyas.org/ideas-insigh...

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Make your calls today to #DefendResearch! Tell your elected officials to oppose this budget entirely--no cuts, no #censorship! www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

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More #censorship of federal agency researchers, now at the VA. Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch (defendresearch.org) and join the community organizing to stop this assault! Use our toolkits to call elected officials and write letters to editors! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪 NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF... We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a quarter million people 🧵 on some highlights...

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Thank you @5calls.org for accepting our script for contacting elected officials to demand they intervene to end #censorship! We think this is a great way to help get more of the public involved in the effort to #DefendResearch. Make your calls. then pass the link along! 5calls.org/issue/academ...

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The attack on knowledge and education continues! Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government #Censorship to raise your voice, #resist, and and stay informed about how to take #action! tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f

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Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist: “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...

submitted 10 days ago • 72 comments

I finally had a chance to look at the EO yesterday and also concluded that it's the continued attack on science we expected. Didn't know this op-ed was coming out but closed with reference to the take-away from @standupforscience.bsky.social. www.linkedin.com/pulse/scient...

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The @nytimes.com "passed" on this

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Important perspective on 'gold standard' science and what it really means - state-dictated science. If this unfolds, it will degrade and dismantle American leadership in science. From @cdelawalla.bsky.social + more! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"Under the terms of the executive order, political appointees loyal to the president can willfully find justification to label any research finding as scientific misconduct" This should terrify every single scientist in America.

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A very important article about the serious threat behind Trump's latest Executive Order on science. Please take a moment to read it, then share it with people you know, and let it inspire you to talk with call your elected officials! #DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #ScholComm #NoTimeForSilence.

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NEW: The pastor who led #TargetFast is calling for an electronic protest of Dollar General over its retreat from DEI policies, starting with flooding their email and phone lines to get them to change course. We can learn more, pledge to participate and get their contact info at targetfast.org.

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Yes! Let's share more of this with the public. Scientists, share your research and story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

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stop writing that he’s leaving DOGE without mentioning that just a few days ago the solicitor general told the United States Supreme Court that he is not part of DOGE

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National Science Foundation is eliminating all 37 of its research divisions, restructuring its grant process, laying off staff and canceling over $1 billion in already-awarded grants. The changes follow the resignation of Director Panchanathan & coincide with a proposed 55% cut to NSF’s budget.

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Let's share more of this with the public. Scientists, share your research and story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

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www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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The general public needs to hear from #researchers and #scientists! Tell your story through the McClintock Letters effort from @cornellasap.bsky.social! Write an op-ed or a letter to the editor! www.defendresearch.org/take-action/... #DefendResearch

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we are very lucky that NPR has leadership like this. Katherine Maher: “As an independent media organization...we wouldn’t go ahead and have that conversation because that would be negotiating on editorial principle.”

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Over 4,000+ signatures already (woohoo!). But not enough. Consider that, for NSF alone, there are ~50,000 active PIs/co-PIs. Not to mention grad students, postdocs, other collaborators. Not to mention NIH, NOAA, EPA, etc. This new EO affects all of science and deserves sharp rebuke.

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HUGE congratulations to these workers, who just unionzed a Bezos owned company!! What an enormous victory

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🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨 Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham. It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda. We’ve launched an open letter. SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

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The #DefendResearch team, through the efforts of @petersuber.bsky.social, are maintaining a list of public statements supporting research & higher education against threats from the Trump administration. Please submit any that are missing. #AcademicChatter docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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The majority of the staff at IMLS, the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, was put on administrative leave after a March 14 executive order signed by President Donald Trump called for the elimination of the agency.

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This is a simple way to #StandUpForScience and #research. Please sign and share widely. @phaneritic.bsky.social @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info @efisherwx.bsky.social @dentonseismo.bsky.social @earth-science.bsky.social @geoshanz.bsky.social @geosciencesara.bsky.social

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